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Local Libraries LIT: Kevin Wilson Author Event
<p>Local Libraries LIT (Listen, Initiate, Talk), a collaboration between Johnson County libraries, will welcome author Kevin Wilson on <strong>Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 7:00 p.m. for a free online reading and conversation</strong>. The Local Libraries LIT author series is offered by public libraries in Johnson County, as well as the University of Iowa Libraries and Kirkwood Community College Library – Iowa City Campus with support from The Tuesday Agency.</p><p>Kevin Wilson is the author of two collections: <em>Tunneling to the Center of the Earth</em>, which received an Alex Award from the American Library Association and the Shirley Jackson Award, and <em>Baby You’re Gonna Be Mine</em>. In addition to the upcoming <em>We Are Fugitives</em> and 2019’s <em>Nothing to See Here</em> (selected by Jenna Bush Hager for the Read with Jenna book club, and a Best Book of the Year according to The New York Times, Washington Post, People, TIME, Entertainment Weekly, and more) Kevin is also the author of the novels <em>The Family Fang</em>—a NYT bestseller adapted into a film starring Nicole Kidman and Jason Bateman—and the critically acclaimed <em>Perfect Little World</em>.</p><p>This special speaker series is offered at no charge to participants, though donations are welcomed to help sustain and grow Local Libraries LIT. Local Libraries LIT strives to grow a community which shines with diversity, equity, and inclusion.</p><p><strong>Register here to attend this free online program:</strong> <a href="https://bit.ly/LLL_KevinWilson%C2%A0">https://bit.ly/LLL_KevinWilson </a></p><p><strong>Guests must register in advance.</strong></p><p><em>This program is open to people of all abilities. If you need an accommodation in order to enjoy the program, please contact Amy at the North Liberty Library: <a href="mailto:agolly@northlibertyiowa.org">agolly@northlibertyiowa.org</a> or call (319) 626-5781.</em></p> 2023-01-11 20:00:00 -0600
2/08/237:00 p.m.North Liberty Public LibraryNorth Liberty -
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Marc Janssen & the Locals in Garrison!
<p align="left">Marc Janssen & the Locals will be in Garrison for a Sunday afternoon performance February 19th. Come join us for an afternoon of original music from the Great Midwest! Hope to see you there!</p><p align="left">Refreshments by the Garrison Library!</p><p align="left"> </p> 2023-01-29 16:30:00 -0600
2/19/232:00 p.m.Farmers Mercantile HallGarrison -
Roadkill Confidential
<p>Sheila Callaghan's <em>Roadkill Confidential </em>is a wild ride on at least two different paths. It is a comic parody of the noir thriller that is also a deeply serious query into the limits of art. As much an installation as a play, energetic and full of surprises, it is just as provocative as it is funny.</p><p>For tickets, go to <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.coe.edu/box-office" href="http://www.coe.edu/box-office">www.coe.edu/box-office</a> or call the Coe College Box Office at 319.399.8600. $15 General admission; $10 non-Coe students & seniors 55 and older. Free to Coe College faculty, staff and students with college ID.</p> 2022-08-29 21:30:00 -0500
4/14/237:30 p.m.Coe College, Dows Fine Arts Center, Dows TheaterCedar Rapids -
Roadkill Confidential
<p>Sheila Callaghan's <em>Roadkill Confidential </em>is a wild ride on at least two different paths. It is a comic parody of the noir thriller that is also a deeply serious query into the limits of art. As much an installation as a play, energetic and full of surprises, it is just as provocative as it is funny.</p><p>For tickets, go to <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.coe.edu/box-office" href="http://www.coe.edu/box-office">www.coe.edu/box-office</a> or call the Coe College Box Office at 319.399.8600. $15 General admission; $10 non-Coe students & seniors 55 and older. Free to Coe College faculty, staff and students with college ID.</p> 2023-04-15 21:30:00 -0500
4/15/237:30 p.m.Coe College, Dows Fine Arts Center, Dows TheaterCedar 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 -
Eurydice
<p>According to ancient myth, Orpheus was the greatest musician ever born. When his wife died unexpectedly, he refused to give up on her. He used his musical gift to gain entry to the Underworld to retrieve Eurydice. Sarah Ruhl’s play is a contemporary retelling of that well-known myth, but this time from his wife’s perspective. With imagination, poetry and humor, <em>Eurydice</em> is about love and what to do with it.</p><p>For tickets, go to <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.coe.edu/box-office" href="http://www.coe.edu/box-office">www.coe.edu/box-office</a> or call the Coe College Box Office at 319.399.8600. $15 General admission; $10 non-Coe students & seniors 55 and older. Free to Coe College faculty, staff and students with college ID.</p> 2022-08-29 16:00:00 -0500
2/12/232:00 p.m.Coe College, Dows Fine Arts Center, Dows TheaterCedar Rapids -
Eurydice
<p>According to ancient myth, Orpheus was the greatest musician ever born. When his wife died unexpectedly, he refused to give up on her. He used his musical gift to gain entry to the Underworld to retrieve Eurydice. Sarah Ruhl’s play is a contemporary retelling of that well-known myth, but this time from his wife’s perspective. With imagination, poetry and humor, <em>Eurydice</em> is about love and what to do with it.</p><p>For tickets, go to <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.coe.edu/box-office" href="http://www.coe.edu/box-office">www.coe.edu/box-office</a> or call the Coe College Box Office at 319.399.8600. $15 General admission; $10 non-Coe students & seniors 55 and older. Free to Coe College faculty, staff and students with college ID.</p> 2022-08-29 21:30:00 -0500
2/10/237:30 p.m.Coe College, Dows Fine Arts Center, Dows TheaterCedar Rapids -
Eurydice
<p>According to ancient myth, Orpheus was the greatest musician ever born. When his wife died unexpectedly, he refused to give up on her. He used his musical gift to gain entry to the Underworld to retrieve Eurydice. Sarah Ruhl’s play is a contemporary retelling of that well-known myth, but this time from his wife’s perspective. With imagination, poetry and humor, <em>Eurydice</em> is about love and what to do with it.</p><p>For tickets, go to <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.coe.edu/box-office" href="http://www.coe.edu/box-office">www.coe.edu/box-office</a> or call the Coe College Box Office at 319.399.8600. $15 General admission; $10 non-Coe students & seniors 55 and older. Free to Coe College faculty, staff and students with college ID.</p> 2022-08-29 21:30:00 -0500
2/16/237:30 p.m.Coe College, Dows Fine Arts Center, Dows TheaterCedar Rapids -
Eurydice
<p>According to ancient myth, Orpheus was the greatest musician ever born. When his wife died unexpectedly, he refused to give up on her. He used his musical gift to gain entry to the Underworld to retrieve Eurydice. Sarah Ruhl’s play is a contemporary retelling of that well-known myth, but this time from his wife’s perspective. With imagination, poetry and humor, <em>Eurydice</em> is about love and what to do with it.</p><p>For tickets, go to <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.coe.edu/box-office" href="http://www.coe.edu/box-office">www.coe.edu/box-office</a> or call the Coe College Box Office at 319.399.8600. $15 General admission; $10 non-Coe students & seniors 55 and older. Free to Coe College faculty, staff and students with college ID.</p> 2023-02-17 21:30:00 -0600
2/17/237:30 p.m.Coe College, Dows Fine Arts Center, Dows TheaterCedar Rapids -
Eurydice
<p>According to ancient myth, Orpheus was the greatest musician ever born. When his wife died unexpectedly, he refused to give up on her. He used his musical gift to gain entry to the Underworld to retrieve Eurydice. Sarah Ruhl’s play is a contemporary retelling of that well-known myth, but this time from his wife’s perspective. With imagination, poetry and humor, <em>Eurydice</em> is about love and what to do with it.</p><p>For tickets, go to <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.coe.edu/box-office" href="http://www.coe.edu/box-office">www.coe.edu/box-office</a> or call the Coe College Box Office at 319.399.8600. $15 General admission; $10 non-Coe students & seniors 55 and older. Free to Coe College faculty, staff and students with college ID.</p> 2023-02-18 21:30:00 -0600
2/18/237:30 p.m.Coe College, Dows Fine Arts Center, Dows TheaterCedar Rapids -
Roadkill Confidential
<p>Sheila Callaghan's <em>Roadkill Confidential</em> is a wild ride on at least two different paths. It is a comic parody of the noir thriller that is also a deeply serious query into the limits of art. As much an installation as a play, energetic and full of surprises, it is just as provocative as it is funny.</p><p>For tickets, go to <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.coe.edu/box-office" href="http://www.coe.edu/box-office">www.coe.edu/box-office</a> or call the Coe College Box Office at 319.399.8600. $15 General admission; $10 non-Coe students & seniors 55 and older. Free to Coe College faculty, staff and students with college ID.</p> 2022-08-29 21:30:00 -0500
4/20/237:30 p.m.Coe College, Dows Fine Arts Center, Dows TheaterCedar Rapids -
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Roadkill Confidential
<p>Sheila Callaghan's <em>Roadkill Confidential</em> is a wild ride on at least two different paths. It is a comic parody of the noir thriller that is also a deeply serious query into the limits of art. As much an installation as a play, energetic and full of surprises, it is just as provocative as it is funny.</p><p>For tickets, go to <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.coe.edu/box-office" href="http://www.coe.edu/box-office">www.coe.edu/box-office</a> or call the Coe College Box Office at 319.399.8600. $15 General admission; $10 non-Coe students & seniors 55 and older. Free to Coe College faculty, staff and students with college ID.</p> 2023-04-21 21:30:00 -0500
4/21/237:30 p.m.Coe College, Dows Fine Arts Center, Dows TheaterCedar Rapids -
Roadkill Confidential
<p>Sheila Callaghan's <em>Roadkill Confidential</em> is a wild ride on at least two different paths. It is a comic parody of the noir thriller that is also a deeply serious query into the limits of art. As much an installation as a play, energetic and full of surprises, it is just as provocative as it is funny.</p><p>For tickets, go to <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.coe.edu/box-office" href="http://www.coe.edu/box-office">www.coe.edu/box-office</a> or call the Coe College Box Office at 319.399.8600. $15 General admission; $10 non-Coe students & seniors 55 and older. Free to Coe College faculty, staff and students with college ID.</p> 2023-04-22 21:30:00 -0500
4/22/237:30 p.m.Coe College, Dows Fine Arts Center, Dows TheaterCedar Rapids -
Eurydice
<p>According to ancient myth, Orpheus was the greatest musician ever born. When his wife died unexpectedly, he refused to give up on her. He used his musical gift to gain entry to the Underworld to retrieve Eurydice. Sarah Ruhl’s play is a contemporary retelling of that well-known myth, but this time from his wife’s perspective. With imagination, poetry and humor, <em>Eurydice</em> is about love and what to do with it.</p><p>For tickets, go to <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.coe.edu/box-office" href="http://www.coe.edu/box-office">www.coe.edu/box-office</a> or call the Coe College Box Office at 319.399.8600. $15 General admission; $10 non-Coe students & seniors 55 and older. Free to Coe College faculty, staff and students with college ID.</p> 2023-02-11 21:30:00 -0600
2/11/237:30 p.m.Coe College, Dows Fine Arts Center, Dows TheaterCedar Rapids -
Blessing of the Bock
<p>The first day of Spring may not come for a few days, but people at <a href="https://iowabrewing.beer/live-music/2023/3/04/blessing-of-the-bock">Iowa Brewing Company</a> ring in the new season with a different kind of celebration.</p><p>The celebration is called "<strong>Blessing of the Bock</strong>" and it featured a presentation from brew masters and beer-lovers blessing their bock-style of beer at the brewery.</p><p>The ceremony is 24 years old, and was started by brew master of the Stone City Brewing Jeff Allen. The Solon brewery is no longer in operation, but the tradition continued in Cedar Rapids, with Allen serving as "Father Hops" and the leader of the ceremonial dedication.</p> 2023-01-23 22:00:00 -0600
3/04/231:00 p.m.Iowa Brewing CompanyCedar Rapids -
Roadkill Confidential
<p>Sheila Callaghan's <em>Roadkill Confidential </em>is a wild ride on at least two different paths. It is a comic parody of the noir thriller that is also a deeply serious query into the limits of art. As much an installation as a play, energetic and full of surprises, it is just as provocative as it is funny.</p><p>For tickets, go to <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.coe.edu/box-office" href="http://www.coe.edu/box-office">www.coe.edu/box-office</a> or call the Coe College Box Office at 319.399.8600. $15 General admission; $10 non-Coe students & seniors 55 and older. Free to Coe College faculty, staff and students with college ID.</p> 2022-08-29 16:00:00 -0500
4/16/232:00 p.m.Coe College, Dows Fine Arts Center, Dows TheaterCedar 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 -
Art Exhibit: "Ancient Healing Properties" by Mary Zeran
<p>This exhibition marks a turning point in Zeran’s artwork- an introduction to her ceramic sculptures and a fresh path in her paintings; working in monoprinting, collage, and her signature acrylic work on duralar. She says of the new work: ” I create places of happiness. Landscapes where you can rest your soul. Not any old places, but locations unknown; full of delicious color, long expanses, odd quirky shapes, and patterns. Not linear moments, but an abstracted experience you can’t quite define.” Mary Zeran was raised in a family of women artists whose textiles, embroidery, and woodcarvings, existed as their visual language; enigmatic shapes and forms were their words. Each time she picks up a brush or scissors she immerses herself in the language of her family, which brings her ever closer to their traditions, histories, and stories. Mary Zeran received her B.F.A and M.F.A from University of Iowa. She was born in Iowa City in 1964 and now lives and works in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She is the recipient of several awards and honors and her works are in numerous public and private collections as well as many notable corporate collections. Her collage works have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout the United States and abroad including the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art; Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, in Kansas City; SOIL Gallery in Seattle; Higher Art Gallery in Michigan; and Chaing Mai University in Chaing Mai, Thailand.</p><p><a href="https://www.gildedpeargallery.com/ancient-healing.html"> www.gildedpeargallery.com/ancient-healing</a> </p> 2023-02-01 17:00:00 -0600
2/01/2310:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
Art Exhibit: "Ancient Healing Properties" by Mary Zeran
<p>This exhibition marks a turning point in Zeran’s artwork- an introduction to her ceramic sculptures and a fresh path in her paintings; working in monoprinting, collage, and her signature acrylic work on duralar. She says of the new work: ” I create places of happiness. Landscapes where you can rest your soul. Not any old places, but locations unknown; full of delicious color, long expanses, odd quirky shapes, and patterns. Not linear moments, but an abstracted experience you can’t quite define.” Mary Zeran was raised in a family of women artists whose textiles, embroidery, and woodcarvings, existed as their visual language; enigmatic shapes and forms were their words. Each time she picks up a brush or scissors she immerses herself in the language of her family, which brings her ever closer to their traditions, histories, and stories. Mary Zeran received her B.F.A and M.F.A from University of Iowa. She was born in Iowa City in 1964 and now lives and works in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She is the recipient of several awards and honors and her works are in numerous public and private collections as well as many notable corporate collections. Her collage works have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout the United States and abroad including the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art; Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, in Kansas City; SOIL Gallery in Seattle; Higher Art Gallery in Michigan; and Chaing Mai University in Chaing Mai, Thailand.</p><p><a href="https://www.gildedpeargallery.com/ancient-healing.html"> www.gildedpeargallery.com/ancient-healing</a> </p> 2023-02-02 17:00:00 -0600
2/02/2310:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
Art Exhibit: "Ancient Healing Properties" by Mary Zeran
<p>This exhibition marks a turning point in Zeran’s artwork- an introduction to her ceramic sculptures and a fresh path in her paintings; working in monoprinting, collage, and her signature acrylic work on duralar. She says of the new work: ” I create places of happiness. Landscapes where you can rest your soul. Not any old places, but locations unknown; full of delicious color, long expanses, odd quirky shapes, and patterns. Not linear moments, but an abstracted experience you can’t quite define.” Mary Zeran was raised in a family of women artists whose textiles, embroidery, and woodcarvings, existed as their visual language; enigmatic shapes and forms were their words. Each time she picks up a brush or scissors she immerses herself in the language of her family, which brings her ever closer to their traditions, histories, and stories. Mary Zeran received her B.F.A and M.F.A from University of Iowa. She was born in Iowa City in 1964 and now lives and works in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She is the recipient of several awards and honors and her works are in numerous public and private collections as well as many notable corporate collections. Her collage works have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout the United States and abroad including the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art; Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, in Kansas City; SOIL Gallery in Seattle; Higher Art Gallery in Michigan; and Chaing Mai University in Chaing Mai, Thailand.</p><p><a href="https://www.gildedpeargallery.com/ancient-healing.html"> www.gildedpeargallery.com/ancient-healing</a> </p> 2023-02-03 17:00:00 -0600
2/03/2310:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
Art Exhibit: "Ancient Healing Properties" by Mary Zeran
<p>This exhibition marks a turning point in Zeran’s artwork- an introduction to her ceramic sculptures and a fresh path in her paintings; working in monoprinting, collage, and her signature acrylic work on duralar. She says of the new work: ” I create places of happiness. Landscapes where you can rest your soul. Not any old places, but locations unknown; full of delicious color, long expanses, odd quirky shapes, and patterns. Not linear moments, but an abstracted experience you can’t quite define.” Mary Zeran was raised in a family of women artists whose textiles, embroidery, and woodcarvings, existed as their visual language; enigmatic shapes and forms were their words. Each time she picks up a brush or scissors she immerses herself in the language of her family, which brings her ever closer to their traditions, histories, and stories. Mary Zeran received her B.F.A and M.F.A from University of Iowa. She was born in Iowa City in 1964 and now lives and works in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She is the recipient of several awards and honors and her works are in numerous public and private collections as well as many notable corporate collections. Her collage works have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout the United States and abroad including the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art; Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, in Kansas City; SOIL Gallery in Seattle; Higher Art Gallery in Michigan; and Chaing Mai University in Chaing Mai, Thailand.</p><p><a href="https://www.gildedpeargallery.com/ancient-healing.html"> www.gildedpeargallery.com/ancient-healing</a> </p> 2023-02-05 17:00:00 -0600
2/05/2310:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
Art Exhibit: "Ancient Healing Properties" by Mary Zeran
<p>This exhibition marks a turning point in Zeran’s artwork- an introduction to her ceramic sculptures and a fresh path in her paintings; working in monoprinting, collage, and her signature acrylic work on duralar. She says of the new work: ” I create places of happiness. Landscapes where you can rest your soul. Not any old places, but locations unknown; full of delicious color, long expanses, odd quirky shapes, and patterns. Not linear moments, but an abstracted experience you can’t quite define.” Mary Zeran was raised in a family of women artists whose textiles, embroidery, and woodcarvings, existed as their visual language; enigmatic shapes and forms were their words. Each time she picks up a brush or scissors she immerses herself in the language of her family, which brings her ever closer to their traditions, histories, and stories. Mary Zeran received her B.F.A and M.F.A from University of Iowa. She was born in Iowa City in 1964 and now lives and works in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She is the recipient of several awards and honors and her works are in numerous public and private collections as well as many notable corporate collections. Her collage works have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout the United States and abroad including the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art; Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, in Kansas City; SOIL Gallery in Seattle; Higher Art Gallery in Michigan; and Chaing Mai University in Chaing Mai, Thailand.</p><p><a href="https://www.gildedpeargallery.com/ancient-healing.html"> www.gildedpeargallery.com/ancient-healing</a> </p> 2023-02-06 17:00:00 -0600
2/06/2310:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
Art Exhibit: "Ancient Healing Properties" by Mary Zeran
<p>This exhibition marks a turning point in Zeran’s artwork- an introduction to her ceramic sculptures and a fresh path in her paintings; working in monoprinting, collage, and her signature acrylic work on duralar. She says of the new work: ” I create places of happiness. Landscapes where you can rest your soul. Not any old places, but locations unknown; full of delicious color, long expanses, odd quirky shapes, and patterns. Not linear moments, but an abstracted experience you can’t quite define.” Mary Zeran was raised in a family of women artists whose textiles, embroidery, and woodcarvings, existed as their visual language; enigmatic shapes and forms were their words. Each time she picks up a brush or scissors she immerses herself in the language of her family, which brings her ever closer to their traditions, histories, and stories. Mary Zeran received her B.F.A and M.F.A from University of Iowa. She was born in Iowa City in 1964 and now lives and works in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She is the recipient of several awards and honors and her works are in numerous public and private collections as well as many notable corporate collections. Her collage works have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout the United States and abroad including the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art; Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, in Kansas City; SOIL Gallery in Seattle; Higher Art Gallery in Michigan; and Chaing Mai University in Chaing Mai, Thailand.</p><p><a href="https://www.gildedpeargallery.com/ancient-healing.html"> www.gildedpeargallery.com/ancient-healing</a> </p> 2023-02-07 17:00:00 -0600
2/07/2310:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
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Art Exhibit: "Ancient Healing Properties" by Mary Zeran
<p>This exhibition marks a turning point in Zeran’s artwork- an introduction to her ceramic sculptures and a fresh path in her paintings; working in monoprinting, collage, and her signature acrylic work on duralar. She says of the new work: ” I create places of happiness. Landscapes where you can rest your soul. Not any old places, but locations unknown; full of delicious color, long expanses, odd quirky shapes, and patterns. Not linear moments, but an abstracted experience you can’t quite define.” Mary Zeran was raised in a family of women artists whose textiles, embroidery, and woodcarvings, existed as their visual language; enigmatic shapes and forms were their words. Each time she picks up a brush or scissors she immerses herself in the language of her family, which brings her ever closer to their traditions, histories, and stories. Mary Zeran received her B.F.A and M.F.A from University of Iowa. She was born in Iowa City in 1964 and now lives and works in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She is the recipient of several awards and honors and her works are in numerous public and private collections as well as many notable corporate collections. Her collage works have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout the United States and abroad including the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art; Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, in Kansas City; SOIL Gallery in Seattle; Higher Art Gallery in Michigan; and Chaing Mai University in Chaing Mai, Thailand.</p><p><a href="https://www.gildedpeargallery.com/ancient-healing.html"> www.gildedpeargallery.com/ancient-healing</a> </p> 2023-02-08 17:00:00 -0600
2/08/2310:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
Art Exhibit: "Ancient Healing Properties" by Mary Zeran
<p>This exhibition marks a turning point in Zeran’s artwork- an introduction to her ceramic sculptures and a fresh path in her paintings; working in monoprinting, collage, and her signature acrylic work on duralar. She says of the new work: ” I create places of happiness. Landscapes where you can rest your soul. Not any old places, but locations unknown; full of delicious color, long expanses, odd quirky shapes, and patterns. Not linear moments, but an abstracted experience you can’t quite define.” Mary Zeran was raised in a family of women artists whose textiles, embroidery, and woodcarvings, existed as their visual language; enigmatic shapes and forms were their words. Each time she picks up a brush or scissors she immerses herself in the language of her family, which brings her ever closer to their traditions, histories, and stories. Mary Zeran received her B.F.A and M.F.A from University of Iowa. She was born in Iowa City in 1964 and now lives and works in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She is the recipient of several awards and honors and her works are in numerous public and private collections as well as many notable corporate collections. Her collage works have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout the United States and abroad including the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art; Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, in Kansas City; SOIL Gallery in Seattle; Higher Art Gallery in Michigan; and Chaing Mai University in Chaing Mai, Thailand.</p><p><a href="https://www.gildedpeargallery.com/ancient-healing.html"> www.gildedpeargallery.com/ancient-healing</a> </p> 2023-02-09 17:00:00 -0600
2/09/2310:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
Art Exhibit: "Ancient Healing Properties" by Mary Zeran
<p>This exhibition marks a turning point in Zeran’s artwork- an introduction to her ceramic sculptures and a fresh path in her paintings; working in monoprinting, collage, and her signature acrylic work on duralar. She says of the new work: ” I create places of happiness. Landscapes where you can rest your soul. Not any old places, but locations unknown; full of delicious color, long expanses, odd quirky shapes, and patterns. Not linear moments, but an abstracted experience you can’t quite define.” Mary Zeran was raised in a family of women artists whose textiles, embroidery, and woodcarvings, existed as their visual language; enigmatic shapes and forms were their words. Each time she picks up a brush or scissors she immerses herself in the language of her family, which brings her ever closer to their traditions, histories, and stories. Mary Zeran received her B.F.A and M.F.A from University of Iowa. She was born in Iowa City in 1964 and now lives and works in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She is the recipient of several awards and honors and her works are in numerous public and private collections as well as many notable corporate collections. Her collage works have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout the United States and abroad including the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art; Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, in Kansas City; SOIL Gallery in Seattle; Higher Art Gallery in Michigan; and Chaing Mai University in Chaing Mai, Thailand.</p><p><a href="https://www.gildedpeargallery.com/ancient-healing.html"> www.gildedpeargallery.com/ancient-healing</a> </p> 2023-02-10 17:00:00 -0600
2/10/2310:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
Art Exhibit: "Ancient Healing Properties" by Mary Zeran
<p>This exhibition marks a turning point in Zeran’s artwork- an introduction to her ceramic sculptures and a fresh path in her paintings; working in monoprinting, collage, and her signature acrylic work on duralar. She says of the new work: ” I create places of happiness. Landscapes where you can rest your soul. Not any old places, but locations unknown; full of delicious color, long expanses, odd quirky shapes, and patterns. Not linear moments, but an abstracted experience you can’t quite define.” Mary Zeran was raised in a family of women artists whose textiles, embroidery, and woodcarvings, existed as their visual language; enigmatic shapes and forms were their words. Each time she picks up a brush or scissors she immerses herself in the language of her family, which brings her ever closer to their traditions, histories, and stories. Mary Zeran received her B.F.A and M.F.A from University of Iowa. She was born in Iowa City in 1964 and now lives and works in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She is the recipient of several awards and honors and her works are in numerous public and private collections as well as many notable corporate collections. Her collage works have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout the United States and abroad including the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art; Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, in Kansas City; SOIL Gallery in Seattle; Higher Art Gallery in Michigan; and Chaing Mai University in Chaing Mai, Thailand.</p><p><a href="https://www.gildedpeargallery.com/ancient-healing.html"> www.gildedpeargallery.com/ancient-healing</a> </p> 2023-02-11 17:00:00 -0600
2/11/2310:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar 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 -
The Seaside Library The Seaside Library Book Tour: Meet author Brenda Novak
<p>This event is free for all to attend, but RSVPs are encouraged. Please RSVP for the "Cedar Rapids" stop at <a href="https://brendanovakstore.com/products/booktour">https://brendanovakstore.com/products/booktour</a>.</p><p>You can let us know you're coming, pre-purchase a signed and personalized copy of The Seaside Library, or even purchase a VIP tour package including a darling "Bookstream" tote and matching bookmark on Brenda's website here: <a href="https://brendanovakstore.com/products/booktour">https://brendanovakstore.com/products/booktour</a></p><p><strong>About Brenda Novak</strong><br>Author Brenda Novak is a New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author with more than nine million books in print, translated into twenty different languages. An eight-time RITA nominee, she has won many awards, including the National Reader’s Choice, the Bookseller’s Best, the Book Buyer’s Best, the Daphne, and the Silver Bullet. She also runs Brenda Novak for the Cure, a charity to raise money for diabetes research (her youngest son has this disease). To date, she’s raised $2.6 million. For more about Brenda, please visit www.brendanovak.com.</p><p><strong>About Heather Gudenkauf</strong><br>Heather Gudenkauf is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of several novels, including The Weight of Silence and Not a Sound. Heather lives in Iowa with her family. Connect with Heather at www.heathergudenkauf.com.</p><p><strong>About The Seaside Library</strong><br>There are secrets that bring friends together, and others that drive them apart…</p><p>Mariners Island is barely ten miles long, but when Ivy, Ariana and Cam were teenagers, it was their whole world. Beyond the pristine beaches and iconic lighthouse lies the beautiful old library that belongs to Ivy’s family. While that bound Ivy to the island as an adult, Ariana could not leave Mariners behind fast enough. The town holds too many…memories. Not only her unrequited feelings for Cam, but the tragedy that left a scar on the community.</p><p>When a young girl went missing, a teenage Cam was unthinkably the prime suspect. Ariana and Ivy knew he couldn’t have hurt anyone, and they promised to protect him—even if it meant lying on his behalf.</p><p>Now, twenty years later, Ariana returns to Mariners just as new evidence emerges on the case, calling into question everything the three friends thought they knew—and everyone they thought they could trust. What really happened that night? Over the course of one eventful summer, Ariana, Ivy and Cam will learn the truth—about their pasts, their futures and the ties that still bind them as closely as the pages of a book…</p> 2022-12-27 19:30:00 -0600
5/19/236:30 p.m.Swamp Fox BookstoreMarion