Local Arts and Culture Events
Check out the Corridor’s arts, theater, literature and cultural events. Everything from cinema and dance to museum and exhibits are available under the Arts and Culture grouping.
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The Mad Silkman: Zika & Lida Ascher Textiles and Fashion
<p>After fleeing Czechoslovakia in 1939, the Asher family went on to build a highly successful fashion fabric enterprise in London, supplying top designers and fashion houses such as Christian Dior. Lida and Zika Asher were especially celebrated for their Squares, a collection of luxurious printed scarves designed by famous artists such as Henry Moore, Henri Matisse, and André Derain. View a selection of their fabric designs and scarves on loan from the Ascher Family U.S. Archive.</p> 2023-06-10 16:00:00 -0500
6/10/239:30 a.m.National Czech & Slovak Museum & LibraryCedar Rapids -
FireHouse @ Wild Rose Casino & Hotel Backyard Bash Concert Series
<p>Join us on Friday, July 21 @ Wild Rose Casino & Hotel courtyard as FireHouse takes the stage in our Backyard Bash Concert Series! This is a FREE outdoor concert open to ALL ages!<br><br>Double Platinum Artist, FireHouse, is an American hard rock band who signed with Epic Records in 1989. The band reached stardom during the early 1990's with hit singles "Reach for the Sky," "Don't Treat Me Bad," "All She Wrote," and their signature power ballads, "I Live My Life for You," and "Love of a Lifetime."<br><br>At the 1991 American Music Awards, FireHouse won the award for "Best New Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Artist," chosen over Nirvana and Alice in Chains. Their credits include 16 Gold & Platinum Records, over 7 Million sales worldwide, and power ballad "Love of a Lifetime" was the #1 Wedding song!<br><br>Feel free to bring your lawn chairs! Food and drinks will be available for purchase (sorry, no coolers allowed). For additional information, visit our Facebook page or website: www.wildroseresorts.com/clinton.</p> 2023-03-18 21:00:00 -0500
7/21/236:00 p.m.Wild Rose Casino & HotelClinton -
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The Mad Silkman: Zika & Lida Ascher Textiles and Fashion
<p>After fleeing Czechoslovakia in 1939, the Asher family went on to build a highly successful fashion fabric enterprise in London, supplying top designers and fashion houses such as Christian Dior. Lida and Zika Asher were especially celebrated for their Squares, a collection of luxurious printed scarves designed by famous artists such as Henry Moore, Henri Matisse, and André Derain. View a selection of their fabric designs and scarves on loan from the Ascher Family U.S. Archive.</p> 2023-06-12 16:00:00 -0500
6/12/239:30 a.m.National Czech & Slovak Museum & LibraryCedar Rapids -
Cedar Rapids Municipal Band at Bever Park
<p>Aaron Nuss, co-director of bands at Linn-Mar High School, will be on the podium for week one. Hashim Taylor, director of the CR Parks and Recreation Department, will lead the band in a performance of Karl King's "Iowa Band Law." Emily Brennom, a graduate of Linn-Mar High School, will sing the National Anthem and the Cedar Rapids Song of Dedication. Ann Bradfield, an associate professor of saxophone at the University of Northern Iowa, will be the featured soloist.</p><p>The Sunday night performance will feature a 6:30 pm prelude concert by the Cedar Rapids Metro Youth Ensemble (sponsored by Coe College). The Muni Band will perform at 7:30 pm. </p><p>Attend in person or watch the livestream on the band's Facebook page.</p> 2023-06-06 20:30:00 -0500
6/11/236:30 p.m.Bever ParkCedar Rapids -
The Mad Silkman: Zika & Lida Ascher Textiles and Fashion
<p>After fleeing Czechoslovakia in 1939, the Asher family went on to build a highly successful fashion fabric enterprise in London, supplying top designers and fashion houses such as Christian Dior. Lida and Zika Asher were especially celebrated for their Squares, a collection of luxurious printed scarves designed by famous artists such as Henry Moore, Henri Matisse, and André Derain. View a selection of their fabric designs and scarves on loan from the Ascher Family U.S. Archive.</p> 2023-06-13 16:00:00 -0500
6/13/239:30 a.m.National Czech & Slovak Museum & LibraryCedar Rapids -
Open Auditions: "Wyrd Sisters" for Dreamwell Theatre
<p>Josh Sazon is directing "Wyrd Sisters", adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs from the the Discworld novel of the same title, written by Sir Terry Pratchett.</p><p>Auditions will be held at The Iowa City Public Library, Mtg Room D:<br>Friday June 23, 5-8 pm<br>Saturday June 24, 2-5 pm</p><p>The show will run October 12-15, 2023 at The James Theater in Iowa City. Rehearsals are expected to begin in August. Please bring your calendar.</p><p>Synopsis: Terry Pratchett takes Shakespeare’s Macbeth and then turns it up ’till the knob comes off. It’s all there – a wicked duke and duchess, the ghost of the murdered king, dim soldiers, strolling players, a land in peril. And who stands between the Kingdom and destruction? Three witches.</p><p>Main Characters:<br>Esme Weatherwax - the classic witch: intolerant, opinionated, powerful</p><p>Nanny Ogg - good-natured witch, mother, grandmother with a wicked sense of humor</p><p>Magrat Garlick - the youngest witch in the coven. A lot of what she believes has the word ‘folk’ in it somewhere (folk wisdom, folk dance, folk medicine, folk song). She is, however, more practical than most people believe who see no further than her vague smile.</p><p>King Verence - an elderly ghost, late King of Lancre. He was cruel and power-hungry, but in a regal, kingly way.</p><p>Leonal Felmet - Duke, then King of Lancre. Cruel and power-hungry, in a mad way. He gets progressively madder and crueler.</p><p>Lady Felmet Duchess, then Queen of Lancre - married to Leonal. Calculating, power-hungry, cruel. The brains of the operation. Think Lady Macbeth.</p><p>The Fool - a youngish jester, following his father’s footsteps in the respected trade of being a fool, but his heart’s not in it. Underneath all of his miserable foolery, he is intelligent and meant for greater things.</p><p>Tomjon Vitoller - a much admired, extremely talented youngish actor, with the gift of language, and the ability to portray anyone or anything to perfection. Vitoller’s son.</p><p>Olwyn Vitoller - - the kind actor-manager leader of a travelling group of players, who agrees to raise an abandoned baby as his own.</p><p>Hwel - the playwright. He is a genius with words and story, and is a servant<br>his words. He is kind, loyal to the Vitollers, and keeps a caring eye on Tomjon.</p><p>Demon - impatient, cunning, and a stickler for the rules. And, well, demonic.</p><p>Assorted SERGEANT AND GUARDS, ROBBERS, PEASANTS, PLAYERS, GUESTS, CHAMBERLAIN - all a little more on the bumbling side than the brilliant one.</p><p>We will be reading from sides provided by the director at auditions. A script is available for a 2 hour check-out period at ICPL's 2nd Floor Help Desk.</p><p>There may be some double-casting. All ethnicities and identities are welcome, and encouraged to audition for any role.</p> 2023-06-10 20:00:00 -0500
6/10/235:00 p.m.Iowa City Public LibraryIowa City -
The Mad Silkman: Zika & Lida Ascher Textiles and Fashion
<p>After fleeing Czechoslovakia in 1939, the Asher family went on to build a highly successful fashion fabric enterprise in London, supplying top designers and fashion houses such as Christian Dior. Lida and Zika Asher were especially celebrated for their Squares, a collection of luxurious printed scarves designed by famous artists such as Henry Moore, Henri Matisse, and André Derain. View a selection of their fabric designs and scarves on loan from the Ascher Family U.S. Archive.</p> 2023-06-14 16:00:00 -0500
6/14/239:30 a.m.National Czech & Slovak Museum & LibraryCedar Rapids -
House of Cards - Philip Laber
<p><a name="_Hlk136426450">Philip Laber, former Professor Emeritus of Art at Northwest Missouri State, will showcase his works in the Musser McColm mansion. His exhibit, <em>House of Cards,</em> is a suite of experimental printmaking that examines and metaphorically represents American and global cultures and politics and the resulting consequences upon daily life, edited through the eyes of a mythical and whimsical “Everyman”. The works are a hybrid approach that combines traditional etching and engraving processes with digital imagining and contemporary printmaking. </a></p><p>In the summer of 2016, Laber retired from teaching photography, printmaking, and drawing at Northwest Missouri State to become a full-time artist. His creative interests remain experimental printmaking and photography, and more recently, exploring acrylic painting. The public will have an opportunity to meet Philip Laber on Sunday, June 25, at the Friends Annual Ice Cream Social.</p> 2023-06-10 17:00:00 -0500
6/10/2310:00 a.m.Muscatine Art CenterMuscatine -
Open Auditions: "Wyrd Sisters" for Dreamwell Theatre
<p>Josh Sazon is directing "Wyrd Sisters", adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs from the the Discworld novel of the same title, written by Sir Terry Pratchett.</p><p>Auditions will be held at The Iowa City Public Library, Mtg Room D:<br>Friday June 23, 5-8 pm<br>Saturday June 24, 2-5 pm</p><p>The show will run October 12-15, 2023 at The James Theater in Iowa City. Rehearsals are expected to begin in August. Please bring your calendar.</p><p>Synopsis: Terry Pratchett takes Shakespeare’s Macbeth and then turns it up ’till the knob comes off. It’s all there – a wicked duke and duchess, the ghost of the murdered king, dim soldiers, strolling players, a land in peril. And who stands between the Kingdom and destruction? Three witches.</p><p>Main Characters:<br>Esme Weatherwax - the classic witch: intolerant, opinionated, powerful</p><p>Nanny Ogg - good-natured witch, mother, grandmother with a wicked sense of humor</p><p>Magrat Garlick - the youngest witch in the coven. A lot of what she believes has the word ‘folk’ in it somewhere (folk wisdom, folk dance, folk medicine, folk song). She is, however, more practical than most people believe who see no further than her vague smile.</p><p>King Verence - an elderly ghost, late King of Lancre. He was cruel and power-hungry, but in a regal, kingly way.</p><p>Leonal Felmet - Duke, then King of Lancre. Cruel and power-hungry, in a mad way. He gets progressively madder and crueler.</p><p>Lady Felmet Duchess, then Queen of Lancre - married to Leonal. Calculating, power-hungry, cruel. The brains of the operation. Think Lady Macbeth.</p><p>The Fool - a youngish jester, following his father’s footsteps in the respected trade of being a fool, but his heart’s not in it. Underneath all of his miserable foolery, he is intelligent and meant for greater things.</p><p>Tomjon Vitoller - a much admired, extremely talented youngish actor, with the gift of language, and the ability to portray anyone or anything to perfection. Vitoller’s son.</p><p>Olwyn Vitoller - - the kind actor-manager leader of a travelling group of players, who agrees to raise an abandoned baby as his own.</p><p>Hwel - the playwright. He is a genius with words and story, and is a servant<br>his words. He is kind, loyal to the Vitollers, and keeps a caring eye on Tomjon.</p><p>Demon - impatient, cunning, and a stickler for the rules. And, well, demonic.</p><p>Assorted SERGEANT AND GUARDS, ROBBERS, PEASANTS, PLAYERS, GUESTS, CHAMBERLAIN - all a little more on the bumbling side than the brilliant one.</p><p>We will be reading from sides provided by the director at auditions. A script is available for a 2 hour check-out period at ICPL's 2nd Floor Help Desk.</p><p>There may be some double-casting. All ethnicities and identities are welcome, and encouraged to audition for any role.</p> 2023-06-11 20:00:00 -0500
6/11/235:00 p.m.Iowa City Public LibraryIowa City -
The Mad Silkman: Zika & Lida Ascher Textiles and Fashion
<p>After fleeing Czechoslovakia in 1939, the Asher family went on to build a highly successful fashion fabric enterprise in London, supplying top designers and fashion houses such as Christian Dior. Lida and Zika Asher were especially celebrated for their Squares, a collection of luxurious printed scarves designed by famous artists such as Henry Moore, Henri Matisse, and André Derain. View a selection of their fabric designs and scarves on loan from the Ascher Family U.S. Archive.</p> 2023-06-15 16:00:00 -0500
6/15/239:30 a.m.National Czech & Slovak Museum & LibraryCedar Rapids -
House of Cards - Philip Laber
<p><a name="_Hlk136426450">Philip Laber, former Professor Emeritus of Art at Northwest Missouri State, will showcase his works in the Musser McColm mansion. His exhibit, <em>House of Cards,</em> is a suite of experimental printmaking that examines and metaphorically represents American and global cultures and politics and the resulting consequences upon daily life, edited through the eyes of a mythical and whimsical “Everyman”. The works are a hybrid approach that combines traditional etching and engraving processes with digital imagining and contemporary printmaking. </a></p><p>In the summer of 2016, Laber retired from teaching photography, printmaking, and drawing at Northwest Missouri State to become a full-time artist. His creative interests remain experimental printmaking and photography, and more recently, exploring acrylic painting. The public will have an opportunity to meet Philip Laber on Sunday, June 25, at the Friends Annual Ice Cream Social.</p> 2023-06-11 17:00:00 -0500
6/11/2310:00 a.m.Muscatine Art CenterMuscatine -
Open Auditions: "Wyrd Sisters" for Dreamwell Theatre
<p>Josh Sazon is directing "Wyrd Sisters", adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs from the the Discworld novel of the same title, written by Sir Terry Pratchett.</p><p>Auditions will be held at The Iowa City Public Library, Mtg Room D:<br>Friday June 23, 5-8 pm<br>Saturday June 24, 2-5 pm</p><p>The show will run October 12-15, 2023 at The James Theater in Iowa City. Rehearsals are expected to begin in August. Please bring your calendar.</p><p>Synopsis: Terry Pratchett takes Shakespeare’s Macbeth and then turns it up ’till the knob comes off. It’s all there – a wicked duke and duchess, the ghost of the murdered king, dim soldiers, strolling players, a land in peril. And who stands between the Kingdom and destruction? Three witches.</p><p>Main Characters:<br>Esme Weatherwax - the classic witch: intolerant, opinionated, powerful</p><p>Nanny Ogg - good-natured witch, mother, grandmother with a wicked sense of humor</p><p>Magrat Garlick - the youngest witch in the coven. A lot of what she believes has the word ‘folk’ in it somewhere (folk wisdom, folk dance, folk medicine, folk song). She is, however, more practical than most people believe who see no further than her vague smile.</p><p>King Verence - an elderly ghost, late King of Lancre. He was cruel and power-hungry, but in a regal, kingly way.</p><p>Leonal Felmet - Duke, then King of Lancre. Cruel and power-hungry, in a mad way. He gets progressively madder and crueler.</p><p>Lady Felmet Duchess, then Queen of Lancre - married to Leonal. Calculating, power-hungry, cruel. The brains of the operation. Think Lady Macbeth.</p><p>The Fool - a youngish jester, following his father’s footsteps in the respected trade of being a fool, but his heart’s not in it. Underneath all of his miserable foolery, he is intelligent and meant for greater things.</p><p>Tomjon Vitoller - a much admired, extremely talented youngish actor, with the gift of language, and the ability to portray anyone or anything to perfection. Vitoller’s son.</p><p>Olwyn Vitoller - - the kind actor-manager leader of a travelling group of players, who agrees to raise an abandoned baby as his own.</p><p>Hwel - the playwright. He is a genius with words and story, and is a servant<br>his words. He is kind, loyal to the Vitollers, and keeps a caring eye on Tomjon.</p><p>Demon - impatient, cunning, and a stickler for the rules. And, well, demonic.</p><p>Assorted SERGEANT AND GUARDS, ROBBERS, PEASANTS, PLAYERS, GUESTS, CHAMBERLAIN - all a little more on the bumbling side than the brilliant one.</p><p>We will be reading from sides provided by the director at auditions. A script is available for a 2 hour check-out period at ICPL's 2nd Floor Help Desk.</p><p>There may be some double-casting. All ethnicities and identities are welcome, and encouraged to audition for any role.</p> 2023-06-12 20:00:00 -0500
6/12/235:00 p.m.Iowa City Public LibraryIowa City -
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The Mad Silkman: Zika & Lida Ascher Textiles and Fashion
<p>After fleeing Czechoslovakia in 1939, the Asher family went on to build a highly successful fashion fabric enterprise in London, supplying top designers and fashion houses such as Christian Dior. Lida and Zika Asher were especially celebrated for their Squares, a collection of luxurious printed scarves designed by famous artists such as Henry Moore, Henri Matisse, and André Derain. View a selection of their fabric designs and scarves on loan from the Ascher Family U.S. Archive.</p> 2023-06-16 16:00:00 -0500
6/16/239:30 a.m.National Czech & Slovak Museum & LibraryCedar Rapids -
House of Cards - Philip Laber
<p><a name="_Hlk136426450">Philip Laber, former Professor Emeritus of Art at Northwest Missouri State, will showcase his works in the Musser McColm mansion. His exhibit, <em>House of Cards,</em> is a suite of experimental printmaking that examines and metaphorically represents American and global cultures and politics and the resulting consequences upon daily life, edited through the eyes of a mythical and whimsical “Everyman”. The works are a hybrid approach that combines traditional etching and engraving processes with digital imagining and contemporary printmaking. </a></p><p>In the summer of 2016, Laber retired from teaching photography, printmaking, and drawing at Northwest Missouri State to become a full-time artist. His creative interests remain experimental printmaking and photography, and more recently, exploring acrylic painting. The public will have an opportunity to meet Philip Laber on Sunday, June 25, at the Friends Annual Ice Cream Social.</p> 2023-06-12 17:00:00 -0500
6/12/2310:00 a.m.Muscatine Art CenterMuscatine -
Open Auditions: "Wyrd Sisters" for Dreamwell Theatre
<p>Josh Sazon is directing "Wyrd Sisters", adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs from the the Discworld novel of the same title, written by Sir Terry Pratchett.</p><p>Auditions will be held at The Iowa City Public Library, Mtg Room D:<br>Friday June 23, 5-8 pm<br>Saturday June 24, 2-5 pm</p><p>The show will run October 12-15, 2023 at The James Theater in Iowa City. Rehearsals are expected to begin in August. Please bring your calendar.</p><p>Synopsis: Terry Pratchett takes Shakespeare’s Macbeth and then turns it up ’till the knob comes off. It’s all there – a wicked duke and duchess, the ghost of the murdered king, dim soldiers, strolling players, a land in peril. And who stands between the Kingdom and destruction? Three witches.</p><p>Main Characters:<br>Esme Weatherwax - the classic witch: intolerant, opinionated, powerful</p><p>Nanny Ogg - good-natured witch, mother, grandmother with a wicked sense of humor</p><p>Magrat Garlick - the youngest witch in the coven. A lot of what she believes has the word ‘folk’ in it somewhere (folk wisdom, folk dance, folk medicine, folk song). She is, however, more practical than most people believe who see no further than her vague smile.</p><p>King Verence - an elderly ghost, late King of Lancre. He was cruel and power-hungry, but in a regal, kingly way.</p><p>Leonal Felmet - Duke, then King of Lancre. Cruel and power-hungry, in a mad way. He gets progressively madder and crueler.</p><p>Lady Felmet Duchess, then Queen of Lancre - married to Leonal. Calculating, power-hungry, cruel. The brains of the operation. Think Lady Macbeth.</p><p>The Fool - a youngish jester, following his father’s footsteps in the respected trade of being a fool, but his heart’s not in it. Underneath all of his miserable foolery, he is intelligent and meant for greater things.</p><p>Tomjon Vitoller - a much admired, extremely talented youngish actor, with the gift of language, and the ability to portray anyone or anything to perfection. Vitoller’s son.</p><p>Olwyn Vitoller - - the kind actor-manager leader of a travelling group of players, who agrees to raise an abandoned baby as his own.</p><p>Hwel - the playwright. He is a genius with words and story, and is a servant<br>his words. He is kind, loyal to the Vitollers, and keeps a caring eye on Tomjon.</p><p>Demon - impatient, cunning, and a stickler for the rules. And, well, demonic.</p><p>Assorted SERGEANT AND GUARDS, ROBBERS, PEASANTS, PLAYERS, GUESTS, CHAMBERLAIN - all a little more on the bumbling side than the brilliant one.</p><p>We will be reading from sides provided by the director at auditions. A script is available for a 2 hour check-out period at ICPL's 2nd Floor Help Desk.</p><p>There may be some double-casting. All ethnicities and identities are welcome, and encouraged to audition for any role.</p> 2023-06-13 20:00:00 -0500
6/13/235:00 p.m.Iowa City Public LibraryIowa City -
The Mad Silkman: Zika & Lida Ascher Textiles and Fashion
<p>After fleeing Czechoslovakia in 1939, the Asher family went on to build a highly successful fashion fabric enterprise in London, supplying top designers and fashion houses such as Christian Dior. Lida and Zika Asher were especially celebrated for their Squares, a collection of luxurious printed scarves designed by famous artists such as Henry Moore, Henri Matisse, and André Derain. View a selection of their fabric designs and scarves on loan from the Ascher Family U.S. Archive.</p> 2023-06-17 16:00:00 -0500
6/17/239:30 a.m.National Czech & Slovak Museum & LibraryCedar Rapids -
Brilliant Bohemian Garnets Exhibit Guided Tour
<p>Enjoy a guided tour on the opening day of NCSML's newest exhibition, "Brilliant Bohemian Garnets" which features nearly 200 priceless antique and modern garnets. Dr. Lucie Kodišová has traveled from the Department of Older Czech History at the National Museum in Prague and will lead the tour.</p><p><strong>Cost:</strong> Members: Free • General: <a href="https://ncsml.org/visit/">Museum admission</a></p> 2023-06-07 11:00:00 -0500
6/17/2310:00 a.m.National Czech & Slovak Museum & LibraryCedar Rapids -
House of Cards - Philip Laber
<p><a name="_Hlk136426450">Philip Laber, former Professor Emeritus of Art at Northwest Missouri State, will showcase his works in the Musser McColm mansion. His exhibit, <em>House of Cards,</em> is a suite of experimental printmaking that examines and metaphorically represents American and global cultures and politics and the resulting consequences upon daily life, edited through the eyes of a mythical and whimsical “Everyman”. The works are a hybrid approach that combines traditional etching and engraving processes with digital imagining and contemporary printmaking. </a></p><p>In the summer of 2016, Laber retired from teaching photography, printmaking, and drawing at Northwest Missouri State to become a full-time artist. His creative interests remain experimental printmaking and photography, and more recently, exploring acrylic painting. The public will have an opportunity to meet Philip Laber on Sunday, June 25, at the Friends Annual Ice Cream Social.</p> 2023-06-13 17:00:00 -0500
6/13/2310:00 a.m.Muscatine Art CenterMuscatine -
Open Auditions: "Wyrd Sisters" for Dreamwell Theatre
<p>Josh Sazon is directing "Wyrd Sisters", adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs from the the Discworld novel of the same title, written by Sir Terry Pratchett.</p><p>Auditions will be held at The Iowa City Public Library, Mtg Room D:<br>Friday June 23, 5-8 pm<br>Saturday June 24, 2-5 pm</p><p>The show will run October 12-15, 2023 at The James Theater in Iowa City. Rehearsals are expected to begin in August. Please bring your calendar.</p><p>Synopsis: Terry Pratchett takes Shakespeare’s Macbeth and then turns it up ’till the knob comes off. It’s all there – a wicked duke and duchess, the ghost of the murdered king, dim soldiers, strolling players, a land in peril. And who stands between the Kingdom and destruction? Three witches.</p><p>Main Characters:<br>Esme Weatherwax - the classic witch: intolerant, opinionated, powerful</p><p>Nanny Ogg - good-natured witch, mother, grandmother with a wicked sense of humor</p><p>Magrat Garlick - the youngest witch in the coven. A lot of what she believes has the word ‘folk’ in it somewhere (folk wisdom, folk dance, folk medicine, folk song). She is, however, more practical than most people believe who see no further than her vague smile.</p><p>King Verence - an elderly ghost, late King of Lancre. He was cruel and power-hungry, but in a regal, kingly way.</p><p>Leonal Felmet - Duke, then King of Lancre. Cruel and power-hungry, in a mad way. He gets progressively madder and crueler.</p><p>Lady Felmet Duchess, then Queen of Lancre - married to Leonal. Calculating, power-hungry, cruel. The brains of the operation. Think Lady Macbeth.</p><p>The Fool - a youngish jester, following his father’s footsteps in the respected trade of being a fool, but his heart’s not in it. Underneath all of his miserable foolery, he is intelligent and meant for greater things.</p><p>Tomjon Vitoller - a much admired, extremely talented youngish actor, with the gift of language, and the ability to portray anyone or anything to perfection. Vitoller’s son.</p><p>Olwyn Vitoller - - the kind actor-manager leader of a travelling group of players, who agrees to raise an abandoned baby as his own.</p><p>Hwel - the playwright. He is a genius with words and story, and is a servant<br>his words. He is kind, loyal to the Vitollers, and keeps a caring eye on Tomjon.</p><p>Demon - impatient, cunning, and a stickler for the rules. And, well, demonic.</p><p>Assorted SERGEANT AND GUARDS, ROBBERS, PEASANTS, PLAYERS, GUESTS, CHAMBERLAIN - all a little more on the bumbling side than the brilliant one.</p><p>We will be reading from sides provided by the director at auditions. A script is available for a 2 hour check-out period at ICPL's 2nd Floor Help Desk.</p><p>There may be some double-casting. All ethnicities and identities are welcome, and encouraged to audition for any role.</p> 2023-06-14 20:00:00 -0500
6/14/235:00 p.m.Iowa City Public LibraryIowa City -
House of Cards - Philip Laber
<p><a name="_Hlk136426450">Philip Laber, former Professor Emeritus of Art at Northwest Missouri State, will showcase his works in the Musser McColm mansion. His exhibit, <em>House of Cards,</em> is a suite of experimental printmaking that examines and metaphorically represents American and global cultures and politics and the resulting consequences upon daily life, edited through the eyes of a mythical and whimsical “Everyman”. The works are a hybrid approach that combines traditional etching and engraving processes with digital imagining and contemporary printmaking. </a></p><p>In the summer of 2016, Laber retired from teaching photography, printmaking, and drawing at Northwest Missouri State to become a full-time artist. His creative interests remain experimental printmaking and photography, and more recently, exploring acrylic painting. The public will have an opportunity to meet Philip Laber on Sunday, June 25, at the Friends Annual Ice Cream Social.</p> 2023-06-14 17:00:00 -0500
6/14/2310:00 a.m.Muscatine Art CenterMuscatine -
Open Auditions: "Wyrd Sisters" for Dreamwell Theatre
<p>Josh Sazon is directing "Wyrd Sisters", adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs from the the Discworld novel of the same title, written by Sir Terry Pratchett.</p><p>Auditions will be held at The Iowa City Public Library, Mtg Room D:<br>Friday June 23, 5-8 pm<br>Saturday June 24, 2-5 pm</p><p>The show will run October 12-15, 2023 at The James Theater in Iowa City. Rehearsals are expected to begin in August. Please bring your calendar.</p><p>Synopsis: Terry Pratchett takes Shakespeare’s Macbeth and then turns it up ’till the knob comes off. It’s all there – a wicked duke and duchess, the ghost of the murdered king, dim soldiers, strolling players, a land in peril. And who stands between the Kingdom and destruction? Three witches.</p><p>Main Characters:<br>Esme Weatherwax - the classic witch: intolerant, opinionated, powerful</p><p>Nanny Ogg - good-natured witch, mother, grandmother with a wicked sense of humor</p><p>Magrat Garlick - the youngest witch in the coven. A lot of what she believes has the word ‘folk’ in it somewhere (folk wisdom, folk dance, folk medicine, folk song). She is, however, more practical than most people believe who see no further than her vague smile.</p><p>King Verence - an elderly ghost, late King of Lancre. He was cruel and power-hungry, but in a regal, kingly way.</p><p>Leonal Felmet - Duke, then King of Lancre. Cruel and power-hungry, in a mad way. He gets progressively madder and crueler.</p><p>Lady Felmet Duchess, then Queen of Lancre - married to Leonal. Calculating, power-hungry, cruel. The brains of the operation. Think Lady Macbeth.</p><p>The Fool - a youngish jester, following his father’s footsteps in the respected trade of being a fool, but his heart’s not in it. Underneath all of his miserable foolery, he is intelligent and meant for greater things.</p><p>Tomjon Vitoller - a much admired, extremely talented youngish actor, with the gift of language, and the ability to portray anyone or anything to perfection. Vitoller’s son.</p><p>Olwyn Vitoller - - the kind actor-manager leader of a travelling group of players, who agrees to raise an abandoned baby as his own.</p><p>Hwel - the playwright. He is a genius with words and story, and is a servant<br>his words. He is kind, loyal to the Vitollers, and keeps a caring eye on Tomjon.</p><p>Demon - impatient, cunning, and a stickler for the rules. And, well, demonic.</p><p>Assorted SERGEANT AND GUARDS, ROBBERS, PEASANTS, PLAYERS, GUESTS, CHAMBERLAIN - all a little more on the bumbling side than the brilliant one.</p><p>We will be reading from sides provided by the director at auditions. A script is available for a 2 hour check-out period at ICPL's 2nd Floor Help Desk.</p><p>There may be some double-casting. All ethnicities and identities are welcome, and encouraged to audition for any role.</p> 2023-06-15 20:00:00 -0500
6/15/235:00 p.m.Iowa City Public LibraryIowa City -
The Mad Silkman: Zika & Lida Ascher Textiles and Fashion
<p>After fleeing Czechoslovakia in 1939, the Asher family went on to build a highly successful fashion fabric enterprise in London, supplying top designers and fashion houses such as Christian Dior. Lida and Zika Asher were especially celebrated for their Squares, a collection of luxurious printed scarves designed by famous artists such as Henry Moore, Henri Matisse, and André Derain. View a selection of their fabric designs and scarves on loan from the Ascher Family U.S. Archive.</p> 2023-06-19 16:00:00 -0500
6/19/239:30 a.m.National Czech & Slovak Museum & LibraryCedar Rapids -
House of Cards - Philip Laber
<p><a name="_Hlk136426450">Philip Laber, former Professor Emeritus of Art at Northwest Missouri State, will showcase his works in the Musser McColm mansion. His exhibit, <em>House of Cards,</em> is a suite of experimental printmaking that examines and metaphorically represents American and global cultures and politics and the resulting consequences upon daily life, edited through the eyes of a mythical and whimsical “Everyman”. The works are a hybrid approach that combines traditional etching and engraving processes with digital imagining and contemporary printmaking. </a></p><p>In the summer of 2016, Laber retired from teaching photography, printmaking, and drawing at Northwest Missouri State to become a full-time artist. His creative interests remain experimental printmaking and photography, and more recently, exploring acrylic painting. The public will have an opportunity to meet Philip Laber on Sunday, June 25, at the Friends Annual Ice Cream Social.</p> 2023-06-15 17:00:00 -0500
6/15/2310:00 a.m.Muscatine Art CenterMuscatine -
Open Auditions: "Wyrd Sisters" for Dreamwell Theatre
<p>Josh Sazon is directing "Wyrd Sisters", adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs from the the Discworld novel of the same title, written by Sir Terry Pratchett.</p><p>Auditions will be held at The Iowa City Public Library, Mtg Room D:<br>Friday June 23, 5-8 pm<br>Saturday June 24, 2-5 pm</p><p>The show will run October 12-15, 2023 at The James Theater in Iowa City. Rehearsals are expected to begin in August. Please bring your calendar.</p><p>Synopsis: Terry Pratchett takes Shakespeare’s Macbeth and then turns it up ’till the knob comes off. It’s all there – a wicked duke and duchess, the ghost of the murdered king, dim soldiers, strolling players, a land in peril. And who stands between the Kingdom and destruction? Three witches.</p><p>Main Characters:<br>Esme Weatherwax - the classic witch: intolerant, opinionated, powerful</p><p>Nanny Ogg - good-natured witch, mother, grandmother with a wicked sense of humor</p><p>Magrat Garlick - the youngest witch in the coven. A lot of what she believes has the word ‘folk’ in it somewhere (folk wisdom, folk dance, folk medicine, folk song). She is, however, more practical than most people believe who see no further than her vague smile.</p><p>King Verence - an elderly ghost, late King of Lancre. He was cruel and power-hungry, but in a regal, kingly way.</p><p>Leonal Felmet - Duke, then King of Lancre. Cruel and power-hungry, in a mad way. He gets progressively madder and crueler.</p><p>Lady Felmet Duchess, then Queen of Lancre - married to Leonal. Calculating, power-hungry, cruel. The brains of the operation. Think Lady Macbeth.</p><p>The Fool - a youngish jester, following his father’s footsteps in the respected trade of being a fool, but his heart’s not in it. Underneath all of his miserable foolery, he is intelligent and meant for greater things.</p><p>Tomjon Vitoller - a much admired, extremely talented youngish actor, with the gift of language, and the ability to portray anyone or anything to perfection. Vitoller’s son.</p><p>Olwyn Vitoller - - the kind actor-manager leader of a travelling group of players, who agrees to raise an abandoned baby as his own.</p><p>Hwel - the playwright. He is a genius with words and story, and is a servant<br>his words. He is kind, loyal to the Vitollers, and keeps a caring eye on Tomjon.</p><p>Demon - impatient, cunning, and a stickler for the rules. And, well, demonic.</p><p>Assorted SERGEANT AND GUARDS, ROBBERS, PEASANTS, PLAYERS, GUESTS, CHAMBERLAIN - all a little more on the bumbling side than the brilliant one.</p><p>We will be reading from sides provided by the director at auditions. A script is available for a 2 hour check-out period at ICPL's 2nd Floor Help Desk.</p><p>There may be some double-casting. All ethnicities and identities are welcome, and encouraged to audition for any role.</p> 2023-06-16 20:00:00 -0500
6/16/235:00 p.m.Iowa City Public LibraryIowa City -
Scrabble Club
<p>Do you enjoy playing Scrabble? The Hiawatha Public Library has a Scrabble Club that meets the second Monday of the month at 5:30 pm. Stay until you run out of words!</p> 2023-05-16 20:00:00 -05006/12/235:30 p.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
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The Mad Silkman: Zika & Lida Ascher Textiles and Fashion
<p>After fleeing Czechoslovakia in 1939, the Asher family went on to build a highly successful fashion fabric enterprise in London, supplying top designers and fashion houses such as Christian Dior. Lida and Zika Asher were especially celebrated for their Squares, a collection of luxurious printed scarves designed by famous artists such as Henry Moore, Henri Matisse, and André Derain. View a selection of their fabric designs and scarves on loan from the Ascher Family U.S. Archive.</p> 2023-06-20 16:00:00 -0500
6/20/239:30 a.m.National Czech & Slovak Museum & LibraryCedar Rapids -
House of Cards - Philip Laber
<p><a name="_Hlk136426450">Philip Laber, former Professor Emeritus of Art at Northwest Missouri State, will showcase his works in the Musser McColm mansion. His exhibit, <em>House of Cards,</em> is a suite of experimental printmaking that examines and metaphorically represents American and global cultures and politics and the resulting consequences upon daily life, edited through the eyes of a mythical and whimsical “Everyman”. The works are a hybrid approach that combines traditional etching and engraving processes with digital imagining and contemporary printmaking. </a></p><p>In the summer of 2016, Laber retired from teaching photography, printmaking, and drawing at Northwest Missouri State to become a full-time artist. His creative interests remain experimental printmaking and photography, and more recently, exploring acrylic painting. The public will have an opportunity to meet Philip Laber on Sunday, June 25, at the Friends Annual Ice Cream Social.</p> 2023-06-16 17:00:00 -0500
6/16/2310:00 a.m.Muscatine Art CenterMuscatine -
Open Auditions: "Wyrd Sisters" for Dreamwell Theatre
<p>Josh Sazon is directing "Wyrd Sisters", adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs from the the Discworld novel of the same title, written by Sir Terry Pratchett.</p><p>Auditions will be held at The Iowa City Public Library, Mtg Room D:<br>Friday June 23, 5-8 pm<br>Saturday June 24, 2-5 pm</p><p>The show will run October 12-15, 2023 at The James Theater in Iowa City. Rehearsals are expected to begin in August. Please bring your calendar.</p><p>Synopsis: Terry Pratchett takes Shakespeare’s Macbeth and then turns it up ’till the knob comes off. It’s all there – a wicked duke and duchess, the ghost of the murdered king, dim soldiers, strolling players, a land in peril. And who stands between the Kingdom and destruction? Three witches.</p><p>Main Characters:<br>Esme Weatherwax - the classic witch: intolerant, opinionated, powerful</p><p>Nanny Ogg - good-natured witch, mother, grandmother with a wicked sense of humor</p><p>Magrat Garlick - the youngest witch in the coven. A lot of what she believes has the word ‘folk’ in it somewhere (folk wisdom, folk dance, folk medicine, folk song). She is, however, more practical than most people believe who see no further than her vague smile.</p><p>King Verence - an elderly ghost, late King of Lancre. He was cruel and power-hungry, but in a regal, kingly way.</p><p>Leonal Felmet - Duke, then King of Lancre. Cruel and power-hungry, in a mad way. He gets progressively madder and crueler.</p><p>Lady Felmet Duchess, then Queen of Lancre - married to Leonal. Calculating, power-hungry, cruel. The brains of the operation. Think Lady Macbeth.</p><p>The Fool - a youngish jester, following his father’s footsteps in the respected trade of being a fool, but his heart’s not in it. Underneath all of his miserable foolery, he is intelligent and meant for greater things.</p><p>Tomjon Vitoller - a much admired, extremely talented youngish actor, with the gift of language, and the ability to portray anyone or anything to perfection. Vitoller’s son.</p><p>Olwyn Vitoller - - the kind actor-manager leader of a travelling group of players, who agrees to raise an abandoned baby as his own.</p><p>Hwel - the playwright. He is a genius with words and story, and is a servant<br>his words. He is kind, loyal to the Vitollers, and keeps a caring eye on Tomjon.</p><p>Demon - impatient, cunning, and a stickler for the rules. And, well, demonic.</p><p>Assorted SERGEANT AND GUARDS, ROBBERS, PEASANTS, PLAYERS, GUESTS, CHAMBERLAIN - all a little more on the bumbling side than the brilliant one.</p><p>We will be reading from sides provided by the director at auditions. A script is available for a 2 hour check-out period at ICPL's 2nd Floor Help Desk.</p><p>There may be some double-casting. All ethnicities and identities are welcome, and encouraged to audition for any role.</p> 2023-06-17 20:00:00 -0500
6/17/235:00 p.m.Iowa City Public LibraryIowa City -
The Mad Silkman: Zika & Lida Ascher Textiles and Fashion
<p>After fleeing Czechoslovakia in 1939, the Asher family went on to build a highly successful fashion fabric enterprise in London, supplying top designers and fashion houses such as Christian Dior. Lida and Zika Asher were especially celebrated for their Squares, a collection of luxurious printed scarves designed by famous artists such as Henry Moore, Henri Matisse, and André Derain. View a selection of their fabric designs and scarves on loan from the Ascher Family U.S. Archive.</p> 2023-06-21 16:00:00 -0500
6/21/239:30 a.m.National Czech & Slovak Museum & LibraryCedar Rapids -
Gallery talk: Angles on the Window
<p>Free and open to the public. Discover a fresh angle (Ang-guhl) on the Window! A casual, :20-minute guided art discussion on the stained-glass piece, "Memorial Window" that was created by famous artist Grant Wood in 1928. Experience one of Grant Wood's most unique, large, colorful works of art.</p> 2023-06-24 11:30:00 -0500
6/23/2311:00 a.m.Veterans Memorial BuildingCedar Rapids