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Book Club: The Girls Are Gone By Michael Brodkorb, Allison Mann
<div data-block="true" data-editor="8on67" data-offset-key="boot3-0-0"><div data-offset-key="boot3-0-0"><span data-offset-key="boot3-0-0"><span data-text="true">Join us on Thursday, September at 5 pm to discuss The Girls Are Gone By Michael Brodkorb, Allison Mann our October Mystery Book Club selection.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="8on67" data-offset-key="3bsq1-0-0"><div data-offset-key="3bsq1-0-0"><span data-offset-key="3bsq1-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="8on67" data-offset-key="d3o3p-0-0"><div data-offset-key="d3o3p-0-0"><span data-offset-key="d3o3p-0-0"><span data-text="true">Note: Authors Michael Brodkorb and Allison Mann will be visiting our store on Saturday, September 7 at 1:30 PM.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="8on67" data-offset-key="5cpj5-0-0"><div data-offset-key="5cpj5-0-0"><span data-offset-key="5cpj5-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="8on67" data-offset-key="b0jtu-0-0"><div data-offset-key="b0jtu-0-0"><span data-offset-key="b0jtu-0-0"><span data-text="true">Copies of the book are available for purchase at M and M Bookstore. Stop by or call today to secure your copy.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="8on67" data-offset-key="beut-0-0"><div data-offset-key="beut-0-0"><span data-offset-key="beut-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="8on67" data-offset-key="f56qo-0-0"><div data-offset-key="f56qo-0-0"><span data-offset-key="f56qo-0-0"><span data-text="true">About the book</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="8on67" data-offset-key="augbo-0-0"><div data-offset-key="augbo-0-0"><span data-offset-key="augbo-0-0"><span data-text="true">On the evening of April 19, 2013, Samantha and Gianna Rucki disappeared. Two of five children born to David Rucki and Sandra Grazzini-Rucki, the teenage sisters vanished in the midst of their parents divorce.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="8on67" data-offset-key="6ofhn-0-0"><div data-offset-key="6ofhn-0-0"><span data-offset-key="6ofhn-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="8on67" data-offset-key="dqe3e-0-0"><div data-offset-key="dqe3e-0-0"><span data-offset-key="dqe3e-0-0"><span data-text="true">The girls father, David Rucki, worked tirelessly with law enforcement to search day and night for his two missing daughters, following every lead while raising three remaining children at home. Their mother, Sandra Grazzini-Rucki, used her newfound freedom to vacation around the world, abandoning her children. And as the investigation intensified, catching the attention of the media, Sandra also disappeared.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="8on67" data-offset-key="41si3-0-0"><div data-offset-key="41si3-0-0"><span data-offset-key="41si3-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="8on67" data-offset-key="7i1rj-0-0"><div data-offset-key="7i1rj-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7i1rj-0-0"><span data-text="true">The Girls Are Gone is the true story of two sisters who went missing, the father who kept searching, and the adults who conspired to keep the truth hidden.</span></span></div></div> 2019-08-04 19:00:00 -0500
9/05/196:00 p.m.M & M BookstoreCedar Rapids -
Barnes & Noble Book Club featuring Inland
<p>Join us for a discussion of our latest #BNBookClub selection - INLAND by Téa Obreht, NYT bestselling author of THE TIGER'S WIFE! B&N stores will host discussions about the book on 9/10 @ 7 PM. Sign up online + get your copy of the B&N Exclusive Edition: <a data-lynx-mode="asynclazy" data-lynx-uri="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.barnesandnoble.com%2Fh%2Fbook-club%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2SUNDqIdUfP8CoXcCJVHWHhvQfeOegZ5hjYK1p6FOh-wVnOJ2Cz6gYUH0&h=AT1dlcgFxKPFwvam4jEGI30D21ZR40E9T0vTX3Qb1k-Vx9iC-ShzrgEqWUT6YYfFrO9y6MjsR6VRSouftxs2OzDag8R4MUl4UZ8s8ZTgspmk4l5Bpc47BkaHcdGkjTuLJWe7" href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/h/book-club?fbclid=IwAR2SUNDqIdUfP8CoXcCJVHWHhvQfeOegZ5hjYK1p6FOh-wVnOJ2Cz6gYUH0" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://<wbr>www.barnesandnoble.com/h/<wbr>book-club</a></p> 2019-08-14 20:00:00 -05009/10/197:00 p.m.Barnes and NobleCedar Rapids -
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Book Club: The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
<div data-block="true" data-editor="9pmof" data-offset-key="5onk8-0-0"><div data-offset-key="5onk8-0-0"><span data-offset-key="5onk8-0-0"><span data-text="true">Join us on Thursday, October 24 at 6 pm to discuss The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson our October "Our Pick" Book Club selection.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="9pmof" data-offset-key="brml0-0-0"><div data-offset-key="brml0-0-0"><span data-offset-key="brml0-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="9pmof" data-offset-key="7vrc1-0-0"><div data-offset-key="7vrc1-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7vrc1-0-0"><span data-text="true">Copies of the book are available for purchase at M and M Bookstore. Stop by or call today to secure your copy.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="9pmof" data-offset-key="b5qvu-0-0"><div data-offset-key="b5qvu-0-0"><span data-offset-key="b5qvu-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="9pmof" data-offset-key="6fj8t-0-0"><div data-offset-key="6fj8t-0-0"><span data-offset-key="6fj8t-0-0"><span data-text="true">About the book</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="9pmof" data-offset-key="54iiv-0-0"><div data-offset-key="54iiv-0-0"><span data-offset-key="54iiv-0-0"><span data-text="true">This New York Times bestseller intertwines the true tale of the 1893 World's Fair and the cunning serial killer who used the fair to lure his victims to their death. Combining meticulous research with nail-biting storytelling, Erik Larson has crafted a narrative with all the wonder of newly discovered history and the thrills of the best fiction.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="9pmof" data-offset-key="79v51-0-0"><div data-offset-key="79v51-0-0"><span data-offset-key="79v51-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="9pmof" data-offset-key="d1o65-0-0"><div data-offset-key="d1o65-0-0"><span data-offset-key="d1o65-0-0"><span data-text="true">Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America’s rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair’s brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country’s most important structures, including the Flatiron Building in New York and Union Station in Washington, D.C. The murderer was Henry H. Holmes, a young doctor who, in a malign parody of the White City, built his “World’s Fair Hotel” just west of the fairgrounds—a torture palace complete with dissection table, gas chamber, and 3,000-degree crematorium. </span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="9pmof" data-offset-key="1o201-0-0"><div data-offset-key="1o201-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1o201-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="9pmof" data-offset-key="bie8c-0-0"><div data-offset-key="bie8c-0-0"><span data-offset-key="bie8c-0-0"><span data-text="true">Burnham overcame tremendous obstacles and tragedies as he organized the talents of Frederick Law Olmsted, Charles McKim, Louis Sullivan, and others to transform swampy Jackson Park into the White City, while Holmes used the attraction of the great fair and his own satanic charms to lure scores of young women to their deaths. What makes the story all the more chilling is that Holmes really lived, walking the grounds of that dream city by the lake.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="9pmof" data-offset-key="8aivc-0-0"><div data-offset-key="8aivc-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8aivc-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="9pmof" data-offset-key="4edji-0-0"><div data-offset-key="4edji-0-0"><span data-offset-key="4edji-0-0"><span data-text="true">The Devil in the White City draws the reader into a time of magic and majesty, made all the more appealing by a supporting cast of real-life characters, including Buffalo Bill, Theodore Dreiser, Susan B. Anthony, Thomas Edison, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, and others. Erik Larson’s gifts as a storyteller are magnificently displayed in this rich narrative of the master builder, the killer, and the great fair that obsessed them both.</span></span></div></div> 2019-08-04 19:00:00 -0500
10/24/196:00 p.m.M & M BookstoreCedar Rapids -
Book Club: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
<p>Join us on Thursday, September 26 at 6 pm to discuss Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel, our September "Our Pick" Book Club selection.<br><br>Copies of the book are available for purchase at M and M Bookstore. Stop by or call today to secure your copy.<br><br>About the book<br>The bestselling phenomenon and inspiration for the award-winning film.<br><br>Earthy, magical, and utterly charming, this tale of family life in turn-of-the-century Mexico blends poignant romance and bittersweet wit. <br><br>This classic love story takes place on the De la Garza ranch, as the tyrannical owner, Mama Elena, chops onions at the kitchen table in her final days of pregnancy. While still in her mother's womb, her daughter to be weeps so violently she causes an early labor, and little Tita slips out amid the spices and fixings for noodle soup. This early encounter with food soon becomes a way of life, and Tita grows up to be a master chef, using cooking to express herself and sharing recipes with readers along the way.</p> 2019-08-04 19:00:00 -0500
9/26/196:00 p.m.M & M BookstoreCedar Rapids -
Book Club: Look Past by Eric Devine
<div data-block="true" data-editor="c3e19" data-offset-key="452gt-0-0"><div data-offset-key="452gt-0-0"><span data-offset-key="452gt-0-0"><span data-text="true">Join us on Thursday, October 3 at 6 pm to discuss Look Past by Eric Devine our October Mystery Book Club selection.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c3e19" data-offset-key="2rq83-0-0"><div data-offset-key="2rq83-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2rq83-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c3e19" data-offset-key="9nck-0-0"><div data-offset-key="9nck-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9nck-0-0"><span data-text="true">Copies of the book are available for purchase at M and M Bookstore. Stop by or call today to secure your copy.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c3e19" data-offset-key="8id1l-0-0"><div data-offset-key="8id1l-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8id1l-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c3e19" data-offset-key="94stq-0-0"><div data-offset-key="94stq-0-0"><span data-offset-key="94stq-0-0"><span data-text="true">About the book</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c3e19" data-offset-key="171h0-0-0"><div data-offset-key="171h0-0-0"><span data-offset-key="171h0-0-0"><span data-text="true">Someone brutally murdered Mary Mathison, daughter of a prominent and very conservative local pastor, and Avery, a transgender boy who loved Mary, is bent on finding her killer. He goes to the crime scene to do some investigating, but is quickly put in harm's way. Reluctantly, Avery must move to the sidelines to wait for the police to do their job.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c3e19" data-offset-key="959cf-0-0"><div data-offset-key="959cf-0-0"><span data-offset-key="959cf-0-0"><span data-text="true">However, following Mary's funeral, Avery receives the first in a series of disturbing text messages that can only come from the killer, revealing that Avery is now a target. The killer claims that Mary's murder was revenge for her relationship with Avery. The killer's demands are simple and horrific: Avery must repent for changing his gender identity, or he will be the next one killed.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c3e19" data-offset-key="8le4-0-0"><div data-offset-key="8le4-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8le4-0-0"><span data-text="true">Now Avery is torn between finding the murderer and protecting himself from a killer who is playing a disturbing cat-and-mouse game. Can Avery deny who he is to catch Mary's killer? Or will sacrificing himself be the ultimate betrayal?</span></span></div></div> 2019-08-04 19:00:00 -0500
10/03/196:00 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> 2019-08-04 19:00:00 -0500
9/19/196:00 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> 2019-08-04 19:00:00 -0500
9/19/196:00 p.m.M & M BookstoreCedar Rapids -
Author Signing: Michael Brodkorb & Allison Mann
<p><span data-offset-key="elues-0-0"><span data-text="true">Join us as we welcome Michael Brodkorb & Allison Mann to M and M Bookstore.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="e9omg-0-0"><span data-text="true">About Michael Brodkorb & Allison Mann</span></span></p><p><span data-offset-key="8kgt0-0-0"><span data-text="true">Missing in Minnesota is authored by Michael Brodkorb and Allison Mann. Michael's reporting on this story began with the Star Tribune in 2015. Michael is currently a columnist with MinnPost. In October 2018, Michael and Allison released their book about this case, The Girls Are Gone, which is available for sale in both paperback and ebook.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="c4gva-0-0"><br data-text="true"></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="8bho7-0-0"><span data-text="true">"The Girls are Gone" is Allison's first book written with partner, Michael Brodkorb. Allison Mann and Michael Brodkorb came together during the 2016 criminal trial of a mother who abducted and hid two of her five children. Their passion for finding truth and justice through different mediums led them to partner in writing "The Girls Are Gone." Michael and Allison spent two years working together investigating, researching and writing to find the answers to many questions that had been left unanswered for years.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p> 2019-03-04 15:30:00 -0600
9/07/191:30 p.m.M & M BookstoreCedar Rapids -
YA Book Club Featuring I'm Not Dying with You Tonight
<p>The YA Book Club continues the second Thursday of every month. Join us to discuss I'm Not Dying With You Tonight, a timely, page-turning novel about two classmates who must lean on each other when violence erupts at their high school football game. Plus, get a coupon for $2 Teavana teas (Café stores only). Contact your local store or visit <a data-lynx-mode="asynclazy" data-lynx-uri="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbn.com%2Fyabookclub%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2oo-Y9_mzVrarFMf4R5G_o0lQGOiRLTAF8HEOjy7Ha3WzyoKIhi6ZSyn8&h=AT1h2iyMgbp85lhBuQqRRlcZA4Sdq5V5Kg8aKkgRBGjgUkZpjdGkY5EyDa3LCJaPupOAg9SnkTdIbhPAze3iuXpJjvmZPNvRnMAWmSi7qrxduIBm8UVHBLQIsSjbMXadvBM1" href="http://bn.com/yabookclub?fbclid=IwAR2oo-Y9_mzVrarFMf4R5G_o0lQGOiRLTAF8HEOjy7Ha3WzyoKIhi6ZSyn8" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">bn.com/yabookclub</a> for details. </p> 2019-08-19 20:00:00 -0500
9/12/197:00 p.m.Barnes and NobleCedar Rapids -
Author Reading: Cassie Leigh
<p><span data-offset-key="crq5c-0-0"><span data-text="true">Join us as we welcome author Cassie Leigh to M and Bookstore.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="2umuj-0-0"><span data-text="true"><strong><u>Schedule for the Evening</u></strong></span></span></p><p><span data-offset-key="7agmi-0-0"><span data-text="true">5 to 6: Mix & Mingle | 6 to 6:30: Reading & Q&A | 6:30 to 7: Book Signing</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="bsarg-0-0"><span data-text="true">Light refreshments may be served.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="cskut-0-0"><span data-text="true"><strong><u>About Cassie Leigh</u></strong></span></span></p><p><span data-offset-key="fai19-0-0"><span data-text="true">CASSIE LEIGH writes contemporary and paranormal romance that’s more than skin deep. Before she could write, she began dreaming up stories. Starting with recorded conversations for her dolls on a Fisher-Price cassette player, she moved on to an antique typewriter found at a garage sale, then an electric typewriter, and finally computers. It wasn’t until she picked up romance novels in her late twenties that she found where she belonged. With the help of her husband, she carves out time to write while raising five children, working full time and obsessing over her laundry list of eccentric passions. Every new obsession seems to find its way into her romance world!</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p> 2019-02-08 19:00:00 -0600
10/10/195:00 p.m.M & M BookstoreCedar Rapids -
Author Reading: Dennis Maulsby
<p><span data-offset-key="7vee8-0-0"><span data-text="true">Join us as we welcome Dennis Maulsby to M and M Bookstore.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="dekoo-0-0"><span data-text="true">About Dennis Maulsby</span></span></p><p><span data-offset-key="ciijf-0-0"><span data-text="true">Dennis Maulsby is a retired bank president living in Ames, Iowa with his wife Ruth, a retired legal secretary and his dog Charlie, a retired CIA operative. A son and grandson, Matt and Kaden, live in the Pacific Northwest. His poetry and short stories have appeared in Lyrical Iowa, The North American Review, Haiku Journal, Spillway, The Hawai’i Pacific Review, The Briarcliff Review, and numerous other journals.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="5m7c7-0-0"><span data-text="true">A U.S. Army Veteran, Maulsby spent four and a half years on active duty. Enlisting as a private, he served two years as a Russian voice intercept operator rising to the rank of Specialist Fifth Class before attending Ft. Benning, Georgia’s Infantry Officer Candidate School. After graduation as a Second Lieutenant, he was accepted into the Military’s Intelligence branch. In 1968, he served with the 25th Infantry division while in Vietnam. Maulsby led a mobile electronic intelligence gathering platoon with elements established in firebases and Vietnamese villages in southwestern Vietnam. He received an honorable discharge in 1970.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="ak79b-0-0"><span data-text="true">His first book of war poetry, Remembering Willie, and all the others won silver medal book awards from the Military Writers Society of America (2005) and the Branson Stars & Stripes organization (2009). Maulsby’s second book of poetry Frissons, published in 2011, consists of traditional American-style haiku and senryu. Near Death/Near Life, a third book of poetry was released by Prolific Press in May of 1215. The book has since received a gold medal award from the Military Writers Society of America, named a finalist in the De Vinci Eye cover Art award, and was a winner-finalist in the USA Book News contest.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="4pht6-0-0"><span data-text="true">Free Fire Zone, a book of linked poetry and short stories, was released in November of 2016 by Prolific Press, and has since been named an International Book Award finalist and received a silver medal award from the Military Writers Society of America. </span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="6b5rj-0-0"><span data-text="true">In May 2004 his poem “6 June, Omaha Beach” was featured with a musical background on National Public Radio’s Themes & Variations in memory of the Sixtieth Anniversary of the WW II Normandy landings. That same year he was named the Edgar Award winner of the Oak Hill Poetry Contest. His poem “Isle Royale Hunted” received a Pushcart Prize nomination in 2011. As of spring 2017, seventy of his poems have been individually published, forty percent of which have won awards, ranging from honorable mentions to first places. Out of twelve short stories published five have won awards.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="6ihvm-0-0"><span data-text="true">Maulsby is a past President of the Iowa Poetry Association. He holds memberships in the Iowa Poetry Association, The National Federation of State Poetry Societies, Ames Third Stanza Poets, Burlington’s Society of Great River Poets, The Military Writers Society of America, the Urbandale Omega Poets, The Ankeny Writers Workshop, The Jordan Creek Mall Barnes & Noble Writers, and The International War Veterans Poetry Archives.</span></span></p><p><span data-offset-key="8dekb-0-0"><span data-text="true">In 1964, just weeks away from graduating from Grinnell College, Dennis Maulsby decided his best option after college would be to voluntarily enter the military. After returning from the Vietnam War, he channeled his war experiences into various creative outlets, ultimately pursuing writing poetry. He self-published his first book, Remembering Willy, and All the Others, and received silver medal awards from veteran’s associations. His latest book, Free Fire Zone is a collection of short military stories.</span></span></p><p><span data-offset-key="1ns5b-0-0"><span data-text="true">“A lot of men came back from Vietnam, and they dealt with their PTSD in a number of ways, usually women, drugs or creativity,” he says. “I chose creativity.”</span></span></p><p><span data-offset-key="42hdp-0-0"><span data-text="true">During this hour of Talk of Iowa, host Charity Nebbe talks with Maulsby about his writing and his new book of connected short stories.</span></span></p><p><span data-offset-key="aiqt6-0-0"><span data-text="true">http://iowapublicradio.org/post/wounds-war-and-poetry-using-creativity-heal#stream/0</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p> 2019-04-17 19:00:00 -0500
9/12/195:00 p.m.M & M BookstoreCedar Rapids -
LGBTQIA+ - I'm Coming Out!
<p>LGTBQIA+ discussion, book talk and art</p><p>This program will touch upon LGTBQIA+ history, books CRPL has in their collection, music and art. There will be shared stories of coming out. Everyone is welcome.</p><p>“Openness may not completely disarm prejudice, but it’s a good place to start.”- Jason Collins</p><p>Please register by calling the library or online at <a href="http://www.crlibrary.org">www.crlibrary.org</a> on the events page.</p><p>We always recommend confirming details before attending. We hope to see you there!</p> 2019-08-02 11:30:00 -050010/05/1910:00 a.m.Downtown Cedar Rapids Public LibraryCedar Rapids -
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Tallgrass Conversations Book Reading at Prairiewoods: In Search of the Prairie Spirit
<p>Join author Thomas Dean at Prairiewoods (120 East Boyson Road in Hiawatha) as he reads and shares photographs from his newly-released <em>Tallgrass Conversations: In Search of the Prairie Spirit. </em>These stories will be a springboard to discussing how conversations can enhance our relationships with the natural world. If we think of <em>conversation</em> as encounter and interaction that creates something new—understanding, inspiration, care, healing—then conversation with our native landscape can nurture a deeper relationship with and sense of stewardship of the tallgrass prairie, one of the most altered and threatened ecosystems in the world. To be in search of the prairie spirit here in this place on Earth, then, means to engage in tallgrass conversations. Let’s engage in conversation with each other and with the prairie! Those of us who want to go even deeper are invited to register for Tom’s 24-hour retreat that begins with this book reading. (Please see the separate registration page.) The cost of the book reading is $10, and the book is available in the Prairiewoods Gift Shop. For more information or to register, contact Prairiewoods at www.Prairiewoods.org or 319-395-6700.</p> 2019-08-19 20:30:00 -0500
9/20/196:30 p.m.Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality CenterHiawatha -
Tallgrass Conversations Retreat at Prairiewoods: In Search of the Prairie Spirit
<p>Conversation is perhaps our greatest hope, not only for healing the rifts in human understanding, but also for restoring and reinspiring our relationship with the natural world. If we think of <em>conversation</em> as encounter and interaction that creates something new—understanding, inspiration, care, healing—then conversation with our native landscape can nurture a deeper relationship with and sense of stewardship of the tallgrass prairie, one of the most altered and threatened ecosystems in the world. To be in search of the prairie spirit here in this place on Earth, then, means to engage in tallgrass conversations. Come to Prairiewoods (120 East Boyson Road in Hiawatha) for a Friday evening book reading and Saturday retreat with author Thomas Dean. The Friday night event—which is open to the public—will consist of Tom reading and sharing photographs from his recently-released book <em>Tallgrass Conversations: In Search of the Prairie Spirit,</em> as well as discussion about how conversation can enhance our relationships with the natural world. The day-long Saturday workshop will continue the discussion but focus greatly on us encountering the prairie, generating creative expression and sharing that creative expression with one another. The cost for the 24-hour retreat is $195 and includes sessions, Friday night lodging, all Saturday meals and a copy of <em>Tallgrass Conversations. </em>(An optional overnight Saturday, including Sunday breakfast, can be added for $55.) The commuter fee is $165 and includes sessions, Saturday lunch and dinner, and a copy of <em>Tallgrass Conversations.</em> For more information or to register, contact Prairiewoods at www.Prairiewoods.org or 319-395-6700.</p>
9/20/196:30 p.m.Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality CenterHiawatha -
Book Babies
<p>Rhymes, fingerplays, songs and short stories designed to stimulate your infant's language development. We ask that there be a lap for every baby.</p><p><br></p> 2019-08-30 23:00:00 -05008/30/1910:30 a.m.Iowa City Public LibraryIowa City -
Book Babies
<p>Rhymes, fingerplays, songs and short stories designed to stimulate your infant's language development. We ask that there be a lap for every baby.</p><p><br></p> 2019-08-30 14:00:00 -0500
8/30/191:30 p.m.Iowa City Public LibraryIowa City -
Bryan Walsh Author Event
<p>Join us Monday, September 9 at 7pm for author Bryan Walsh who will discuss his new book, End Times: A Brief Guide to the End of the World. In End Times<em>, </em>Walsh examines threats that emerge from nature and those of our own making. He details the true probability of these world-ending catastrophes, the impact on our lives were they to happen, and the best strategies for saving ourselves. A graduate of Princeton University, Walsh worked as a foreign correspondent, reporter, and editor for TIME for over 15 years. He founded the award-winning Ecocentric blog on TIME.com and has reported from more than 20 countries on science and environmental stories like SARS, global warming, and extinction. He lives in Brooklyn, NY, with his wife and son. This event will be held in CSPS Hall C-Space with a book signing to follow at the bookstore.</p> 2019-08-19 20:15:00 -0500
9/09/197:00 p.m.Next Page BooksCedar Rapids -
Cancun Airport Transportation
<p><iframe src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d3723.7616830291536!2d-86.87380508475295!3d21.04221959269384!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x8f4e8049fc6dd149%3A0x4f003d5b2c274f4c!2sCancun+Airport+Shuttle+Transportation!5e0!3m2!1sen!2smx!4v1557241221010!5m2!1sen!2smx" width="600" height="450" frameborder="0" style="border:0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p><p>Cancun Airport Shuttle Transportation</p><p>Km. 22 Aeropuerto Internacional de, 77569 Cancún, Q.R.</p><p>+52 998 898 4979</p> 2019-05-07 21:30:00 -0500
1/22/201:00 p.m.Cancun Airport Shuttle TransportationCancún -
Baby & Me Storytime Featuring ABCs of Biology
<p>Baby & Me Storytime continues for caregivers and children 0-24 months old. Join us as we read a book and participate in activities featuring sensory growth for your little ones. Plus, get a free Starbucks tall, hot or iced coffee (Café stores only). </p> 2019-08-02 11:30:00 -0500
8/25/1911:00 a.m.Barnes and NobleCedar Rapids -
Amateur Radio: From Spark Gap to Digital Signal Processing by Joe Spinks
<p>Marion Heritage Center & Museum Program Event </p><p>Joe Spinks, former City of Marion Council member, will present a program about the hobby of ham radio entitled: <em>Amateur Radio: From Spark Gap to Digital Signal Processing</em> on Sunday, September 15, from 1:30 to 3:30 pm at the Marion Heritage Center & Museum.</p><p>Joe and Teresa Spinks have lived in Marion for 40 years. He worked at <em>Rockwell Collins, Collins Aerospace</em>, for 37 years as an electrical engineer.</p><p>Spinks (call sign AA0KW) has been an amateur radio operator, or "ham," for 52 years. He was first licensed as a junior in high school. He has witnessed many types of technologies and yet touched only a few. . . many more await exploration. Communication opportunities are expanding every year, as technology moves forward.</p><p>The museum will open at 1 p.m. and the one-hour program will be followed by a discussion/questions & answers period and then a reception with light refreshments.</p><p>This is the second of a series of programs about the current exhibition, <em>The Collins Story: on the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing </em>which runs through February 29, 2020 in collaboration with the <em>Arthur A. Collins Legacy Association.</em> The exhibition is sponsored in part by the <em>City of Marion Hotel Motel Grant Program</em>. Admission to the exhibition and all the outreach programs in the series is free courtesy of a grant from the <em>McIntyre Foundation of Cedar Rapids</em>. Find us on Facebook.com/marionheritagecenter/</p> 2019-08-14 15:30:00 -05009/15/191:30 p.m.Marion Heritage Center & MuseumMarion -
Day of Self Renewal at Prairiewoods
<p>Find complete rest and relaxation for mind, body and spirit during a monthly Day of Self Renewal at Prairiewoods (120 East Boyson Road in Hiawatha). This day of pampering is facilitated by Angie Pierce Jennings one Monday a month and features two 40-minute holistic services, guided meditation, singing bowl prayer, a private guest room, access to walking trails and all that Prairiewoods has to offer, a fresh lunch and hours of free time. (Choose from massage, head and shoulder massage, reflexology, healing touch, spiritual direction, dream processing, yoga, chair yoga, guided nature experience or labyrinth meditation.) We can check into our rooms as early as 8 a.m., and the program begins promptly at 8:30 in the Center. The cost is $95 and includes guided meditation, singing bowl prayer, two holistic services, a room for the day and lunch. Registration, a non-refundable deposit of $25 and top three service choices are required at least five days in advance. For more information or to register, contact Prairiewoods at www.Prairiewoods.org or 319-395-6700.</p> 2017-04-25 16:30:00 -0500
8/26/198:30 a.m.Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality CenterHiawatha -
Super Souffles - Cooking Class
<p><strong>Super Soufflés: </strong><strong><i>On the menu:</i></strong> From Cheese Soufflés to Chocolate Soufflés and side dishes to serve with them to complete the menu. $50.00</p><p><strong>August 26 (Monday) 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> 2019-06-27 14:00:00 -05008/26/1911:00 a.m.Cooking with NinaRobins -
Let's Make and Eat Cuban Foods - Cooking Class
<p><strong>Let’s Make and Eat Cuban Foods: </strong><strong><i>On the menu:</i></strong><strong> </strong>Fruit Spritzers, Cuban Black Bean Soup and Cuban Sandwiches.</p><p> $40.00</p><p><strong>August 27 (Tuesday) 6 to 8 p.m.</strong> </p> 2019-06-27 20:00:00 -05008/27/196:00 p.m.Cooking with NinaRobins -
Welcome Wednesdays - Wringing Nickels out of Broom Handles
<p>Come share tips and tricks for getting the maximum good out of precious dollars. We’re challenging each other to be thrifty, positive, and creative! Discuss frugal hacks, and thrifty Grandma Wisdom!</p> 2019-08-28 12:00:00 -0500
8/28/1911:30 a.m.Ecumenical Community CenterCedar Rapids -
Luscious Low-Carb Burgers - Cooking Class
<p><strong>Luscious Low-Carb Burgers:</strong><strong> </strong> Don’t keep making the same old burgers, come for these tasty combinations. <strong><i>On the menu:</i> </strong>Pork and Pepperoni Burgers, Tropical Turkey Burgers, Asian Chicken Burgers, and Thai-Style Burgers. $50.00</p><p> <strong>August 28 (Wednesday) 6 to 9 p.m.</strong></p> 2019-06-27 21:00:00 -05008/28/196:00 p.m.Cooking with NinaRobins -
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Anam Cara Art Journaling at Prairiewoods
<p>As John O’Donohue writes, “<em>Anam</em> is the Gaelic word for soul and <em>cara</em> is the word for friend. So <em>anam cara</em> in the Celtic world was the soul friend.” In monthly sessions, which stand alone, facilitator Angie Pierce Jennings will guide us to read and reflect on passages from O’Donohue’s deeply spiritual book <em>Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom.</em> We will use the process of art journaling as a creative way to further contemplate and explore the concepts of the book. Feel free to bring a journal or mixed media tablet, colored pencils and watercolor paints. (We will have some art supplies available.) Artists of all experience levels, including beginners, are welcome. Feel free to enjoy this as a series or individual sessions. Please register by the previous Friday. The cost is $10 per session, plus the cost of the book (which is available in the Prairiewoods Gift Shop). For more information or to register, contact Prairiewoods at www.Prairiewoods.org or 319-395-6700.</p> 2019-06-30 14:30:00 -0500
9/24/191:00 p.m.Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality CenterHiawatha -
Anam Cara Art Journaling at Prairiewoods
<p>As John O’Donohue writes, “<em>Anam</em> is the Gaelic word for soul and <em>cara</em> is the word for friend. So <em>anam cara</em> in the Celtic world was the soul friend.” In monthly sessions, which stand alone, facilitator Angie Pierce Jennings will guide us to read and reflect on passages from O’Donohue’s deeply spiritual book <em>Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom.</em> We will use the process of art journaling as a creative way to further contemplate and explore the concepts of the book. Feel free to bring a journal or mixed media tablet, colored pencils and watercolor paints. (We will have some art supplies available.) Artists of all experience levels, including beginners, are welcome. Feel free to enjoy this as a series or individual sessions. Please register by the previous Friday. The cost is $10 per session, plus the cost of the book (which is available in the Prairiewoods Gift Shop). For more information or to register, contact Prairiewoods at www.Prairiewoods.org or 319-395-6700.</p> 2019-07-31 14:30:00 -0500
10/29/191:00 p.m.Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality CenterHiawatha -
Asian-themed Dinner Cooking Class
<p><strong>Asian-Themed Dinner Class</strong><strong>:</strong> <strong><i>On the menu:</i></strong> Turkey Lettuce Wraps. Asian Soup, Curried Chicken Salad, Pavlova Meringues with Mango Sorbet. (Dairy-Free and Gluten Free Dinner) $55.00</p><p> <strong>August 29 (Thursday) 6 to 9 p.m.</strong></p> 2019-06-27 21:00:00 -05008/29/196:00 p.m.Cooking with NinaRobins -
Baby & Me Storytime Featuring Moo, Baa, La La La!
<p>Baby & Me Storytime continues for caregivers and children 0-24 months old. Join us as we read a book and participate in activities featuring sensory growth for your little ones. Plus, get a free Starbucks tall, hot or iced coffee.</p> 2019-08-19 11:30:00 -0500
9/15/1911:00 a.m.Barnes and NobleCedar Rapids -
Baby & Me Storytime Featuring Silly Lullaby
<p>Baby & Me Storytime continues for caregivers and children 0-24 months old. Join us as we read a book and participate in activities featuring sensory growth for your little ones. Plus, get a free Starbucks tall, hot or iced coffee.</p> 2019-08-21 11:30:00 -0500
9/22/1911:00 a.m.Barnes and NobleCedar Rapids