Local Community Events
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El Kahir Basket Night
<p>Get your choice of a hamburger, cheeseburger or tenderloin for just $10!! All baskets include French fries and condiments. Beverages from our full bar are available and sold separately.</p> 2023-03-10 19:30:00 -0600
10/14/225:30 p.m.El Kahir ShrineHiawatha -
Puzzle Exchange
<div data-block-type="text"><p>Join us for an upcycling/sharing event at the library during the month of January.</p></div><div data-block-type="text"><p><strong>Drop off Dates:</strong> January 3rd-15th</p><p>Details: Drop off your puzzles for adults at the library Circulation Desk in the original box, in good condition, and with all the pieces.</p><p><strong>Pick up Dates:</strong> January 16th - 31st</p><p>Return to pick up puzzles. Take them home and enjoy!</p></div>
1/31/239:00 a.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
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Cedar Rapids Area Genealogy Library
<p>The Cedar Rapids Area Genealogy Library is open for visitors from 10:00 am until 4:00 PM. Research your family tree with help from library volunteers. Located in the lower level of the Masonic Library at 813 1<sup>st</sup> Avenue SE. Parking is available in the rear and enter through the back door. Admission is free but donations are welcome. </p> 2023-01-31 16:00:00 -06001/31/2310:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Area Genealogy LibraryCedar Rapids -
Family History Help and Resources
<p>Many free-to-use FamilySearch Premium websites, and eager volunteers to help in your family history searches. Enter at the back NW door.</p> 2023-01-11 13:00:00 -06001/31/2310:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids FamilySearch CenterCedar Rapids -
Prayer Experience Series with Prairiewoods
<p>We are blessed with many ways to pray and reflect including songful prayer, contemplative prayer, visio divina, embodied prayer, silent prayer and guided meditation. Join Prairiewoods and facilitator Rev. Jean Sullivan for this ongoing prayer series via Zoom. Together we will experience the joys of prayer and meditation. Each Tuesday, join the Prayer Experience using the Zoom meeting link https://zoom.us/j/739543244?pwd=QnBXZURsQnpuSFNFZG91ZkRoUVY3dz09. If prompted, enter meeting ID 739 543 244 and passcode 042717. A free-will offering will be accepted, and registration is not required. For more information, contact Prairiewoods at www.Prairiewoods.org or 319-395-6700.</p> 2023-01-31 12:00:00 -0600
1/31/2311:30 a.m.Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality CenterHiawatha -
Paintings by Jack Hayes and Sam Weis, Art Exhibit
<p>Jack Hayes and Sam Weis are painters from the Cedar Rapids area. Their dual exhibition will be on display in the Sinclair Galleries at Coe College. Join us in celebrating their opening reception!</p><p>Exhibition open daily: Jan 21-Mach 10, 4-6pm</p> 2023-01-31 18:00:00 -0600
1/31/234:00 p.m.Coe CollegeCedar Rapids -
Web-Weaving: Pre-Launch Study Series for Spirituality in the 21st Century at Prairiewoods
<p>Together, let's begin tilling the soil and rooting ourselves for <em>Spirituality in the 21<sup>st</sup> Century 2023</em> with Jeremy Lent (coming April 28–29, 2023). We will begin with the six parts of Jeremy's book <em>The Web of Meaning.</em> Six essential questions for the wider “We” include: <em>Who Am I? Where Am I? What Am I? How Should I Live? Why Am I?</em> and <em>Where Are We Going?</em> These are six essential questions for the spiritual sojourner embedded in the great web of life. Jeremy's work in Liology, a world-view for sustainable flourishing, will help us tap into the web of meaning with our full sensorium, with an eye toward integration and wholeness. Living in the midst of post-humanism and the technological mayhem of constant (superficial and mis-) information overload, this series will challenge all of us to delve deeper, opening us to the questions that matter for the "We" we're becoming. We are seeking communal wisdom to help prepare for the<em> Spirituality in the 21<sup>st</sup> Century</em> event in April by hosting these critical conversations. This is a six-part series (<a name="_Hlk120959390">Jan. 10, Jan. 17, Jan. 24, Jan. 31, Feb. 7 and Feb. 21</a>) at Prairiewoods (120 East Boyson Road in Hiawatha) with facilitators Ellen Bruckner and Laura A. Weber, Ph.D., cohosts of Prairiewoods’ Go Deeper Thursdays. This is an invitation to come together and explore together the topics that define us. We welcome your participation, either for one or two sessions or for all of them. You may find Jeremy’s book <em>The Web of Meaning</em> helpful in these conversations. (Copies are available at Prairiewoods or online.) You also may want to visit his website (https://www.jeremylent.com/) or watch this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zjr2hAIYGE&amp;t=326s) for background information. The cost is $10 per session, or $50 for the six-session series. For more information or to register, contact Prairiewoods at www.Prairiewoods.org or 319-395-6700.</p> 2023-01-31 17:00:00 -0600
1/31/234:00 p.m.Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality CenterHiawatha -
Chatty Crafters
<p>Crafters are invited to bring your own crafts and socialize with other crafters every Tuesday from 5-7pm. We'll provide the tea and coffee! Not currently working on a craft project? No problem! We will have colored pencils, coloring sheets, and other crafting supplies available. </p> 2023-01-31 19:00:00 -0600
1/31/235:00 p.m.Ely Public LibraryEly -
Cedar Rapids Area Genealogy Library
<p>The Cedar Rapids Area Genealogy Library is open for visitors from 10:00 am until 4:00 PM. Research your family tree with help from library volunteers. Located in the lower level of the Masonic Library at 813 1<sup>st</sup> Avenue SE. Parking is available in the rear and enter through the back door. Admission is free but donations are welcome. </p> 2023-02-01 16:00:00 -06002/01/2310:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Area Genealogy LibraryCedar Rapids -
Wednesday Afternoon Caregiver Coffee
<p>A group for all caregivers who are providing support to share their story, was well as listen and learn as they connect with others. No registration required. To join via Zoom call 888-788-0099. Meeting ID: 853 4860 0074. Passcode: 655337</p> 2023-01-23 15:00:00 -0600
2/01/231:30 p.m.Family Caregivers Center of MercyCedar Rapids -
ParkinSingers
<p>Singing as a therapeutic strategy helps with treatment for voice, respiratory, and swallow impairment in persons with Parkinson's Disease. Singing shares many elements in common with voice production and targets the musculature involved in respiratory control and swallowing. Plus it's fun! Class is led by a certified Music Therapist. Person with PD and their care partner are both welcome. Held in-person and via Zoom.</p> 2023-02-01 14:45:00 -0600
2/01/232:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Metro Parkinson's AssociationCedar Rapids -
Mahjong
<p>Join others at the library for open play of American mahjong. Grab your game, your 2023 card and friends and join the open play. Limited supplies provided on a first come, first serve basis. </p> 2023-02-01 16:00:00 -0600
2/01/232:00 p.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
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Paintings by Jack Hayes and Sam Weis, Art Exhibit
<p>Jack Hayes and Sam Weis are painters from the Cedar Rapids area. Their dual exhibition will be on display in the Sinclair Galleries at Coe College. Join us in celebrating their opening reception!</p><p>Exhibition open daily: Jan 21-Mach 10, 4-6pm</p> 2023-02-01 18:00:00 -0600
2/01/234:00 p.m.Coe CollegeCedar Rapids -
Dungeons & Dragons After-School Club
<p>Players of all experience levels are invited to join this after-school Dungeons & Dragons Club.</p><p>Blank and pre-generated character sheets are provided, or bring your own Fifth Edition character. All characters begin at level 1, so as you learn and grow so does your character.</p><p>Weekly participation not required; stop in any time.</p> 2023-02-01 18:00:00 -0600
2/01/234:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids Public LibraryCedar Rapids -
Friendship Crochet Club
<p>Bring your current crochet project to the Hiawatha Public Library every Wednesday night at 6:00 pm for a fun, social time with others who share a love of the craft. </p> 2023-02-01 20:00:00 -0600
2/01/236:00 p.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
Hidden in Plain Sight: Tourism and Commemoration in Paris, Martinique, Mexico, Colombia and Argentina
<p>Travelers flock to iconic sites to connect with the past and other cultures. Visiting a monument, museum, palace, cathedral, or other cultural or historical site allows visitors to connect stories with a physical place. But what stories do such sites really tell, and whose stories do they overlook? Drawing on examples from Europe and the Americas, this four-week forum will explore how narratives of post-revolutionary and postcolonial tourist sites often obscure as much as they reveal about the pivotal social and political conflicts that occurred there. In week one, Joanne H. Pochobradsky Associate Professor of French Joyce Janca-Aji will introduce audiences to Paris and its often-missing landmarks to the French Revolution, World War II, and French colonialism. The second session, also led by Janca-Aji, will focus on the remembering and forgetting of racial slavery and colonialism in Martinique. Week three, presented by Assistant Professor of Spanish Laissa Rodríguez Moreno, will examine sites in the Americas that have erased or “repurposed” histories of conquest and repression, including the Aztec city of Tenochtitlán that lies under Mexico City’s Plaza Mayor o Zócalo, a prison in Colombia that became Gorgona Island Natural Park, and a former secret detention and extermination center in Argentina that is now a shopping mall. In the final session, Assistant Professor of Spanish Niall Peach will explore racial and environmental legacies of the Spanish Empire from the stately homes, gardens, and parks of northern Spain to the plantations and Cuban Revolution-era agricultural projects of Cuba. Throughout, the series will explore how narratives of cultural and national identity are created and how observant travelers might better be able to see what is hidden in plain sight.</p><p>Thursday Forum is held in Kesler Auditorium on the first floor of <a data-cke-saved-href="{CCM:BASE_URL}/why-coe/visitor-information/campus-map" href="{CCM%3ABASE_URL}/why-coe/visitor-information/campus-map">Hickok Hall</a>. Each weekly session begins with registration and refreshments from 8:45-9:15 AM, followed by the lecture until 11:30 AM. The presentations blend lecture, media such as film and music, and discussion.</p><p>Admission to each four-week forum series is $40. Admission to individual lectures and each session of two- and three-week forums is $12 per week. Admission includes the lecture and morning refreshments of coffee, tea and pastries. Payment can be made in person on Thursday mornings by cash or personal check. Credit card payments can be processed by <a data-cke-saved-href="http://commerce.cashnet.com/coestore" href="http://commerce.cashnet.com/coestore">registering online</a> in advance at www.coe.edu/thursday-forum.</p> 2022-08-29 11:30:00 -0500
2/02/238:45 a.m.Kesler Lecture Hall of Hickok HallCedar Rapids -
Bridge to Opportunities for Older Adults
<p>Coffee & Chat with Board President and VP. Come join our board president and VP to get an update on progress with of senior groups in our metro area with developing programming of interest to older adults. You are encouraged to share your thoughts on programming you would like offered during scheduled meeting days and on special events/outings that would be of interest to you.</p><p><strong>MEETING CANCELLED IF CEDAR RAPIDS SCHOOLS CLOSED DUE TO WEATHER.<br>If start of school day is delayed, our meeting will also be delayed. Phone: 319-640-5357</strong></p> 2023-01-25 11:30:00 -0600
2/02/239:00 a.m.Life Enrichment CenterCedar Rapids -
Cedar Rapids Area Genealogy Library
<p>The Cedar Rapids Area Genealogy Library is open for visitors from 10:00 am until 4:00 PM. Research your family tree with help from library volunteers. Located in the lower level of the Masonic Library at 813 1<sup>st</sup> Avenue SE. Parking is available in the rear and enter through the back door. Admission is free but donations are welcome. </p> 2023-02-02 16:00:00 -06002/02/2310:00 a.m.Cedar Rapids Area Genealogy LibraryCedar Rapids -
Bridge to Opportunities for Older Adults
<p><strong>Come play Pit, the fast moving and exciting Corn Futures card game. (Think Wall Street for cereal grains.) In this easy to learn game, begin making trades as soon as the “exchange” opens. The first person to corner the market on one grain wins the round. Will you experience a Bull market or a Bear market? Cards and other games available or bring a favorite game to play.</strong></p><p><strong><strong>MEETING CANCELLED IF CEDAR RAPIDS SCHOOLS CLOSED DUE TO WEATHER.<br>If start of school day is delayed, our meeting will also be delayed. Phone: 319-640-5357</strong></strong></p> 2023-01-18 15:30:00 -0600
2/02/231:00 p.m.Life Enrichment CenterCedar Rapids -
All Out Rampage
<p>A rage room is a place where you can break items such as glass bottles, kitchen plates, nick-nacks, windshields, wooden chairs, washers, dryers, printers, computer monitors, flat screen tvs etc.</p><p>If you are wanting to try something new want to be able to break items that you usually get in trouble for when you were younger All Out Rampage is a place to do it </p> 2023-02-02 22:00:00 -0600
2/02/231:00 p.m.All Out RampageCedar Rapids -
Scrabble Club
<p>Do you enjoy playing Scrabble? The Hiawatha Public Library has a Scrabble Club that meets every Thursday from 1:00-4:00. </p> 2023-02-02 16:00:00 -0600
2/02/231:00 p.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha -
Paintings by Jack Hayes and Sam Weis, Art Exhibit
<p>Jack Hayes and Sam Weis are painters from the Cedar Rapids area. Their dual exhibition will be on display in the Sinclair Galleries at Coe College. Join us in celebrating their opening reception!</p><p>Exhibition open daily: Jan 21-Mach 10, 4-6pm</p> 2023-02-02 18:00:00 -0600
2/02/234:00 p.m.Coe CollegeCedar Rapids -
Go Deeper Thursdays at Prairiewoods
<p>Go Deeper Thursdays emerged in the context of the global pandemic, or as Prairiewoods calls it, the <em>PanDeepening. </em>Our reflective and lively Thursday conversations opened us to spiritual deepening, providing a sacred space to share our PanDeepening awareness, a place where we explored venues for collective presencing and delving into the wider “We” space. As our journey meandered through topics associated with inter-breathing and collective consciousness, we embraced diverse resources for consideration. Through simple breathing meditations, poetry, practicing mindfulness, storytelling, re-languaging, listening to creation’s song and many small group experiences, we have been learning to read the collective and listen deeply to our emergent, inter-connected wisdom. In the process, we are becoming more expansive, more inclusive, recognizing our place in the wider “We.” Who is this “We” that we mean? It is wider than our own ego or individual selves, wider than our most intimate circles, our community, work, worship and social circles, and wider even than our human community. It is no less than the “We” of all creation. These conversations hosted by Prairiewoods via Zoom are facilitated by Ellen Bruckner and Laura A. Weber, Ph.D. The cost is $10 per month, and registration is required to get the Zoom link. For more information or to register, contact Prairiewoods at www.Prairiewoods.org or 319-395-6700.</p> 2022-12-14 17:00:00 -0600
2/02/234:00 p.m.Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality CenterHiawatha -
Open Gallery Reception
<p>Open Gallery Reception at CSPS Hall on Thursday, February 2, 2023 @ 5pm.</p><p><br></p><p>Join us on Thursday, February 2nd from 5-7 pm for the opening of two new exhibits at CSPS Hall. Interdisciplinary artist Akwi Nji brings her audio-visual exhibit <em>Enuf</em> to the Main and Club Room Galleries. <em>Enuf</em> examines various contexts of belonging associated with identity, culture, spirituality, power, and concepts of home. Working with pure wool, silk, and cotton fabric, wool fibers, and thread <em>Wool 'N' Work</em> from fiber artist Kathryn Roe opens in the Commons Gallery. Both artists will be in attendance.</p> 2023-01-28 19:00:00 -0600
2/02/235:00 p.m.CSPS HallCedar Rapids -
Family History Help and Resources
<p>Many free-to-use FamilySearch Premium websites, and eager volunteers to help in your family history searches. Enter at the back NW door.</p> 2022-12-27 21:00:00 -06002/02/236:00 p.m.Cedar Rapids FamilySearch CenterCedar Rapids -
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El Kahir Bingo Night
<p>Bingo from 6-9 pm. Must pay for Bingo Cards. Dinner food and snacks available for purchase. Bingo supplies for sale, too. Entrance is FREE. Doors open @ 4:30 pm. OPEN TO PUBLIC.</p> 2023-02-02 21:00:00 -0600
2/02/236:00 p.m.El Kahir ShrineHiawatha -
Less Work Plants and Planting Methods
<p>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 I plant and pretty much forget while they go on being gorgeous? Linn County Master Gardener Maeghan MacDougall will answer these and any other questions you might have!</p> 2023-01-04 19:30:00 -06002/02/236:30 p.m.Ladd LibraryCedar Rapids -
Linn County Master Gardeners: Less-Work Plants and Planting Methods
<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
2/02/236:30 p.m.Ladd LibraryCedar Rapids -
Bridges to Contemplative Living with Thomas Merton at Prairiewoods
<p>The practice of contemplative living helps us respond to everyday experiences with greater awareness of our connections with God and others. It becomes a positive force in our lives and provides direction for our journey, enabling us to embrace our truest selves. On the first and third Thursday evenings with Prairiewoods via Zoom, facilitator Carole Butz guides us to explore the truths of human existence using the <em>Bridges to Contemplative Living</em> series, which includes excerpts from the writings of Thomas Merton and other authors. The process involves readings, reflections and contemplative dialogue. A free-will offering will be accepted. Please register for your first session by noon on the previous day to get the Zoom link. For more information or to register, contact Prairiewoods at www.Prairiewoods.org or 319-395-6700.</p> 2022-12-14 20:30:00 -0600
2/02/237:00 p.m.Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality CenterHiawatha -
Adult Take & Make: Fringed Hearts
<div data-block-type="text"><p>Create a fringed wall hanging heart just in time for Valentine's Day.</p></div><div data-block-type="text"><p>Colors will vary per kit. Instructions and most materials included. *<em><strong>You will still need a hot glue gun</strong>. </em></p><p>Registration is required for this kit. Please only register if you can pick up the kit on either Thursday, February 2nd or Friday, February 3rd. To register click <a href="https://hiawathapubliclibrary.libnet.info/event/7774072">here</a></p></div>
2/02/239:00 p.m.Hiawatha Public LibraryHiawatha