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Fellow Pynins
<p>Fellow Pynins at CSPS Hall on Sunday, February 5, 2023 @ 7pm.</p><p><br></p><p>Fellow Pynins is an award winning contemporary folk duo with a keen and bucolic sense of vocal harmony and song craft. The live performance is a whimsically emotional escapade through the chasms of our, yes, feelings.</p><p><br></p><p>This is a General Admission seated show held in the theater of CSPS Hall. Doors will open 1 hour before showtime.</p><p><br></p><p>$15 Advance | $18 Door</p>
2/05/237:00 p.m.CSPS HallCedar Rapids -
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Willy Porter
<p>Willy Porter at CSPS Hall on Thursday, March 23, 2023 @ 7PM.</p><p>Willy Porter continues on a musical and personal odyssey spanning over two decades, 11 albums, and multiple continents. His journey has been defined by an inquisitive love for humanity and the language that describes what we all hold to be true. Porter’s songs weave a universal perspective about the questions, struggles, and triumphs of human existence.</p><p>This is a General Admission seated show held in the theatre of CSPS Hall. Doors will open 1 hour before showtime.</p><p>$18 Advance | $22 Door</p>
3/23/237:00 p.m.CSPS HallCedar Rapids -
SPT Theatre: Trivial Pursuit "Art & Literature"
<p>SPT Theatre's Trivial Pursuit: Art & Literature at CSPS Hall on Friday and Saturday, February 17 and 18, 2023 @ 8PM.</p><p>Season 15 - are you ready to play? Join us for SPT's Trivial Pursuit of Season 15! </p><p>The Writers' Room concept has been selling out houses five times a season for 10 years now...so they must have struck the right chord!</p><p>This is a General Admission seated show held in the theatre of CSPS Hall. Doors will open 1 hour before showtime.</p><p>$25 Advance | $30 Door</p>
2/17/238:00 p.m.CSPS HallCedar Rapids -
SPT Theatre: Trivial Pursuit "Science & Nature"
<p>SPT Theatre's Trivial Pursuit: Science & Nature at CSPS Hall on Friday, March 31 and Saturday, April 1, 2023 @ 8PM.</p><p>Season 15 - are you ready to play? Join us for SPT's Trivial Pursuit of Season 15! </p><p>The Writers' Room concept has been selling out houses five times a season for 10 years now...so they must have struck the right chord!</p><p>This is a General Admission seated show held in the theatre of CSPS Hall. Doors will open 1 hour before showtime.</p><p>$25 Advance | $30 Door</p>
3/31/238:00 p.m.CSPS HallCedar Rapids -
Mark Erelli
<p>Mark Erelli at CSPS Hall on Friday, March 10, 2023 @ 8PM.</p><p>Mark Erelli turns adversity into finely embroidered rock songs that burn with urgency. Following full-bodied rock forebears Tom Petty, George Harrison, and Roy Orbison, Erelli's album "Lay Your Darkness Down" reflects on the unknown glories of this planet and love’s healing power.</p><p>This is a General Admission seated show held in the theatre of CSPS Hall. Doors will open 1 hour before showtime.</p><p>$20 Advance | $25 Door</p>
3/10/238:00 p.m.CSPS HallCedar Rapids -
James Armstrong
<p>James Armstrong at CSPS Hall on Friday, February 10, 2023 @ 8PM.</p><p>James Armstrong pays tribute to the past with the traditional blues, and his unique songwriting skills. Using both slide and pick, James' guitar playing is some of the smoothest in the business.</p><p>This is a General Admission seated show held in the theatre of CSPS Hall. Doors will open 1 hour before showtime.</p><p>$25 Advance | $30 Door</p>
2/10/238:00 p.m.CSPS HallCedar Rapids -
My Bloody Valentine
<p>My Bloody Valentine presented by Nexus Entertainment Arts at CSPS Hall on Saturday, February 11, 2023 @ 7:30pm.</p><p><br></p><p>February 11th will be the most crazy fun event in town for Valentine's Day! Grab a date or come single. This is an event for EVERYONE. We are family. This will be one for the books!</p><p><br></p><p>Featuring giveaways, prizes, and special themed merch PLUS performances by Anti-Kingdom, Grave Corps, St. October, Guilty of Treason, KnuckleHead, and MORE!</p><p><br>Nexus Entertainment Arts all started when a bunch of teens, college students and concerned community leaders came together to solve the problem of "nothing to do" for young people. The rest is history. Everyone is welcome. Everyone is respected. Everything we do is driven by the young adults we serve. The mission of Nexus Entertainment Arts is to support the creative arts community in Linn County by providing the best event and project support while providing emerging young creatives real-world opportunities to execute and engage their community with initiatives that matter.</p><p><br></p><p>This is a General Admission show held in the theater of CSPS Hall. Doors will open 1 hour before showtime.</p><p><br></p><p>$12 Advance | $15 Door</p>
2/11/237:30 p.m.CSPS HallCedar Rapids -
Brandon Santini
<p>Brandon Santini at CSPS Hall on Saturday, March 18, 2023 @ 8PM.</p><p>There are many different opinions as to what the future of the blues harmonica will be. International touring vocalist and harmonica player Brandon Santini is undeniably a worthy player to keep an eye on as the latest surge of young blues artists leave their footprint in blues history.</p><p>This is a General Admission seated show held in the theatre of CSPS Hall. Doors will open 1 hour before showtime.</p><p>$25 Advance | $30 Door</p>
3/18/238:00 p.m.CSPS HallCedar Rapids -
Open Gallery Reception
<p>Open Gallery Reception at CSPS Hall on Thursday, February 2, 2023 @ 5pm.</p><p><br></p><p>Join us on Thursday, February 2nd from 5-7 pm for the opening of two new exhibits at CSPS Hall. Interdisciplinary artist Akwi Nji brings her audio-visual exhibit <em>Enuf</em> to the Main and Club Room Galleries. <em>Enuf</em> examines various contexts of belonging associated with identity, culture, spirituality, power, and concepts of home. Working with pure wool, silk, and cotton fabric, wool fibers, and thread <em>Wool 'N' Work</em> from fiber artist Kathryn Roe opens in the Commons Gallery. Both artists will be in attendance.</p> 2023-01-28 19:00:00 -0600
2/02/235:00 p.m.CSPS HallCedar Rapids -
Katie Belle and the Belle Rangers
<p>Katie Belle & the Belle Rangers at CSPS Hall on Saturday, March 11, 2023 @ 8PM.</p><p>The Belle Rangers are a roots-rock band shaped by earthy tones and riveting tales. From whiskey-soaked tragedies to country-metal ghost stories, their music exhibits a unique display of depth, precision, and showmanship. Acoustic and electric guitars intertwine with banjo, electric bass, and drums to form the foundation. Tight three-part vocal harmonies glide over the top, completing the sound.</p><p>This is a General Admission seated show held in the theatre of CSPS Hall. Doors will open 1 hour before showtime.</p><p>$15 Advance | $18 Door</p>
3/11/238:00 p.m.CSPS HallCedar Rapids -
February Oak Hill Jackson Neighborhood Meeting
<p>This is the regular monthly meeting of the Oak Hill Jackson Neighborhood Association. For this first meeting of 2023 we'll have food from a local vendor. Learn what's happening in Oak Hill Jackson Neighborhood including events planned for the year. </p> 2023-01-16 19:30:00 -0600
2/13/236:00 p.m.Dr. Percy and Leah Harris Public Health BuildingCedar Rapids -
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Des Moines St. Paddy's Marathon, Half Marathon, & 5K
<p>Celebrate 6 years of the Des Moines St. Paddy's Race with us! Come out to enjoy the famous shamrock cookies at the finish line.</p>3/18/237:15 a.m.Iowa State CapitolDes Moines -
Hot Cider Hustle-Cedar Rapids Half Marathon, 5K and 10K
<p>Half marathon,5K and 10K run starting at NewBo City Market and run along the beautiful Cedar River Trail. All finishers will receive a cup of hot cider and a caramel apple! </p> 2023-01-28 12:00:00 -060010/14/238:30 a.m.NewBo City MarketCedar Rapids -
The Academy SPS Critical Conversations - Timeless Voices: The Speeches/Letters of Notable African Americans
<p>We are happy to report that Critical Conversations will return for Season Three. Our theme, Timeless Voices: The Speeches/Letters of Notable African Americans, will meet on Zoom, the 2nd & 4th Wednesday of each month from 7:00-8:30 PM, beginning September 28. (We are planning to build in a couple of in-person meetings as well. More to come on that later).</p><p>Plan to participate in the discussion, analysis, and salient conversation regarding the words and wisdom of Nikole Hannah-Jones, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, and Angela Davis, among others. We will be peeling back the layers; you may think you know these contributors to our history--and you may-- but there is always more to know. Join us to begin or continue learning.</p><p>Moderators: Dr. Ruth E. White, Eric McKinley Thompson, and Betty Daniels</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Registration is required. </strong>Register on The Academy SPS Facebook page or at <a href="http://theacademysps.com/">theacademysps.com</a>.</p><p dir="ltr">We look forward to a robust series and hope you are, too! We hope that you will encourage friends and colleagues to join as well. </p><p dir="ltr"><em>A safe place to learn and discuss Black history, Black culture & social justice.</em></p> 2023-02-08 20:30:00 -0600
2/08/237:00 p.m.Cherry BuildingCedar Rapids -
The Academy SPS Critical Conversations - Timeless Voices: The Speeches/Letters of Notable African Americans
<p>We are happy to report that Critical Conversations will return for Season Three. Our theme, Timeless Voices: The Speeches/Letters of Notable African Americans, will meet on Zoom, the 2nd & 4th Wednesday of each month from 7:00-8:30 PM, beginning September 28. (We are planning to build in a couple of in-person meetings as well. More to come on that later).</p><p>Plan to participate in the discussion, analysis, and salient conversation regarding the words and wisdom of Nikole Hannah-Jones, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, and Angela Davis, among others. We will be peeling back the layers; you may think you know these contributors to our history--and you may-- but there is always more to know. Join us to begin or continue learning.</p><p>Moderators: Dr. Ruth E. White, Eric McKinley Thompson, and Betty Daniels</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Registration is required. </strong>Register on The Academy SPS Facebook page or at <a href="http://theacademysps.com/">theacademysps.com</a>.</p><p dir="ltr">We look forward to a robust series and hope you are, too! We hope that you will encourage friends and colleagues to join as well. </p><p dir="ltr"><em>A safe place to learn and discuss Black history, Black culture & social justice.</em></p> 2023-03-08 20:30:00 -0600
3/08/237:00 p.m.Cherry BuildingCedar Rapids -
The Academy SPS Critical Conversations - Timeless Voices: The Speeches/Letters of Notable African Americans
<p>We are happy to report that Critical Conversations will return for Season Three. Our theme, Timeless Voices: The Speeches/Letters of Notable African Americans, will meet on Zoom, the 2nd & 4th Wednesday of each month from 7:00-8:30 PM, beginning September 28. (We are planning to build in a couple of in-person meetings as well. More to come on that later).</p><p>Plan to participate in the discussion, analysis, and salient conversation regarding the words and wisdom of Nikole Hannah-Jones, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, and Angela Davis, among others. We will be peeling back the layers; you may think you know these contributors to our history--and you may-- but there is always more to know. Join us to begin or continue learning.</p><p>Moderators: Dr. Ruth E. White, Eric McKinley Thompson, and Betty Daniels</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Registration is required. </strong>Register on The Academy SPS Facebook page or at <a href="http://theacademysps.com/">theacademysps.com</a>.</p><p dir="ltr">We look forward to a robust series and hope you are, too! We hope that you will encourage friends and colleagues to join as well. </p><p dir="ltr"><em>A safe place to learn and discuss Black history, Black culture & social justice.</em></p> 2023-04-12 20:30:00 -0500
4/12/237:00 p.m.Cherry BuildingCedar Rapids -
THE ACADEMY SPS CRITICAL CONVERSATIONS - TIMELESS VOICES: THE SPEECHES/LETTERS OF NOTABLE AFRICAN AMERICANS
<p>We are happy to report that Critical Conversations will return for Season Three. Our theme, Timeless Voices: The Speeches/Letters of Notable African Americans, will meet on Zoom, the 2nd & 4th Wednesday of each month from 7:00-8:30 PM, beginning September 28. (We are planning to build in a couple of in-person meetings as well. More to come on that later).</p><p>Plan to participate in the discussion, analysis, and salient conversation regarding the words and wisdom of Nikole Hannah-Jones, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, and Angela Davis, among others. We will be peeling back the layers; you may think you know these contributors to our history--and you may-- but there is always more to know. Join us to begin or continue learning.</p><p>Moderators: Dr. Ruth E. White, Eric McKinley Thompson, and Betty Daniels</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Registration is required. </strong>Register on The Academy SPS Facebook page or at <a href="http://theacademysps.com/">theacademysps.com</a>.</p><p dir="ltr">We look forward to a robust series and hope you are, too! We hope that you will encourage friends and colleagues to join as well. </p><p dir="ltr"><em>A safe place to learn and discuss Black history, Black culture & social justice.</em></p> 2023-02-22 20:30:00 -0600
2/22/237:00 p.m.Cherry BuildingCedar Rapids -
THE ACADEMY SPS CRITICAL CONVERSATIONS - TIMELESS VOICES: THE SPEECHES/LETTERS OF NOTABLE AFRICAN AMERICANS
<p>We are happy to report that Critical Conversations will return for Season Three. Our theme, Timeless Voices: The Speeches/Letters of Notable African Americans, will meet on Zoom, the 2nd & 4th Wednesday of each month from 7:00-8:30 PM, beginning September 28. (We are planning to build in a couple of in-person meetings as well. More to come on that later).</p><p>Plan to participate in the discussion, analysis, and salient conversation regarding the words and wisdom of Nikole Hannah-Jones, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, and Angela Davis, among others. We will be peeling back the layers; you may think you know these contributors to our history--and you may-- but there is always more to know. Join us to begin or continue learning.</p><p>Moderators: Dr. Ruth E. White, Eric McKinley Thompson, and Betty Daniels</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Registration is required. </strong>Register on The Academy SPS Facebook page or at <a href="http://theacademysps.com/">theacademysps.com</a>.</p><p dir="ltr">We look forward to a robust series and hope you are, too! We hope that you will encourage friends and colleagues to join as well. </p><p dir="ltr"><em>A safe place to learn and discuss Black history, Black culture & social justice.</em></p> 2023-03-22 20:30:00 -0500
3/22/237:00 p.m.Cherry BuildingCedar Rapids -
THE ACADEMY SPS CRITICAL CONVERSATIONS - TIMELESS VOICES: THE SPEECHES/LETTERS OF NOTABLE AFRICAN AMERICANS
<p>We are happy to report that Critical Conversations will return for Season Three. Our theme, Timeless Voices: The Speeches/Letters of Notable African Americans, will meet on Zoom, the 2nd & 4th Wednesday of each month from 7:00-8:30 PM, beginning September 28. (We are planning to build in a couple of in-person meetings as well. More to come on that later).</p><p>Plan to participate in the discussion, analysis, and salient conversation regarding the words and wisdom of Nikole Hannah-Jones, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, and Angela Davis, among others. We will be peeling back the layers; you may think you know these contributors to our history--and you may-- but there is always more to know. Join us to begin or continue learning.</p><p>Moderators: Dr. Ruth E. White, Eric McKinley Thompson, and Betty Daniels</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Registration is required. </strong>Register on The Academy SPS Facebook page or at <a href="http://theacademysps.com/">theacademysps.com</a>.</p><p dir="ltr">We look forward to a robust series and hope you are, too! We hope that you will encourage friends and colleagues to join as well. </p><p dir="ltr"><em>A safe place to learn and discuss Black history, Black culture & social justice.</em></p> 2023-04-26 20:30:00 -0500
4/26/237:00 p.m.Cherry BuildingCedar Rapids -
Hidden in Plain Sight: Tourism and Commemoration in Paris, Martinique, Mexico, Colombia and Argentina
<p>Travelers flock to iconic sites to connect with the past and other cultures. Visiting a monument, museum, palace, cathedral, or other cultural or historical site allows visitors to connect stories with a physical place. But what stories do such sites really tell, and whose stories do they overlook? Drawing on examples from Europe and the Americas, this four-week forum will explore how narratives of post-revolutionary and postcolonial tourist sites often obscure as much as they reveal about the pivotal social and political conflicts that occurred there. In week one, Joanne H. Pochobradsky Associate Professor of French Joyce Janca-Aji will introduce audiences to Paris and its often-missing landmarks to the French Revolution, World War II, and French colonialism. The second session, also led by Janca-Aji, will focus on the remembering and forgetting of racial slavery and colonialism in Martinique. Week three, presented by Assistant Professor of Spanish Laissa Rodríguez Moreno, will examine sites in the Americas that have erased or “repurposed” histories of conquest and repression, including the Aztec city of Tenochtitlán that lies under Mexico City’s Plaza Mayor o Zócalo, a prison in Colombia that became Gorgona Island Natural Park, and a former secret detention and extermination center in Argentina that is now a shopping mall. In the final session, Assistant Professor of Spanish Niall Peach will explore racial and environmental legacies of the Spanish Empire from the stately homes, gardens, and parks of northern Spain to the plantations and Cuban Revolution-era agricultural projects of Cuba. Throughout, the series will explore how narratives of cultural and national identity are created and how observant travelers might better be able to see what is hidden in plain sight.</p><p>Thursday Forum is held in Kesler Auditorium on the first floor of <a data-cke-saved-href="{CCM:BASE_URL}/why-coe/visitor-information/campus-map" href="{CCM%3ABASE_URL}/why-coe/visitor-information/campus-map">Hickok Hall</a>. Each weekly session begins with registration and refreshments from 8:45-9:15 AM, followed by the lecture until 11:30 AM. The presentations blend lecture, media such as film and music, and discussion.</p><p>Admission to each four-week forum series is $40. Admission to individual lectures and each session of two- and three-week forums is $12 per week. Admission includes the lecture and morning refreshments of coffee, tea and pastries. Payment can be made in person on Thursday mornings by cash or personal check. Credit card payments can be processed by <a data-cke-saved-href="http://commerce.cashnet.com/coestore" href="http://commerce.cashnet.com/coestore">registering online</a> in advance at www.coe.edu/thursday-forum.</p> 2022-08-29 11:30:00 -0500
2/02/238:45 a.m.Kesler Lecture Hall of Hickok HallCedar Rapids -
Hidden in Plain Sight: Tourism and Commemoration in Paris, Martinique, Mexico, Colombia and Argentina
<p>Travelers flock to iconic sites to connect with the past and other cultures. Visiting a monument, museum, palace, cathedral, or other cultural or historical site allows visitors to connect stories with a physical place. But what stories do such sites really tell, and whose stories do they overlook? Drawing on examples from Europe and the Americas, this four-week forum will explore how narratives of post-revolutionary and postcolonial tourist sites often obscure as much as they reveal about the pivotal social and political conflicts that occurred there. In week one, Joanne H. Pochobradsky Associate Professor of French Joyce Janca-Aji will introduce audiences to Paris and its often-missing landmarks to the French Revolution, World War II, and French colonialism. The second session, also led by Janca-Aji, will focus on the remembering and forgetting of racial slavery and colonialism in Martinique. Week three, presented by Assistant Professor of Spanish Laissa Rodríguez Moreno, will examine sites in the Americas that have erased or “repurposed” histories of conquest and repression, including the Aztec city of Tenochtitlán that lies under Mexico City’s Plaza Mayor o Zócalo, a prison in Colombia that became Gorgona Island Natural Park, and a former secret detention and extermination center in Argentina that is now a shopping mall. In the final session, Assistant Professor of Spanish Niall Peach will explore racial and environmental legacies of the Spanish Empire from the stately homes, gardens, and parks of northern Spain to the plantations and Cuban Revolution-era agricultural projects of Cuba. Throughout, the series will explore how narratives of cultural and national identity are created and how observant travelers might better be able to see what is hidden in plain sight.</p><p>Thursday Forum is held in Kesler Auditorium on the first floor of <a data-cke-saved-href="{CCM:BASE_URL}/why-coe/visitor-information/campus-map" href="{CCM%3ABASE_URL}/why-coe/visitor-information/campus-map">Hickok Hall</a>. Each weekly session begins with registration and refreshments from 8:45-9:15 AM, followed by the lecture until 11:30 AM. The presentations blend lecture, media such as film and music, and discussion.</p><p>Admission to each four-week forum series is $40. Admission to individual lectures and each session of two- and three-week forums is $12 per week. Admission includes the lecture and morning refreshments of coffee, tea and pastries. Payment can be made in person on Thursday mornings by cash or personal check. Credit card payments can be processed by <a data-cke-saved-href="http://commerce.cashnet.com/coestore" href="http://commerce.cashnet.com/coestore">registering online</a> in advance at www.coe.edu/thursday-forum.</p> 2023-02-09 11:30:00 -0600
2/09/238:45 a.m.Kesler Lecture Hall of Hickok HallCedar Rapids -
Hidden in Plain Sight: Tourism and Commemoration in Paris, Martinique, Mexico, Colombia and Argentina
<p>Travelers flock to iconic sites to connect with the past and other cultures. Visiting a monument, museum, palace, cathedral, or other cultural or historical site allows visitors to connect stories with a physical place. But what stories do such sites really tell, and whose stories do they overlook? Drawing on examples from Europe and the Americas, this four-week forum will explore how narratives of post-revolutionary and postcolonial tourist sites often obscure as much as they reveal about the pivotal social and political conflicts that occurred there. In week one, Joanne H. Pochobradsky Associate Professor of French Joyce Janca-Aji will introduce audiences to Paris and its often-missing landmarks to the French Revolution, World War II, and French colonialism. The second session, also led by Janca-Aji, will focus on the remembering and forgetting of racial slavery and colonialism in Martinique. Week three, presented by Assistant Professor of Spanish Laissa Rodríguez Moreno, will examine sites in the Americas that have erased or “repurposed” histories of conquest and repression, including the Aztec city of Tenochtitlán that lies under Mexico City’s Plaza Mayor o Zócalo, a prison in Colombia that became Gorgona Island Natural Park, and a former secret detention and extermination center in Argentina that is now a shopping mall. In the final session, Assistant Professor of Spanish Niall Peach will explore racial and environmental legacies of the Spanish Empire from the stately homes, gardens, and parks of northern Spain to the plantations and Cuban Revolution-era agricultural projects of Cuba. Throughout, the series will explore how narratives of cultural and national identity are created and how observant travelers might better be able to see what is hidden in plain sight.</p><p>Thursday Forum is held in Kesler Auditorium on the first floor of <a data-cke-saved-href="{CCM:BASE_URL}/why-coe/visitor-information/campus-map" href="{CCM%3ABASE_URL}/why-coe/visitor-information/campus-map">Hickok Hall</a>. Each weekly session begins with registration and refreshments from 8:45-9:15 AM, followed by the lecture until 11:30 AM. The presentations blend lecture, media such as film and music, and discussion.</p><p>Admission to each four-week forum series is $40. Admission to individual lectures and each session of two- and three-week forums is $12 per week. Admission includes the lecture and morning refreshments of coffee, tea and pastries. Payment can be made in person on Thursday mornings by cash or personal check. Credit card payments can be processed by <a data-cke-saved-href="http://commerce.cashnet.com/coestore" href="http://commerce.cashnet.com/coestore">registering online</a> in advance at www.coe.edu/thursday-forum.</p> 2023-02-16 11:30:00 -0600
2/16/238:45 a.m.Kesler Lecture Hall of Hickok HallCedar Rapids -
Hidden in Plain Sight: Tourism and Commemoration in Paris, Martinique, Mexico, Colombia and Argentina
<p>Travelers flock to iconic sites to connect with the past and other cultures. Visiting a monument, museum, palace, cathedral, or other cultural or historical site allows visitors to connect stories with a physical place. But what stories do such sites really tell, and whose stories do they overlook? Drawing on examples from Europe and the Americas, this four-week forum will explore how narratives of post-revolutionary and postcolonial tourist sites often obscure as much as they reveal about the pivotal social and political conflicts that occurred there. In week one, Joanne H. Pochobradsky Associate Professor of French Joyce Janca-Aji will introduce audiences to Paris and its often-missing landmarks to the French Revolution, World War II, and French colonialism. The second session, also led by Janca-Aji, will focus on the remembering and forgetting of racial slavery and colonialism in Martinique. Week three, presented by Assistant Professor of Spanish Laissa Rodríguez Moreno, will examine sites in the Americas that have erased or “repurposed” histories of conquest and repression, including the Aztec city of Tenochtitlán that lies under Mexico City’s Plaza Mayor o Zócalo, a prison in Colombia that became Gorgona Island Natural Park, and a former secret detention and extermination center in Argentina that is now a shopping mall. In the final session, Assistant Professor of Spanish Niall Peach will explore racial and environmental legacies of the Spanish Empire from the stately homes, gardens, and parks of northern Spain to the plantations and Cuban Revolution-era agricultural projects of Cuba. Throughout, the series will explore how narratives of cultural and national identity are created and how observant travelers might better be able to see what is hidden in plain sight.</p><p>Thursday Forum is held in Kesler Auditorium on the first floor of <a data-cke-saved-href="{CCM:BASE_URL}/why-coe/visitor-information/campus-map" href="{CCM%3ABASE_URL}/why-coe/visitor-information/campus-map">Hickok Hall</a>. Each weekly session begins with registration and refreshments from 8:45-9:15 AM, followed by the lecture until 11:30 AM. The presentations blend lecture, media such as film and music, and discussion.</p><p>Admission to each four-week forum series is $40. Admission to individual lectures and each session of two- and three-week forums is $12 per week. Admission includes the lecture and morning refreshments of coffee, tea and pastries. Payment can be made in person on Thursday mornings by cash or personal check. Credit card payments can be processed by <a data-cke-saved-href="http://commerce.cashnet.com/coestore" href="http://commerce.cashnet.com/coestore">registering online</a> in advance at www.coe.edu/thursday-forum.</p> 2023-02-23 11:30:00 -0600
2/23/238:45 a.m.Kesler Lecture Hall of Hickok HallCedar Rapids -
The U.S. Constitution
<p>The United States is governed by its Constitution, the country’s basic system of law since 1789, making it the oldest national constitution still in existence. Neither sacred text nor outmoded artifact of the United States’ agrarian past, the US Constitution today functions as a guide to politics and government: it describes positions, articulates essential principles and establishes boundaries. During this four-week forum, Professor of Political Science Bruce Nesmith will discuss the historical origins and “living” nature of the U.S. Constitution. The first two sessions will explore the context in which the Constitution was written, including the history of the early United States, what brought the authors to the 1787 constitutional Convention and the currents of thought they shared and the precedents upon which they drew. We will discuss some of the key issues at the center of the discussions in 1787: the power of the national government, state representation in Congress, selection of officers, the creation of the presidency and approaches to protection of individual rights. In the third week, we will assess the degree to which such issues were resolved in the text of the Constitution. The final session will consider how the Constitution has changed in the years since it went into effect, through the formal amendment process as well as changes in custom and tradition that adapted to changing times.</p><p>Thursday Forum is held in Kesler Auditorium on the first floor of <a data-cke-saved-href="{CCM:BASE_URL}/why-coe/visitor-information/campus-map" href="{CCM%3ABASE_URL}/why-coe/visitor-information/campus-map">Hickok Hall</a>. Each weekly session begins with registration and refreshments from 8:45-9:15 AM, followed by the lecture until 11:30 AM. The presentations blend lecture, media such as film and music, and discussion.</p><p>Admission to each four-week forum series is $40. Admission to individual lectures and each session of two- and three-week forums is $12 per week. Admission includes the lecture and morning refreshments of coffee, tea and pastries. Payment can be made in person on Thursday mornings by cash or personal check. Credit card payments can be processed by <a data-cke-saved-href="http://commerce.cashnet.com/coestore" href="http://commerce.cashnet.com/coestore">registering online</a> in advance at www.coe.edu/thursday-forum.</p> 2022-08-29 11:30:00 -0500
4/06/238:45 a.m.Kesler Lecture Hall of Hickok HallCedar Rapids -
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The U.S. Constitution
<p>The United States is governed by its Constitution, the country’s basic system of law since 1789, making it the oldest national constitution still in existence. Neither sacred text nor outmoded artifact of the United States’ agrarian past, the US Constitution today functions as a guide to politics and government: it describes positions, articulates essential principles and establishes boundaries. During this four-week forum, Professor of Political Science Bruce Nesmith will discuss the historical origins and “living” nature of the U.S. Constitution. The first two sessions will explore the context in which the Constitution was written, including the history of the early United States, what brought the authors to the 1787 constitutional Convention and the currents of thought they shared and the precedents upon which they drew. We will discuss some of the key issues at the center of the discussions in 1787: the power of the national government, state representation in Congress, selection of officers, the creation of the presidency and approaches to protection of individual rights. In the third week, we will assess the degree to which such issues were resolved in the text of the Constitution. The final session will consider how the Constitution has changed in the years since it went into effect, through the formal amendment process as well as changes in custom and tradition that adapted to changing times.</p><p>Thursday Forum is held in Kesler Auditorium on the first floor of <a data-cke-saved-href="{CCM:BASE_URL}/why-coe/visitor-information/campus-map" href="{CCM%3ABASE_URL}/why-coe/visitor-information/campus-map">Hickok Hall</a>. Each weekly session begins with registration and refreshments from 8:45-9:15 AM, followed by the lecture until 11:30 AM. The presentations blend lecture, media such as film and music, and discussion.</p><p>Admission to each four-week forum series is $40. Admission to individual lectures and each session of two- and three-week forums is $12 per week. Admission includes the lecture and morning refreshments of coffee, tea and pastries. Payment can be made in person on Thursday mornings by cash or personal check. Credit card payments can be processed by <a data-cke-saved-href="http://commerce.cashnet.com/coestore" href="http://commerce.cashnet.com/coestore">registering online</a> in advance at www.coe.edu/thursday-forum.</p> 2023-04-13 11:30:00 -0500
4/13/238:45 a.m.Kesler Lecture Hall of Hickok HallCedar Rapids -
The U.S. Constitution
<p>The United States is governed by its Constitution, the country’s basic system of law since 1789, making it the oldest national constitution still in existence. Neither sacred text nor outmoded artifact of the United States’ agrarian past, the US Constitution today functions as a guide to politics and government: it describes positions, articulates essential principles and establishes boundaries. During this four-week forum, Professor of Political Science Bruce Nesmith will discuss the historical origins and “living” nature of the U.S. Constitution. The first two sessions will explore the context in which the Constitution was written, including the history of the early United States, what brought the authors to the 1787 constitutional Convention and the currents of thought they shared and the precedents upon which they drew. We will discuss some of the key issues at the center of the discussions in 1787: the power of the national government, state representation in Congress, selection of officers, the creation of the presidency and approaches to protection of individual rights. In the third week, we will assess the degree to which such issues were resolved in the text of the Constitution. The final session will consider how the Constitution has changed in the years since it went into effect, through the formal amendment process as well as changes in custom and tradition that adapted to changing times.</p><p>Thursday Forum is held in Kesler Auditorium on the first floor of <a data-cke-saved-href="{CCM:BASE_URL}/why-coe/visitor-information/campus-map" href="{CCM%3ABASE_URL}/why-coe/visitor-information/campus-map">Hickok Hall</a>. Each weekly session begins with registration and refreshments from 8:45-9:15 AM, followed by the lecture until 11:30 AM. The presentations blend lecture, media such as film and music, and discussion.</p><p>Admission to each four-week forum series is $40. Admission to individual lectures and each session of two- and three-week forums is $12 per week. Admission includes the lecture and morning refreshments of coffee, tea and pastries. Payment can be made in person on Thursday mornings by cash or personal check. Credit card payments can be processed by <a data-cke-saved-href="http://commerce.cashnet.com/coestore" href="http://commerce.cashnet.com/coestore">registering online</a> in advance at www.coe.edu/thursday-forum.</p> 2023-04-20 11:30:00 -0500
4/20/238:45 a.m.Kesler Lecture Hall of Hickok HallCedar Rapids -
The U.S. Constitution
<p>The United States is governed by its Constitution, the country’s basic system of law since 1789, making it the oldest national constitution still in existence. Neither sacred text nor outmoded artifact of the United States’ agrarian past, the US Constitution today functions as a guide to politics and government: it describes positions, articulates essential principles and establishes boundaries. During this four-week forum, Professor of Political Science Bruce Nesmith will discuss the historical origins and “living” nature of the U.S. Constitution. The first two sessions will explore the context in which the Constitution was written, including the history of the early United States, what brought the authors to the 1787 constitutional Convention and the currents of thought they shared and the precedents upon which they drew. We will discuss some of the key issues at the center of the discussions in 1787: the power of the national government, state representation in Congress, selection of officers, the creation of the presidency and approaches to protection of individual rights. In the third week, we will assess the degree to which such issues were resolved in the text of the Constitution. The final session will consider how the Constitution has changed in the years since it went into effect, through the formal amendment process as well as changes in custom and tradition that adapted to changing times.</p><p>Thursday Forum is held in Kesler Auditorium on the first floor of <a data-cke-saved-href="{CCM:BASE_URL}/why-coe/visitor-information/campus-map" href="{CCM%3ABASE_URL}/why-coe/visitor-information/campus-map">Hickok Hall</a>. Each weekly session begins with registration and refreshments from 8:45-9:15 AM, followed by the lecture until 11:30 AM. The presentations blend lecture, media such as film and music, and discussion.</p><p>Admission to each four-week forum series is $40. Admission to individual lectures and each session of two- and three-week forums is $12 per week. Admission includes the lecture and morning refreshments of coffee, tea and pastries. Payment can be made in person on Thursday mornings by cash or personal check. Credit card payments can be processed by <a data-cke-saved-href="http://commerce.cashnet.com/coestore" href="http://commerce.cashnet.com/coestore">registering online</a> in advance at www.coe.edu/thursday-forum.</p> 2023-04-27 11:30:00 -0500
4/27/238:45 a.m.Kesler Lecture Hall of Hickok HallCedar Rapids -
Greek Olympians and Roman Gladiators: Divergent Notions of Sport, Spectacle and Violence in the Classical World
<p>The ancient Greeks had the Olympics. The Romans had their gladiators. These events have left a disproportionate imprint on modern society’s impressions of these two ancient cultures. In this two-week forum, Associate Professor of History Angela Ziskowski will examine how competition, public entertainment and sportsmanship varied among the ancient Greeks and Romans. Week one will focus on the Greeks, explaining the influence of the ancient Near East on Greek notions of honor and competition and how the epics of Homer allow us to understand how competitive games came into being and whether they were a replacement for war. We will discuss the institutionalization of the Panhellenic games, a set of four athletic events held at the Greek-god religious sanctuaries of Olympia, Delphi, Isthmia and Nemea that created the framework for our modern Olympics. In week two, we will explore how Roman notions of sport and spectacle developed as well as diverged in fundamental ways from the Greeks and Etruscans. We will take a close look at “the bread and circuses” entertainment put on by Roman emperors of the time, including their deadly chariot-racing and bloodthirsty gladiatorial games. Throughout the forum, we will consider what constituted socially acceptable forms of sport and entertainment in these two fascinating and influential cultures.</p><p>Thursday Forum is held in Kesler Auditorium on the first floor of <a data-cke-saved-href="{CCM:BASE_URL}/why-coe/visitor-information/campus-map" href="{CCM%3ABASE_URL}/why-coe/visitor-information/campus-map">Hickok Hall</a>. Each weekly session begins with registration and refreshments from 8:45-9:15 AM, followed by the lecture until 11:30 AM. The presentations blend lecture, media such as film and music, and discussion.</p><p>Admission to each four-week forum series is $40. Admission to individual lectures and each session of two- and three-week forums is $12 per week. Admission includes the lecture and morning refreshments of coffee, tea and pastries. Payment can be made in person on Thursday mornings by cash or personal check. Credit card payments can be processed by <a data-cke-saved-href="http://commerce.cashnet.com/coestore" href="http://commerce.cashnet.com/coestore">registering online</a> in advance at www.coe.edu/thursday-forum.</p> 2022-08-29 11:30:00 -0500
3/02/238:45 a.m.Kesler Lecture Hall of Hickok HallCedar Rapids -
Greek Olympians and Roman Gladiators: Divergent Notions of Sport, Spectacle and Violence in the Classical World
<p>The ancient Greeks had the Olympics. The Romans had their gladiators. These events have left a disproportionate imprint on modern society’s impressions of these two ancient cultures. In this two-week forum, Associate Professor of History Angela Ziskowski will examine how competition, public entertainment and sportsmanship varied among the ancient Greeks and Romans. Week one will focus on the Greeks, explaining the influence of the ancient Near East on Greek notions of honor and competition and how the epics of Homer allow us to understand how competitive games came into being and whether they were a replacement for war. We will discuss the institutionalization of the Panhellenic games, a set of four athletic events held at the Greek-god religious sanctuaries of Olympia, Delphi, Isthmia and Nemea that created the framework for our modern Olympics. In week two, we will explore how Roman notions of sport and spectacle developed as well as diverged in fundamental ways from the Greeks and Etruscans. We will take a close look at “the bread and circuses” entertainment put on by Roman emperors of the time, including their deadly chariot-racing and bloodthirsty gladiatorial games. Throughout the forum, we will consider what constituted socially acceptable forms of sport and entertainment in these two fascinating and influential cultures.</p><p>Thursday Forum is held in Kesler Auditorium on the first floor of <a data-cke-saved-href="{CCM:BASE_URL}/why-coe/visitor-information/campus-map" href="{CCM%3ABASE_URL}/why-coe/visitor-information/campus-map">Hickok Hall</a>. Each weekly session begins with registration and refreshments from 8:45-9:15 AM, followed by the lecture until 11:30 AM. The presentations blend lecture, media such as film and music, and discussion.</p><p>Admission to each four-week forum series is $40. Admission to individual lectures and each session of two- and three-week forums is $12 per week. Admission includes the lecture and morning refreshments of coffee, tea and pastries. Payment can be made in person on Thursday mornings by cash or personal check. Credit card payments can be processed by <a data-cke-saved-href="http://commerce.cashnet.com/coestore" href="http://commerce.cashnet.com/coestore">registering online</a> in advance at www.coe.edu/thursday-forum.</p> 2023-03-03 11:30:00 -0600
3/09/238:45 a.m.Kesler Lecture Hall of Hickok HallCedar Rapids -
The History of Sport in the United States
<p>This two-week forum will introduce audiences to the history of sport in the United States during the recent past. Focusing on the period between 1900 and today, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology Larry Atwater will explore how sport has long served as a reflection of American society as well as an agent of change in the nation. The series will begin in week one by discussing important themes and events in the history of sport during the first half of the twentieth century. It will pay particular attention to themes of religion, race, ethnicity and gender in the construction of sport culture and the role of sport in broader events like racial segregation, the Great Depression and the two world wars. Week two’s session moves the story through the latter decades of the twentieth century and up to today. It will highlight the influence of sport in and on events like the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement and the modern women’s movement and examine how developments like television coverage, corporate sponsorship and globalization have influenced both sport and society.</p><p>Thursday Forum is held in Kesler Auditorium on the first floor of <a data-cke-saved-href="{CCM:BASE_URL}/why-coe/visitor-information/campus-map" href="{CCM%3ABASE_URL}/why-coe/visitor-information/campus-map">Hickok Hall</a>. Each weekly session begins with registration and refreshments from 8:45-9:15 AM, followed by the lecture until 11:30 AM. The presentations blend lecture, media such as film and music, and discussion.</p><p>Admission to each four-week forum series is $40. Admission to individual lectures and each session of two- and three-week forums is $12 per week. Admission includes the lecture and morning refreshments of coffee, tea and pastries. Payment can be made in person on Thursday mornings by cash or personal check. Credit card payments can be processed by <a data-cke-saved-href="http://commerce.cashnet.com/coestore" href="http://commerce.cashnet.com/coestore">registering online</a> in advance at www.coe.edu/thursday-forum.</p> 2022-08-29 11:30:00 -0500
3/23/238:45 a.m.Kesler Lecture Hall of Hickok HallCedar Rapids