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An Evening with Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes
<p>Register at <a href="http://swampfoxbookstore.com/ghosts?fbclid=IwAR3gMyl_j2BRmQma6VkFVmCC_eB1kQQudIp54VfxCFyZ0jKLy5-h2oJFmJo" rel="nofollow noopener" tabindex="0" target="_blank">swampfoxbookstore.com/ghosts</a></p><p>Are you a fan of Halloween and ghost stories? Join us for this live conversation with Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes, authors of A Haunted History of Invisible Women.</p><p>About the Book<br>From the notorious Lizzie Borden to the innumerable, haunted rooms of Sarah Winchester's mysterious mansion, this offbeat, insightful, first-ever book of its kind explores the history behind America’s female ghosts, the stereotypes, myths, and paranormal tales that swirl around them, what their stories reveal about us—and why they haunt us…</p><p>Sorrowful widows, vengeful jezebels, innocent maidens, wronged lovers, former slaves, even the occasional axe-murderess—America’s female ghosts differ widely in background, class, and circumstance. Yet one thing unites them: their ability to instill fascination and fear, long after their deaths. Here are the full stories behind some of the best-known among them, as well as the lesser-known—though no less powerful.</p><p>Tales whispered in darkness often divulge more about the teller than the subject. America’s most famous female ghosts, from from ‘Mrs. Spencer’ who haunted Joan Rivers’ New York apartment to Bridget Bishop, the first person executed during the Salem witchcraft trials, mirror each era’s fears and prejudices. Yet through urban legends and campfire stories, even ghosts like the nameless hard-working women lost in the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire —achieve a measure of power and agency in death, in ways unavailable to them as living women.</p><p>Riveting for skeptics and believers alike, with humor, curiosity, and expertise, A Haunted History of Invisible Women offers a unique lens on the significant role these ghostly legends play both within the spook-seeking corners of our minds and in the consciousness of a nation.</p><p>"A Haunted History of Invisible Women looks beyond the legends of maligned female ghosts and gives us their real histories. It is both a meditation on the misogyny of a ghost-hunting culture that capitalizes on false narratives of sex and death, and a fascinating look at the flesh-and-blood women behind the ghost stories. This book is a long-overdue search for historic truth, yet it recognizes that “When it comes to ghosts, truth is as elusive as the spirits themselves.” —Chris Woodyard, Author of The Victorian Book of the Dead.</p> 2022-09-12 20:00:00 -0500
10/17/227:00 p.m.Swamp Fox BookstoreMarion -
Early Learning Story Time
<p>Story time for young children with stories, songs, and other interactive activities, designed for children ages 2-5.</p><p>Tuesday, Sept. 6, 13, & 27, Oct. 4, 11, 18, & 25, & Nov. 1 & 15, 10-10:30 am<br>Downtown Library, Children’s Program Room</p><p>Monday, Sept. 26, Oct. 3, 10, 17, & 24 & Nov. 14, 10-10:30 am<br>Ladd Library, Community Room</p><p>There will also be special Early Learning Story Times on Sept. 19 and Sept. 20 for Banned Books Week and Nov. 8 with Resident Artist Harper Folsom.</p> 2022-08-19 10:30:00 -0500
9/26/2210:00 a.m.Ladd LibraryCedar Rapids -
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Preschool Story Time
<p>Youth Services Librarian Alicia Mangin welcomes kids and their caregivers as she shares stories, songs, and fingerplays. </p><p>Kids 0-5 and their caregivers are welcome. This event will not meet on Labor Day, September 5.</p> 2022-09-26 10:30:00 -0500
9/26/2210:00 a.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
Early Learning Story Time
<p>Story time for young children with stories, songs, and other interactive activities, designed for children ages 2-5.</p><p>Tuesday, Sept. 6, 13, & 27, Oct. 4, 11, 18, & 25, & Nov. 1 & 15, 10-10:30 am<br>Downtown Library, Children’s Program Room</p><p>Monday, Sept. 26, Oct. 3, 10, 17, & 24 & Nov. 14, 10-10:30 am<br>Ladd Library, Community Room</p><p>There will also be special Early Learning Story Times on Sept. 19 and Sept. 20 for Banned Books Week and Nov. 8 with Resident Artist Harper Folsom. </p> 2022-08-19 10:30:00 -0500
9/27/2210:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Public LibraryCedar Rapids -
LGBTQ+ Book Club
<p>Book sharing, snacks, and fellowship - what could be better? Bring your favorite books with queer characters and themes or talk about a favorite book from a queer point of view. All are welcome!</p><p>This is a book sharing discussion, so bring your suggestions, from memoirs to graphic novels to science fiction. Snacks provided.</p><p>Sept. 27: Discuss “On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous” as a group.</p><p>Oct. 25 & Nov. 22: Book and movie title sharing</p> 2022-08-26 19:30:00 -0500
9/27/226:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Public LibraryCedar Rapids -
Preschool Story Time
<p>Designed for kiddos aged 3-5 but open to all, Preschool Story Time is a half hour of books, songs, and activities followed by a craft.</p> 2022-09-29 10:30:00 -05009/29/2210:00 a.m.Ely Public LibraryEly -
Early Learning Story Time
<p>Story time for young children with stories, songs, and other interactive activities, designed for children ages 2-5.</p><p>Tuesday, Sept. 6, 13, & 27, Oct. 4, 11, 18, & 25, & Nov. 1 & 15, 10-10:30 am<br>Downtown Library, Children’s Program Room</p><p>Monday, Sept. 26, Oct. 3, 10, 17, & 24 & Nov. 14, 10-10:30 am<br>Ladd Library, Community Room</p><p>There will also be special Early Learning Story Times on Sept. 19 and Sept. 20 for Banned Books Week and Nov. 8 with Resident Artist Harper Folsom.</p> 2022-10-03 10:30:00 -0500
10/03/2210:00 a.m.Ladd LibraryCedar Rapids -
Preschool Story Time
<p>Youth Services Librarian Alicia Mangin welcomes kids and their caregivers as she shares stories, songs, and fingerplays. </p><p>Kids 0-5 and their caregivers are welcome. This event will not meet on Labor Day, September 5.</p> 2022-10-03 10:30:00 -0500
10/03/2210:00 a.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
Between the Covers Book Club
<p>If you enjoy reading and good conversation in a relaxed atmosphere, this is the book group for you.</p><p>October: “Ways the World Would End” by Kim Hooper</p><p>November: “The Surgeon's Daughter” by Audrey Blake</p><p>All titles available on Hoopla.</p> 2022-09-06 11:00:00 -0500
10/04/2210:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Public LibraryCedar Rapids -
Early Learning Story Time
<p>Story time for young children with stories, songs, and other interactive activities, designed for children ages 2-5.</p><p>Tuesday, Sept. 6, 13, & 27, Oct. 4, 11, 18, & 25, & Nov. 1 & 15, 10-10:30 am<br>Downtown Library, Children’s Program Room</p><p>Monday, Sept. 26, Oct. 3, 10, 17, & 24 & Nov. 14, 10-10:30 am<br>Ladd Library, Community Room</p><p>There will also be special Early Learning Story Times on Sept. 19 and Sept. 20 for Banned Books Week and Nov. 8 with Resident Artist Harper Folsom. </p> 2022-10-04 10:30:00 -0500
10/04/2210:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Public LibraryCedar Rapids -
Preschool Story Time
<p>Designed for kiddos aged 3-5 but open to all, Preschool Story Time is a half hour of books, songs, and activities followed by a craft.</p> 2022-10-06 10:30:00 -050010/06/2210:00 a.m.Ely Public LibraryEly -
Women's Studies Reading Group
<p>If you enjoy reading fiction and non- fiction selections by, for, and about women, reading about different cultures and historical perspectives, and being introduced to new authors, new ideas, and new friends, please join us.</p><p>October: “Girl, Woman, Other” by Bernardine Evaristo (available on Hoopla)</p><p>November: “Go Set a Watchman” by Harper Lee (Book Club Kit available at the Downtown Library the month before the discussion)</p> 2022-09-06 19:30:00 -0500
10/06/226:30 p.m.Cedar Rapids Public LibraryCedar Rapids -
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The Art of Nature & Nature of Art at Prairiewoods: Poetry
<p>Join Prairiewoods (120 East Boyson Road in Hiawatha) every other month as we reflect in nature and express our mindful exploration through art. The October session will feature Prairiewoods’ artist-in-residence, poet Carol Tyx, as we celebrate fall’s emergence. We will explore the woodland, prairie, wetlands and gardens, and engage with a deeper understanding of the ecology that encompasses our environment. Upon the conclusion of our walk, Carol will help us to reflect on what we observed and manifest it in the form of poetry. A free-will offering will be accepted. For more information or to register, contact Prairiewoods at www.Prairiewoods.org or 319-395-6700.</p> 2022-06-20 12:00:00 -0500
10/08/2210:00 a.m.Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality CenterHiawatha -
Friends of the Library Big Book Sale
<p>The Friends of the Cedar Rapids Public Library are holding their large fall book sale at the Downtown Library!</p><p>Purchase new and gently used books and giftables to support the literacy programs of the library.</p><p>The sale will be:<br>Friday, 9 am-5 pm<br>Saturday, 9 am-5 pm<br>Sunday, 1 pm-5 pm</p> 2022-09-01 17:00:00 -0500
11/04/229:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Public LibraryCedar Rapids -
Friends of the Library Big Book Sale
<p>The Friends of the Cedar Rapids Public Library are holding their large fall book sale at the Downtown Library!</p><p>Purchase new and gently used books and giftables to support the literacy programs of the library.</p><p>The sale will be:<br>Friday, 9 am-5 pm<br>Saturday, 9 am-5 pm<br>Sunday, 1 pm-5 pm</p> 2022-09-01 17:00:00 -0500
11/06/221:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Public LibraryCedar Rapids -
What'cha Reading Book Club
<p>Join us for our What'cha Reading Book Club. This book club just encourages you to read and then come share what you've read recently. It doesn't matter what you like to read or how much you read, just that you read and like talking to other people about books.</p><p>So join us for this low pressure no assigned reading book club.</p> 2022-01-20 15:00:00 -0600
10/23/221:00 p.m.Craft'dCedar Rapids -
What'cha Reading Book Club
<p>Join us for our What'cha Reading Book Club. This book club just encourages you to read and then come share what you've read recently. It doesn't matter what you like to read or how much you read, just that you read and like talking to other people about books.</p><p>So join us for this low pressure no assigned reading book club.</p> 2022-01-20 15:00:00 -0600
11/20/221:00 p.m.Craft'dCedar Rapids -
What'cha Reading Book Club - Holiday Party
<p>Join us for our What'cha Reading Book Club - Holiday Party. If your budget allows, please bring a wrapped copy of your favorite book for a White Elephant Book Exchange.<br><br><br>This book club just encourages you to read and then come share what you've read recently. It doesn't matter what you like to read or how much you read, just that you read and like talking to other people about books.<br><br>So join us for this low pressure no assigned reading book club.</p> 2022-01-20 15:00:00 -0600
12/18/221:00 p.m.Craft'dCedar Rapids -
Art Lovers Book Club: The House of Fragile Things: Jewish Art Collectors and the Fall of France by James McAuley
<p>In the dramatic years between 1870 and the end of World War II, a number of prominent French Jews—pillars of an embattled community—invested their fortunes in France’s cultural artifacts, sacrificed their sons to the country’s army, and were ultimately rewarded by seeing their collections plundered and their families deported to Nazi concentration camps.<br><br>In this rich, evocative account, James McAuley explores the central role that art and material culture played in the assimilation and identity of French Jews in the<em> fin-de-siècle</em>. Weaving together narratives of various figures, some familiar from the works of Marcel Proust and the diaries of Jules and Edmond Goncourt—the Camondos, the Rothschilds, the Ephrussis, the Cahens d'Anvers—McAuley shows how Jewish art collectors contended with a powerful strain of anti-Semitism: they were often accused of “invading” France’s cultural patrimony. The collections these families left behind—many ultimately donated to the French state—were their response, tragic attempts to celebrate a nation that later betrayed them.</p> 2022-03-17 17:00:00 -0500
10/20/224:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Preschool Story Time
<p>Youth Services Librarian Alicia Mangin welcomes kids and their caregivers as she shares stories, songs, and fingerplays. </p><p>Kids 0-5 and their caregivers are welcome. This event will not meet on Labor Day, September 5.</p> 2022-10-10 10:30:00 -0500
10/10/2210:00 a.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
Preschool Story Time
<p>Youth Services Librarian Alicia Mangin welcomes kids and their caregivers as she shares stories, songs, and fingerplays. </p><p>Kids 0-5 and their caregivers are welcome. This event will not meet on Labor Day, September 5.</p> 2022-10-17 10:30:00 -0500
10/17/2210:00 a.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
Preschool Story Time
<p>Designed for kiddos aged 3-5 but open to all, Preschool Story Time is a half hour of books, songs, and activities followed by a craft.</p> 2022-10-13 10:30:00 -050010/13/2210:00 a.m.Ely Public LibraryEly -
Preschool Story Time
<p>Designed for kiddos aged 3-5 but open to all, Preschool Story Time is a half hour of books, songs, and activities followed by a craft.</p> 2022-10-20 10:30:00 -050010/20/2210:00 a.m.Ely Public LibraryEly -
Preschool Story Time
<p>Designed for kiddos aged 3-5 but open to all, Preschool Story Time is a half hour of books, songs, and activities followed by a craft.</p> 2022-10-27 10:30:00 -050010/27/2210:00 a.m.Ely Public LibraryEly -
Early Learning Story Time
<p>Story time for young children with stories, songs, and other interactive activities, designed for children ages 2-5.</p><p>Tuesday, Sept. 6, 13, & 27, Oct. 4, 11, 18, & 25, & Nov. 1 & 15, 10-10:30 am<br>Downtown Library, Children’s Program Room</p><p>Monday, Sept. 26, Oct. 3, 10, 17, & 24 & Nov. 14, 10-10:30 am<br>Ladd Library, Community Room</p><p>There will also be special Early Learning Story Times on Sept. 19 and Sept. 20 for Banned Books Week and Nov. 8 with Resident Artist Harper Folsom.</p> 2022-10-10 10:30:00 -0500
10/10/2210:00 a.m.Ladd LibraryCedar Rapids -
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Early Learning Story Time
<p>Story time for young children with stories, songs, and other interactive activities, designed for children ages 2-5.</p><p>Tuesday, Sept. 6, 13, & 27, Oct. 4, 11, 18, & 25, & Nov. 1 & 15, 10-10:30 am<br>Downtown Library, Children’s Program Room</p><p>Monday, Sept. 26, Oct. 3, 10, 17, & 24 & Nov. 14, 10-10:30 am<br>Ladd Library, Community Room</p><p>There will also be special Early Learning Story Times on Sept. 19 and Sept. 20 for Banned Books Week and Nov. 8 with Resident Artist Harper Folsom.</p> 2022-10-17 10:30:00 -0500
10/17/2210:00 a.m.Ladd LibraryCedar Rapids -
Early Learning Story Time
<p>Story time for young children with stories, songs, and other interactive activities, designed for children ages 2-5.</p><p>Tuesday, Sept. 6, 13, & 27, Oct. 4, 11, 18, & 25, & Nov. 1 & 15, 10-10:30 am<br>Downtown Library, Children’s Program Room</p><p>Monday, Sept. 26, Oct. 3, 10, 17, & 24 & Nov. 14, 10-10:30 am<br>Ladd Library, Community Room</p><p>There will also be special Early Learning Story Times on Sept. 19 and Sept. 20 for Banned Books Week and Nov. 8 with Resident Artist Harper Folsom.</p> 2022-10-24 10:30:00 -0500
10/24/2210:00 a.m.Ladd LibraryCedar Rapids -
Early Learning Story Time
<p>Story time for young children with stories, songs, and other interactive activities, designed for children ages 2-5.</p><p>Tuesday, Sept. 6, 13, & 27, Oct. 4, 11, 18, & 25, & Nov. 1 & 15, 10-10:30 am<br>Downtown Library, Children’s Program Room</p><p>Monday, Sept. 26, Oct. 3, 10, 17, & 24 & Nov. 14, 10-10:30 am<br>Ladd Library, Community Room</p><p>There will also be special Early Learning Story Times on Sept. 19 and Sept. 20 for Banned Books Week and Nov. 8 with Resident Artist Harper Folsom.</p> 2022-08-19 10:30:00 -0500
11/14/2210:00 a.m.Ladd LibraryCedar Rapids -
Early Learning Story Time
<p>Story time for young children with stories, songs, and other interactive activities, designed for children ages 2-5.</p><p>Tuesday, Sept. 6, 13, & 27, Oct. 4, 11, 18, & 25, & Nov. 1 & 15, 10-10:30 am<br>Downtown Library, Children’s Program Room</p><p>Monday, Sept. 26, Oct. 3, 10, 17, & 24 & Nov. 14, 10-10:30 am<br>Ladd Library, Community Room</p><p>There will also be special Early Learning Story Times on Sept. 19 and Sept. 20 for Banned Books Week and Nov. 8 with Resident Artist Harper Folsom. </p> 2022-10-11 10:30:00 -0500
10/11/2210:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Public LibraryCedar Rapids -
Early Learning Story Time
<p>Story time for young children with stories, songs, and other interactive activities, designed for children ages 2-5.</p><p>Tuesday, Sept. 6, 13, & 27, Oct. 4, 11, 18, & 25, & Nov. 1 & 15, 10-10:30 am<br>Downtown Library, Children’s Program Room</p><p>Monday, Sept. 26, Oct. 3, 10, 17, & 24 & Nov. 14, 10-10:30 am<br>Ladd Library, Community Room</p><p>There will also be special Early Learning Story Times on Sept. 19 and Sept. 20 for Banned Books Week and Nov. 8 with Resident Artist Harper Folsom. </p> 2022-10-18 10:30:00 -0500
10/18/2210:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Public LibraryCedar Rapids