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One Book Two Book: A Celebration of Children's Literature in the City of Literature
<p>The eighth annual One Book Two Book festival is here! The day long event will include a children's book fair, live entertainment by Absolute Science, arts and crafts, face painting, trains with Dan Daly, and more. Children's book characters will also be visiting-the Pout Pout fish, the Very Hungry Caterpillar, Clifford and Mouse from If You Give a Mouse a Cookie!</p><p>One Book Two Book will be held downtown across from the Library at the Vetro Hotel, 201 S. Linn St.</p><p>For a list of all the events and times visit:<br><a href="http://www.onebooktwobook.org/saturday-schedule/">http://www.onebooktwobook.org/saturday-schedule/</a></p> 2019-02-12 16:00:00 -0600
2/23/1910:00 a.m.hotelVetroIowa City -
Author Signing: K.M. Ryant Hutzel
<p>Join us as we welcome author K.M. Ryant Hutzel to M and M Bookstore.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>About K.M. Ryant Hutzel</u></strong></p><p>Children are curious - KM Ryant Hutzel offers books that are exciting to read with surprise endings!</p><p><br></p><p>Karen M (Ryant) Hutzel (author name KM Ryant Hutzel) grew up on a small family farm near Spillville, IA. She is married with two grown children. Her family is one of the greatest joys of her life.</p><p><br></p><p>Karen's childhood memories and love of children made writing /publishing children's books a natural choice. At this time, she has written / published "The Adventures of Chico the House Mouse" and "Macon the Monkey Goes to Kindergarten" and "Fenella and the Enchanted Forest".</p> 2019-01-18 12:30:00 -0600
3/02/1910:30 a.m.M & M BooksCedar Rapids -
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Our Pick Book Club: The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan
<p>Join as a we discuss <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28372019-the-bookshop-on-the-corner"><em>Bookshop on the Corner</em></a> by Jenny Colgan. Copies of the book are available for purchase at M and M Bookstore.</p><p>Light refreshments may be served.</p><p><strong><u>About the book:</u></strong></p><p>Nina Redmond is a literary matchmaker. Pairing a reader with that perfect book is her passion… and also her job. Or at least it was. Until yesterday, she was a librarian in the hectic city. But now the job she loved is no more.<br><br>Determined to make a new life for herself, Nina moves to a sleepy village many miles away. There she buys a van and transforms it into a bookmobile—a mobile bookshop that she drives from neighborhood to neighborhood, changing one life after another with the power of storytelling.<span> </span><br><br>From helping her grumpy landlord deliver a lamb, to sharing picnics with a charming train conductor who serenades her with poetry, Nina discovers there’s plenty of adventure, magic, and soul in a place that’s beginning to feel like home… a place where she just might be able to write her own happy ending.</p> 2018-12-15 19:00:00 -0600
2/28/196:00 p.m.M & M BooksCedar Rapids -
What'cha Reading Book Club
<p>Read whatever you want, and join us on the third Thursday of every month 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.</p><p><br></p><p>Light refreshments may be served.</p> 2018-12-14 19:00:00 -0600
2/21/196:00 p.m.M & M BooksCedar Rapids -
Author Signing: Kristine Plum
<p>Please join us as we welcome author Kristine Plum to M and M Bookstore.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>About Kristine Plum</u></strong></p><p>Kristine Plum lives in Iowa, where she was born and raised, with her husband, son and canine children. Her childhood was spent on the family farm with the animals, especially puppies! A series of events and choices gave her unexpected life experience while still a teenager, that she’s still learning from today.</p><p><br></p><p>Kristine has been interested in history and the supernatural as far back as she can remember, and her imagination has always been wild. Her interests led her to degrees in History, Spanish, Music and Education from a small liberal arts college whose atmosphere helped to open her mind beyond the bubble of her small town upbringing, and helped further shape her into the person she is today. She passed on her aspirations to own a “living-history” castle museum in Europe to be a high school Spanish teacher.</p><p><br></p><p>She has been blessed to have the opportunity to travel within the United States and to Europe multiple times. Spain and Italy hold special places in her heart.</p><p><br></p><p>Working for over a decade in education gave her the determination, and courage to finally share one of the elaborate stories in her head with others. She greatly appreciates all of the support and encouragement from her friends and family!</p><p><br></p><p>The supernatural has always been part of Kristine’s entertainment. The very first chapter book she read was “Sweet Valley Twins- The Haunted House”, followed soon after by “Wait Til Helen Comes” by Mary Downing Hahn. In the sixth grade Kristine read L.J. Smith’s “The Secret Circle” which she still claims as her favorite book(s), and reads the three book series at least once a year. Her favorite TV show is, was and ever will be “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”. Although she has discovered enjoyment from other genres, usually recommendations from friends, she tends to stick to supernatural as her reading genre of choice.</p> 2019-02-08 12:30:00 -0600
5/04/1910:30 a.m.M & M BooksCedar Rapids -
Author Signing: Alexandra Penn
<p>Join us as we welcome author Alexandra Penn to M and M Bookstore.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>About Alexandra Penn</u></strong></p><p>Alexandra Penn was a museum kid. The daughter of a photographer and a Scuba diver, she spent her teenage years in the field: Penn has worked with Smithsonian archaeologists, NASA software engineers, volcanologists, and photographers. She also managed to fail Algebra II with a passing grade, which she's a little proud of. </p><p><br></p><p>Her work is both a love letter to and an intense criticism of the academic world.</p><p><br></p><p>She has been bitten by a shark, she watched the final shuttle launch from the fire escape outside Launch Control, and she has been a certified diver since age twelve. She likes dogs, long walks on the beach, and socialized medicine. Also books.</p><p><br></p><p>Penn is one of two Directors of The Writers' Rooms, an editor for hire, an amateur linguist, and a Taurus. Her work has received many accolades, including an Honorable Mention in the Writer's Digest Annual Contest 2017. </p><p><br></p><p>She spends all her free time on Twitter.</p> 2019-02-08 12:30:00 -0600
3/02/1910:30 p.m.M & M BooksCedar Rapids -
Parenting Young Children
<p>Parenting Young Children workshops offer families an opportunity to explore many different parenting topics. Participants will choose topics that are relevant to their everyday lives upon registration and the workshop will focus on these topics. Example topics include Ages and Stages, Positive Discipline, Parenting Strategies, Family Routines, Early Literacy, and much more! Each workshop will begin with a FREE family meal, followed by an hour-long parent workshop, and ending with a parent-child activity. Childcare will be provided nearby during the parent workshop. This workshop offers an opportunity for caregivers to come together to share resources and experiences! Materials, food, and childcare are provided FREE of charge for this workshop. For families with a child ages 0-5 years, siblings welcome!</p> 2019-02-20 19:30:00 -06002/20/195:30 p.m.Mercy Medical CenterCedar Rapdis -
Freedom Bike Ride: Root Beer Edition
<p>Due to an overwhelming response with almost 200 bike riders in the first year, the Freedom Bike Ride is welcomed back for the 4th year! This fundraiser bicycle event will take place on Sunday, June 23, 2019, with new start times of 10:30am and 11:00am. This is a great practice route for RAGBRAI! </p><p>There are two different bike loops to choose from; 28 or 45 miles. The start of the ride is at Lowe Park in Marion, IA. All loop intervals will meet back at the central location concurrently for a sit down buffet.</p><p>A button is required for this event, along with a $40 registration fee, which includes a Freedom Festival button, complimentary rest stops with beverages and snacks, as well as meal at the end of the ride. Back again this year will be the popular "Bike Bucks". Each rider will receive $10 worth of "Bike Bucks" to use at any designated stop along the ride. The Boot Jack Duo will also be the entertainment for riders after completing the ride.</p><p>Registration increases to $45 beginning June 20th. </p><p>A helmet is required for all riders. Button must be worn during the ride. Visit our website for full details and for registration.</p> 2017-11-30 18:00:00 -0600
6/23/1910:30 a.m.Lowe Park 4500 10th Street, Marion, Iowa 52302Marion -
Freedom Festival Parade
<p>The Freedom Festival Parade is proud to continue the tradition of red, white, and blue floats, vehicles, music, dancing groups, businesses, and other local organizations. It also features the "Freedom Festival Express", which is a track-less train! The parade offers a patriotic and nostalgic way to celebrate community on the 4th of July weekend.</p><p><br></p><p>This event is FREE!</p> 2017-11-30 12:00:00 -0600
6/29/1910:00 a.m.Czech VillageCedar Rapids -
Diary of a Worm, a Spider & a Fly
<p>Insects rule in the diaries of unlikely best friends: Worm, Spider and Fly. Worm eats his homework, Fly believes she has superpowers, and Spider can’t wait to grow up and molt.</p><p>This production, based on the books <em>Diary of a Worm, Diary of a Spider</em>, and <em>Diary of a Fly</em>, by Doreen Cronin, promotes eco-consciousness, earth science and tolerance of others. You might just find that a bug’s life is not all that different from your own in this joyful, hip musical. This performance is part of our Youth Matinee Series. <a href="https://www.center.iastate.edu/events/diary-of-a-worm-a-spider-a-fly/">Tickets start at $4.</a></p>
4/05/1910:00 a.m.Stephens AuditoriumAmes -
Author Reading: Kristine Plum
<p>Join us as we welcome author Kristine Plum to M and Bookstore.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>Schedule for the Evening</u></strong></p><p>5 to 6: Mix & Mingle | 6 to 6:30: Reading & Q&A | 6:30 to 7: Book Signing</p><p><br></p><p>Light refreshments may be served.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>About Kristine Plum</u></strong></p><p>Kristine Plum lives in Iowa, where she was born and raised, with her husband, son and canine children. Her childhood was spent on the family farm with the animals, especially puppies! A series of events and choices gave her unexpected life experience while still a teenager, that she’s still learning from today.</p><p><br></p><p>Kristine has been interested in history and the supernatural as far back as she can remember, and her imagination has always been wild. Her interests led her to degrees in History, Spanish, Music and Education from a small liberal arts college whose atmosphere helped to open her mind beyond the bubble of her small town upbringing, and helped further shape her into the person she is today. She passed on her aspirations to own a “living-history” castle museum in Europe to be a high school Spanish teacher.</p><p><br></p><p>She has been blessed to have the opportunity to travel within the United States and to Europe multiple times. Spain and Italy hold special places in her heart.</p><p><br></p><p>Working for over a decade in education gave her the determination, and courage to finally share one of the elaborate stories in her head with others. She greatly appreciates all of the support and encouragement from her friends and family!</p><p><br></p><p>The supernatural has always been part of Kristine’s entertainment. The very first chapter book she read was “Sweet Valley Twins- The Haunted House”, followed soon after by “Wait Til Helen Comes” by Mary Downing Hahn. In the sixth grade Kristine read L.J. Smith’s “The Secret Circle” which she still claims as her favorite book(s), and reads the three book series at least once a year. Her favorite TV show is, was and ever will be “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”. Although she has discovered enjoyment from other genres, usually recommendations from friends, she tends to stick to supernatural as her reading genre of choice.</p> 2019-02-08 19:00:00 -0600
7/11/195:00 p.m.M & M BooksCedar Rapids -
Author Reading: Evan Grace
<p>Join us as we welcome author Evan Grace to M and Bookstore.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>Schedule for the Evening</u></strong></p><p>5 to 6: Mix & Mingle | 6 to 6:30: Reading & Q&A | 6:30 to 7: Book Signing</p><p><br></p><p>Light refreshments may be served.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>About Evan Grace</u></strong></p><p>A Midwesterner and self-proclaimed book nerd, Evan has been an avid reader most of her life, but one day an idea came into her head and a writing career was born. She’s a sucker for happily ever afters and loves creating fictional worlds that others can get lost in. Evan loves putting her characters through the ringer, but loves when they get to that satisfying, swoony ending.</p><p><br></p><p>When the voices in her head give it a rest, she can always be found with her e-reader in her hand. Some of her favorites include, Aurora Rose Reynolds, (the queen) Kristen Ashley, Joanna Wylde, Madeline Sheehan and Harper Sloan. Evan finds a lot of her inspiration in music, movies, TV shows and life.</p><p><br></p><p>She’s a wife to Jim and a mom to Ethan and Evan, a cook, a tutor, a friend and a writer. How does she do it? She’ll never tell.</p> 2019-02-08 19:00:00 -0600
8/08/195:00 p.m.M & M BooksCedar Rapids -
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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 BooksCedar Rapids -
Our Pick Book Club: The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson
<p>Join us for a lively discussion about <em><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36477572-the-bookshop-of-yesterdays">The Bookshop of Yesterdays</a></em> by Amy Meyerson. Copies of the book are available for purchase from M and M Bookstore.</p><p>Light refreshments may be served.</p><p><strong><u>About the book:</u></strong></p><p>A woman inherits a beloved bookstore and sets forth on a journey of self-discovery in this poignant debut about family, forgiveness and a love of reading.<br><br>Miranda Brooks grew up in the stacks of her eccentric Uncle Billy's bookstore, solving the inventive scavenger hunts he created just for her. But on Miranda's twelfth birthday, Billy has a mysterious falling-out with her mother and suddenly disappears from Miranda's life. She doesn't hear from him again until sixteen years later when she receives unexpected news: Billy has died and left her Prospero Books, which is teetering on bankruptcy--and one final scavenger hunt.<br><br>When Miranda returns home to Los Angeles and to Prospero Books--now as its owner--she finds clues that Billy has hidden for her inside novels on the store's shelves, in locked drawers of his apartment upstairs, in the name of the store itself. Miranda becomes determined to save Prospero Books and to solve Billy's last scavenger hunt. She soon finds herself drawn into a journey where she meets people from Billy's past, people whose stories reveal a history that Miranda's mother has kept hidden--and the terrible secret that tore her family apart.<br><br>Bighearted and trenchantly observant, <em style="">The Bookshop of Yesterdays </em>is a lyrical story of family, love and the healing power of community. It's a love letter to reading and bookstores, and a testament to how our histories shape who we become.</p> 2018-12-15 19:00:00 -0600
5/23/196:00 p.m.M & M BooksCedar Rapids -
Sleuths-R-Us Book Club: Elementary, She Read by Vicki Delany
<p><span data-offset-key="e84vs-0-0"><span data-text="true">Join us as we discuss Elementary, She Read by Vicki Delany. Copies of the book are available for sale at M and M Bookstore.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="7ltpi-0-0"><span data-text="true">Light refreshments may be served. </span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="7ltpi-0-0"><span data-text="true">About the book:</span></span></p><p><span data-offset-key="7ltpi-0-0"><span data-text="true">Gemma Doyle, a transplanted Englishwoman, has returned to the quaint town of West London on Cape Cod to manage her Great Uncle Arthur's Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium. The shop--located at 222 Baker Street--specializes in the Holmes canon and pastiche, and is also the home of Moriarty the cat. When Gemma finds a rare and potentially valuable magazine containing the first Sherlock Homes story hidden in the bookshop, she and her friend Jayne (who runs the adjoining Mrs. Hudson's Tea Room) set off to find the owner, only to stumble upon a dead body.<span> </span><br><br>The highly perceptive Gemma is the police’s first suspect, so she puts her consummate powers of deduction to work to clear her name, investigating a handsome rare books expert, the dead woman's suspiciously unmoved son, and a whole family of greedy characters desperate to cash in on their inheritance. But when Gemma and Jayne accidentally place themselves at a second murder scene, it's a race to uncover the truth before the detectives lock them up for good.<br><br>Fans of Sherlock Holmes will delight in the sleuthing duo of Gemma and Jayne in<span> </span><em>Elementary, She Read</em>, the clever and captivating series debut by nationally bestselling author Vicki Delany.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p> 2018-12-15 19:00:00 -0600
5/02/196:00 p.m.M & M BooksCedar Rapids -
Art Lovers Book Club at CRMA: Just Kids by Patti Smith
<p>Just Kids by Patti Smith</p><p><br></p><p>Thursday, February 21, 4:00 PM</p><p><br></p><p>Patti Smith’s offers a never-before-seen glimpse of her remarkable relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the epochal days of New York City and the Chelsea Hotel in the late sixties and seventies. An honest and moving story of youth and friendship, Smith brings the same unique, lyrical quality to Just Kids as she has to the rest of her body of work.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Hosts for this Event: </strong></p><p>The CRMA</p><p><br></p>
2/21/194:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Playdate with a Book
<p>During the month of February, Hiawatha Public Library invites kids to go on a playdate with a book! Check out a wrapped book and let us know what you think. Have you made a new friend? Two random "playdaters" will win prizes when February ends.</p> 2019-02-19 20:00:00 -0600
2/19/1910:00 a.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
Playdate with a Book
<p>During the month of February, Hiawatha Public Library invites kids to go on a playdate with a book! Check out a wrapped book and let us know what you think. Have you made a new friend? Two random "playdaters" will win prizes when February ends.</p> 2019-02-20 20:00:00 -0600
2/20/1910:00 a.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
Playdate with a Book
<p>During the month of February, Hiawatha Public Library invites kids to go on a playdate with a book! Check out a wrapped book and let us know what you think. Have you made a new friend? Two random "playdaters" will win prizes when February ends.</p> 2019-02-21 20:00:00 -0600
2/21/1910:00 a.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
Author Reading: Karla Manternach
<p>Join us as we welcome Karla Manternach to M and M Bookstore.</p><p><br></p><p>Light refreshments may be served.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>About Karla Manternach</u></strong></p><p>At Meena's age, Karla was a smudgy kid in tube socks. She once stopped an entire parade by running in front of a fire truck for candy. She liked every subject in school, even Government, but she always loved writing best of all. When she was ten, she wrote her most ambitious piece yet: a ten-page story called The Berry Hunt That Went ALIEN. Today, she texts with only one finger...but with perfect punctuation.</p><p><br></p><p>Karla is also a freelance writer for nonprofit and religious organizations. She lives with her family in small-town Wisconsin.</p><p><br></p><p>Her agent is Emily Mitchell at Wernick & Pratt.</p> 2019-01-31 12:00:00 -0600
3/09/1910:30 a.m.M & M BooksCedar Rapids -
Our Pick Book Club: Paris By the Book by Liam Callanan
<p>Join us for a lively discussion about <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35450129-paris-by-the-book"><em>Paris by the Book</em></a> by Liam Callanan. Copies of the book are available for purchase at M and M Bookstore.</p><p>Light refreshments may be served.</p><p>About the book:</p><p><strong>A missing person, a grieving family, a curious clue: a half-finished manuscript set in Paris. Heading off in search of its author, a mother and her daughters find themselves in France, rescuing a failing bookstore and drawing closer to unexpected truths.</strong><br><br><em>Once a week, I chase men who are not my husband….</em><br><br>When eccentric novelist Robert Eady abruptly vanishes, he leaves behind his wife, Leah, their daughters, and, hidden in an unexpected spot, plane tickets to Paris.<br><br>Hoping to uncover clues—and her husband—Leah sets off for France with her girls. Upon their arrival, she discovers an unfinished manuscript, one Robert had been writing without her knowledge…and that he had set in Paris. The Eady women follow the path of the manuscript to a small, floundering English-language bookstore whose weary proprietor is eager to sell. The whole store? Today? Yes, but Leah’s biggest surprise comes when she hears herself accepting the offer on the spot.<br><br>As the family settles into their new Parisian life, they can’t help but trace the literary paths of some beloved Parisian classics, including<span> </span><em>Madeline</em><span> </span>and<span> </span><em>The Red Balloon</em>, hoping more clues arise. But a series of startling discoveries forces Leah to consider that she may not be ready for what solving this mystery might do to her family—and the Paris she thought she knew.<br><br>At once haunting and charming,<span> </span><em>Paris by the Book</em><span> </span>follows one woman’s journey as her story is being rewritten, exploring the power of family and the magic that hides within the pages of a book.</p> 2018-12-15 19:00:00 -0600
4/25/196:00 p.m.M & M BooksCedar Rapids -
Sleuths-R-Us Book Club: A Study in Scarlet Women
<p><span data-offset-key="89pu1-0-0"><span data-text="true">Join us as we discuss A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas. Copies of the book are available for sale at M and M Bookstore.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="57cic-0-0"><span data-text="true">Light refreshments may be served. </span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="57cic-0-0"><span data-text="true">About the book:</span></span></p><p><span data-offset-key="57cic-0-0"><span data-text="true">With her inquisitive mind, Charlotte Holmes has never felt comfortable with the demureness expected of the fairer sex in upper class society. But even she never thought that she would become a social pariah, an outcast fending for herself on the mean streets of London.<span> </span><br><br>When the city is struck by a trio of unexpected deaths and suspicion falls on her sister and her father, Charlotte is desperate to find the true culprits and clear the family name. She’ll have help from friends new and old—a kind-hearted widow, a police inspector, and a man who has long loved her.<br><br>But in the end, it will be up to Charlotte, under the assumed name Sherlock Holmes, to challenge society’s expectations and match wits against an unseen mastermind.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p> 2018-12-15 19:00:00 -0600
4/04/196:00 p.m.M & M BooksCedar Rapids -
Playdate with a Book
<p>During the month of February, Hiawatha Public Library invites kids to go on a playdate with a book! Check out a wrapped book and let us know what you think. Have you made a new friend? Two random "playdaters" will win prizes when February ends.</p> 2019-02-22 20:00:00 -0600
2/22/1910:00 a.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
Playdate with a Book
<p>During the month of February, Hiawatha Public Library invites kids to go on a playdate with a book! Check out a wrapped book and let us know what you think. Have you made a new friend? Two random "playdaters" will win prizes when February ends.</p> 2019-02-23 20:00:00 -0600
2/23/1910:00 a.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
Parenting Young Children
<p>Parenting Young Children workshops offer families an opportunity to explore many different parenting topics. Participants will choose topics that are relevant to their everyday lives upon registration and the workshop will focus on these topics. Example topics include Ages and Stages, Positive Discipline, Parenting Strategies, Family Routines, Early Literacy, and much more! Each workshop will begin with a FREE family meal, followed by an hour-long parent workshop, and ending with a parent-child activity. Childcare will be provided nearby during the parent workshop. This workshop offers an opportunity for caregivers to come together to share resources and experiences! Materials, food, and childcare are provided FREE of charge for this workshop. For families with a child ages 0-5 years, siblings welcome!</p> 2019-02-27 19:30:00 -06002/27/195:30 p.m.Mercy Medical CenterCedar Rapdis -
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Author Signing: Barbara Feller
<p>Join us as we welcome local author Barbara Feller to M and M Bookstore.</p><p><strong><u>About Barbara Feller:</u></strong></p><p>Native New Yorker, Barbara Feller, fell in love with Iowa and Iowans while working as an educator in area schools and museums. A part time teacher at Temple Judah since 1979, Barbara retired from her more public venue in 2013 with a desire to share inspiring stories of the history of her adopted community. Jay Sigmund and Grant Wood top that list.</p> 2019-02-07 12:30:00 -0600
4/06/1910:30 a.m.M & M BooksCedar Rapids -
Playdate with a Book
<p>During the month of February, Hiawatha Public Library invites kids to go on a playdate with a book! Check out a wrapped book and let us know what you think. Have you made a new friend? Two random "playdaters" will win prizes when February ends.</p> 2019-02-24 20:00:00 -0600
2/24/1910:00 a.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
Playdate with a Book
<p>During the month of February, Hiawatha Public Library invites kids to go on a playdate with a book! Check out a wrapped book and let us know what you think. Have you made a new friend? Two random "playdaters" will win prizes when February ends.</p> 2019-02-25 20:00:00 -0600
2/25/1910:00 a.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
Author Signing: Brooke O'Brien
<p>Join us as we welcome author Brooke O'Brien to M and M Bookstore.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>About Brooke O'Brien</u></strong></p><p>Brooke O'Brien is the Author of the Heart's Compass series and the recently published Tattered Heart duet.</p><p><br></p><p>Growing up Brooke always had a love of writing; she started out writing poetry when she was young and began journaling her thoughts as she grew older. Diving headfirst into a good book has always been therapeutic for her. Now her two passions have collided.</p><p><br></p><p>Brooke believes you can cure any bad day with chocolate or by going on a long drive with the windows down and the music turned up! She's found that's when her characters talk to her the most! If she's not reading or writing, you'll probably find her spending time with her family and friends, watching Hawkeye football or NBA basketball, going to the movies, or collecting signed paperbacks.</p><p><br></p><p>She LOVES to interact with readers! Keep in touch with Brooke by following her on Social Media and join her exclusive Reader Group"</p> 2019-01-18 15:00:00 -0600
3/02/191:00 p.m.M & M BooksCedar Rapids -
Author Signing: Beth Hudson
<p><span data-offset-key="ea5qj-0-0"><span data-text="true">Join us as we welcome local author Beth Hudson to M and M Bookstore.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="b1oa1-0-0"><span data-text="true"><strong><u>Schedule for the Evening</u></strong></span></span></p><p><span data-offset-key="fs4c2-0-0"><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><span data-offset-key="b8baf-0-0"><span data-text="true">Light refreshments may be served.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><strong><u><span data-offset-key="8cab1-0-0"><span data-text="true">About Beth Hudson</span></span></u></strong></p><p><span data-offset-key="dut07-0-0"><span data-text="true">As a reader, Beth started early, going quickly from Doctor Seuss to Tolkien, with some stops along the way for Bambi, The Little Prince, Lloyd Alexander's Prydain series, and some Celtic and Norse mythology. She embarked on her writing journey in third grade, when she wrote a short book about sentient planets. Her enormous fantasy world of plastic animals sparked her own mythology and love of story, and the make-believe games played with her sisters cemented a facility for wild creativity, and a sense that there were no limits to the imagination.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="2cp-0-0"><span data-text="true">From junior high through her first years of college, Beth continued to write, producing three drafts of one novel, a handwritten manuscript of another, and a third novel which may someday get dusted off and revised as the bones of something better. In college she took courses in Middle Welsh, Old Irish, Old English, Shakespeare, General Mytholgy, and Medieval and Renaissance Literature, and drifted out of a major in Astronomy and into a major in Linguistics with a minor in English. These classes cross-pollinated with her own stories, and taught her a great deal about culture and language that she is very grateful to have learned. It was also in college that she was introduced to science fiction fandom. She has been an active participant in ICON, Iowa's oldest sf convention, for over thirty years, running panels, working with the drama group, and for many years designing the program book.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="bm3gr-0-0"><span data-text="true">Post-college she fell into Real Life, and writing was temporarily sidelined. During this time she managed to acquire a family, and has three amazing sons of whom she is very proud. Deciding not to let her writing fall by the wayside, she began working hard on both old and new projects, and has been publishing short stories for the last decade, in anthologies and small press magazines. In 2008, she released an illustrated chapbook, "Following Seas" (originally released by Sam's Dot Publishing and reprinted in 2013 by Alban Lake Publishing's "Outposts of Beyond"), and in 2011 published a novella, The Herd Lord, about a war among centaurs.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="e3nr4-0-0"><span data-text="true"> In addition to fiction, she composes poetry and music, sings, and plays guitar, harp, and piano. Other hobbies include Arthurian literature and mythology, Celtic mythology, jewelry making, and of course, reading. She draws inspiration from many varied sources such as artwork, music, mythology, thunderstorms, and designer coffee.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><span data-offset-key="7bcnl-0-0"><span data-text="true">Etched in Fire is her first published novel, and takes place in the same world (though not the same time) as The Herd Lord.</span></span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p> 2019-01-18 19:00:00 -0600
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