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Summer Art Camp / Storybook Clay: The Incredible YOU!
<p dir="ltr">Storybook Clay Summer Camps for ages 5-8: A three day camp that bridges literacy with creativity! In these summer camps, our instructors will read from a children’s book, and then campers will create clay objects that reflect the theme of that series! A variety of projects will be made. Cost is $58.00.</p><p dir="ltr">Bridging literacy with creativity! In these summer camps, our instructors will read from a children’s book, and then campers will create clay objects that reflect the theme of that series! A variety of projects will be made. For ages 5-8.</p><p dir="ltr">The Incredible YOU -- we will read a series of books about embracing everything that makes you…well….YOU!</p><p dir="ltr">Date: W-TH-F / June 10th - June 12th </p><p dir="ltr">Time: 1:00-3:00pm</p><p dir="ltr">Cost: $58.00</p><p dir="ltr">Camp Code: 1LP</p><p dir="ltr"><a href="https://theceramicscenter.secure.force.com/events/CnP_PaaS_EVT__ExternalRegistrationPage?event_id=a0J0W00000d4mbOUAQ">https://theceramicscenter.secure.force.com/events/CnP_PaaS_EVT__ExternalRegistrationPage?event_id=a0J0W00000d4mbOUAQ</a></p> 2020-03-10 15:00:00 -0500
6/10/201:00 p.m.Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass StudioCedar Rapids -
Summer Camps / Storybook Clay: Dish Ran Away With the Spoon
<p dir="ltr">2020 SC 2LA Storybook</p><p dir="ltr">Youth Summer Art Camps! Drop off your kiddos with us this Summer so they can create and learn, all while interacting with other campers!</p><p dir="ltr">Storybook Clay Summer Camps for ages 5-8: A three day camp that bridges literacy with creativity! In these summer camps, our instructors will read from a children’s book, and then campers will create clay objects that reflect the theme of that series! A variety of projects will be made. Cost is $58.00.</p><p dir="ltr">Dish Ran Away With the Spoon -- We will explore several nursery rhymes and then bring their themes to life!</p><p dir="ltr">Date: M-T-W / June 15th--June 17th</p><p dir="ltr">Time: 9:00am-11:00am</p><p dir="ltr">Cost: $58.00 </p><p dir="ltr">Camp Code: 2LA</p><p dir="ltr"><a href="https://theceramicscenter.secure.force.com/events/CnP_PaaS_EVT__ExternalRegistrationPage?event_id=a0J0W00000d4mbiUAA">https://theceramicscenter.secure.force.com/events/CnP_PaaS_EVT__ExternalRegistrationPage?event_id=a0J0W00000d4mbiUAA</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p> 2020-03-10 23:00:00 -0500
6/15/209:00 p.m.Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass StudioCedar Rapids -
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Pancake Breakfast
<p>The Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival is bringing the annual pancake breakfast inside the Veterans Memorial Colliseum! The Freedom Festival is excited to highlight this beautifully restored, historic building in Cedar Rapids. Exhibits will be open during the breakfast for your enjoyment.</p><p>Bring your family, friends, neighbors and anyone else who doesn't want to cook on a national holiday and we'll do the cooking for you! After pancakes, be sure to stop by the 2nd Avenue Bridge for the Freedom Festival Car Show! </p><p>BREAKFAST PRICES:<br><strong>$1 OFF with Freedom Festival Button</strong><br>$6 - Adults (11+)<br>$3 - Children (6 - 10)<br>Children 5 - Under FREE </p> 2020-02-24 12:00:00 -0600
7/04/208:00 a.m.Veterans Memorial ColiseumCedar 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
6/06/207:00 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 16:00:00 -0500
6/07/202:00 p.m.Hope Martin TheatreWaterloo -
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 -
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="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="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
<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 -
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 -
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Walking in Mindfulness Silent Meditative Walk
<p>Begin your weekend in communal solitude during a silent meditative walk with Andrew from Walking Space. Being in the silent presence of another person can shift your relationship to a more conscious and present moment, especially when drawing upon the serenity of nature. Participants will have the option to quietly greet others at arrival and after a brief introduction Andrew will lead a silent meditative walk. While the walk itself is silent, participants are welcome to stay after to socialize. Because of the nature of this walk, music in earbuds, cell phones, and dogs are not allowed. Children are welcome so long as they abide by the concept of walking in silence. Pre-registration required. M $8; NM $10; children under 12 are free.</p> 2020-03-30 15:00:00 -05006/14/202:00 p.m.Indian Creek Nature CenterCedar Rapids -
Air FX Trampoline Park | Junior Jumpers
<p>Join us at Air FX Trampoline with your Junior Jumpers! Participation is limited to children age 6 and under, and they can jump anywhere in the park during that time - including the Tumbler Zone! Older kids are not allowed on the trampolines during Junior Jumpers. No reservation is necessary.</p><p><br></p><p>Sun & Sat, Tues & Thursday 9am - 11:00am $7:00/jumper, one parent jumps for FREE, second parent: $4.00</p><p><br></p><p>Skip the line and fill out your waiver online! https://airfxcr.com/customer-waiver/</p> 2020-06-06 11:59:00 -05006/06/209:00 a.m.Air FX Trampoline ParkHiawatha -
Air FX Trampoline Park | Junior Jumpers
<p>Join us at Air FX Trampoline with your Junior Jumpers! Participation is limited to children age 6 and under, and they can jump anywhere in the park during that time - including the Tumbler Zone! Older kids are not allowed on the trampolines during Junior Jumpers. No reservation is necessary.</p><p><br></p><p>Sun & Sat, Tues & Thursday 9am - 11:00am $7:00/jumper, one parent jumps for FREE, second parent: $4.00</p><p><br></p><p>Skip the line and fill out your waiver online! https://airfxcr.com/customer-waiver/</p> 2020-06-07 11:59:00 -05006/07/209:00 a.m.Air FX Trampoline ParkHiawatha -
Unwrapped: Gifts from the Peter Norton Family Christmas Project, 1988-2018
<p>Retired computer entrepreneur Peter Norton (Norton Antivirus Software) is a contemporary art collector as well as an active participant in various civic and philanthropic activities. In 1988, the Norton Family Christmas Project began commissioning artists to create original, multiple-edition works that were mailed as holiday greetings to friends, colleagues, and selected institutions. In 2017, the CRMA received the bulk of these wonderful holiday greetings from Director Emeritus Terry Pitts and his wife Kathy Hall.</p><p><br></p><p>The objects and artists’ books that comprise the Project collection are incredibly varied. A sense of whimsy runs through many of the pieces: salt and pepper shakers become snow globes, a music box exhorts us to be silent. Many works also have a sociopolitical focus, addressing issues as varied as slavery, AIDS, and gender identity. Taken together, the Norton Family Christmas Project objects and artists’ books provide a wonderful snapshot of the last thirty years of activity in the art world at large, presenting the work of both emerging and more established artists. The 2018 edition of the Norton Family Christmas Project was the last and ended the series.</p> 2020-06-07 16:00:00 -0500
6/07/2012:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Silent Reading Book Club
<p>Introverts unite! We are hosting a Silent Book Club on the fifth Thursday of the month.<br> <br>Join us a little before 6 pm with your favorite book and find a comfy spot to read in the store. We'll keep things quiet and chill while you get one hour of reading time.</p> 2019-12-26 19:00:00 -0600
7/30/206:00 p.m.M & M BookstoreCedar Rapids -
Silent Reading Book Club
<p>Introverts unite! We are hosting a Silent Book Club on the fifth Thursday of the month.<br> <br>Join us a little before 6 pm with your favorite book and find a comfy spot to read in the store. We'll keep things quiet and chill while you get one hour of reading time.</p> 2019-12-26 19:00:00 -0600
10/29/206:00 p.m.M & M BookstoreCedar Rapids -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Air FX Trampoline Park | Junior Jumpers
<p>Join us at Air FX Trampoline with your Junior Jumpers! Participation is limited to children age 6 and under, and they can jump anywhere in the park during that time - including the Tumbler Zone! Older kids are not allowed on the trampolines during Junior Jumpers. No reservation is necessary.</p><p><br></p><p>Sun & Sat, Tues & Thursday 9am - 11:00am $7:00/jumper, one parent jumps for FREE, second parent: $4.00</p><p><br></p><p>Skip the line and fill out your waiver online! https://airfxcr.com/customer-waiver/</p> 2020-06-09 11:59:00 -05006/09/209:00 a.m.Air FX Trampoline ParkHiawatha -
Unwrapped: Gifts from the Peter Norton Family Christmas Project, 1988-2018
<p>Retired computer entrepreneur Peter Norton (Norton Antivirus Software) is a contemporary art collector as well as an active participant in various civic and philanthropic activities. In 1988, the Norton Family Christmas Project began commissioning artists to create original, multiple-edition works that were mailed as holiday greetings to friends, colleagues, and selected institutions. In 2017, the CRMA received the bulk of these wonderful holiday greetings from Director Emeritus Terry Pitts and his wife Kathy Hall.</p><p><br></p><p>The objects and artists’ books that comprise the Project collection are incredibly varied. A sense of whimsy runs through many of the pieces: salt and pepper shakers become snow globes, a music box exhorts us to be silent. Many works also have a sociopolitical focus, addressing issues as varied as slavery, AIDS, and gender identity. Taken together, the Norton Family Christmas Project objects and artists’ books provide a wonderful snapshot of the last thirty years of activity in the art world at large, presenting the work of both emerging and more established artists. The 2018 edition of the Norton Family Christmas Project was the last and ended the series.</p> 2020-06-09 16:00:00 -0500
6/09/2012:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Air FX Trampoline Park | Junior Jumpers
<p>Join us at Air FX Trampoline with your Junior Jumpers! Participation is limited to children age 6 and under, and they can jump anywhere in the park during that time - including the Tumbler Zone! Older kids are not allowed on the trampolines during Junior Jumpers. No reservation is necessary.</p><p><br></p><p>Sun & Sat, Tues & Thursday 9am - 11:00am $7:00/jumper, one parent jumps for FREE, second parent: $4.00</p><p><br></p><p>Skip the line and fill out your waiver online! https://airfxcr.com/customer-waiver/</p> 2020-06-11 11:59:00 -05006/11/209:00 a.m.Air FX Trampoline ParkHiawatha -
Unwrapped: Gifts from the Peter Norton Family Christmas Project, 1988-2018
<p>Retired computer entrepreneur Peter Norton (Norton Antivirus Software) is a contemporary art collector as well as an active participant in various civic and philanthropic activities. In 1988, the Norton Family Christmas Project began commissioning artists to create original, multiple-edition works that were mailed as holiday greetings to friends, colleagues, and selected institutions. In 2017, the CRMA received the bulk of these wonderful holiday greetings from Director Emeritus Terry Pitts and his wife Kathy Hall.</p><p><br></p><p>The objects and artists’ books that comprise the Project collection are incredibly varied. A sense of whimsy runs through many of the pieces: salt and pepper shakers become snow globes, a music box exhorts us to be silent. Many works also have a sociopolitical focus, addressing issues as varied as slavery, AIDS, and gender identity. Taken together, the Norton Family Christmas Project objects and artists’ books provide a wonderful snapshot of the last thirty years of activity in the art world at large, presenting the work of both emerging and more established artists. The 2018 edition of the Norton Family Christmas Project was the last and ended the series.</p> 2020-06-10 16:00:00 -0500
6/10/2012:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
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Unwrapped: Gifts from the Peter Norton Family Christmas Project, 1988-2018
<p>Retired computer entrepreneur Peter Norton (Norton Antivirus Software) is a contemporary art collector as well as an active participant in various civic and philanthropic activities. In 1988, the Norton Family Christmas Project began commissioning artists to create original, multiple-edition works that were mailed as holiday greetings to friends, colleagues, and selected institutions. In 2017, the CRMA received the bulk of these wonderful holiday greetings from Director Emeritus Terry Pitts and his wife Kathy Hall.</p><p><br></p><p>The objects and artists’ books that comprise the Project collection are incredibly varied. A sense of whimsy runs through many of the pieces: salt and pepper shakers become snow globes, a music box exhorts us to be silent. Many works also have a sociopolitical focus, addressing issues as varied as slavery, AIDS, and gender identity. Taken together, the Norton Family Christmas Project objects and artists’ books provide a wonderful snapshot of the last thirty years of activity in the art world at large, presenting the work of both emerging and more established artists. The 2018 edition of the Norton Family Christmas Project was the last and ended the series.</p><p><br></p> 2020-06-11 20:00:00 -0500
6/11/2012:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Family Nature Experience
<p>During this program your whole family will participate in a hands-on activity under the guidance of a summer naturalist, like pond dipping, sweep netting for insects, a fossil dig, or a nature hike. Come dressed for the weather, as you’ll have fun outdoors no matter the conditions! This family-friendly program for all ages. Sturdy shoes recommended. Registration required. Fee: $3 per person; children under 3 are free</p> 2020-03-30 14:00:00 -05006/14/201:00 p.m.Indian Creek Nature CenterCedar Rapids -
Unwrapped: Gifts from the Peter Norton Family Christmas Project, 1988-2018
<p>Retired computer entrepreneur Peter Norton (Norton Antivirus Software) is a contemporary art collector as well as an active participant in various civic and philanthropic activities. In 1988, the Norton Family Christmas Project began commissioning artists to create original, multiple-edition works that were mailed as holiday greetings to friends, colleagues, and selected institutions. In 2017, the CRMA received the bulk of these wonderful holiday greetings from Director Emeritus Terry Pitts and his wife Kathy Hall.</p><p><br></p><p>The objects and artists’ books that comprise the Project collection are incredibly varied. A sense of whimsy runs through many of the pieces: salt and pepper shakers become snow globes, a music box exhorts us to be silent. Many works also have a sociopolitical focus, addressing issues as varied as slavery, AIDS, and gender identity. Taken together, the Norton Family Christmas Project objects and artists’ books provide a wonderful snapshot of the last thirty years of activity in the art world at large, presenting the work of both emerging and more established artists. The 2018 edition of the Norton Family Christmas Project was the last and ended the series.</p> 2020-06-12 16:00:00 -0500
6/12/2012:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Air FX Trampoline Park | Junior Jumpers
<p>Join us at Air FX Trampoline with your Junior Jumpers! Participation is limited to children age 6 and under, and they can jump anywhere in the park during that time - including the Tumbler Zone! Older kids are not allowed on the trampolines during Junior Jumpers. No reservation is necessary.</p><p><br></p><p>Sun & Sat, Tues & Thursday 9am - 11:00am $7:00/jumper, one parent jumps for FREE, second parent: $4.00</p><p><br></p><p>Skip the line and fill out your waiver online! https://airfxcr.com/customer-waiver/</p> 2020-06-13 11:59:00 -05006/13/209:00 a.m.Air FX Trampoline ParkHiawatha -
Air FX Trampoline Park | Junior Jumpers
<p>Join us at Air FX Trampoline with your Junior Jumpers! Participation is limited to children age 6 and under, and they can jump anywhere in the park during that time - including the Tumbler Zone! Older kids are not allowed on the trampolines during Junior Jumpers. No reservation is necessary.</p><p><br></p><p>Sun & Sat, Tues & Thursday 9am - 11:00am $7:00/jumper, one parent jumps for FREE, second parent: $4.00</p><p><br></p><p>Skip the line and fill out your waiver online! https://airfxcr.com/customer-waiver/</p> 2020-06-14 11:59:00 -05006/14/209:00 a.m.Air FX Trampoline ParkHiawatha