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(319) 358-92622050 Eighth St. , Coralville31929448984444 1st Ave NE, Cedar Rapids
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“What’s the Buzz?” beginning beekeeping workshop
<p>Where do you begin to tackle a hobby such as beekeeping? Not sure about the time and commitment it takes? Join us at this beginner’s guide to beekeeping, led by local beekeepers. Learn about equipment costs, urban versus rural beekeeping, the differences between hive types and the importance of pollinators. No experience is necessary. M $10; NM $12</p> 2020-03-30 15:30:00 -05006/06/202:00 p.m.Indian Creek Nature CenterCedar Rapids -
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Freedom Festival Car Show
<p>Come to downtown Cedar Rapids and check out the local classic cars! It will be located over the scenic Cedar River, on the 2nd Avenue Bridge, due to construction on the 3rd Avenue Bridge. Don't forget to stop by the annual Pancake Breakfast at the Veteran's Memorial Building on Mays Island!</p><p><strong>FREE</strong> to spectators!</p><p>Pre-registration is $10 and $15 after June 30th </p><p>Day-of registration is $15 and will be from 6:00am - 8:00am</p><p><strong>NEW to 2020: a JUDGED show with 5 special categories and top 30 cars. See below for award details.</strong></p><p>Judged show begins at 11am and concludes at 11:30am. Winners announced shortly after 11:30am.</p><p><strong>Awards:</strong></p><p>Best in Show</p><p>Best Engine</p><p>Best Interior</p><p>Best Paint</p><p>Best Wheels</p><p>Trophies for Top 30 Cars</p><p>Do you have a car you would like to show off? <a href="https://www.freedomfestival.com/events/car-show/registration/">Register here!</a> </p><p><em>Special thanks to the Cedar Rapids Corvette Club for all their assistance with this event! Click on their logo to learn more about the club! </em></p><p><a href="http://www.cedarrapidscorvetteclub.com/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.freedomfestival.com/files/images/fm/cr-corvette-club-logo.jpg" alt="cr-corvette-club-logo.jpg" width="200"></a></p> 2020-02-24 12:00:00 -0600
7/04/208:00 a.m.DowntownCedar Rapids -
Orange Track Racing
<p>Spend quality time with family & friends racing Hot Wheels, Matchbox, and Johnny Lightning cars one Saturday each month from February to November. Races are held at 2808 Schaeffer Dr. SW Cedar Rapids. Registration at 9:30 AM. Racing at 10 AM. Come enjoy the food, the excitement, the rush & just HAVE FUN! For schedule, rules and class descriptions go to <a href="http://www.OrangeTrackRacing.org">www.OrangeTrackRacing.org</a>.</p> 2020-02-01 14:30:00 -06006/13/209:30 a.m.Grace Street ChurchCedar Rapids -
Orange Track Racing
<p>Spend quality time with family & friends racing Hot Wheels, Matchbox, and Johnny Lightning cars one Saturday each month from February to November. Races are held at 2808 Schaeffer Dr. SW Cedar Rapids. Registration at 9:30 AM. Racing at 10 AM. Come enjoy the food, the excitement, the rush & just HAVE FUN! For schedule, rules and class descriptions go to <a href="http://www.OrangeTrackRacing.org">www.OrangeTrackRacing.org</a>.</p> 2020-02-01 14:30:00 -0600
7/18/209:30 a.m.Grace Street ChurchCedar Rapids -
Orange Track Racing
<p>Spend quality time with family & friends racing Hot Wheels, Matchbox, and Johnny Lightning cars one Saturday each month from February to November. Races are held at 2808 Schaeffer Dr. SW Cedar Rapids. Registration at 9:30 AM. Racing at 10 AM. Come enjoy the food, the excitement, the rush & just HAVE FUN! For schedule, rules and class descriptions go to <a href="http://www.OrangeTrackRacing.org">www.OrangeTrackRacing.org</a>.</p> 2020-02-01 14:30:00 -0600
8/08/209:30 a.m.Grace Street ChurchCedar Rapids -
Orange Track Racing
<p>Spend quality time with family & friends racing Hot Wheels, Matchbox, and Johnny Lightning cars one Saturday each month from February to November. Races are held at 2808 Schaeffer Dr. SW Cedar Rapids. Registration at 9:30 AM. Racing at 10 AM. Come enjoy the food, the excitement, the rush & just HAVE FUN! For schedule, rules and class descriptions go to <a href="http://www.OrangeTrackRacing.org">www.OrangeTrackRacing.org</a>.</p> 2020-02-01 14:30:00 -06009/12/209:30 a.m.Grace Street ChurchCedar Rapids -
Orange Track Racing
<p>Spend quality time with family & friends racing Hot Wheels, Matchbox, and Johnny Lightning cars one Saturday each month from February to November. Races are held at 2808 Schaeffer Dr. SW Cedar Rapids. Registration at 9:30 AM. Racing at 10 AM. Come enjoy the food, the excitement, the rush & just HAVE FUN! For schedule, rules and class descriptions go to <a href="http://www.OrangeTrackRacing.org">www.OrangeTrackRacing.org</a>.</p> 2020-02-01 14:30:00 -060010/10/209:30 a.m.Grace Street ChurchCedar Rapids -
Orange Track Racing
<p>Spend quality time with family & friends racing Hot Wheels, Matchbox, and Johnny Lightning cars one Saturday each month from February to November. Races are held at 2808 Schaeffer Dr. SW Cedar Rapids. Registration at 9:30 AM. Racing at 10 AM. Come enjoy the food, the excitement, the rush & just HAVE FUN! For schedule, rules and class descriptions go to <a href="http://www.OrangeTrackRacing.org">www.OrangeTrackRacing.org</a>.</p> 2020-02-01 14:30:00 -060011/14/209:30 a.m.Grace Street ChurchCedar Rapids -
CommUnity Creates-Open Studio
<p>Love sharing creative time with others? Join the UnityCR Arts Ministry Team on the second Saturday of each month from 9 am-noon! We will meet in the beautiful and sunny Sacred Grounds and Books and enjoy a warm cup of tea or coffee while we chat with others and create!<br><br>Bring your own project, work with art supplies available, or learn about the Artists Trading Cards project. Fee is $5.00 for use of the space plus love offering for the coffee shop. Create with us! </p> 2020-07-11 12:00:00 -0500
7/11/209:00 a.m.Unity Center of Cedar RapidsCedar Rapids -
CommUnity Creates-Open Studio
<p>Love sharing creative time with others? Join the UnityCR Arts Ministry Team on the second Saturday of each month from 9 am-noon! We will meet in the beautiful and sunny Sacred Grounds and Books and enjoy a warm cup of tea or coffee while we chat with others and create!<br><br>Bring your own project, work with art supplies available, or learn about the Artists Trading Cards project. Fee is $5.00 for use of the space plus love offering for the coffee shop. Create with us! </p> 2020-08-08 12:00:00 -0500
8/08/209:00 a.m.Unity Center of Cedar RapidsCedar Rapids -
CommUnity Creates-Open Studio
<p>Love sharing creative time with others? Join the UnityCR Arts Ministry Team on the second Saturday of each month from 9 am-noon! We will meet in the beautiful and sunny Sacred Grounds and Books and enjoy a warm cup of tea or coffee while we chat with others and create!<br><br>Bring your own project, work with art supplies available, or learn about the Artists Trading Cards project. Fee is $5.00 for use of the space plus love offering for the coffee shop. Create with us! </p> 2020-09-12 12:00:00 -0500
9/12/209:00 a.m.Unity Center of Cedar RapidsCedar Rapids -
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CommUnity Creates-Open Studio
<p>Love sharing creative time with others? Join the UnityCR Arts Ministry Team on the second Saturday of each month from 9 am-noon! We will meet in the beautiful and sunny Sacred Grounds and Books and enjoy a warm cup of tea or coffee while we chat with others and create!<br><br>Bring your own project, work with art supplies available, or learn about the Artists Trading Cards project. Fee is $5.00 for use of the space plus love offering for the coffee shop. Create with us! </p> 2020-10-10 12:00:00 -0500
10/10/209:00 a.m.Unity Center of Cedar RapidsCedar Rapids -
CommUnity Creates-Open Studio
<p>Love sharing creative time with others? Join the UnityCR Arts Ministry Team on the second Saturday of each month from 9 am-noon! We will meet in the beautiful and sunny Sacred Grounds and Books and enjoy a warm cup of tea or coffee while we chat with others and create!<br><br>Bring your own project, work with art supplies available, or learn about the Artists Trading Cards project. Fee is $5.00 for use of the space plus love offering for the coffee shop. Create with us! </p> 2020-11-14 12:00:00 -0600
11/14/209:00 a.m.Unity Center of Cedar RapidsCedar Rapids -
CommUnity Creates-Open Studio
<p>Love sharing creative time with others? Join the UnityCR Arts Ministry Team on the second Saturday of each month from 9 am-noon! We will meet in the beautiful and sunny Sacred Grounds and Books and enjoy a warm cup of tea or coffee while we chat with others and create!<br><br>Bring your own project, work with art supplies available, or learn about the Artists Trading Cards project. Fee is $5.00 for use of the space plus love offering for the coffee shop. Create with us! </p> 2020-12-12 12:00:00 -0600
12/12/209:00 a.m.Unity Center of Cedar RapidsCedar 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