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Panchero’s fans line up for $1 burritos

Did you participate?

Posted on 28 August 2012 by Gazette Staff/SourceMedia No comments

Customers order food at Pancheros Mexican Grill on Edgewood Road NE in Cedar Rapids for $1 burritos from 4pm to 6pm to celebrate the chain's 20th anniversary on Tuesday, August 28, 2012. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG TV9)

IOWA CITY - Build it and they will come. (Especially if it’s a burrito. On a college campus. And being sold for only $1 dollar.) Panchero’s – which opened it’s first store in Iowa City in 1992 – celebrated its 20th … Continue reading


Things to do for Iowa Hawkeye football fans in Chicago

Hawkeye Huddle, Cubs game, breakfast and more

Posted on 28 August 2012 by Gazette Staff/SourceMedia No comments

FILE PHOTO - Iowa fans Mike Locher of Phoenix, Ariz. and Pat Conley of Grayslake, Ill. pay a game of bags prior to Iowa's season opener against Northern Illinois Saturday, Sept. 1, 2007 in a parking lot near Soldier Field in downtown Chicago, Ill. Locher is originally from Cedar Rapids and Conley is originally from Marion.

Here is a list of things to do for Iowa Hawkeye football fans in Chicago this weekend. Several thousand of your are about to head to Chicago for Saturday’s 2:30 p.m. game against Northern Illinois at Soldier Field. We’ve put … Continue reading


“Handicap This!” show challenges audiences to think differently

Duo is on mission to make minds handicap accessible

Posted on 28 August 2012 by Gazette Staff/SourceMedia No comments

Tim Wambach (left) and Mike Berkson created “Handicap This!,” a two-man show with the goal of educating, empowering and entertaining people.

Friends Mike Berkson and Tim Wambach don’t just live by the motto “judgment not allowed,” they are on a mission to make minds handicap accessible in communities across the country. Their two-man show “Handicap This!” rolls into Theatre Cedar Rapids … Continue reading


12 fun things to do this weekend

Independence Brew-B-Q, Woodfest and more

Posted on 24 August 2012 by Gazette Staff/SourceMedia No comments

The Independence Brew-B-Q is this weekend. (http://www.celebrateindee.com/)

There are more than 190 fun things to do this weekend in the Hoopla event database, including 75 live music shows. What fun things will you be doing this weekend? Friday The Bourne Legacy – Movie: To become an elite government … Continue reading


A fun weekend in photos

UI block party, Hugh Laurie and more

Posted on 20 August 2012 by Gazette Staff/SourceMedia No comments

UI Dance Marathon captains (from right) Maria Makar, a junior from Mason City, Sarah Kirts, a senior from Ames, Anne Curvow, a senior from Alta, IA, and Erin Church, a junior from Maples Grove, MN perform at the President's Block Party on Sunday. Members of the Class of 2016 celebrated the end of On Iowa!, a three-day welcome and orientation event and the start of the fall semester with the event on Church St. in Iowa City. (Justin Torner/Freelance)

There was plenty of fun things happening this past weekend. Here is a look at a few photographs from events that occurred in Eastern Iowa. Enjoy.


PHOTOS and VIDEOS: American Idol auditions in Iowa City today

8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Hubbard Park

Posted on 13 August 2012 by Gazette Staff/SourceMedia No comments

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IOWA CITY – It was a modern day sister act that first impressed judges at today’s “American Idol” auditions at Hubbard Park in Iowa City. Sisters Alexa and Nicole Miller of Ainsworth were the first would-be idols to be told they would be … Continue reading


Watch a sneak peek of Theatre Cedar Rapids Camp Rock

Shows start Aug. 9 and continue through Aug. 19

Posted on 09 August 2012 by Carly Weber No comments

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Based on the hit Disney Channel movies starring teen idols Demi Lovato and the Jonas Brothers, this musical theater version fires up the stage with more than a dozen songs, including “This Is Me,” “Can’t Back Down,” “It’s On” and … Continue reading


A guide to the Iowa State Fair music lineup

Rascal Flatts, Hank Williams Jr., and Journey lead the way

Posted on 09 August 2012 by Gazette Staff/SourceMedia No comments

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Just when we think we can no longer be surprised, the first grandstand concert to sell out at the Iowa State Fair features Journey with Pat Benatar and Loverboy. While the reserved seats are gone, you may still be standing … Continue reading


The weekend in photos

Bluesmore, Nationwide race and more

Posted on 06 August 2012 by Gazette Staff/SourceMedia No comments

Freshly picked grapes are stomped at the Fireside Winery in Marengo Saturday morning for the iStomp hosted by the winery for which the theme was "iPick, iStomp, iDrink." (Justin Torner/Freelance)

There were plenty of fun things that happened this past weekend, including the Bluesmore music festival at Brucemore in Cedar Rapids. Below are photos from that event and more that happened in Eastern Iowa.  


319 Music and Arts Fest set for Saturday

2:30 to 11:30 p.m. at Diamonds Sports Park

Posted on 06 August 2012 by Gazette Staff/SourceMedia No comments

The 319 Music and Arts Fest is this Saturday. (Facebook)

CEDAR RAPIDS — The second annual 319 Music and Arts Fest returns to Cedar Rapids at 2:30 to 11:30 p.m. Saturday at Diamonds Sports Park (formerly Hitter’s Ball Park), 7251 Mount Vernon Rd., near Highway 13. The one-day festival will … Continue reading