Two white Cedar Rapids parents have earned love and responded to criticism in the adoption of their Black child as their TikTok following climbed. Now, they have a book deal and run social media as a full-time job.
A dark winter evening, in the middle of a pandemic, is an excellent time to curl up with a garden book and dream of spring. Here are some of my favorites, with an eye to Midwestern and Iowa gardens.
Winterfest offers activities indoors and out, with plenty of room to social distance, on Saturday, Jan. 22, in Amana, Iowa.
Veteran singer/songwriter coming to Iowa City with new material reflecting on her battle with breast cancer
Band back on tour, rolling into the Paramount Theatre in Cedar Rapids on Jan. 26, 2022.
Take a peek inside the 40-acre campus that Mary Ingalls from “Little House on the Prairie” once lived on.
We analyzed the data to put together lists of the most borrowed books and digital resources to see what Cedar Rapids residents were reading, listening to and watching this year.
The deluxe album packages of 2021 were heavily weighted toward expanded reissues of notable individual albums. So if you have holiday gift cards burning a hole in your pocket, here are some fine choices.
Back by popular demand, the State Historical Society of Iowa’s book club returns this year with a new lineup of entertaining and thought-provoking books and authors.
The new year is a great time for quiet reflection and looking ahead with hope and aspirations. One new children’s book can help with that, and could serve as a new family read aloud tradition.
The riverbank celebration that was postponed in 2020 and rescheduled for August 2022 will now be canceled altogether. The event was meant to celebrate the Iowa River and mark the 100th anniversary of the University of Iowa’s world-renowned IIHR — Hydroscience & Engineering program.
“Nature Connects,“ a vibrant, colorful temporary exhibition at the Muscatine Art Center was built one LEGO brick at a time, until after 3,202 hours, New York artist Sean Kenney had assembled 321,680 LEGO bricks into 17 creations related to the natural world.
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