Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids

Orchestra Iowa's Tim Hankewich and company will deliver an array of holiday classics at the Paramount Dec. 20 and 21. Performances this year will feature Lynne Rothrock and Iowa Women’s Jazz Orchestra.

Nearly 100 community members attended the first meeting of a volunteer community coalition Thursday to learn more about the budget challenges facing the Cedar Rapids school district, and the options being considered to cut $10 million in spending next year.

Robert Thomas will oversee operations of several Cedar Rapids city-owned events venues, including Paramount Theatre and ImOn Ice Arena.

Here’s how the owner of Razzle Dazzle, a new video and music store, is making old media shine again in his Lindale Mall spot.

Dua Pie, a new opening in downtown Cedar Rapids, brings perfected New York-style classics from pizza and pasta to calzone and stromboli from the family that started Napoli’s in Marion and southwest Cedar Rapids.

Holiday performances, light displays are good bets for winter entertainment in Iowa City and Cedar Rapids

A longtime contributor to Cedar Rapids’ Mexican restaurant scene is closing its Edgewood Road location.

Amy Friedl's “Christmas at the Paramount,“ slated for Saturday, Dec. 13, mixes traditional and contemporary Christmas songs.

Michael Charles returns to CSPS Hall Saturday, Dec. 13.

The purchase was made possible by a roughly $2 million federal grant allocation for low-emissions vehicles.

Rothrock is an area vocalist with national credentials and a reputation for crafting shows that are high spirited, humorous and poignant. Among many other venues, Rothrock has appeared at Birdland in New York City, The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, Davenports Cabaret in Chicago, Sharp 9 Jazz in Durham, North Carolina, and Crooners and the Dakota in Minneapolis.

Facing rising construction costs amid a turbulent international materials market, NewBo City Market leaders are looking to “rightsize” the nonprofit business incubator’s upcoming expansion.

Also in this week’s roundup of local government news, a Cedar Rapids trails project has received $200K in state grant funding.

The city’s Christmas tree was lit for the first time in a ceremony Saturday night

Service providers say delays in food assistance only highlighted larger issues of food access in Iowa and across the country.