We’re all about free family fun. So mark your calendar for Saturday, when multiple area attractions will offer free admission as part of this year’s Smithsonian Annual Museum Day event. Museum Day is a celebration of the dissemination of knowledge … Continue reading →

CEDAR FALLS — ABC’s Emmy-winning hit show “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” will build a new home for a Northeast Iowa family. A pep rally will be held on Tuesday at the University of Northern Iowa’s McLeod Center to kick off … Continue reading →

The owner of the Iowa City Yacht Club is going to purchase Gabe’s, a live music venue in downtown Iowa City for the past 25 years. “We are very excited for this opportunity to join the forces of two live … Continue reading →

CEDAR RAPIDS — Jazz 88.3 KCCK, jazz public radio from Kirkwood Community College, will be holding its annual CD and Record Sale during Jazz Under The Stars at Noelridge Park on Aug. 18, prior to and during the evening’s concert. … Continue reading →

DES MOINES — Hawkeye fans and fair-goers will have a chance to meet and reminisce with former athletes, coaches and broadcasters at the University of Iowa’s exhibit at the Iowa State Fair from Thursday (Aug. 11)  through Sunday (Aug. 22). … Continue reading →

  Alton Brown will launch a new speaker series, Inside Out, at the Cedar Rapids Public Library with an appearance on Sept. 9, at 7:30 p.m., at Theatre Cedar Rapids. Brown is the author of several award-winning and bestselling books and the … Continue reading →

For four months, the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art (CRMA) will display an American treasure: Charles Willson Peale’s portrait of George Washington, on loan from the Brooklyn Museum of Art. An American Masterpiece: Charles Willson Peale’s George Washington will be … Continue reading →

What would a City of Literature be without a Book Festival? That is what folks at the University of Iowa Libraries thought when they started the Iowa City Book Festival in 2009, says Jan Weissmiller, who serves on the festival … Continue reading →

Preston Moore has been known to break out the Harry Potter glasses when attending a midnight viewing of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” — but don’t expect to find him at the theaters Thursday in a robe. … Continue reading →

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