Best Bets: Grant Wood Studio reopens

The Grant Wood Studio and Armstrong Visitor Center are reopening for the season this weekend. Wood lived and worked in the upstairs studio from 1924 to 1935. His spirit lives on through the decorative details and craftsmanship that went into transforming the loft into a studio, performance space and living quarters known as 5 Turner Alley. Visitors can stand in the very spot where Wood painted some of his most famous works, including 'American Gothic” (1930). To continue the experience, travel to the nearby Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, which houses the world's largest collection of Wood's works.

Grant Wood Studio reopens

Noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through December, 810 Second Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids; free admission; Crma.org