Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids

Less than a year after Pei’s Ohana Mandarin closed, former manager David Pei is opening a new Asian eatery.

The urban reforestation plan, which aims to be a model for other communities, envisions trees as a tool to remedy social inequities, advance climate adaptation goals, enhance city design and strengthen community bonds through replanting and policy changes.

Cedar Rapids has convened a citizen panel for its once-a-decade process of reviewing the city charter, the document that governs the municipality and establishes its council-manager form of government

The Teacher Store will hold a special event for area K-12 school counselors in honor of National School Counseling Week.

After the pandemic accelerated declining membership trends, service organizations like Downtown Rotary and the Junior League are reevaluating how to recruit new members.

Before it starts a new chapter, patrons reflect on decades of memories made at Basix as they hope future generations make the same memories in Cedar Rapids’ only remaining LGBTQ bar.

Monarch Research is providing large private landowners with native trees to be planted this spring in the 2022 Planting Forward for Woodlands project. Interested landowners have from now until Feb. 18 to order trees in time for spring planting.

Cedar Rapids’ new Parks and Recreation Director Hashim Taylor aims to keep “boots-on-the-ground” experiences at the heart of his work. Parks and rec shaped his life as a child, and he hopes to be a positive role model for others.

‘Fluffy’ comedian ready to talk about himself at Cedar Rapids arena show

After a life in service to others, in particularly women and children through her work in Cedar Rapids’ nonprofit community, Elizabeth Hoskins, the former executive director of Waypoint Services, died Jan. 27 at age 73.

This February, the African American Museum of Iowa will host special programming in honor of Black History Month.

Rachel Rockwell’s departure from the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation to continue work on Group Violence Intervention with a Central City nonprofit raises questions over the program’s long-term strategy

Cedar Rapids Museum of Art shows history through noted photographer’s lens

The Cedar Rapids Public Library is among 22 libraries nationwide chosen to participate in a national initiative to develop programming that will expand access to opportunities in STEM fields for middle school students.

A sommelier will lead guests through a tasting of eight French wines while they enjoy light appetizers during the The Láska z Francie (Love from France) Wine Tasting on Feb. 10 at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library