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Summit Schools will host “Social Emotional Learning: What it is and why it matters” virtual panel discussion on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. on Summit’s Facebook Live and Y
Pipsy is a 3-year-old medium female terrier mix available for adoption at the Cedar Valley Humane Society.
The City of Iowa City’s Office of Equity and Human Rights is hosting events focused on fair housing in April in honor of the 54th anniversary of the landmark Fair Housing Act of 1968.
Members had met weekly at Elmcrest Country Club for a number of years, but the group voted to move to a new meeting space, at Groundswell Cafe, located next to and operated by not-for-profit Matthew 25 on Third Avenue SW in the Kingston neighborhood, near downtown Cedar Rapids.
Artist Carl Homstad continues online virtual tours and live question and answer sessions on Tuesday at 2 p.m. in connection with the exhibition “An Artist’s Journey: Carl Homstad, 50 Years” at Vesterheim, the National Norwegian-American Museum and Folk Art School. The free event requires pre-registration; sign up at Vesterheim’s website.
Iowa City-area high school students are putting together a benefit concert for the Iowa Miles of Smiles Team (MOST). Iowa MOST is a coalition of Iowa-based doctors who give their time to go to underprivileged communities in Guatemala and provide free cleft lip and palate reconstruction surgery.
Veterans For Peace Chapter #161 is sponsoring a community serial reading of Martin Luther King’s speech delivered on April 4, 1967: “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence.” The reading will be held in front of the Congregational Church of Christ, 30 N. Clinton St., starting at 1 p.m. on Monday.
HACAP Food Reservoir is launching a new food drive to help advance food security in East Central Iowa. On Saturday, community members can drop off nonperishable food between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. at HACAP Food Reservoir in Hiawatha, Lindale Mall or the Westdale First Federal Credit Union in Cedar Rapids.
Local artists have from Friday to April 22 to submit their original art for a chance to be selected for the Iowa City Public Library’s Art-to-Go collection.
Gilded Pear Gallery this spring is featuring “On The Verge,” abstract drawings and birch bark sculptures by Cedar Falls artist Crit Streed; and “Fiber Optics,” fiber wall sculptures and mobiles by Minneapolis artist Kristina Fjellman. A public reception will be held on Friday.
Learn proper casting techniques, rod/reel combinations, baits, lures, and other tips for catching fish in the Wapsipinicon or any other interior river during a free fishing clinic at the Fontana Park Nature Center on April 6 at 6:30 p.m. Preregister online.
Fourteen Cedar Rapids youth under the age of 14 will be honored on Wednesday at the Cedar Rapids Public Library’s Whipple Auditorium. Cedar Rapids Community School District teachers nominated students who create positive change and inspire others. Honorees exemplify positive leadership qualities like good citizenship, problem-solving, empathy, kindness, and perseverance.
The Titanic exhibit will be on display next month as the Marion Heritage Center and Museum commemorates the 110th anniversary of the ill-fated voyage. Passengers for the day can sample menu items served as the last meal on the ship and at the end view the 1997 “Titanic” movie.
The Grant Wood Studio and Armstrong Visitor Center will be reopening for the season on Saturday at noon. Admission to the studio is free for everyone during regular hours courtesy of a grant from the Esther and Robert Armstrong Charitable Trust.
