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80 W 8th Avenue, Marion(319) 213-7956752 10th St., Marion
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Tree Selection and Maintenance!
<p>Discover the key to selecting the best tree for your sight and how to care for it once it’s planted. Linn County Master Gardener Mike Anderson will discuss tree selection, planting, staking, mulching, fertilizing, protection from the elements and pruning.</p> 2023-01-04 19:30:00 -0600
2/09/236:30 p.m.Ladd LibraryCedar Rapids -
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Linn County Master Gardeners: Tree Selection and Maintenance
<p>Join the Linn County Master Gardeners at Ladd Library to learn about a different gardening topic each week.</p><p>February 2 - Less-Work Plants and Planting Methods - Maeghan MacDougall LCMG - Mulch is your friend and groundcovers are your best friends. Why are they so wonderful? What mulch is best for what situation? How do you apply it correctly and most effectively? What groundcovers grow the fastest in sun or shade and which look the best? What plants, shrubs and trees can you plant and pretty much forget while they go on being gorgeous?</p><p>February 9 - Tree Selection and Maintenance - Mike Anderson LCMG - Discover the key to selecting the best tree for your sight and how to care for it once it’s planted. Topics include: tree selection, planting, staking, mulching, fertilizing, protection from the elements and pruning.</p><p>February 23 - Spring Garden Maintenance - Wil Carew LCMG - Wake your landscape up. It’s spring. Time to get your yard, landscape and gardens ready for another growing season, but how do you start? Join Master Gardener Wil Carew as he covers what to do, when to do it, and why!</p> 2023-01-10 19:30:00 -0600
2/09/236:30 p.m.Ladd LibraryCedar Rapids -
PJ Storytime: Artsy Architecture, Free
<p>PJ Storytime: Artsy Architecture, Free<br>Mar 2, 2023, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM<br><br>Imagine that you could build any kind of building you want. What would it look like? What special features would it have? Where would it go? Tonight, surrounded by the architecture artwork in the galleries, design and construct some stupendous structures. Wear your PJ’s and bring a stuffed friend to cuddle with. We’ll meet in the galleries for stories at 7pm, and then create a work of art you can take home. All ages are welcome but book selection is ideal for ages 4-7.</p>
3/02/237:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Free Pound Fitness
<p>Who’s ready to make some noise?! Join us on February 9th at 6pm in the Hiawatha Community Center for Free Pound Fitness with Sabrina Tapps Fee! Bring a yoga mat, water and towel.</p> 2023-01-04 19:00:00 -0600
2/09/236:00 p.m.Hiawatha Community CenterHiawatha -
Free Pound Fitness
<p>Who’s ready to make some noise?! Join us on April 13th at 6pm in the Hiawatha Community Center for Free Pound Fitness with Sabrina Tapps Fee! Bring a yoga mat, water and towel.</p> 2023-01-04 19:00:00 -0600
4/13/236:00 p.m.Hiawatha Community CenterHiawatha -
Free Pound Fitness
<p>Who’s ready to make some noise?! Join us on May 18th at 6pm in the Hiawatha Community Center for Free Pound Fitness with Sabrina Tapps Fee! Bring a yoga mat, water and towel.</p> 2023-01-04 19:00:00 -0600
5/18/236:00 p.m.Hiawatha Community CenterHiawatha -
Free Pound Fitness
<p>Who’s ready to make some noise?! Join us on June 8th at 6pm in the Hiawatha Community Center for Free Pound Fitness with Sabrina Tapps Fee! Bring a yoga mat, water and towel.</p> 2023-01-04 19:00:00 -0600
6/08/236:00 p.m.Hiawatha Community CenterHiawatha -
Free Pound Fitness
<p>Who’s ready to make some noise?! Join us on March 9th at 6pm in the Hiawatha Community Center for Free Pound Fitness with Sabrina Tapps Fee! Bring a yoga mat, water and towel.</p> 2023-01-04 19:00:00 -0600
3/09/236:00 p.m.Hiawatha Community CenterHiawatha -
Free Pound Fitness
<p>Who’s ready to make some noise?! Join us on August 10th at 6pm in the Hiawatha Community Center for Free Pound Fitness with Sabrina Tapps Fee! Bring a yoga mat, water and towel.</p> 2023-01-04 19:00:00 -0600
8/10/236:00 p.m.Hiawatha Community CenterHiawatha -
Free Pound Fitness
<p>Who’s ready to make some noise?! Join us on September 14th at 6pm in the Hiawatha Community Center for Free Pound Fitness with Sabrina Tapps Fee! Bring a yoga mat, water and towel.</p> 2023-01-04 19:00:00 -0600
9/14/236:00 p.m.Hiawatha Community CenterHiawatha -
Free Pound Fitness
<p>Who’s ready to make some noise?! Join us on December 14th at 6pm in the Hiawatha Community Center for Free Pound Fitness with Sabrina Tapps Fee! Bring a yoga mat, water and towel.</p> 2023-01-04 19:00:00 -0600
12/14/236:00 p.m.Hiawatha Community CenterHiawatha -
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Free Pound Fitness
<p>Who’s ready to make some noise?! Join us on October 12th at 6pm in the Hiawatha Community Center for Free Pound Fitness with Sabrina Tapps Fee! Bring a yoga mat, water and towel.</p> 2023-01-04 19:00:00 -0600
10/12/236:00 p.m.Hiawatha Community CenterHiawatha -
Free Pound Fitness
<p>Who’s ready to make some noise?! Join us on November 16th at 6pm in the Hiawatha Community Center for Free Pound Fitness with Sabrina Tapps Fee! Bring a yoga mat, water and towel.</p> 2023-01-04 19:00:00 -0600
11/16/236:00 p.m.Hiawatha Community CenterHiawatha -
Free Pound Fitness
<p>Who’s ready to make some noise?! Join us on July 13th at 6pm in the Hiawatha Community Center for Free Pound Fitness with Sabrina Tapps Fee! Bring a yoga mat, water and towel.</p> 2023-01-04 19:00:00 -0600
7/13/236:00 p.m.Hiawatha Community CenterHiawatha -
Free Kids Movie Showing
<p>Come join us on this day off school for Prairie Students for a movie and a snack! Call us at 319-848-7616 or visit our website to find out what movie is playing! </p>2/13/232:00 p.m.Ely Public LibraryEly -
Art Bites: Built This Way: Architecture in Art, Free
<p>Join executive director Sean Ulmer for a discussion on the CRMA’s newest exhibition, Built This Way: Architecture in Art. Architecture is a common trope in art and appears frequently, either wholly or in part, setting the scene in paintings, drawings, photographs, and prints.</p>
3/01/2312:15 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Free Resources at the FamilySearch Center
<p>Help for your family history searches, with free access to Premium Subscription websites such as Ancestry and ArkivDigital. Enter at the back NW door.</p> 2023-02-01 13:00:00 -06002/15/2310:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids FamilySearch CenterCedar Rapids -
Free Family History Help and Rescources
<p>Free access to Premium Subscription Websites such as MyHeritage. Enter at the back NW door.</p> 2023-01-18 13:00:00 -06002/08/2310:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids FamilySearch CenterCedar Rapids -
Free Family History Help and Resources
<p>Free access to Premium Subscription Websites such as Ancestry. Enter at the back northwest door.</p> 2023-01-18 13:00:00 -06002/07/2310:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids FamilySearch CenterCedar Rapids -
Free Family History Help and Resources
<p>Free access to Premium Subscription Websites such as Puzzle. Enter at the back northwest door.</p> 2023-01-18 13:00:00 -06002/09/2310:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids FamilySearch CenterCedar Rapids -
Doodlebugs at the North Liberty Community Library: Building Bridges, Free
<p>Doodlebugs at the North Liberty Community Library: Building Bridges, Free<br>After reading a fun story about a bridge-building engineer, we’ll design and build our own bridges to take home. Bridge trolls are optional. Every Doodlebugs class session starts with a story and ends with imagination and creation! All ages are welcome, but book selection is ideal for ages 4-7.</p>
2/22/2310:30 a.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
PJ Storytime:Pajama Party at Grant Wood’s House!, Free
<p>PJ Storytime:Pajama Party at Grant Wood’s House!, Free<br>Feb 16, 2023, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM<br><br>Help us celebrate Grant Wood’s birthday with a pajama party at his place. Meet us at the Grant Wood Studio at 7pm, just a few blocks from the CRMA, for some stories, a silly game, and an art project to take home. Wear your PJ’s and bring a stuffed friend to cuddle with. All ages are welcome but book selection is ideal for ages 4-7.</p>
2/16/237:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Doodlebugs at the Hiawatha Public Library: Building Bridges, Free
<p>Doodlebugs at the Hiawatha Public Library: Building Bridges<br>Feb 24, 2023, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM<br><br><br>After reading a fun story about a bridge-building engineer, we’ll design and build our own bridges to take home. Bridge trolls are optional. Every Doodlebugs class session starts with a story and ends with imagination and creation! All ages are welcome, but book selection is ideal for ages 4-7.</p>
2/24/2310:30 a.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
Doodlebugs at the Marion Public Library: Building Bridges, Free
<p>Doodlebugs at the Marion Public Library: Building Bridges, Free<br><br>After reading a fun story about a bridge-building engineer, we’ll design and build our own bridges to take home. Bridge trolls are optional. Every Doodlebugs class session starts with a story and ends with imagination and creation! All ages are welcome, but book selection is ideal for ages 4-7.</p>
2/28/2310:30 a.m.Marion Public LibraryMarion -
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The FamilySearch Center Has Free Volunteer Help and Resources
<p>Free access to Ancestry, MyHeritage, Puzzila and more Premium websites. Enter at the back northwest door.</p> 2023-01-18 13:00:00 -06002/14/2310:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids FamilySearch CenterCedar Rapids -
Find Your Cousins with the Help of this Free FamilySearch Class
<p>Use social media such as Facebook, DNA Matches, Puzzila, etc. Enter at the back NW door. Cost is free.</p> 2023-01-18 13:00:00 -06002/11/2310:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids FamilySearch CenterCedar Rapids -
Art Lovers Book Club Defiant Spirits: The Modernist Revolution of the Group of Seven by Ross King, Free
<p>Beginning in 1912, Defiant Spirits traces the artistic development of Tom Thomson and the future members of the Group of Seven, Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A. Y. Jackson, Franz Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J. E. H. MacDonald, and Frederick Varley, over a dozen years in Canadian history. Working in an eclectic and sometimes controversial blend of modernist styles, they produced what an English critic celebrated in the 1920s as the "most vital group of paintings" of the 20th century.</p>
2/16/234:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Trio Less Traveled: Red Cedar Chamber Music
<p>Red Cedar Chamber Music’s directors and core ensemble, violinist Miera Kim and cellist Carey Bostian, are joined by violinist Amos Fayette for a program of music for two violins and cello. The standard string trio is violin, viola, cello. The less common trio, two violins and cello, has fewer works written for it. The program opens with a charming Boccherini Sonata. Next, Fayette will take the lead in Bach’s <em>Sonata #4 for Violin and Harpsichord Obligato</em>, given the Red Cedar treatment here with Miera playing the right hand of the keyboard part and Carey playing the left. Jan Boland’s newly published <em>Flower Sonatas</em> by Oswald for two trebles and bass give us a different and mildly celtic baroque flavor. The largest work on the program is Dvorak’s <em>Terzetto</em>, originally written for two violins and viola, it is presented here with the cello part arranged by Red Cedar. The concert concludes by paying homage to the “missing” trio member, the viola. Michael Kimber’s work <em>Violas on Fire! </em>will bring the concert to an exhuberant close.</p><p>Miera and Carey first played chamber music with Amos just before they became the Directors of Red Cedar and have looked forward to having him as a guest artist. Comfortable with a wide range of styles, his flexibility fits beautifully with Red Cedar’s diverse programming. While the pandemic delayed his appearance, it also brought him closer to Iowa than New Jersey. Amos is currently the Manager of Community Partnerships and Engagement at The Cleveland Institute of Music and continues to concertize regularly.</p><p>Eight performances of this program will be presented between February 22 and 26 with Rural Outreach reaching audiences in Monticello and Tipton, a public concert at Lowe Park in Marion, and three Music for Seniors events. This series of concerts is made possible by the Program Support and Linn County Funds of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation, the McIntyre Foundation, the Grandon Foundation, the Giacoletto Foundation, AEGON Transamerica Foundation, the City of Marion, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support comes from CRST International, United Fire Group, Hills Bank, Farmers State Bank, GreatAmerica Financial Services, and Friends of Red Cedar Chamber Music.</p><p><em>Artist sponsorship is generously provided by Juanita Dennert.</em></p>
2/23/237:00 p.m.United Church of MonticelloMonticello -
Trio Less Traveled: Red Cedar Chamber Music
<p>Red Cedar Chamber Music’s directors and core ensemble, violinist Miera Kim and cellist Carey Bostian, are joined by violinist Amos Fayette for a program of music for two violins and cello. The standard string trio is violin, viola, cello. The less common trio, two violins and cello, has fewer works written for it. The program opens with a charming Boccherini Sonata. Next, Fayette will take the lead in Bach’s <em>Sonata #4 for Violin and Harpsichord Obligato</em>, given the Red Cedar treatment here with Miera playing the right hand of the keyboard part and Carey playing the left. Jan Boland’s newly published <em>Flower Sonatas</em> by Oswald for two trebles and bass give us a different and mildly celtic baroque flavor. The largest work on the program is Dvorak’s <em>Terzetto</em>, originally written for two violins and viola, it is presented here with the cello part arranged by Red Cedar. The concert concludes by paying homage to the “missing” trio member, the viola. Michael Kimber’s work <em>Violas on Fire! </em>will bring the concert to an exhuberant close.</p><p>Miera and Carey first played chamber music with Amos just before they became the Directors of Red Cedar and have looked forward to having him as a guest artist. Comfortable with a wide range of styles, his flexibility fits beautifully with Red Cedar’s diverse programming. While the pandemic delayed his appearance, it also brought him closer to Iowa than New Jersey. Amos is currently the Manager of Community Partnerships and Engagement at The Cleveland Institute of Music and continues to concertize regularly.</p><p>Eight performances of this program will be presented between February 22 and 26 with Rural Outreach reaching audiences in Monticello and Tipton, a public concert at Lowe Park in Marion, and three Music for Seniors events. This series of concerts is made possible by the Program Support and Linn County Funds of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation, the McIntyre Foundation, the Grandon Foundation, the Giacoletto Foundation, AEGON Transamerica Foundation, the City of Marion, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support comes from CRST International, United Fire Group, Hills Bank, Farmers State Bank, GreatAmerica Financial Services, and Friends of Red Cedar Chamber Music.</p><p><em>Artist sponsorship is generously provided by Juanita Dennert.</em></p>
2/24/237:00 p.m.First United Church of ChristTipton -
ONE NIGHT STAND WITH THE CRMA
<p>One Night Stand:ONE NIGHT STAND WITH THE CRMA</p><p>One work of art. By one artist. For one night.</p><p>One Night Stand with the CRMA is a free series of art talks on Zoom led by CRMA staff, local artists, or art scholars. By focusing each 20-minute program on one artwork, the audience engages in a conversation about the artist and how the selected work of art relates to their larger body of work.</p><p>Zoom link:</p><p><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84688458569?pwd=TU5Eald0VzQ2cFRHSFM4RStCWW5CZz09" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84688458569?pwd=TU5Eald0VzQ2cFRHSFM4RStCWW5CZz09</a></p>
2/21/237:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids