Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids

The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library today welcome two top Czech music artists from Prague: Kristina Kustkova, mezzo soprano, and Ahmad Hedar, pianist. This is one of only three concerts the duo are performing in the U.S.

The Academy for Scholastic and Personal Success will host its 15th annual gala benefit on May 12 at the Olympic Southside Theater. The event will celebrate the legacy and influence of artists, authors, chefs, musicians, dancers and activists from the Harlem Renaissance.

The combined Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Heart Walk events invite participants to celebrate together at the iconic location.

The Czech Village’s upscale restaurant for comfort food is pivoting to embrace its vision as a restaurant group.

Surprises await throughout Theatre Cedar Rapids’ fresh take on classic tale

Bridge Under the Bridge is in search of a new location after Linn County notified the nonprofit it needed to move from its spot under the Eighth Avenue SW bridge. The nonprofit has provided free hot meals to people there since the 2020 derecho.

The Cedar Rapids Police Department is investigating a shooting that happened Friday night in the 2100 block of Bowling Street SW.

Although the 2020 derecho’s hurricane-force winds toppled thousands of trees around Cedar Rapids, the city of Cedar Rapids was named a Tree City USA for the 44th year.

For the first time since the pandemic started, Cedar Rapids Transit will reboot Saturday service. But it’ll still be a while before the city makes a determination on offering long-hoped-for evening hours after COVID-19 paused those plans.

One photo at a time has amounted to a life well-lived for George Henry, who lives in Cedar Rapids. A World War II bomber pilot, a river guide in Utah and Colorado for 45 years and a lifelong photographer capturing people and animals around the world, he’s retained the photo negatives that show a life captured positively.

St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Cedar Rapids has become the first United Methodist church in the state to put the issue to a congregational vote — which was overwhelmingly approved.

Georger Thorogood crafted his share of hits, such as “Bad to the Bone” and “I Drink Alone,” but his revamped takes on buried blues tunes are his calling card. Thorogood, who will perform Tuesday at the Paramount Theatre in downtown Cedar Rapids, still delivers the songs with laudable energy bouncing all over the stage.

Frew Development is seeking workforce housing tax credits to support a $34 million housing project to add 200 units as part of the Westdale Mall redevelopment. City Council also OK’d projects in NewBo, the northwest quadrant and former TaxAct site.

The program, a partnership between The Downtown Self-Supported Municipal Improvement District (SSMID) and Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance, will give the winning business $20,000 toward “rent and build-out” at a selected property in downtown Cedar Rapids.

Cedar Ridge’s annual Bourbon and Blues Festival is expanding in 2022, moving to Cedar Rapids’ McGrath Amphitheatre as it joins forces with the Linn County Blues Society Tickets for the multiday event starting Aug. 20 go on sale May 1.