Living

Welcoming diverse relationships into our families and communities allows us to see that our relationships don’t have to follow a singular path.

Karol Shepherd became the Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival’s events and marketing director just two months before the pandemic shut down the outside world, and ultimately, the 2020 festival. Then she stepped into the executive director position less than two months before the 2021 festival opened.

With every stroke of a brush, every thread of a bobbin and every snap of the shutter, people of color experienced a form of autonomy and freedom many had never known before coming into the Black Liberation Space.

Van Gogh exhibit, Skydeck reopening lure travelers to Windy City

Lovar Davis Kidd of Cedar Rapids moves from national tour of the musical nearly a decade ago to audience member for the new movie version of “In the Heights.”

Avril is a small 8-year old female tortoiseshell and white cat available at for adoption at Cedar Rapids Animal Care …

Backyards have come a long way, baby. People are no longer content with the basic grass, concrete slab and simple patio table and chairs.

As a father and a resident of Vinton, Nathan Hesson left his family and hometown brighter than he found them.