What is Arts and Culture?
Check out with 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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Open Knitting Crochet Group
<p>This is an open knitting and crochet group. Anyone is welcome to come. You can bring a project you are working on or purchase a new one. A knitting and crochet instructor is on hand if you are needing help. Snacks are welcome.</p> 2019-04-24 12:00:00 -05004/24/1910:00 a.m.Village NeedleworkMarion -
MVHS Senior Art Show - Mount Vernon Creates
<p>This exhibit celebrates the Mount Vernon High School Students Portfolio work. Join us for the opening reception on April 26th.</p><p>This show runs April 26th thru May 24th</p> 2019-03-09 19:00:00 -0600
4/25/195:00 p.m.Mount Vernon CreatesMount Vernon -
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Easat Iowa Heirloom Quilters Meeting
<p>The April meeting will feature "Five of Our Own". Five quilters from our own guild will share some of their own work as well as their quilting journey. Guests are welcome at both the 9:00 a.m meeting and the 6:30 meeting.</p>4/22/199:00 a.m.American LegionMarion -
Art Exhibit: True Maps
<p>Gilded Pear Gallery is pleased to present <em>True Maps</em>, a solo exhibit of new works by Thérèse Murdza.</p><p>A writer turned visual artist, Thérèse Murdza began drawing big words on giant rolls of paper in 1998. Using an animated range of circles, lines, and colors, she continued her work onto stretched canvas, eventually building her signature bright, richly textured paintings. Her previous training remains an influence: “In college, I studied theater performance, learning new forms of materializing sounds in transitory space. I acted, directed, and wrote poetry and plays. After graduation I distilled my writing further, in search of the precise moments of emotion and of contact. Not narrating the beginnings and ends, but middles; the being in the middle of things. Years spent living up and down the east coast had me literally taking the words apart. Disintegrating the shapes of the words into lines, circles, squares and color. Seeing music, hearing words, somehow marking sound in charcoal, ink, pencil, and then: paint.”</p><p>Thérèse has a BS in Theatre Arts from Towson University, MD. She studied Life Drawing at the Durham Arts Council School; Botanical Drawing at the ArtSchool at The ArtsCenter, NC; and Mural Painting with Larry Kangas in Portland, OR. She lives and works in Portland, Oregon and has exhibited in solo and group shows nationally. Her work can be found in many residential, commercial, and museum collections, including: Kaiser Permanente Beaverton Medical Office. Portland, OR; Bluebird Real Estate. Portland, OR; Oregon Reproductive Medicine Clinic. Portland, OR; United Fire Group. Los Angeles, CA; Cedar Rapids Museum of Art. Cedar Rapids, IA; Raven Industries. Sioux Falls, SD; Raining Rose, Inc. Cedar Rapids, IA; United Fire Group. Cedar Rapids, IA; TD Ameritrade Headquarters. Omaha, NE; Creative Entertainment Management. Portland, OR; among others.</p> 2019-04-22 16:00:00 -0500
4/22/1910:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
Poetry month event: Reading Aloud - Beasts, Bugs and Birds
<p>Join us for "Beasts, Bugs and Birds" a Poetry Month program by the Reading Aloud Group from the Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center. Today's poems were curated by Nancy Lynch.</p><p>Sponsored by Reading Aloud and the Iowa City Public Library</p> 2019-04-17 13:00:00 -0500
4/22/1912:00 p.m.Iowa City Public LibraryIowa City -
Diabetes Nutrition Tour at Oakland Rd Hy-Vee
<p>Discover diabetes-friendly foods in every aisle on this complimentary nutrition tour with your Hy-Vee dietitian. Learn how to read labels for carbohydrate content and find out how choosing carbs carefully makes a difference in your blood glucose control. Please call (319) 366-7756 to sign-up to attend. </p> 2019-04-22 13:00:00 -05004/22/1912:00 p.m.Oakland Road Hy-Vee Club RoomCedar Rapids -
Johnson Avenue Hy-Vee Diabetes Nutrition Tour
<p>Tired of the same old diabetes food? Find new ways to tame your blood sugar by joining Hy-Vee dietitian, Judy Fitzgibbons, as we walk the aisles in search of new ways to enjoy meals and snacks but keep your blood sugar in line. The diabetes tour starts in front of the Market Grille. Please pre-register by calling 319-365-0477 or email Judy <a href="mailto:jfitzgibbons@hy-vee.com">jfitzgibbons@hy-vee.com</a>.</p> 2019-04-22 12:45:00 -05004/22/1912:00 p.m.Johnson Avenue Hy-Vee Food StoreCedar Rapids -
Drumming for Healing at Prairiewoods
<p>Feel the Creator’s rhythm inside you during a drum circle. Join facilitator Sheri Mealhouse (Hawkwoman) at Prairiewoods (120 East Boyson Road in Hiawatha) on the second and fourth Mondays of each month. In the cosmic experience, drumming touches us at a deep level and brings all creation together as a community. Especially now, when our external and internal worlds can be so polarized, communication that bears witness to creative love is very important. Drumming—and feeling the Creator’s rhythm inside of us—resonates with a variety of people. All racial, economic, denominational and other differences can disappear when a group of people share rhythm. As you prayerfully listen to other drummers in order to make music, the whole group becomes one! These drum circles take place monthly, and you may attend one or all. No experience is necessary. You are welcome to bring your own drum or use one of ours. This drum circle will meet near the pond south of the Center if the weather is nice or in the Art Room during inclement weather. A free-will offering to the facilitator will be accepted. For more information or to register, contact Prairiewoods at www.Prairiewoods.org or 319-395-6700.</p> 2019-02-15 19:00:00 -0600
4/22/196:00 p.m.Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality CenterHiawatha -
Coe College Vocal Jazz Cabaret
2019-02-28 20:00:00 -06004/22/197:00 p.m.Coe College- Daehler-Kitchin Auditorium in Marquis HallCedar Rapids -
Art Exhibit: True Maps
<p>Gilded Pear Gallery is pleased to present <em>True Maps</em>, a solo exhibit of new works by Thérèse Murdza.</p><p>A writer turned visual artist, Thérèse Murdza began drawing big words on giant rolls of paper in 1998. Using an animated range of circles, lines, and colors, she continued her work onto stretched canvas, eventually building her signature bright, richly textured paintings. Her previous training remains an influence: “In college, I studied theater performance, learning new forms of materializing sounds in transitory space. I acted, directed, and wrote poetry and plays. After graduation I distilled my writing further, in search of the precise moments of emotion and of contact. Not narrating the beginnings and ends, but middles; the being in the middle of things. Years spent living up and down the east coast had me literally taking the words apart. Disintegrating the shapes of the words into lines, circles, squares and color. Seeing music, hearing words, somehow marking sound in charcoal, ink, pencil, and then: paint.”</p><p>Thérèse has a BS in Theatre Arts from Towson University, MD. She studied Life Drawing at the Durham Arts Council School; Botanical Drawing at the ArtSchool at The ArtsCenter, NC; and Mural Painting with Larry Kangas in Portland, OR. She lives and works in Portland, Oregon and has exhibited in solo and group shows nationally. Her work can be found in many residential, commercial, and museum collections, including: Kaiser Permanente Beaverton Medical Office. Portland, OR; Bluebird Real Estate. Portland, OR; Oregon Reproductive Medicine Clinic. Portland, OR; United Fire Group. Los Angeles, CA; Cedar Rapids Museum of Art. Cedar Rapids, IA; Raven Industries. Sioux Falls, SD; Raining Rose, Inc. Cedar Rapids, IA; United Fire Group. Cedar Rapids, IA; TD Ameritrade Headquarters. Omaha, NE; Creative Entertainment Management. Portland, OR; among others.</p> 2019-04-23 16:00:00 -0500
4/23/1910:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
Music on the Move with Lisa Klostermann
<p>Music specialist Lisa Klostermann will have your kids tapping their feet and singing a happy tune! Join us for this free demo. Kids and their caregivers are welcome to attend.</p> 2019-03-09 11:00:00 -0600
4/23/1910:30 a.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
CRMA Museum Store Artist of the MonthKimberly Machovec-Smith
<p>Kimberly Machovec-Smith, an Iowa native, was trained as an art conservator. She recently returned to oil painting. Her current work illustrates the private moment of transformation a single seed experiences as it begins its journey toward reproduction. Warmed by the earth, the seed begins to swell, stretching and ripping open to release the lengthening root in its effort to find nourishment.</p> 2019-04-23 16:00:00 -0500
4/23/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
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Power and Protest: Political Photography and Prints
<p>American politics have been contentious for as long as America has existed. Drawn from the CRMA’s own collection of photographs and prints, Power and Protest celebrates the glossy official images of political power, the behind-the-scenes work to keep people there, and the demonstrations, marches, and rallies that spoke to that power. Power and Protest was designed as a complement to the John F. Kennedy exhibition and both emphasize the role art has had in shaping the political views of our nation.</p><p>This exhibition has been made possible by the McIntyre Foundation and the Diamond V Corporate Fund of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation. </p><p>Image caption:</p><p>Ben Shahn, <em>Martin Luther King Jr</em>., 1966, wood engraving, 24 7/8 x 20 1/16 inches, gift of Peter O. Stamats, 69.11.29.</p> 2019-04-23 16:00:00 -0500
4/23/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
American Visionary: John F. Kennedy’s Life and Times
<p>American Visionary: John F. Kennedy’s Life and Times brings together seventy-seven images culled from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Getty Images, private collections, and the Kennedy family archives. The dramatic scope of Kennedy’s life is evident in these photographs—from his first congressional bid as a decorated war hero in 1946, his fairytale marriage to Jacqueline Bouvier in 1953, his run for the White House in 1960 and role as commander in chief, to the tragedy of his death in Dallas in 1963. These images remain as vivid evidence of John Kennedy’s imprint upon the American conscience.</p> 2019-04-23 16:00:00 -0500
4/23/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Terra Nova: Ten Years
<p><strong>Terra Nova: Ten Years</strong></p><p>The CRMA celebrates ten years of collaborating with the Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass Studio. In 2009, the CRMA began meeting with artists who had completed residencies at the Ceramics Center and acquiring a piece of their work—often completed during their residency—for the Museum’s collection. This mutually beneficial arrangement allowed the artists to establish themselves in a museum collection and receive professional experience with curators while growing the CRMA’s collection of three-dimensional art. The exhibition will display artwork from every resident from 2009 to 2018 and both executive directors, a testament to the fruitfulness of this collaboration.</p><p>Image caption:</p><p>April Woolsey, <em>Ascending Blocks</em>, 2003, terracotta, 13 ¼ x 6 1/3 inches, gift of the artist, 2010.037. </p><p><em>This exhibition and accompanying educational programming have been made possible by the GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation Donor-Advised Fund of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation. Additional support has been provided by the Hotel-Motel Tax Fund, the Iowa Arts Council, a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts, members of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, and contributors to the Museum’s Annual Fund. Annual educational programming support has been provided in part by Transamerica.</em></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p> 2019-04-23 16:00:00 -0500
4/23/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Board to Bits
<p>Tuesdays were made for gaming. We've an extensive collection of board games to choose from and co-op video games. We alternate between board games and video games each week. Bring your friends and try them out!</p><p>We always recommend confirming details before attending. We hope to see you there!</p> 2019-04-23 17:30:00 -0500
4/23/193:30 p.m.Downtown Cedar Rapids Public LibraryCedar Rapids -
Thomas Dean Book Reading
<p>Thomas Dean will read from his latest book, Tallgrass Conversations: In Search of the Prairie Spirit, at 7pm Tuesday, April 23 in the Cherry Building’s first floor Open Space. The book, co-written by Cindy Crosby and published by Ice Cube Press, serves to inspire new understandings of the Midwestern tallgrass prairie, advancing both conservation and creative efforts on behalf of the land. This event is free and open to the public. Dean’s book will be available for purchase at event. Books purchased elsewhere will not be allowed in the venue.</p> 2019-04-16 20:00:00 -05004/23/197:00 p.m.Cherry BuildingCedar Rapids -
Chamber Recital
<p>Coe String Seminar Class and String Faculty performing.</p> 2019-02-28 20:30:00 -06004/23/197:30 p.m.Coe College- Daehler-Kitchin Auditorium in Marquis HallCedar Rapids -
Art Exhibit: True Maps
<p>Gilded Pear Gallery is pleased to present <em>True Maps</em>, a solo exhibit of new works by Thérèse Murdza.</p><p>A writer turned visual artist, Thérèse Murdza began drawing big words on giant rolls of paper in 1998. Using an animated range of circles, lines, and colors, she continued her work onto stretched canvas, eventually building her signature bright, richly textured paintings. Her previous training remains an influence: “In college, I studied theater performance, learning new forms of materializing sounds in transitory space. I acted, directed, and wrote poetry and plays. After graduation I distilled my writing further, in search of the precise moments of emotion and of contact. Not narrating the beginnings and ends, but middles; the being in the middle of things. Years spent living up and down the east coast had me literally taking the words apart. Disintegrating the shapes of the words into lines, circles, squares and color. Seeing music, hearing words, somehow marking sound in charcoal, ink, pencil, and then: paint.”</p><p>Thérèse has a BS in Theatre Arts from Towson University, MD. She studied Life Drawing at the Durham Arts Council School; Botanical Drawing at the ArtSchool at The ArtsCenter, NC; and Mural Painting with Larry Kangas in Portland, OR. She lives and works in Portland, Oregon and has exhibited in solo and group shows nationally. Her work can be found in many residential, commercial, and museum collections, including: Kaiser Permanente Beaverton Medical Office. Portland, OR; Bluebird Real Estate. Portland, OR; Oregon Reproductive Medicine Clinic. Portland, OR; United Fire Group. Los Angeles, CA; Cedar Rapids Museum of Art. Cedar Rapids, IA; Raven Industries. Sioux Falls, SD; Raining Rose, Inc. Cedar Rapids, IA; United Fire Group. Cedar Rapids, IA; TD Ameritrade Headquarters. Omaha, NE; Creative Entertainment Management. Portland, OR; among others.</p> 2019-04-24 16:00:00 -0500
4/24/1910:00 a.m.Gilded Pear GalleryCedar Rapids -
StoryJAM
<p>StoryJAM is a music, movement and stories program for children and their families. Designed to develop singing and music making as an early literacy skill, come prepared to move, shake, and sing as we take "Joy in Action and Music".</p> 2019-04-17 11:00:00 -0500
4/24/1910:30 a.m.Iowa City Public LibraryIowa City -
PD Dance Moves
<p>60-minute dance program for People with Parkinson’s Disease. Care partners are welcome to attend. Dance can improve balance, flexibility, range of motion, and overall improve your ability to accomplish your activities of daily living. The class utilizes technical elements from various dance styles including Jazz, Swing, Salsa, Waltz, Foxtrot, and Argentine Tango. Previous dance experience not required.</p> 2019-04-24 11:30:00 -05004/24/1910:30 a.m.Eastern Iowa Parkinson's Wellness & Resource CenterCedar Rapids -
CRMA Museum Store Artist of the MonthKimberly Machovec-Smith
<p>Kimberly Machovec-Smith, an Iowa native, was trained as an art conservator. She recently returned to oil painting. Her current work illustrates the private moment of transformation a single seed experiences as it begins its journey toward reproduction. Warmed by the earth, the seed begins to swell, stretching and ripping open to release the lengthening root in its effort to find nourishment.</p> 2019-04-24 16:00:00 -0500
4/24/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Power and Protest: Political Photography and Prints
<p>American politics have been contentious for as long as America has existed. Drawn from the CRMA’s own collection of photographs and prints, Power and Protest celebrates the glossy official images of political power, the behind-the-scenes work to keep people there, and the demonstrations, marches, and rallies that spoke to that power. Power and Protest was designed as a complement to the John F. Kennedy exhibition and both emphasize the role art has had in shaping the political views of our nation.</p><p>This exhibition has been made possible by the McIntyre Foundation and the Diamond V Corporate Fund of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation. </p><p>Image caption:</p><p>Ben Shahn, <em>Martin Luther King Jr</em>., 1966, wood engraving, 24 7/8 x 20 1/16 inches, gift of Peter O. Stamats, 69.11.29.</p> 2019-04-24 16:00:00 -0500
4/24/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
American Visionary: John F. Kennedy’s Life and Times
<p>American Visionary: John F. Kennedy’s Life and Times brings together seventy-seven images culled from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Getty Images, private collections, and the Kennedy family archives. The dramatic scope of Kennedy’s life is evident in these photographs—from his first congressional bid as a decorated war hero in 1946, his fairytale marriage to Jacqueline Bouvier in 1953, his run for the White House in 1960 and role as commander in chief, to the tragedy of his death in Dallas in 1963. These images remain as vivid evidence of John Kennedy’s imprint upon the American conscience.</p> 2019-04-24 16:00:00 -0500
4/24/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
Terra Nova: Ten Years
<p><strong>Terra Nova: Ten Years</strong></p><p>The CRMA celebrates ten years of collaborating with the Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass Studio. In 2009, the CRMA began meeting with artists who had completed residencies at the Ceramics Center and acquiring a piece of their work—often completed during their residency—for the Museum’s collection. This mutually beneficial arrangement allowed the artists to establish themselves in a museum collection and receive professional experience with curators while growing the CRMA’s collection of three-dimensional art. The exhibition will display artwork from every resident from 2009 to 2018 and both executive directors, a testament to the fruitfulness of this collaboration.</p><p>Image caption:</p><p>April Woolsey, <em>Ascending Blocks</em>, 2003, terracotta, 13 ¼ x 6 1/3 inches, gift of the artist, 2010.037. </p><p><em>This exhibition and accompanying educational programming have been made possible by the GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation Donor-Advised Fund of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation. Additional support has been provided by the Hotel-Motel Tax Fund, the Iowa Arts Council, a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts, members of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, and contributors to the Museum’s Annual Fund. Annual educational programming support has been provided in part by Transamerica.</em></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p> 2019-04-24 16:00:00 -0500
4/24/1912:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Museum of ArtCedar Rapids -
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Art By Your Friends And Neighbors
<p>The Marion Heritage Center<em> </em>will open its doors for the eighteenth annual Art by Your Friends and Neighbors art show from 1PM to 4PM on Sunday, March 17. This year‘s exhibit will feature over 60 works of art by area artists - mostly Marion residents. Included will be drawings and photography, ceramics, watercolor, oil and pastel renderings. In announcing the event, exhibit chairman, Jay Kacena, said that that last year’s event, which attracted over 700 visitors, confirmed the fact that "not only are there a lot of talented people in our town, there is a strong interest by others who enjoy seeing what they can do." Many of the works will be offered for sale. </p><p>A special display, dubbed "Repeat, Repeat and Repeat", features six interpretations of the same subject, painted by six different members of the Creative Artists Group along with the photograph on which the work is based.</p><p>As in the past, opening day admittance to the exhibit will be FREE due to the sponsorship of Hills Bank and Trust Company. Visitors will be invited to vote for their favorite entry and cash prizes will be awarded for the three most popular artists when the show closes on Saturday, June 1, 2019. www.marionheritagecenter</p> 2019-04-01 16:00:00 -05004/24/191:00 p.m.Marion Heritage Center & MuseumMarion -
Parkin-Singers - Vocal Exercise for PD
<p>Parkinsingers is a 45-minute vocal exercise group for those with Parkinson's and their caregivers. There are MANY benefits to singing! These include: improving volume and clarity when speaking, strengthening muscles involved in swallowing and breathing, increasing mood, providing opportunities for self-expression, and of course having fun! Each class we begin with vocal warm ups and then sing through favorite songs. No previous singing experience required, and all are welcome!</p> 2019-04-24 13:45:00 -05004/24/191:00 p.m.Eastern Iowa Parkinson's Wellness & Resource CenterCedar Rapids -
Totally Tweens: Poetry Workshop
<p>Join us to write your own poems and learn about various poetic forms from haiku, concrete poems, acrostic poems, limericks, etc. Read them aloud or write for your eyes only.</p><p>All materials will be provided and refreshments will be served. A poetry slam will take place the last 15 minutes of the workshop; parents and guardians may attend.</p><p>Just for kids in 3rd-6th grade.</p><p>Registration is required.</p> 2019-04-17 17:00:00 -0500
4/24/193:30 p.m.Iowa City Public LibraryIowa City -
Longbranch Name that Tune
<p>7-10 pm <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NameThatTuneWithMatt/" target="_blank">Name That Tune</a> (compete against other teams to win prizes). No Cover 21 and older!</p><p>All you can eat Taco Bar-5:00 pm-9:00 pm.</p><p>$5.00 with a beverage purchase.</p> 2019-04-24 22:00:00 -0500
4/24/197:00 p.m.Longbranch RestaurantCedar Rapids -
Do's and Don'ts at Solon American Legion
<p><span style="font-size: 24px;">Dance to 50's & 60's Rock N Roll by <strong>The Do's and The Don'ts</strong> </span></p><p>The Escorts/The Do's and Don'ts were one of the first professional bands in Iowa to play Rock N Roll music. They were also the first one in the state to feature a female keyboard player in what was mostly an all-male music business. </p><p><br></p><p>The Escorts' first official date was playing in the store window for the grand opening of the Montgomery Wards' store in Washington, Iowa. They didn't stay long in the Wards' window, as The Escorts quickly became Eastern Iowa's #1 touring and recording rock music attraction. </p><p><br></p><p>In 1966 they were signed to New York's Red Bird Records label and quickly came out with I Wonder If She Loves Me, written by Roger Booth. It was listed in the Spotlight Singles of the July 2, 1966, issue of Billboard Magazine. It was with the release of this record that The Escorts changed their name to The Do's & The Don'ts at the urging of the record label. </p><p><br></p><p>Sat, May 4 7:00PM-11:00PM </p><p>American Legion Stinocher Post 460 </p><p>222 E Main St. Solon, IA 52333 </p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/stinocher460/ ">https://www.facebook.com/stinocher460/ </a></p><p><a href="http://www.solonamericanlegionpost460.com/">http://www.solonamericanlegionpost460.com/</a></p><p>Read more at <a href="http://www.escortsdosdonts.com/rock-music-history.html">http://www.escortsdosdonts.com/rock-music-history.html</a> </p><p><a href="http://www.escortsdosdonts">http://www.escortsdosdonts</a></p><p><br></p> 2016-11-19 23:00:00 -0600
5/04/197:00 p.m.American Legion Stinocher Post 460Solon