Articles Tagged: Eastern Iowa

A small three-day festival is planning its inaugural event with a star-studded lineup celebrating the joys and challenges of rural America.

Iowa’s only jazz radio station continues into its 50th year of broadcasting jazz for Eastern Iowans

Iowa’s caves, like Maquoketa Caves and Crystal Lake Cave, offer cool respite from the muggy, summer heat.

The nonprofit cinema in Iowa City is focused on presenting both relevant and entertaining cinematic programming to a community whose support is helping it maintain its footing amid federal funding cuts.

In Iowa, STEM education can mean getting a start as early as preschoolers playing with building blocks.

From flower festivals and patriotic parades to county fairs and hot air balloons taking to the skies, there is so much to do, see and celebrate around Eastern Iowa in the coming months.

“The Last American Gay Bar,” an Iowa-made documentary on The Blazing Saddle, explores how lightning rod events made national news from Des Moines, how the AIDS epidemic formed new community enclaves in Iowa, the impact of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” on gay veterans and how Iowans survived a time when the LGBTQ community lived deeply in the margins.

The Gazette spoke with airport Director Marty Lenss about the airport’s aviation campus and future renovations.

The National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning that starts at 1 a.m. Saturday and expires at 9 a.m. in the northern counties and 8 a.m. in counties father south. The warning means that temperatures as low as 28 to 30 degrees are expected.

On Wednesday’s Honor Flight, some veterans found an opportunity to reflect on what was lost and heal their spiritual wounds, seeing their service with fresh eyes through the lens of those who view the veterans as heroes.

While thousands of other Cedar Rapidians gathered at restaurants and parties and shouted, “HAPPY NEW YEAR!” as the clock struck …

The National Weather Service placed the Corridor on a winter storm warning between 6 p.m. Wednesday until 6 a.m. Saturday in advance of a major winter storm bringing high winds and, with them, a bitter wind chill of some 30 to 40 degrees below zero.

Ensemble will tour Eastern Iowa with new folk music program.

There’s a music festival or summer concert for nearly every type of music in Eastern Iowa this summer. Check out the list of 2002 Iowa music festivals planned so far.

The National Weather Service has issued a high wind warning for much of the state, including Eastern Iowa, lasting from Wednesday afternoon into Thursday morning.