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Book Club: The Library of the Unwritten
<div data-block="true" data-editor="6k223" data-offset-key="4q4d4-0-0"><div data-offset-key="4q4d4-0-0"><span data-offset-key="4q4d4-0-0"><span data-text="true">About the Book</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="6k223" data-offset-key="141cq-0-0"><div data-offset-key="141cq-0-0"><span data-offset-key="141cq-0-0"><span data-text="true">In the first book in a brilliant new fantasy series, books that aren't finished by their authors reside in the Library of the Unwritten in Hell, and it is up to the Librarian to track down any restless characters who emerge from those unfinished stories.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="6k223" data-offset-key="e7oem-0-0"><div data-offset-key="e7oem-0-0"><span data-offset-key="e7oem-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="6k223" data-offset-key="ciubh-0-0"><div data-offset-key="ciubh-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ciubh-0-0"><span data-text="true">Many years ago, Claire was named Head Librarian of the Unwritten Wing—a neutral space in Hell where all the stories unfinished by their authors reside. Her job consists mainly of repairing and organizing books, but also of keeping an eye on restless stories that risk materializing as characters and escaping the library. When a Hero escapes from his book and goes in search of his author, Claire must track and capture him with the help of former muse and current assistant Brevity and nervous demon courier Leto.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="6k223" data-offset-key="cqdj7-0-0"><div data-offset-key="cqdj7-0-0"><span data-offset-key="cqdj7-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="6k223" data-offset-key="8o3dr-0-0"><div data-offset-key="8o3dr-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8o3dr-0-0"><span data-text="true">But what should have been a simple retrieval goes horrifyingly wrong when the terrifyingly angelic Ramiel attacks them, convinced that they hold the Devil's Bible. The text of the Devil's Bible is a powerful weapon in the power struggle between Heaven and Hell, so it falls to the librarians to find a book with the power to reshape the boundaries between Heaven, Hell ... and Earth. </span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="6k223" data-offset-key="b1um9-0-0"><div data-offset-key="b1um9-0-0"><span data-offset-key="b1um9-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="6k223" data-offset-key="3oiml-0-0"><div data-offset-key="3oiml-0-0"><span data-offset-key="3oiml-0-0"><span data-text="true">About the Author</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="6k223" data-offset-key="c4kqq-0-0"><div data-offset-key="c4kqq-0-0"><span data-offset-key="c4kqq-0-0"><span data-text="true">A. J. Hackwith is (almost) certainly not an ink witch in a hoodie. She's a queer writer of fantasy and science fiction living in Seattle, and writes sci-fi romance as Ada Harper. She is a graduate of the Viable Paradise writer's workshop and her work appears in Uncanny Magazine and assorted anthologies. Summon A.J. at your own peril with an arcane circle of fountain pens and classic RPGs, or you can find her on Twitter and other dark corners of the Internet.</span></span></div></div> 2019-12-26 19:00:00 -0600
5/28/206:00 p.m.M & M BookstoreCedar Rapids -
Book Club: My Sister, the Serial Killer
<p>About the Book<br> My Sister, the Serial Killer is a blackly comic novel about how blood is thicker - and more difficult to get out of the carpet - than water...<br> <br> When Korede's dinner is interrupted one night by a distress call from her sister, Ayoola, she knows what's expected of her: bleach, rubber gloves, nerves of steel and a strong stomach. This'll be the third boyfriend Ayoola's dispatched in, quote, self-defence and the third mess that her lethal little sibling has left Korede to clear away. She should probably go to the police for the good of the menfolk of Nigeria, but she loves her sister and, as they say, family always comes first. Until, that is, Ayoola starts dating the doctor where Korede works as a nurse. Korede's long been in love with him, and isn't prepared to see him wind up with a knife in his back: but to save one would mean sacrificing the other...<br><br>About the Author<br> OYINKAN BRAITHWAITE is a graduate of Creative Writing and Law from Kingston University. Following her degree, she worked as an assistant editor at Kachifo, a Nigerian publishing house, and has been freelancing as a writer and editor since. In 2014, she was shortlisted as a top-ten spoken-word artist in the Eko Poetry Slam, and in 2016 she was a finalist for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. She lives in Lagos, Nigeria.</p>
6/04/2012:00 a.m.M & M BookstoreCedar Rapids -
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Nature Photography & the Soul’s Slow Ripening
<p>In this three-session series (May 19, May 26 and June 16), facilitator Angie Pierce Jennings will guide us to read and contemplate <em>The Soul’s Slow Ripening: 12 Celtic Practices for Seeking the Sacred</em> by Christine Valters Painter and engage in photography explorations suggested in the book. Please have your camera or camera/phone ready, as we will be encouraged to explore our backyard, local park or neighborhood following the discussion to notice “moments that shimmer.” All experience levels, including beginners, are welcome. This may be enjoyed as a series or as individual sessions. In May, we’ll meet online via Zoom video conferencing. (The meeting link will be sent to all registered participants the week of the event.) The cost is $10 per session, and registration is required by noon the previous day. For more information or to register, contact Prairiewoods at www.Prairiewoods.org or 319-395-6700.</p> 2020-04-29 14:00:00 -0500
5/26/201:00 p.m.Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality CenterHiawatha -
Book Club: Stolen Remains
<div data-block="true" data-editor="52q38" data-offset-key="2k87l-0-0"><div data-offset-key="2k87l-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2k87l-0-0"><span data-text="true">About the Book</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="52q38" data-offset-key="fi7sn-0-0"><div data-offset-key="fi7sn-0-0"><span data-offset-key="fi7sn-0-0"><span data-text="true">After establishing her reputation as one of London's most highly regarded undertakers, Violet Harper decided to take her practice to the wilds of the American West. But when her mother falls ill, Violet and her husband Samuel are summoned back to England, where her skills are as sought-after as ever. She's honored to undertake the funeral of Anthony Fairmont, the Viscount Raybourn, a close friend of Queen Victoria's who died in suspicious circumstances--but it's difficult to perform her services when his body disappears. . .</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="52q38" data-offset-key="aoj0u-0-0"><div data-offset-key="aoj0u-0-0"><span data-offset-key="aoj0u-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="52q38" data-offset-key="2jjd2-0-0"><div data-offset-key="2jjd2-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2jjd2-0-0"><span data-text="true">As the viscount's undertaker, all eyes are on Violet as the Fairmonts and Scotland Yard begin the search for his earthly remains. Forced to exhume her latent talents as a sleuth to preserve her good name, Violet's own investigation takes her from servants' quarters, to the halls of Windsor Castle, to the tombs of ancient Egypt--and the Fairmont family's secrets quickly begin to unravel like a mummy's wrappings. But the closer Violet gets to the truth, the closer she gets to becoming the next missing body. . .</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="52q38" data-offset-key="cdbd-0-0"><div data-offset-key="cdbd-0-0"><span data-offset-key="cdbd-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="52q38" data-offset-key="aunt7-0-0"><div data-offset-key="aunt7-0-0"><span data-offset-key="aunt7-0-0"><span data-text="true">Wrought with both heartfelt bravery and breathtaking suspense, Stolen Remains is a captivating tale of death and deception set against the indelible backdrop of Victorian London.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="52q38" data-offset-key="edb50-0-0"><div data-offset-key="edb50-0-0"><span data-offset-key="edb50-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="52q38" data-offset-key="b54t1-0-0"><div data-offset-key="b54t1-0-0"><span data-offset-key="b54t1-0-0"><span data-text="true">About the Author</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="52q38" data-offset-key="9hr0i-0-0"><div data-offset-key="9hr0i-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9hr0i-0-0"><span data-text="true">Christine Trent is the author of the Florence Nightingale Mysteries, the Lady of Ashes historical mystery series, about a Victorian-era undertaker, and three other historical novels. Christine’s novels have been translated into Turkish, Polish, and Czech. She writes from her two-story home library, where she lives with her husband, four precocious cats, a large doll collection, entirely too many fountain pens, and over 4,000 catalogued books.</span></span></div></div> 2019-12-26 19:00:00 -0600
7/02/206:00 p.m.M & M BookstoreCedar Rapids -
What'cha Reading Book Club
<div data-block="true" data-editor="fttcl" data-offset-key="6hdm7-0-0"><div data-offset-key="6hdm7-0-0"><span data-offset-key="6hdm7-0-0"><span data-text="true">aka The No Assigned Reading Book Club</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fttcl" data-offset-key="61fhf-0-0"><div data-offset-key="61fhf-0-0"><span data-offset-key="61fhf-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="fttcl" data-offset-key="er304-0-0"><div data-offset-key="er304-0-0"><span data-offset-key="er304-0-0"><span data-text="true">Read whatever you want, and join us to chat about what you read and tell us if we should check it out the next time we are looking for a book to read. Light refreshments may be served.</span></span></div></div> 2019-12-30 19:00:00 -0600
8/20/206:00 p.m.M & M BookstoreCedar Rapids -
What'cha Reading Book Club
<div data-block="true" data-editor="7nri3" data-offset-key="ccm69-0-0"><div data-offset-key="ccm69-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ccm69-0-0"><span data-text="true">aka The No Assigned Reading Book Club</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="7nri3" data-offset-key="5uhpk-0-0"><div data-offset-key="5uhpk-0-0"><span data-offset-key="5uhpk-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="7nri3" data-offset-key="fmveq-0-0"><div data-offset-key="fmveq-0-0"><span data-offset-key="fmveq-0-0"><span data-text="true">Read whatever you want, and join us to chat about what you read and tell us if we should check it out the next time we are looking for a book to read. Light refreshments may be served.</span></span></div></div> 2019-12-30 19:00:00 -0600
10/15/206:00 p.m.M & M BookstoreCedar Rapids -
Book Club: Murder at the Book Club
<div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="em76l-0-0"><div data-offset-key="em76l-0-0"><span data-offset-key="em76l-0-0"><span data-text="true">About the Book</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="17hof-0-0"><div data-offset-key="17hof-0-0"><span data-offset-key="17hof-0-0"><span data-text="true">Imagine nine women meeting. Tea and cake are on the coffee table. They’ve come together to share their love of books. They are friends. They trust each other. It’s a happy gathering. What could be more harmless?</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="bs2lc-0-0"><div data-offset-key="bs2lc-0-0"><span data-offset-key="bs2lc-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="bh6d5-0-0"><div data-offset-key="bh6d5-0-0"><span data-offset-key="bh6d5-0-0"><span data-text="true">Then scratch the surface and look closer.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="coqad-0-0"><div data-offset-key="coqad-0-0"><span data-offset-key="coqad-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="636pi-0-0"><div data-offset-key="636pi-0-0"><span data-offset-key="636pi-0-0"><span data-text="true">One is lonely. One is desperate and one of them is a killer.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="201hv-0-0"><div data-offset-key="201hv-0-0"><span data-offset-key="201hv-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="altt1-0-0"><div data-offset-key="altt1-0-0"><span data-offset-key="altt1-0-0"><span data-text="true">When the body of a woman is discovered on a Cambridge common, DCI Barrett and DI Palmer are called in to investigate. But the motive behind the crime isn’t clear… And it all leads back to a book club.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="8fqgi-0-0"><div data-offset-key="8fqgi-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8fqgi-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="1c7vq-0-0"><div data-offset-key="1c7vq-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1c7vq-0-0"><span data-text="true">As the lies, volatile friendships and tension among the group rise to the surface, DCI Barrett and DI Palmer must work out the motive and track down a cold-blooded killer. But just when they think they are on the right track, a twist in the case throws them off course…</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="fp3hu-0-0"><div data-offset-key="fp3hu-0-0"><span data-offset-key="fp3hu-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="9s54b-0-0"><div data-offset-key="9s54b-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9s54b-0-0"><span data-text="true">About the Author</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="2712u-0-0"><div data-offset-key="2712u-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2712u-0-0"><span data-text="true">etsy Freeman Reavley is the author of Beneath the Watery Moon and A Worm in the Bottle. Carrion, her latest psychological thriller will be released in November 2014.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="eng5q-0-0"><div data-offset-key="eng5q-0-0"><span data-offset-key="eng5q-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="50f34-0-0"><div data-offset-key="50f34-0-0"><span data-offset-key="50f34-0-0"><span data-text="true">She was born in Hammersmith, London.As a child she moved around frequently with her family, spending time in London, Provence, Tuscany, Gloucestershire and Cambridgeshire.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="1ricc-0-0"><div data-offset-key="1ricc-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1ricc-0-0"><span data-text="true">She showed a flair for literature and writing from a young age and had a particular interest in poetry, of which she was a prolific consumer and producer.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="1m18h-0-0"><div data-offset-key="1m18h-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1m18h-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="71ine-0-0"><div data-offset-key="71ine-0-0"><span data-offset-key="71ine-0-0"><span data-text="true">In her early twenties she moved to Oxford, where she would eventually meet her husband. During her time in Oxford her interests turned from poetry to novels and she began to develop her own unique style of psychological thriller.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="41qip-0-0"><div data-offset-key="41qip-0-0"><span data-offset-key="41qip-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="5vkqi-0-0"><div data-offset-key="5vkqi-0-0"><br></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="fik08-0-0"><br></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="c9vf1-0-0"><div data-offset-key="c9vf1-0-0"><span data-offset-key="c9vf1-0-0"><span data-text="true">Reavley says "I think people are at their most fascinating when they are faced with life's real horrors." This is what I love to write about.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="3t1l8-0-0"><div data-offset-key="3t1l8-0-0"><span data-offset-key="3t1l8-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="4bg4k" data-offset-key="c1nuv-0-0"><div data-offset-key="c1nuv-0-0"><span data-offset-key="c1nuv-0-0"><span data-text="true">Betsy Reavley currently lives in North London, with her husband 2 children, dog, cat and chickens. You can follow her on Twitter @BetsyReavley</span></span></div></div> 2019-12-26 19:00:00 -0600
8/06/206:00 p.m.M & M BookstoreCedar Rapids -
What'cha Reading Book Club
<div data-block="true" data-editor="3oj2k" data-offset-key="9heb9-0-0"><div data-offset-key="9heb9-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9heb9-0-0"><span data-text="true">aka The No Assigned Reading Book Club</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="3oj2k" data-offset-key="48uo-0-0"><div data-offset-key="48uo-0-0"><span data-offset-key="48uo-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="3oj2k" data-offset-key="e0mji-0-0"><div data-offset-key="e0mji-0-0"><span data-offset-key="e0mji-0-0"><span data-text="true">Read whatever you want, and join us to chat about what you read and tell us if we should check it out the next time we are looking for a book to read. Light refreshments may be served.</span></span></div></div> 2019-12-30 19:00:00 -0600
7/16/206:59 p.m.M & M BookstoreCedar Rapids -
What'cha Reading Book Club
<div data-block="true" data-editor="b0e9l" data-offset-key="c7otk-0-0"><div data-offset-key="c7otk-0-0"><span data-offset-key="c7otk-0-0"><span data-text="true">aka The No Assigned Reading Book Club</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="b0e9l" data-offset-key="aiuiv-0-0"><div data-offset-key="aiuiv-0-0"><span data-offset-key="aiuiv-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="b0e9l" data-offset-key="bai7j-0-0"><div data-offset-key="bai7j-0-0"><span data-offset-key="bai7j-0-0"><span data-text="true">Read whatever you want, and join us to chat about what you read and tell us if we should check it out the next time we are looking for a book to read. Light refreshments may be served.</span></span></div></div> 2019-12-30 19:00:00 -0600
9/17/206:00 p.m.M & M BookstoreCedar Rapids -
What'cha Reading Book Club
<p>aka The No Assigned Reading Book Club<br> <br> Read whatever you want, and join us to chat about what you read and tell us if we should check it out the next time we are looking for a book to read. Light refreshments may be served.</p> 2019-12-30 19:00:00 -0600
11/19/206:00 p.m.M & M BookstoreCedar Rapids -
What'cha Reading Book Club
<div data-block="true" data-editor="tkq1" data-offset-key="84oi3-0-0"><div data-offset-key="84oi3-0-0"><span data-offset-key="84oi3-0-0"><span data-text="true">aka The No Assigned Reading Book Club</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="tkq1" data-offset-key="8p93g-0-0"><div data-offset-key="8p93g-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8p93g-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="tkq1" data-offset-key="8it11-0-0"><div data-offset-key="8it11-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8it11-0-0"><span data-text="true">Read whatever you want, and join us to chat about what you read and tell us if we should check it out the next time we are looking for a book to read. Light refreshments may be served.</span></span></div></div> 2019-12-30 19:00:00 -0600
12/17/206:00 p.m.M & M BookstoreCedar Rapids -
Book Club: Liar, Liar
<div data-block="true" data-editor="jftr" data-offset-key="5f9l6-0-0"><div data-offset-key="5f9l6-0-0"><span data-offset-key="5f9l6-0-0"><span data-text="true">About the Book</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="jftr" data-offset-key="7q8a6-0-0"><div data-offset-key="7q8a6-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7q8a6-0-0"><span data-text="true">The truth is elusive in Liar Liar.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="jftr" data-offset-key="343k6-0-0"><div data-offset-key="343k6-0-0"><span data-offset-key="343k6-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="jftr" data-offset-key="5bllq-0-0"><div data-offset-key="5bllq-0-0"><span data-offset-key="5bllq-0-0"><span data-text="true">"Tough and likeable" (Foreword Reviews) Nicole Graves finds herself in the crosshairs when she reluctantly agrees to babysit a witness in a high-profile rape trial. Mary Ellen Barnes is suing her university's star quarterback for rape when the authorities won't act. In the court of public opinion, Mary Ellen appears to be the quintessential, pious, good girl. But her lies and mysterious comings and goings lead Nicole to suspect that she’s not what she seems.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="jftr" data-offset-key="ccjs9-0-0"><div data-offset-key="ccjs9-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ccjs9-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="jftr" data-offset-key="dpq1i-0-0"><div data-offset-key="dpq1i-0-0"><span data-offset-key="dpq1i-0-0"><span data-text="true">It isn't just Mary Ellen who's acting suspiciously. No one wants to own up to the truth in Liar Liar, not even Nicole, whose fiance; begs her not to look into the case. But when the witness goes missing during the trial, Nicole is caught up in a tangle of lies that turns deadly. After the investigator assigned to the case fails to do his job, Nicole is determined to find the killer on her own, no matter the risks.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="jftr" data-offset-key="1v40g-0-0"><div data-offset-key="1v40g-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1v40g-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="jftr" data-offset-key="esmj4-0-0"><div data-offset-key="esmj4-0-0"><span data-offset-key="esmj4-0-0"><span data-text="true">About the Author</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="jftr" data-offset-key="cerv2-0-0"><div data-offset-key="cerv2-0-0"><span data-offset-key="cerv2-0-0"><span data-text="true">Nancy was born in Oakland, California, and grew up with her parents and two sisters in the flatlands of East Oakland. When she was around eight—in a world that was a lot safer that today—she was allowed to roam the neighborhood by herself, and her visits to the tiny Alandale Public Library were the highlight of her week.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="jftr" data-offset-key="id80-0-0"><div data-offset-key="id80-0-0"><span data-offset-key="id80-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="jftr" data-offset-key="1oa8p-0-0"><div data-offset-key="1oa8p-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1oa8p-0-0"><span data-text="true">She attended public schools in Oakland. Her father opposed the idea of sending girls to college, being of the opinion that they would be better off working as waitresses to prepare them for their life’s work as housewives. Nancy ignored his advice and went on to UC Berkeley, where she supported herself by working in the campus library. In addition to the pleasure of working around books, the job had an added benefit of allowing student clerks to disappear into the stacks and read when work was slow. Nancy majored in English literature and graduated from Berkeley with honors.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="jftr" data-offset-key="bggh5-0-0"><div data-offset-key="bggh5-0-0"><span data-offset-key="bggh5-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="jftr" data-offset-key="78lnp-0-0"><div data-offset-key="78lnp-0-0"><span data-offset-key="78lnp-0-0"><span data-text="true">Her first job was as an associate editor for a small, long-vanished publishing house in San Francisco. When her two daughters were born, she stayed home and began writing freelance articles for a local paper, as well as teaming up with her husband, Bill Boyarsky, on magazine articles. They lived in Sacramento for ten years, while her husband covered the state capital and political campaigns for the Associated Press.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="jftr" data-offset-key="2gilv-0-0"><div data-offset-key="2gilv-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2gilv-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="jftr" data-offset-key="3l2nm-0-0"><div data-offset-key="3l2nm-0-0"><span data-offset-key="3l2nm-0-0"><span data-text="true">The family moved to Los Angeles when Bill joined the staff of the Los Angeles Times. When her girls were in their teens, Nancy gave up freelancing and returned to full-time work, first as associate editor of Los Angeles Lawyer magazine and later as communications director for political affairs for ARCO. She quit ARCO when the first of her two granddaughters was born. Since then, she has devoted herself to writing and editing. Her primary hobby is painting portraits and images from old family photos dating from the early 1900s. She loves reading fiction, the theater, films, and travel, especially to the UK where the theater and books are a national passion.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="jftr" data-offset-key="en4ov-0-0"><div data-offset-key="en4ov-0-0"><span data-offset-key="en4ov-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="jftr" data-offset-key="46a61-0-0"><div data-offset-key="46a61-0-0"><span data-offset-key="46a61-0-0"><span data-text="true">Nancy Boyarsky coauthored Backroom Politics, a New York Times notable book, with her husband. She has written several textbooks on the justice system and contributed to political anthologies, including In the Running, about women’s political campaigns and The Challenge of California by the late Eugene Lee. She has also written articles on a variety of subjects for the Los Angeles Times, West magazine, Forbes, McCalls, Playgirl, Westways and other publications.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="jftr" data-offset-key="18j3b-0-0"><div data-offset-key="18j3b-0-0"><span data-offset-key="18j3b-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="jftr" data-offset-key="ejd2n-0-0"><div data-offset-key="ejd2n-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ejd2n-0-0"><span data-text="true">She is currently working on another mystery featuring Nicole, as well as Family Recipes for Gastroenteritis, a tragicomic memoir of growing up in Oakland in a family at the far end of disfunctionality.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="jftr" data-offset-key="13jef-0-0"><div data-offset-key="13jef-0-0"><span data-offset-key="13jef-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="jftr" data-offset-key="97oon-0-0"><div data-offset-key="97oon-0-0"><span data-offset-key="97oon-0-0"><span data-text="true">She lives in Los Angeles with her journalist husband, Bill Boyarsky.</span></span></div></div> 2019-12-30 19:00:00 -0600
9/03/206:00 p.m.M & M BookstoreCedar Rapids -
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Author Event: David Philip Mullins
<div data-block="true" data-editor="1fqsc" data-offset-key="3cb4s-0-0"><div data-block="true" data-editor="ai2dp" data-offset-key="15v6r-0-0"><div data-offset-key="15v6r-0-0"><span data-offset-key="15v6r-0-0"><span data-text="true">About the Book</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="ai2dp" data-offset-key="aqbaf-0-0"><div data-offset-key="aqbaf-0-0"><span data-offset-key="aqbaf-0-0"><span data-text="true">Inspired by the disaster of May 4, 1988, The Brightest Place in the World traces the lives of four characters haunted by an industrial disaster. On an ordinary sunny morning in 2012, a series of explosions level a chemical plant on the outskirts of Las Vegas. The shock waves are felt as far away as Fremont Street. Homes and businesses suffer broken windows and caved-in roofs. Hundreds are injured, and eight employees of the plant are unaccounted for, presumed dead.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="ai2dp" data-offset-key="320np-0-0"><div data-offset-key="320np-0-0"><span data-offset-key="320np-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="ai2dp" data-offset-key="ef0m2-0-0"><div data-offset-key="ef0m2-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ef0m2-0-0"><span data-text="true">One of the missing is maintenance technician Andrew Huntley, a husband and father who is an orbital force in the novel as those who loved him grapple with his loss. Andrew’s best friend, Russell Martin—an anxiety-plagued bartender who calms his nerves with a steady inflow of weed—misses him more than he might a brother. Meanwhile Emma, Russell’s wife—a blackjack dealer at a downtown casino—tries to keep her years-long affair with Andrew hidden. Simon Addison, a manager at the plant who could have saved Andrew’s life, is afflicted by daily remorse, combined with a debilitating knowledge of his own cowardice. And then there’s Maddie, Andrew’s only child, a model high-school student whose response to the tragedy is to experiment with shoplifting and other deviant behavior.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="ai2dp" data-offset-key="8udr4-0-0"><div data-offset-key="8udr4-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8udr4-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="ai2dp" data-offset-key="bt73v-0-0"><div data-offset-key="bt73v-0-0"><span data-offset-key="bt73v-0-0"><span data-text="true">About the Author</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="ai2dp" data-offset-key="4455c-0-0"><div data-offset-key="4455c-0-0"><span data-offset-key="4455c-0-0"><span data-text="true">David Philip Mullins is the author of Greetings from Below and an associate professor of English at Creighton University. He is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop; and his fiction has appeared in many publications, including The Yale Review, Ecotone, Cimarron Review, Fiction, and Folio.</span></span></div></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="1fqsc" data-offset-key="c78j-0-0"><br></div> 2019-12-30 19:00:00 -0600
6/18/206:00 p.m.M & M BookstoreCedar Rapids -
Book Club: The Dry
<div data-block="true" data-editor="d9qu7" data-offset-key="aalqf-0-0"><div data-offset-key="aalqf-0-0"><span data-offset-key="aalqf-0-0"><span data-text="true">About the Book</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="d9qu7" data-offset-key="30db9-0-0"><div data-offset-key="30db9-0-0"><span data-offset-key="30db9-0-0"><span data-text="true">A small town hides big secrets in this atmospheric, page-turning debut mystery by award-winning author Jane Harper.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="d9qu7" data-offset-key="7c44u-0-0"><div data-offset-key="7c44u-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7c44u-0-0"><span data-text="true">In the grip of the worst drought in a century, the farming community of Kiewarra is facing life and death choices daily when three members of a local family are found brutally slain.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="d9qu7" data-offset-key="6l7jq-0-0"><div data-offset-key="6l7jq-0-0"><span data-offset-key="6l7jq-0-0"><span data-text="true">Federal Police investigator Aaron Falk reluctantly returns to his hometown for the funeral of his childhood friend, loath to face the townsfolk who turned their backs on him twenty years earlier.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="d9qu7" data-offset-key="7ocfu-0-0"><div data-offset-key="7ocfu-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7ocfu-0-0"><span data-text="true">But as questions mount, Falk is forced to probe deeper into the deaths of the Hadler family. Because Falk and Luke Hadler shared a secret. A secret Falk thought was long buried. A secret Luke's death now threatens to bring to the surface in this small Australian town, as old wounds bleed into new ones.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="d9qu7" data-offset-key="1dt82-0-0"><div data-offset-key="1dt82-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1dt82-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="d9qu7" data-offset-key="95p8j-0-0"><div data-offset-key="95p8j-0-0"><span data-offset-key="95p8j-0-0"><span data-text="true">About the Author</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="d9qu7" data-offset-key="1ipjv-0-0"><div data-offset-key="1ipjv-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1ipjv-0-0"><span data-text="true">Jane Harper is the international bestselling author of The Dry, Force of Nature and The Lost Man.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="d9qu7" data-offset-key="a5u00-0-0"><div data-offset-key="a5u00-0-0"><span data-offset-key="a5u00-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="d9qu7" data-offset-key="6cqj1-0-0"><div data-offset-key="6cqj1-0-0"><span data-offset-key="6cqj1-0-0"><span data-text="true">Jane is a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller, and has won numerous top awards including the Australian Book Industry Awards Book of the Year, the Australian Indie Awards Book of the Year, the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel, and the British Book Awards Crime and Thriller Book of the Year.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="d9qu7" data-offset-key="at1k1-0-0"><div data-offset-key="at1k1-0-0"><span data-offset-key="at1k1-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="d9qu7" data-offset-key="8eq2m-0-0"><div data-offset-key="8eq2m-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8eq2m-0-0"><span data-text="true">Her books are published in more than 36 territories worldwide, with The Dry in production as a major motion picture starring Eric Bana.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="d9qu7" data-offset-key="9pnoe-0-0"><div data-offset-key="9pnoe-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9pnoe-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="d9qu7" data-offset-key="5u76b-0-0"><div data-offset-key="5u76b-0-0"><span data-offset-key="5u76b-0-0"><span data-text="true">Jane worked as a print journalist for thirteen years both in Australia and the UK, and now lives in Melbourne.</span></span></div></div> 2019-12-26 19:00:00 -0600
6/25/206:00 p.m.M & M BookstoreCedar Rapids -
2020 CRFD Safety Scoop: Coping for the holidays
<p><strong>Safety Scoop, December 23, 2020: Coping during the Holidays</strong></p><p>For many, the holiday season is filled with family, joy and celebration. But for those who have recently experiences a death loss, it can be a season filled with apprehension and sadness. During this gathering, Dr. James Coyle, Cedar Memorial's Director of Human Relations, will lead us through a discussion and time of reflection. Dr. Coyle will also offer holiday tips and resources that are available to all.</p><p>Safety Scoop is FREE and open to anyone. Refreshments provided, parking is limited. Central Fire Station, 713 First Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids, IA. Optional fire station tour afterwards. For questions and/or accommodation needs, call 319.286.5166</p> 2019-11-14 12:00:00 -0600
12/23/2011:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Fire DepartmentCedar Rapids -
The Book Club Play
<p dir="ltr">A popular new show for theaters across the country. With intimate discussions about life and literature, it is a delightful romp about live, love, literature and the side-splitting results when friends start reading between the lines.</p><p dir="ltr"> </p> 2019-08-18 21:00:00 -0500
5/29/207:00 p.m.Hope Martin TheatreWaterloo -
The Book Club Play
<p dir="ltr">A popular new show for theaters across the country. With intimate discussions about life and literature, it is a delightful romp about live, love, literature and the side-splitting results when friends start reading between the lines.</p><p dir="ltr"> </p> 2019-08-18 21:00:00 -0500
5/30/207:00 p.m.Hope Martin TheatreWaterloo -
Go Deeper Thursdays
<p>Join other Prairiewoods people via Zoom video conferencing for some healthy and necessary conversation in this time of spiritual deepening. This is an opportunity to relieve stress and connect at a deeper level. We have a brief check-in and talk about how our spiritual awareness and practice during this time of upheaval is shifting. Grab a beverage, relax and let's do this together! A free-will offering sent to Prairiewoods will be gratefully accepted, and registration is not necessary. For more information or for the Zoom link, contact Prairiewoods at www.Prairiewoods.org or 319-395-6700.</p> 2020-05-22 17:00:00 -0500
5/28/204:00 p.m.Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality CenterHiawatha -
CANCELLED-2020 Safety Scoop - Gadgets For Better Living
<p><strong>2020 Safety Scoop - Gadgets For Better Living - May 27, 2020</strong><strong> </strong></p><p>Safety is a priority for older adults who want to “age in place” and falls are one of their biggest concerns. Sharon Tauke, SHIIP Volunteer and Linn County TRIAD presenter, will show and discuss different gadgets that can assist adults to remain in their homes safely.</p><p>CRFD Safety Scoop is FREE open to everyone. Refreshments provided. Parking limited. More information and/or accommodations, call 319.286.5166</p> 2019-11-05 12:00:00 -0600
5/27/2011:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Fire DepartmentCedar Rapids -
The Book Club Play
<p dir="ltr">A popular new show for theaters across the country. With intimate discussions about life and literature, it is a delightful romp about live, love, literature and the side-splitting results when friends start reading between the lines.</p><p dir="ltr"> </p> 2019-08-18 16:00:00 -0500
5/31/202:00 p.m.Hope Martin TheatreWaterloo -
Dementia Education at Grand Living at Bridgewater
<p>Join us on the last Friday of every month at noon from January through June for a free dementia education presentation. Grand Living's Facets Director Janel Meints, CTRS, DCP, and Virtual Dementia Tour facilitator/trainer will discuss the following topics:<br>Friday, January 31: Exploring Dementia<br>Friday, February 28: Ten Signs of Dementia<br>Friday, March 27: Health Living for Your Brain and Body<br>Friday, April 24: Effective Communication Strategies for Those Living with Dementia<br>Friday, May 29: How to Have the Tough Conversations<br>Friday, June 26: Understanding and Responding to Dementia-Related Behaviors<br><br>Light lunch and a beverage will be provided, as well as an hour respite for those with dementia. For more information or to RSVP call Grand Living at Bridgewater at 319-930.3000.</p> 2020-05-22 13:00:00 -0500
5/29/2012:00 p.m.Grand Living at Bridgewater/Forum TheaterCoralville -
The Book Club Play
<p dir="ltr">A popular new show for theaters across the country. With intimate discussions about life and literature, it is a delightful romp about live, love, literature and the side-splitting results when friends start reading between the lines.</p><p dir="ltr"> </p> 2019-08-18 21:00:00 -0500
6/04/207:00 p.m.Hope Martin TheatreWaterloo -
The Book Club Play
<p dir="ltr">A popular new show for theaters across the country. With intimate discussions about life and literature, it is a delightful romp about live, love, literature and the side-splitting results when friends start reading between the lines.</p><p dir="ltr"> </p> 2019-08-18 21:00:00 -0500
6/05/207:00 p.m.Hope Martin TheatreWaterloo -
The Book Club Play
<p dir="ltr">A popular new show for theaters across the country. With intimate discussions about life and literature, it is a delightful romp about live, love, literature and the side-splitting results when friends start reading between the lines.</p><p dir="ltr"> </p> 2019-08-18 21:00:00 -0500
6/06/207:00 p.m.Hope Martin TheatreWaterloo -
The Idea of Dance
<p>This event was made possible in part by Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, National Endowment for the Arts and CSPS Hall.<br><br>The Idea of Dance is an hour long program of original work that combines live poetry with dance and musical recordings. Wendy Labinger will read her poetry while Travelers Dance performs movement choreographed by Angela Hayes for each poem. Recorded music by Bo Ramsey and jazz artist Jarrett Purdy accompanies each piece. Audience members are encouraged to stay for a post-performance discussion.<br>The title poem of the performance, “The Idea of Dance” was written by Ms. Labinger in the wake of the 2016 Pulse Nightclub shootings in Orlando. Since then, additional mass shootings have occurred at other music-dance venues, including those in Las Vegas and Thousand Oaks, California. This title piece contrasts the joy of dance with the horror of unexpected gun violence. To honor our common humanity, the choreography features Latin, Near/Middle Eastern, Hip Hop/Break, Ballet, and Modern dance.<br>The program seeks to demonstrate how collaborations between art forms can result in a whole that is even greater than the parts. We hope audience members will feel the unique energy created when poetry, dance and music are combined. The comments and perceptions of audience members afterwards will help the performing artists gain additional insight into their own work. </p> 2020-03-14 21:00:00 -0500
5/30/208:00 p.m.CSPS HallCedar Rapids -
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The Book Club Play
<p dir="ltr">A popular new show for theaters across the country. With intimate discussions about life and literature, it is a delightful romp about live, love, literature and the side-splitting results when friends start reading between the lines.</p><p dir="ltr"> </p> 2019-08-18 16:00:00 -0500
6/07/202:00 p.m.Hope Martin TheatreWaterloo -
Dementia Education at Grand Living at Indian Creek
<p>Join us on the first Friday of every month at noon from January through June for a dementia education presentation. Alzheimer's Association support group facilitator, social worker, and Grand Living's Luminations Coordinator Teri Skoog will discuss the following topics:<br>Friday, January 3: Dementia Overview<br>Friday, February 7: Ten Signs of Dementia<br>Friday, March 6: Health Living for Your Brain and Body<br>Friday, April 3: Effective Communication Strategies for Those Living with Dementia<br>Friday, May 1: How to Have the Tough Conversations<br>Friday, June 5: Understanding and Responding to Dementia-Related Behaviors<br><br>Light lunch and a beverage will be provided, as well as an hour respite for those with dementia. For more information or to RSVP call Grand Living at Indian Creek at 310-930.3250.</p> 2020-06-05 13:00:00 -0500
6/05/2012:00 p.m.Grand Living at Indian CreekCedar Rapids -
Presidents Learning About Presidents - A Conference
<p>This conference will be a forum of former directors and employees discussing visits of former Presidents, First Ladies, and Vice Presidents to the museum starting with the opening by Herbert Hoover and Harry Truman on August 10, 1964 to the present. Presenters include: former directors Richard Norton Smith, Timothy Walch and John Fawcett. </p> 2020-03-11 16:00:00 -05008/08/202:00 p.m.Herbert Hoover Presidential Museum and LibraryWest Branch -
Favorite Author Showcase
<div title="Page 1"><p>Join us on May 27 to hear from Melanie Lentz, a former U.S. Secret Service agent. In Agent Innocent, Melanie shares her experience of working in a male-dominated service and all of the accompanying struggles she’s faced.</p><div title="Page 1"><table><tbody><tr><td><p>RSVP</p></td><td><p>mtmercy.wufoo.com/forms/favorite-author-showcase/</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> 2020-04-25 13:00:00 -0500
5/27/2012:00 p.m.Mount Mercy UniversityCedar Rapids -
Write-in for Authors
<p>In partnership with the Writers’ Room, we will be hosting a write-in for authors. We will provide a quiet space to work for authors to work on their writing and collaborate with each other from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm.</p> 2019-12-26 19:00:00 -0600
8/13/205:30 p.m.M & M BookstoreCedar Rapids