Maestro Tim Hankewich is pretty excited about the upcoming season for Orchestra Iowa. There’s a lot of great music planned, but it’s also Hankewich’s 20th year with the symphony: an important milestone and a cause for both celebration and reflection.
What stinks? Not this emotional support skunk.
This spring, a few seed packets are sprouting resilience in the Morningside-Glendale neighborhood.
With the 1,200-attendee event nearly sold out again this year, Women Lead Change CEO and Cedar Rapids Mayor Tiffany O’Donnell says there’s a “new energy” around the need to support advancement of women leaders.
Cedar Valley Working Families, a new group in Hiawatha, is working to rebuild community and use its power to help local families in uncertain times.
The event, inspired by Cedar Rapids Museum of Art’s exhibition, "All Dressed Up and Down," will feature the designs of local fashion designers Judy Bales, Gyan Shrosbree and her mother Kathy Shrosbree.
Until the 1980s, Rodi Glass’s memories were discussed only during Sunday dinners or with the few survivors her family knew. But soon, Cedar Rapids can hear her recount the harrowing story of how she escaped Nazi arrests and internment camps three times.
In its last year of production under The Englert Theatre, Iowa City's music festival mainstay offers throwbacks to the past and a glimse into the future.
Boshra Saifi, a seventh grader at McKinley middle school and 14 Under 14 honoree, has become fluent in English quickly. But it’s not her academic skills that have endeared her to students and teachers alike.
The retired Cedar Rapids teacher has been giving back to Marion Public Library for more than 30 years.
The Wright House of Fashion, launched in 2022, opened up shop at the former Varsity Cleaners to build an ecosystem for underserved youth in the creative trades. Now, it has launched Iowa’s first graphic design apprenticeship available to the general public.
Marking 50 years since calls came in for starting a St. Patrick’s Day parade in Cedar Rapids, Monday’s parade will draw many who have volunteered for or attended the beloved tradition since the beginning.
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