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2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (274+ words) DUBUQUE, Iowa — Climate author and activist Bill McKibben will headline the third annual Land and Water Fest on Sept. 20 at the Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens in Marshall Park. Dubuque Area Land and Water Legacy is sponsoring the festival, scheduled…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1434+ words) Eastern Iowa Arts Academy volunteer and lifelong Dolly Parton fan Jim Miller poses for a portrait with a painting of Parton on Sept. 11 at the Eastern Iowa Arts Academy in Cedar Rapids. Miller has organized a “9 to 5” day of service…...

2+ week, 13+ hour ago   (155+ words) CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Cedar Rapids Festival Latino will mark its 15th anniversary with a day of music, food, cultural performances and family activities. Latinos Unidos for Community Inclusion, or LUCI, will host the festival Saturday, Sept. 12, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (218+ words) Artists have covered the alley walls with murals over the last few years of the Alley Arts Festival, turning what was once a fairly dim area into a lively environment. Painting the City: Artists Transform Sioux City’s Downtown Alleys What…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (174+ words) Traci Yeo (from left), Mike Grant and Jacob Herrmann will perform in the Grand Opera House’s upcoming production of “Dear Evan Hansen.” In a society that is growing — and to some, under quasi-duress — ever-addicted to and engulfed in a sea…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (145+ words) Local country music group Loess Hills returns to the Field of Dreams in Dyersville to perform Friday, Sept. 4, at the Velocity Festival ahead of Shinedown and Lynyard Skynyrd. “I’ve never been so excited,” Loess Hills vocalist Tanner…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (313+ words) Drake’s OVO and University of Waterloo collaboration sold out online in hours, but will be available in person Drake’s clothing brand OVO collaborated with the University of Waterloo for a campus-inspired collection. One of Canada’s biggest artists has teamed up…...

3+ week, 8+ hour ago   (144+ words) A “No Data Centers Concert” on Sept. 13 is the first show organized in over 20 years by the former owner of The Pig Pen, Robbie Bahr. Bahr, a lifelong resident of Clinton, operated The Pig Pen at 1801 Lincoln Way, though…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (349+ words) Dolly Parton performs at US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids on July 19, 2016. CEDAR RAPIDS — A decade ago, before a sold-out crowd in the U.S. Cellular Center, a rhinestone-encrusted fan-adoring Dolly Parton graced Eastern Iowa with 2½ hours of her greatest hits…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (311+ words) This house was secretly built by Skogman Realty under a large tent in the 400 block of First Avenue SE and unveiled just before Christmas in 1957. The marketing idea worked. A number of people signed contracts to have a new home…...