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Walk with an Eco-Ologist at Prairiewoods: Wild Ethnobotany
<p>Join us on the second Tuesday of each month as we Walk with an Eco-Ologist at Prairiewoods (120 East Boyson Road in Hiawatha)! Each program will give you the opportunity to learn from a local ‘ologist and dive deeper into specific topics within the field of ecology. Come prepared to walk our trails and, depending on the topic, get a little dirty to get better acquainted with some of our plant and animal kin. We are excited to offer seven programs on the following topics: raptology (birds of prey), agronomy (farming), lepidopterology (butterflies and moths), wild ethnobotany (wild edibles and medicines), ornithology (birds), entomology (bugs) and dendrology (trees). In July, join Mandy Dickerson of Backyard Abundance and herbalist at Plantchanters Garden on a joyful ramble along the trail and sunny edges. Get to know some of the remarkable plant allies we have in our bioregion and discover how their phytochemical potency has been recognized and interwoven into diverse traditions as flavor and medicine. If you have binoculars, a camera with zoom or a butterfly net, feel free to bring them. The cost is $20 per session, and registration is required. For more information or to register, contact Prairiewoods at www.Prairiewoods.org or 319-395-6700.</p> 2022-06-22 18:00:00 -0500
7/12/224:00 p.m.Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality CenterHiawatha -
Bilingual Story Time (Spanish/English)
<p>We will be singing a songs and reading stories in both Spanish and English. All ages and levels of Spanish are welcome to attend. The best way to learn a new language is to just start!</p> 2022-06-29 10:30:00 -05006/29/2210:00 a.m.Ely Public LibraryEly -
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Bilingual Story Time (Spanish/English)
<p>We will be singing a songs and reading stories in both Spanish and English. All ages and levels of Spanish are welcome to attend. The best way to learn a new language is to just start!</p> 2022-07-06 10:30:00 -05007/06/2210:00 a.m.Ely Public LibraryEly -
Bilingual Story Time (Spanish/English)
<p>We will be singing a songs and reading stories in both Spanish and English. All ages and levels of Spanish are welcome to attend. The best way to learn a new language is to just start!</p> 2022-07-13 10:30:00 -05007/13/2210:00 a.m.Ely Public LibraryEly -
Bilingual Story Time (Spanish/English)
<p>We will be singing a songs and reading stories in both Spanish and English. All ages and levels of Spanish are welcome to attend. The best way to learn a new language is to just start!</p> 2022-07-20 10:30:00 -05007/20/2210:00 a.m.Ely Public LibraryEly -
Bilingual Story Time (Spanish/English)
<p>We will be singing a songs and reading stories in both Spanish and English. All ages and levels of Spanish are welcome to attend. The best way to learn a new language is to just start!</p> 2022-07-27 10:30:00 -05007/27/2210:00 a.m.Ely Public LibraryEly -
Bilingual Story Time (Spanish/English)
<p>We will be singing a songs and reading stories in both Spanish and English. All ages and levels of Spanish are welcome to attend. The best way to learn a new language is to just start!</p> 2022-08-03 10:30:00 -05008/03/2210:00 a.m.Ely Public LibraryEly -
Bilingual Story Time (Spanish/English)
<p>We will be singing a songs and reading stories in both Spanish and English. All ages and levels of Spanish are welcome to attend. The best way to learn a new language is to just start!</p> 2022-08-10 10:30:00 -05008/10/2210:00 a.m.Ely Public LibraryEly -
Bilingual Story Time (Spanish/English)
<p>We will be singing a songs and reading stories in both Spanish and English. All ages and levels of Spanish are welcome to attend. The best way to learn a new language is to just start!</p> 2022-08-17 10:30:00 -05008/17/2210:00 a.m.Ely Public LibraryEly -
Bilingual Story Time (Spanish/English)
<p>We will be singing a songs and reading stories in both Spanish and English. All ages and levels of Spanish are welcome to attend. The best way to learn a new language is to just start!</p> 2022-08-24 10:30:00 -05008/24/2210:00 a.m.Ely Public LibraryEly -
Bilingual Story Time (Spanish/English)
<p>We will be singing a songs and reading stories in both Spanish and English. All ages and levels of Spanish are welcome to attend. The best way to learn a new language is to just start!</p> 2022-08-31 10:30:00 -05008/31/2210:00 a.m.Ely Public LibraryEly -
Chris Knight Live at the First Avenue Club in Iowa City
<p>The First Avenue Club welcomes back Chris Knight for an intimate acoustic performance on Saturday, October 8th. General Admission tickets (seats at a table with other guests) are $25. Reserved Tables are available. BBQ dinner (Pulled Pork or Pulled Chicken with Potato Salad and Cole Slaw) is available for $13/person and must be ordered with tickets. Doors for Dinner: 6:30pm. Doors for Non-Dinner guests: 7pm. Show is at 8pm.</p><p>Front Row Tables: SOLD OUT</p><p>Table for 4 with tickets: $100</p><p>Table for 6 with tickets: $150</p><p>Table for 8 with tickets: $200</p><p>General Admission (will be seated at table with other guests) : $25</p><p>BBQ Dinner: $13 (must be purchased at same time as tickets)</p><p>https://first-avenue-club.square.site/product/chris-knight/313?cs=true&cst=custom</p><p>“It’s hard to know how people are gonna react,” Chris Knight says of Almost Daylight, his ninth album and first new recording in over seven years. “I’ve written songs about a lot of different things going all the way back to my first record, and some folks still think ‘somebody kills somebody’ is all I write about. Maybe that’s why I was bound and determined to get these particular songs on this album. If people like them, then we’ll be fine. But I wasn’t gonna do it any other way.”</p><p>For the past 20 years, Chris Knight has only made music his own way. He’s released eight acclaimed albums, played thousands of electrifying live shows and built generations of fervent fans from Texas honky-tonks to Manhattan rock clubs. He’s been hailed as “the last of a dying breed…a taciturn loner with an acoustic guitar and a college degree” (The New York Times) and “a storyteller in the best traditions of Mellencamp and Springsteen” (USA Today). Bottom line, he’s hard-earned his reputation as one of America’s most uncompromising and respected singer/songwriters. And now with Almost Daylight, Knight delivers the most powerful – and unexpected – music of his career.</p><p>Almost Daylight is very much a Chris Knight album, familiarly featuring vivid pictures of rural characters, desperate men and hardscrabble survivors. At the same time it’s unlike anything Knight has done before, with formidable testaments to compassion, redemption and even straight-up love. It’s an album both tough and tender, as bare-knuckled as it is open-hearted. “I do think there’s a cohesiveness to this album,” Knight explains in his thick Kentucky rasp. “The title is key, I suppose. Through all these songs, you could find a theme about seeking shelter.”</p><p>Produced, mixed and mastered by Grammy-winner Ray Kennedy – best-known for his 30+ year creative partnership with Steve Earle as well as producing Chris’ Enough Rope (2006), Trailer II (2009) and Little Victories (2012) albums – Almost Daylight also sounds like no other Knight record, with scorching guitars by Georgia Satellites founder and two-time Knight album producer Dan Baird, rich background vocals by Chris Clark, Siobhan Kennedy and Lee Ann Womack, and deeper instrumentation than ever before. “Chris had been playing some of these songs on the road and started developing ideas before we got to the studio,” Kennedy says. “He and I talked about keeping the Appalachian factor with banjo, fiddle, harmonica and mandolin where it felt right. It was significant that Dan was involved, as he’s the man who can play guitar with the right feeling for Chris. The background vocals really brought the fire, and this lead to ideas for piano, Hammond B-3, accordion and Wurlitzer electric piano. Everything evolved from the performance of each song and I let the songs dictate what they needed in order to evolve into an album.”</p><p>“I was determined not to do any acoustic songs on this album,” Chris explains. “I wanted it all to sound edgy and raw, but to feel big at the same time. We kept trying different approaches until I felt we landed on what worked. The thing is, some of my songs might take a year of writing before I even think they’re ready for recording and I fretted about every one of these. I’ve never put a cover song on any of my records before, but there are two covers on this one. And I think it all fits together pretty good.”</p><p>The album opens with “I’m William Callahan”, a defiant roar fueled by equal parts pride, memories and searing guitar. “Crooked Mile” is classic Knight, a piercing take on outsiders bound by love, while the poignant “Send It On Down” is a plaintive plea for salvation. There are tales of small-town despair (“I Won’t Look Back”), ominous rural menace (“Trouble Up Ahead”) and melancholic break-ups (“Everybody’s Lonely Now”). Chris’ cover of Johnny Cash’s “Flesh And Blood” – which originally appeared on the Dualtone 2002 tribute album Dressed In Black – is a poignant interpretation of Cash’s ode to devotion. The plainspoken positivity of “Go On” is one of Knight’s most life-affirming songs, while “The Damn Truth” is a ferociously clear-eyed look at our current cultural divide. The title track might be the most unexpected Knight song of all, an unapologetic paean to the power of love. “That’s probably my favorite song on the album,” Chris says, “because it’s closest to the truth.” He then quickly adds with a laugh, “I’m killin’ people with love now.” The album closes with yet another surprise; a joyfully raucous duet between Knight and longtime fan John Prine on Prine’s 1973 classic “Mexican Home”. “I love that song, but it took me 15 years to find a way to do it,” Knight says. “I kept playing around, changing the vocal key and finally landed on the spot. I’ve been singing it my kitchen table for the last few years, and when we were down to the last song, I knew this should be it.”</p><p>With the release of Almost Daylight, this native son of Slaughters, Kentucky (population 238) is eager to get back on the road and perform these songs for the faithful. Meanwhile, the singer/songwriter who was originally inspired by the likes of Prine and Earle now finds himself influencing a new generation of artists who revere Knight’s idiosyncratic talent and attitude. “There’s all kinds of different ways to make music, but this is the way I chose to do it,” Chris says. “If I don’t have something worth saying I’m not opening my mouth, which is probably why I took seven years to make this album.” And for an artist who has always defied expectations, Chris Knight’s next chapter indeed feels like the dawn of a new day. “I haven’t suited everybody, but every time I get a new fan it tells me I’m doing something right,” he says. “I think my previous records have set a precedent, if only for me at the very least. I just want people to think this one stands up to everything else I’ve done.”</p><p><br></p> 2022-05-06 23:00:00 -0500
10/08/227:00 p.m.First Avenue ClubIowa City -
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Art in Roman Life
<p>An exhibition of more than 50 works, including 21 Roman portrait busts donated to the CRMA by Tom and Nan Riley in 1996. From coins to glass vessels to ceramic lamps to marble sculptures, this exhibition reveals more than 600 years of artistic production, which comprised daily life in Rome from the 1st century B.C. through the fall of the Roman Empire.</p> 2022-08-07 16:00:00 -0500
8/07/2212:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Sammy's Lounge -Heart Flag- Cork N Canvas Iowa
<p>Sammy's Lounge ( 5519 Center Point Rd NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402) Date Night or Girls night out, come with your friends or come and make new friends!<br>Classes are limited in size, please make sure to buy your ticket to make sure you have a spot. Pop in early to have dinner! All your supplies (canvas, paints, brushes and apron) are provided for you. Plus, no experience is necessary, just a thirst for creativity and the passion for a good time. Please note: Events are 18 and over only, events are for adults and will contain adult language and content.</p><p>Cancellation policy: Cork N Canvas Iowa offers an art instruction and entertainment event that can be compared to a concert or theater event. We realize that unforeseen things happen, but we also would appreciate the time to offer the seat to others and fill the spot. Due to credit card fees, no refunds are issues, but you can move your ticket to another event 24-hours or more prior to your scheduled class . Due to the time it takes to prepare the class, NO store credit is given for last minute cancellations or no shows. Your ticket is fully transferable, however, and you may let someone of your own choosing use your ticket in your absence. Cancellations should be made by email only. If you need to cancel or move your reservation you must notify Cork n Canvas Iowa by email Cork.n.canvas.iowa@gmail.com 24 hours prior to the event you are scheduled for in order to be eligible move into another class. In your email, please be sure to include; your name, location of the event, date of scheduled event, and date you wish to move to. *All cancellation issues must be resolved through email.*</p><p><br></p><p>Amanda Happel, Cork N Canvas Iowa Mobile Painting Studio 319-929-4300 - Office Hours: 10 am - 4 pm Book an upcoming event Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CorkNCanvasIowa/?__cft__[0]=AZUIXG7F4bFN6LqI2VBUocxVe_QSX9eg6Uu0i1MxOxSpE6b6abpJx4WudlJ5yTageo3YJJoxxBz-ZjKFEkl56ZUg4bLcaySdDvAUpG-s3t8faixcaMt9CXVb1e9Z6U28X0fRFOndODtenThm-Sdz4akbKe1sK2yuvNU8xqnLXmlo8w&__tn__=q" tabindex="0">https://www.facebook.com/CorkNCanvasIowa</a> Website: <a href="http://www.corkncanvasiowa.com/?fbclid=IwAR0wpcT5kUn8fcS552RpZDhde6ezLSEIpMN4enS2EcFgAtaZReqbfWy85hA" rel="nofollow noopener" tabindex="0" target="_blank">www.CorknCanvasIowa.com</a> Locally Owned Eastern Iowa Company since 201</p>
7/27/226:00 p.m.Sammy's LoungeCedar Rapids -
Art in Roman Life
<p>An exhibition of more than 50 works, including 21 Roman portrait busts donated to the CRMA by Tom and Nan Riley in 1996. From coins to glass vessels to ceramic lamps to marble sculptures, this exhibition reveals more than 600 years of artistic production, which comprised daily life in Rome from the 1st century B.C. through the fall of the Roman Empire.</p> 2022-07-09 16:00:00 -0500
7/09/2210:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Art in Roman Life
<p>An exhibition of more than 50 works, including 21 Roman portrait busts donated to the CRMA by Tom and Nan Riley in 1996. From coins to glass vessels to ceramic lamps to marble sculptures, this exhibition reveals more than 600 years of artistic production, which comprised daily life in Rome from the 1st century B.C. through the fall of the Roman Empire.</p> 2022-07-16 16:00:00 -0500
7/16/2210:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Art in Roman Life
<p>An exhibition of more than 50 works, including 21 Roman portrait busts donated to the CRMA by Tom and Nan Riley in 1996. From coins to glass vessels to ceramic lamps to marble sculptures, this exhibition reveals more than 600 years of artistic production, which comprised daily life in Rome from the 1st century B.C. through the fall of the Roman Empire.</p> 2022-07-23 16:00:00 -0500
7/23/2210:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Art in Roman Life
<p>An exhibition of more than 50 works, including 21 Roman portrait busts donated to the CRMA by Tom and Nan Riley in 1996. From coins to glass vessels to ceramic lamps to marble sculptures, this exhibition reveals more than 600 years of artistic production, which comprised daily life in Rome from the 1st century B.C. through the fall of the Roman Empire.</p> 2022-07-30 16:00:00 -0500
7/30/2210:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Art in Roman Life
<p>An exhibition of more than 50 works, including 21 Roman portrait busts donated to the CRMA by Tom and Nan Riley in 1996. From coins to glass vessels to ceramic lamps to marble sculptures, this exhibition reveals more than 600 years of artistic production, which comprised daily life in Rome from the 1st century B.C. through the fall of the Roman Empire.</p> 2022-08-06 16:00:00 -0500
8/06/2210:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Art in Roman Life
<p>An exhibition of more than 50 works, including 21 Roman portrait busts donated to the CRMA by Tom and Nan Riley in 1996. From coins to glass vessels to ceramic lamps to marble sculptures, this exhibition reveals more than 600 years of artistic production, which comprised daily life in Rome from the 1st century B.C. through the fall of the Roman Empire.</p> 2022-08-13 16:00:00 -0500
8/13/2210:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Art in Roman Life
<p>An exhibition of more than 50 works, including 21 Roman portrait busts donated to the CRMA by Tom and Nan Riley in 1996. From coins to glass vessels to ceramic lamps to marble sculptures, this exhibition reveals more than 600 years of artistic production, which comprised daily life in Rome from the 1st century B.C. through the fall of the Roman Empire.</p> 2022-08-20 16:00:00 -0500
8/20/2210:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Art in Roman Life
<p>An exhibition of more than 50 works, including 21 Roman portrait busts donated to the CRMA by Tom and Nan Riley in 1996. From coins to glass vessels to ceramic lamps to marble sculptures, this exhibition reveals more than 600 years of artistic production, which comprised daily life in Rome from the 1st century B.C. through the fall of the Roman Empire.</p> 2022-08-27 16:00:00 -0500
8/27/2210:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Art in Roman Life
<p>An exhibition of more than 50 works, including 21 Roman portrait busts donated to the CRMA by Tom and Nan Riley in 1996. From coins to glass vessels to ceramic lamps to marble sculptures, this exhibition reveals more than 600 years of artistic production, which comprised daily life in Rome from the 1st century B.C. through the fall of the Roman Empire.</p> 2022-09-03 16:00:00 -0500
9/03/2210:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Art in Roman Life
<p>An exhibition of more than 50 works, including 21 Roman portrait busts donated to the CRMA by Tom and Nan Riley in 1996. From coins to glass vessels to ceramic lamps to marble sculptures, this exhibition reveals more than 600 years of artistic production, which comprised daily life in Rome from the 1st century B.C. through the fall of the Roman Empire.</p> 2022-09-10 16:00:00 -0500
9/10/2210:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Art in Roman Life
<p>An exhibition of more than 50 works, including 21 Roman portrait busts donated to the CRMA by Tom and Nan Riley in 1996. From coins to glass vessels to ceramic lamps to marble sculptures, this exhibition reveals more than 600 years of artistic production, which comprised daily life in Rome from the 1st century B.C. through the fall of the Roman Empire.</p> 2022-09-17 16:00:00 -0500
9/17/2210:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
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Art in Roman Life
<p>An exhibition of more than 50 works, including 21 Roman portrait busts donated to the CRMA by Tom and Nan Riley in 1996. From coins to glass vessels to ceramic lamps to marble sculptures, this exhibition reveals more than 600 years of artistic production, which comprised daily life in Rome from the 1st century B.C. through the fall of the Roman Empire.</p> 2022-09-24 16:00:00 -0500
9/24/2210:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Art in Roman Life
<p>An exhibition of more than 50 works, including 21 Roman portrait busts donated to the CRMA by Tom and Nan Riley in 1996. From coins to glass vessels to ceramic lamps to marble sculptures, this exhibition reveals more than 600 years of artistic production, which comprised daily life in Rome from the 1st century B.C. through the fall of the Roman Empire.</p> 2022-10-01 16:00:00 -0500
10/01/2210:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Art in Roman Life
<p>An exhibition of more than 50 works, including 21 Roman portrait busts donated to the CRMA by Tom and Nan Riley in 1996. From coins to glass vessels to ceramic lamps to marble sculptures, this exhibition reveals more than 600 years of artistic production, which comprised daily life in Rome from the 1st century B.C. through the fall of the Roman Empire.</p> 2022-10-08 16:00:00 -0500
10/08/2210:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Art in Roman Life
<p>An exhibition of more than 50 works, including 21 Roman portrait busts donated to the CRMA by Tom and Nan Riley in 1996. From coins to glass vessels to ceramic lamps to marble sculptures, this exhibition reveals more than 600 years of artistic production, which comprised daily life in Rome from the 1st century B.C. through the fall of the Roman Empire.</p> 2022-10-15 16:00:00 -0500
10/15/2210:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Art in Roman Life
<p>An exhibition of more than 50 works, including 21 Roman portrait busts donated to the CRMA by Tom and Nan Riley in 1996. From coins to glass vessels to ceramic lamps to marble sculptures, this exhibition reveals more than 600 years of artistic production, which comprised daily life in Rome from the 1st century B.C. through the fall of the Roman Empire.</p> 2022-10-22 16:00:00 -0500
10/22/2210:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids