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Downstairs at Downton
<p>What was life "really" like below stairs at a place like Highclere Castle? Could the chauffeur really marry the daughter of an Earl? Would a maid help move a body to protect her mistress' reputation? What about all that free time? <span> </span>Historian Kathy Wilson reveals the answers to these and many other questions in this program focusing on the realities of domestic service on one of the country's most popular PBS television series. <span> </span><span> </span></p> 2018-07-20 11:30:00 -0500
7/28/1810:00 a.m.The Ray HouseVinton -
Cedar Rapids Area Genealogy Library Program
<p>The monthly meeting of the Cedar Rapids Area Genealogy Library will be held Saturday,</p><p>July 28th at our location in the lower level of the Masonic Library at 813 1st Ave. S.E. in Cedar Rapids.</p><p>Social time begins at <strong>1:00 pm</strong> followed by the program at <strong>1:30</strong>.</p><p>Russ Fry, author of books and creator of documentaries on Burlington area history, will share the fascinating story,<strong><i> The Murder of Eunice Rockefeller</i></strong>.<strong><i> </i></strong></p><p><strong><i> </i></strong></p><p>There will be time for questions and individual assistance following the program. This meeting is free and open to all. Parking is available in the rear. Please enter through the back door. </p> 2018-07-09 15:30:00 -05007/28/181:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Area Genealogy LibraryCedar Rapids -
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Tim Dwight Hawkeye All American
<p>Former Iowa Hawkeye All American Time Dwight will speak on solar energy with his company Integrated Power.</p> 2018-04-02 19:30:00 -0500
7/26/186:30 p.m.1340 11th St. N. W. Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52405Cedar Rapids -
Arlington and the Tomb of the Unknown
<p>Tom Tudor presenting a moving and informative narration of our nation's most hallowed ground: Arlington National Cemetery.</p>11/11/182:00 p.m.Herbert Hoover Presidential Museum and LibraryWest Branch -
Sewing and Measuring Tips and Techniques—A Conversation with Anne St. Clair
<p>A day long seminar for sewing enthusiasts sponsored by the Cedar Rapids Area Chapter of the American Sewing Guild. Anne St. Clair of Needle Nook Fabrics, and the author of the Frugal Seamstress booklets will be sharing her knowledge of bras, camisoles, and how to get any commercial pattern to fit your body. A truck show of Anne St Clair's designs will be featured.</p> 2018-04-23 17:00:00 -0500
7/28/189:00 a.m.Hosted by CR Sewing Guild in Shueyville United Methodist ChurchShueyville -
Cedar Rapids Area Genealogy Program
<p>The monthly meeting of the Cedar Rapids Area Genealogy Library will be held Saturday, July 28th at our location in the lower level of the Masonic Library at 813 1st Ave. S.E. in Cedar Rapids.</p><p>Social time begins at <strong>1:00 pm</strong> followed by the program at <strong>1:30</strong>.</p><p>Russ Fry, author of books and creator of documentaries on Burlington area history, will share the fascinating story,<strong><i> The Murder of Eunice Rockefeller</i></strong>.<strong><i> </i></strong></p><p><strong><i> </i></strong></p><p>There will be time for questions and individual assistance following the program. This meeting is free and open to all. Parking is available in the rear. Please enter through the back door. </p> 2018-07-09 15:30:00 -05007/28/181:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Area Genealogy LibraryCedar Rapids -
Craig Ferguson: Hobo Fabulous Tour
<p>Craig Ferguson the HOBO FABULOUS TOUR Grammy® nominated, Emmy® and Peabody® award winning comedian.</p><p><br></p><p>Craig Ferguson is an actor, writer and comedian, who as the host of CBS’ “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” set all-time viewer records during his ten-year run as host, which earned him a Primetime Emmy nomination and the 2009 Peabody Award for Excellence in Broadcasting for his interview with Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Ferguson was also the host of the syndicated game show, “Celebrity Name Game,” in which he was awarded the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Game Show Host two years in a row. Ferguson is also an acclaimed standup comedian who has earned two Grammy nominations for Best Comedy Album on behalf of his original standup recordings, “Craig Ferguson: Just Being Honest” and “I’m Here to Help.” He has performed to sold out theaters all over the country, including New York City’s Carnegie Hall and Radio City Music Hall. He also received a Grammy nomination for Best Spoken Word on behalf of his New York Times bestselling memoir American On Purpose. This summer, Ferguson is filming the movie “Love Me To Death” in his native Scotland alongside Kathie Lee Gifford, who wrote the film. Ferguson recently concluded his wildly popular daily SiriusXM program “The Craig Ferguson Show.”</p><p><br></p><p>“What the world needs now more than ever is an ageing unhinged vagrant travelling from place to place ranting nonsense into a microphone,” said Ferguson.</p><p><br></p><p>The show, which will be 100% new material, will never be recorded for any form of broadcast or streaming outlet given Mr. Ferguson’s new (ironically) Luddite mistrust of digital technology.</p><p><br></p><p>Doors open at 7 PM for the 8 PM show.</p><p><strong>FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY.</strong></p> 2018-07-03 21:30:00 -0500
10/26/188:00 p.m.Rhythm City Casino ResortDavenport -
What Really Happened to Storer College? Race and Public Memory
<p>Join Dr. Mark Barron, Adjunct Assistant Professor in the History Department at Iowa State University on:</p><p>August 9 at 7pm.</p><p>Free and open to the public, part of Humanities Iowa Presentations. </p><p>What Really Happened to Storer College?: Race and Public Memory in the Aftermath of the Brown Decision</p><p><br></p><p>In 1955, less than one full year after the United States Supreme Court’s landmark Brown Decision, Storer College in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia closed its doors forever. Founded in 1865 by white abolitionists of the Freewill Baptist Church, Storer College served as an institution of higher learning for African Americans from West Virginia, neighboring states, and even Africa. In its first four decades, Storer often served as a meeting place for such luminaries as Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Coralie Cook. By the early twentieth-century, however, the college had fallen on hard times, and for the remainder of its history, struggled with funding and enrollment, as well as with the racism of nearby white residents. When Storer officially ceased operation in 1955, popular consensus held two reasons for its closing: 1) that the school was no longer academically competitive, and 2) that the 1954 Brown Decision meant that West Virginia could no longer disburse state funds to a school with an entirely African American student body. In 1960, the National Park Service acquired the Storer College campus and began using its buildings as its East Coast Training facility. </p><p><br></p><p>A closer examination of Storer’s history challenges the belief that the college closed due to consequences of the Brown verdict and questions why the school historically lacked adequate funding from both its Freewill Baptist trustees and West Virginia. The actual reasons behind Storer’s closing lay in the converging interests of the school’s trustees, the state of West Virginia, and the National Park Service, each of which had a vested interest in seeing the school close. A new history for Storer College finds that alumni fought a legal battle in the mid 1950s to keep the school open, and that the African American Methodist Church even offered to buy the campus from the Freewill Baptist trustees. A revision of what led to Storer’s end speaks to how institutional histories are often uncritically accepted and begs to ask why these false histories continue to inhabit our public spaces. </p><p><br></p><p>Mark Barron is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the history department at Iowa State University, where he specializes in public history, material culture, and urban studies. Prior to coming to Iowa State, Mark worked as a historian for several state governments and for the National Park Service in Washington, D.C. He received his Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2014.</p> 2018-07-02 21:00:00 -0500
8/09/187:00 p.m.African American Museum of IowaCedar Rapids -
VegFest of Eastern Iowa
<p>The first annual VegFest of Eastern Iowa is an event sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Society in Coralville, Iowa, and is a celebration of all things vegan! Enjoy vendors, guest speakers, food, cooking demonstrations, and more. Admission: $5 per person, kids under 18 are free.<br><br>Visit vegfesteasterniowa.com for the up-to-date event schedule.</p> 2018-07-06 16:00:00 -0500
9/29/1810:30 a.m.Unitarian Universalist SocietyCoralville -
Remembering the Orphans
<p><strong>"Remembering the Orphans"</strong></p><p><strong>This presentation will summarize the historical era known as the Orphan Train Movement </strong><strong>that took place in the U.S. dating 1854-1929. </strong></p><p><strong>Speaker Lori Vicker is a retired reading specialist </strong><strong>who travels the state sharing her interest and enthusiasm for this little known and forgotten era of history. </strong></p><p><strong>A bibliography will be provided to highlight popular non-fiction and historical fiction for your reading interest.</strong></p> 2018-07-13 11:00:00 -0500
9/07/1810:00 a.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
Dr. Kinohi Nishikawa: "Black Art and Book Design"
<p>Join Dr. Kinohi Nishikawa for his discussion "Black Art and Book Design", Who is the audience for African American Literature?</p><p>It's a question that has hovered over the profession of black authorship for much of the twentieth century. Critics have long pointed out how authors intentions were routinely undercut by editorial revision and bowdlerization. But a more powerful, if overlooked influence on black writing, this talk suggests lay in the design of books themselves. Compromising the interface between a literary work and it's audience, visual elements such as typography, illustration, and cover and jacket design often had the final say in the "look" of black books.</p><p>Thursday September 13th at 5:30</p><p>At Cornell College</p><p>FREE and open to the public, part of Humanities Iowa Presentations</p><p>for more information on this event email, sdonaldson@blackiowa.org</p> 2018-07-13 19:00:00 -0500
9/13/185:30 p.m.Cornell CollegeMount Vernon -
The Global Leadership Summit
<p> The 2-day Global Leadership Summit will hone and improve your leadership skills with fresh perspectives from world-class leaders. Hosted at in the state-of-the-art auditorium at <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://lifeisforliving.org/summit/&source=gmail&ust=1528470108537000&usg=AFQjCNFoxpA2ZRPR-ryI38zkEYaRogmy9Q" href="https://lifeisforliving.org/summit/" target="_blank">Antioch Christian Church this August (9-10)</a> Please take a moment to <a href="https://youtu.be/DZIlbDG8dDk" target="_blank">watch this video about the summit and announcing the 2018 speakers</a>. </p><p><br></p> 2018-06-07 16:00:00 -0500
8/09/188:00 a.m.Antioch Christian ChurchMarion -
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Your County Farm Bureau and Why it Matters
<p>Tim Niess, Field Service Manage at Iowa Farm Bureau speaking: "Your County Farm Bureau, and Why it Matters."</p> 2018-04-11 15:00:00 -05009/29/182:00 p.m.Herbert Hoover Presidential Museum and LibraryWest Branch -
Boys & Girls Club Update
<p>John Tursi from Boys & Girls Club will update the neighborhood on the activities at Boys & Girls Club.</p> 2018-04-02 19:30:00 -0500
8/23/186:30 p.m.1340 11th St. N. W. Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52405Cedar Rapids