Hoopla 6.18.09 by Carly Weber

MARK THOSE CALENDARS The best of the fest PAGE 18

YOUR PERSONAL GUIDE Tag along as Erin McNeil explores the Freedom Fest PAGE 9

NEW KIDS ON THE STREET Meet the Olive Street Band PAGE 23

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SPENDS 365 DAYS A YEAR PREPARING FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. THAT’S RIGHT. IT’S FREEDOM FESTIVAL TIME.

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CONTENTS

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

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Wednesday

$5 Martinis

ON THE COVER

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Thursday

People You Should Meet

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Ann Virden spends 365 days a year making sure the two weeks of Freedom Festival events. Don’t know her? You should.

Wing Night

In Circle

$3/Basket • 5-8pm

Curious about the cool kids behind Hoopla? Find out all about the crew and how to join us.

$5 Fishbowl Cocktails All Night Long!

PHOTOGRAPHY BY JIM SLOSIAREK

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All Night Long!

I’m Just Sayin’

Editor Carly Weber shares the full scoop on Hoopla, what’s in this issue and whatever else she wants.

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In the Know

All the news you didn’t know you needed to know, plus Greg Dietzenbach’s comic, “Little fish, big pond.”

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Twitterpated

What’s got the Corridor all aTwitter?

Introducing Happy Hour 32 oz. Fishbowls • Well Drinks • Long Islands

Happy Hour | 3-7pm

$250 Domestic Bottles & Pints $350 Domestic Steins $5 Martinis & Fishbowls

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Five Minutes

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FaveFive

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3 Things

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Bar Guide

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Get Out

page 19

Clean Plate Club

page 21

Behind the bar

page 22

Book Talk

page 23

Music Notes

page 24

Calendar

We want to know: What’s the best piece of advice Dad gave you?

Thirsty? Craving some live music or want to croon with karaoke? Here’s how you find out where and when.

Cody Palmer loves being behind the bar on a slow night. Plenty of time to chat with the clientele.

Hoopla Freedom Festival Guide Erin McNeill shares the five Freedom Festival events she’s looking forward to most.

Get ready for the red, white and blue with the Freedom Festival.

Caitlin Slessor was wowed by Oscar Wao.

Not sure what to do this week? Listen to some music under the stars or rock like a 13-year-old at “High School Musical.”

Andrea Dietzenbach gets corked at Cork n’ Fork

Olive Street Band puts the audience first.

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QUESTION OF THE WEEK:

Curious about the cool kids behind Hoopla? Find out all about the crew here.

“What is your favorite summer festival?”

Carly Weber

Seth Smith

Michelle Wiese

Caitlin Slessor

Natalie Ditmars

Stacey Stefani

Erin McNeill

“Jazz Under the Stars.”

“Solon Beef Days. For such a small town, they sure know how to throw a big party.”

“Heritage Days in Mount Vernon. It’s always good to go back to my hometown.”

“Anamosa Pumpkinfest.”

“Iowa City Arts Festival!”

“BBQ Roundup.”

“My local county fair. From kettle corn to the Ferris wheel, it has it all.”

Editor

Art Director

Designer

Book Talk, Page 22

Jamie Kelly

Maggie Mills

Andrea Dietzenbach

St. Jude Sweet Corn Festival. It was the first Iowa festival I saw, and my father-in-law runs the brat tent.”

“The Sweet Corn Festival keeps me coming back every year.”

“Jesup Farmers Days. Home of the world’s rustiest Tilt-A-Whirl.”

Twitterpated, Page 6

5 Minutes, Page 10

Clean Plate Club, Page 19

22nd Annual Cedar Rapids BBQ Roundup Thursday, June 25 - Sunday, June 28

Location: The main lot of Perfect Game Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium Admission: $3.00 – 12 and Under Admitted FREE

Great Local and National Entertainment Featuring Los Lonely Boys on Thursday Night Sponsored by General Mills and The ESCO Group

Visit website for entertainment schedule Thursday, June 25: 11am-10pm Saturday, June 27: 11am-11pm

VE N DOR S Butch’s BBQ - Mt. Laurel, NJ Chicago Barbeque Co. - Burr Ridge, IL Famous Dave’s - Bloomington, MN Howling Coyote - Chicago, IL Pigfoot BBQ - West Salem, OH Willingham’s World Famous BBQ – Memphis, TN Sgt. Oink’s BBQ Co. - Tifﬁn, OH Texas Thunder - Amarillo, TX

Friday, June 26: 11am-11pm Sunday, June 28: 11am-7pm

Games & Attractions All 4 Days!

• Duffy’s Classic Car Show • Iowa Army National Guard...and the country’s best BBQ!

Family Fun Day ~ Sunday

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Anne Kapler

Britt Robinson

“The Iowa Summer Writing Festival.”

“It’s a tie between the Freedom Festival and the CR Downtown Farmers Markets.”

“St. Jude’s Sweet Corn Festival! (Really any one with Funnel Cake.)”

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BehindTheBar, Page 21

MusicNotes, Page 23

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Saturday we (being the Hoopla Crew) will be at the Cedar I’d like to meet the person who coined the phrase “the lazy days of summer.” Lazy days? Since when? Rapids Downtown Farmer’s Market enjoying the early morning hubbub, fresh produce, cool crafts and tasty treats along with thousands of our dearest friends. (Yes. I feel like it’s already been a super busy season, and technically summer hasn’t even begun yet. That’s you.) Sunday (which is also Father’s Day. Love ya This week also marks the beginning of another Cedar Rapids honey) is the first official day of summer. The longest day of the year, also known as summer staple. That’s right. If you didn’t already figure it out from our cover, it’s Freedom Festival time. the summer solstice. I don’t know about you. But my summer isn’t marked by any astronomical definition or by lazy days.

Many locals have come to know and love this annual festival. I’m always surprised though by the number of people who live in surrounding areas who have never taken advantage of all the events jam-packed into the two weeks leading up to the Fourth of July.

For me, it begins when somehow, without me meaning to, every waking moment seems It may be called the Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival. But it’s to be filled with one outdoor event or another. Only two weeks into June and I feel not like they check your residency paperwork at the gate. It’s come one come all. And if you never have before, you should. like a lot has already happened. Not sure where to start? Erin McNeill, a soon-to-be senior at We were on vacation for the first two weeks of Cornell College, has joined the Hoopla staff for the summer, June and missed a lot. Like the RIVERenaissance and she’s going to be your Freedom Festival tour guide. She’s never been to one either. But since she’s from Missouri, we’ll events in Cedar Rapids. And the first Cedar let it slide. Rapids Downtown Farmer’s Market. Luckily there is still plenty on the calendar to fill So for the next two weeks she’s going to be hanging out at various Freedom Festival events. See page 9 for a list of the up many weekends to come. five events she’s most looking forward to. Then follow along on HooplaNow.com as she experiences them for the first Take this weekend as an example. Friday is another Uptown Friday Nights at Greene Square Park hosted time. She’ll be posting updates, photos and video online as by the Cedar Rapids Jaycees and featuring the musical well as tweeting from the events. Follow her for the next two weeks @HooplaErin. stylings of Funk Stop. Yours truly will be there with the rest of the Hoopla Crew serving your beer with a smile. Come say hi and enjoy the good music and good company.

Say hi if you see her.

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Jamie Kelly

Messy business

The Gazette

Project AWARE wants to know if you’re prepared to find mud in awkward places and stinky things in your canoe. If you are, the RIVERenaissance: Flood Anniversary-affiliated event will be cleaning up the Cedar River on June 20 to 27. You’ll be helping clean up, as well as engage in a little eco-tourism, as well as learn about the river. For more information and a registration form, visit www.iowaproject

The scale of baking required to pull off St. Ludmila’s Kolach Festival is staggering. Jamie Kelly watched as dozens of volunteers prepared to make 5,000 dozen kolaches. Read more at GazetteOnline.com. Next week Jamie will learn how to play cricket at the CVB Cricket Classic.

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‘Treasures’ on display

With The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library out of commission for a little longer, the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art has stepped in to display “Treasures from the National Collection.” The second floor galleries in the Museum of Art will house a collection of textiles, crystal, paintings, prints and photographs. The Museum of Art is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5; 62 and older is $4; age 18 and under are free. For more information, call (319) 366-7503 or visit www.crma.org

Get thee to a play!

If you want to laugh uproariously or weep

BOB GOODFELLOW

Jamie Kelly is going to roam around Eastern Iowa all summer. Follow along on Twitter by searching for #wheresjamie.

The fairy Peaseblossom (Laura Ambrose of Mount Vernon, left) and Puck (Martin Andrews of Iowa City) romp through the forest in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The show opened Riverside Theatre’s 10th annual Shakespeare Festival, running June 12 to July 12 on the outdoor stage in Iowa City’s Lower City Park.

uncontrollably, head over to Lower City Park in Iowa City, 200 E. Park Rd. The Shakespeare festival is under way with performances of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “Richard III” through July 12. Iowa City spent about $150,000 so far repairing and refurnishing the outdoor stage, and boy, is it worth it. For more information and show times, call the box office, (319) 338-7672, or visit www.

riversidetheatre.org

Dust off your library card

A new downtown branch of the Cedar Rapids Library opened last weekend in the Armstrong Centre, 221 Third St. SE, Cedar Rapids. The branch will house around 5,000 items, including books, periodicals, DVDs, audio books on CD and three Internet stations. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and the branch also will be open on farmers market Saturdays.

JAMIE KELLY

Filling and crumb topping for kolaches at St. Ludmila Catholic Church.

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What could be more fun on a hot summer evening than watching daredevil acrobatics performed on the water? The Five Seasons Ski Team will be performing three special shows in addition to their weekly Thursday shows during the Freedom Festival. As a recreational skier myself, I’m really looking forward to checking out the feats to be performed by these aquatic athletes. This nationally competitive team has been featured on ESPN and OLN, and touted acts include a ballet line, fourperson-high pyramids, barefooting and skiing 360 degrees around the boat.

I can’t wait to unleash my inner cowgirl and visit a scene straight out of a John Wayne film as the Wild West Weekend returns to Ushers Ferry Historic Village in Cedar Rapids this year after being flooded out last year. The Willi Territorial Rough Riders, a group comprised of Cowboy Action Shooters, Civil War re-enactors and Old West enthusiasts, will keep visitors on their toes with gunfights, robberies and the retelling of great tales from the Old West and Iowa history. A great way to celebrate Father’s Day, the Wild West Weekend will provide entertainment for all ages.

If you think hot-air balloons look cool floating through a sunny blue sky, just wait until you see them lit up and hovering just over the ground after dark. One of my favorite childhood memories was attending the Balloon Glow for the 1996 U.S. National Hot Air Balloon Championship when it was held near my hometown in the Missouri heartland, and I’m so excited to get to experience an event like this again. The U.S. Marine Corp Band will provide a musical backdrop for viewing the explosion of color offered by the balloons. The Freedom Fest Balloon Glow will be held on the lawn of historic Brucemore.

For me, parades are the quintessential patriotic celebration because they bring together the community and show off some of its best attributes – its people. This year’s Freedom Festival Parade theme is “We are One under the Red, White & Blue,” focusing on working and celebrating together as the city and region are rebuilt. There are nearly 100 entries for the parade, which will be emceed by KHAK’s Brain and Steele. As a horse enthusiast, the equestrian entries are always my favorites, but a lively marching band can always make me smile.

It just isn’t the Fourth of July without fireworks. Though I’m still adjusting to the idea that I can’t shoot off bottle rockets in my backyard (wish I’d known fireworks were illegal in Iowa before I moved here), I am definitely looking forward to watching the big boomers explode across the sky. This year’s Freedom Fireworks will be held on the Kirkwood Community College campus. Bring your blankets, lawn chairs and patriotic spirit to watch the sparks fly.

Five Seasons Ski Team Shows will be held Tuesday, June 23, Friday, July 3, and Saturday, July 4, at 7 p.m. at Ellis Park. Free.

Wild West Weekend Ushers Ferry, June 20 and 21 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. $8 for adults, $3 for children 3 to 14.

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Marion by Moonlight Thursday, June 18

Summer officially kicks off Sunday, and outdoor concert events seem to be happening all over the Corridor. A local favorite is Marion by Moonlight. If you haven’t been, stop by Marion Square Park on Thursday evening for some music, food and good company. The relaxed atmosphere and affordable entertainment (free) make Marion a good place to unwind at the end of the week. Food vendors begin serving at 6 p.m. and the music starts at 6:30 p.m. Dogs on Skis is scheduled for this week’s entertainment. Bring your own lawn chairs, blankets, coolers and drinks and enjoy! Marion by Moonlight

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High School Musical Thursday, June 18, through Sunday, June 21

Saturday, June 20

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Theatre Cedar Rapids is hosting a reunion of sorts this weekend. “Disney’s High School Musical On Stage” is back with performances Thursday through Sunday. The show was held for three sold-out weekends last July, and much of last summer’s cast returned for this weekend’s performances.

Just after the one-year anniversary of the flood, a local venue is hosting a unique healing experience incorporating art and spiritual development. “The ART of Healing” opens this Saturday at CornerHouse Gallery and Frame in Cedar Rapids. The exhibit features fractural geometry by artists Ashayana and Azahyana Deane and excerpts from their Kathara Bio-spiritual Healing Systems and their other work.

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High School Musical

7:30 p.m. Thursday (6/18) through Sunday (6/21) and 2:30 p.m. Saturday (6/20) and Sunday (6/21), Theatre Cedar Rapids Lindale, 4444 First Ave. NE, Cedar Rapids, $20 and $25 for adults, $15 for students, $10 rush tickets at the door, www.theatrecr.org

7 to 10 p.m. Sunday (6/21) Indian Creek Nature Center, 6665 Otis St. SE, Cedar Rapids, $25 for adults, children 16 and under free

Show open Saturday (6/20) through Sunday (7/5), CornerHouse Gallery and Frame, 2753 First Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, free

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Saturday 6.20

Sunday 6.21

9 p.m. C&B Company

Monday 6.22 Happy Hour All Night, 3 p.m. to close

Tuesday 6.23

Wed 6.24

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Happy Hour 9:30 a.m.-5 Happy Hour 9:30 a.m.-5 Happy Hour 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., 8 p.m.-midnight, DJB p.m., 8 p.m.-midnight, Karl p.m. Karaoke Hudson

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Happy Hour 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Happy Hr. 4-7 p.m. $1 Off Happy Hr. 4-7 p.m. $1 Off Mixed Drinks, $2 Bottles, 9 Mixed Drinks, 75¢ Bottles, p.m.-DJ Bryan Lee 9 p.m.-Social Karaoke

Happy Hr. All Day - $1 Off 8 p.m.-close - $2 Captain Mixed Drinks, $2 Bottles & & Jack, $4 Bombs, $2.50 Tallboys, $2.50 Mugs Beer Mugs

8 p.m.-close - 2 for 1 Wells 9 p.m.-Karaoke with Top Shelf Entertainment

Rumors

Happy Hour, 8:30 p.m.-$3 Domestic Cups, $1 Refills, 9 p.m.-Karaoke w/ Bobby

Happy Hour 3-6p.m. 9 p.m. 9 p.m.-Karaoke w/ Mike 8 SECONDS Flack

9 p.m.-Karaoke, $3 Domes- Happy Hour, Free Pool, 9 tic Cups, $1 Refills p.m.-Karaoke with Bobby

9 p.m.-Karaoke Contest, $2.25 Tallboys, Captain & Coke special

Cedar River Landing

Happy Hour 3-7p.m., 8 p.m. Mark Moss , $4 Bombs

Happy Hour 3-7p.m., 9 p.m. Greenbrier

8 p.m Adam Beck, $3 Bloody Marys

Happy Hour All Day Open Mic with Jeff, $3 Bloody Marys

Happy Hour 3-7p.m. Karoake with Chad, $5 Domestic Pitcher

Happy Hour 3-7p.m., 8 Happy Hour 3-7 p.m., $3 p.m. Karl Hudson Acoustic, Captains $4 Bombs

$3 Bloody Marys, $3 Wing Baskets, 9 p.m.-CX2 Karaoke w/ Chad

Happy Hour 3-7 p.m.

5 p.m.-Beat the Clock Pizza Special, Happy Hour 3-7 p.m.

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Karaoke with DJ VerbaTim

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& Bombs, 9 p.m.-Alex Beck

9 p.m.-D-Dog and the BBits, $3 Bloody Marys

Parlor City Pub

$4 Imports, $2.50 Domestic Steins until midnight; Karaoke

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$3 Bombs until midnight; 2 for 1 Select Drinks until Karaoke with Brian Holmes midnight & Mike Flack

The Fire House

8:30-12:30 p.m., Chris Miller

Steak Dinner 11-1:30 p.m.

4-8 p.m. Jam Session

$1.50 Tallboys

Cup Night

Paddy O’Rourkes

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9-1 a.m.-Black the Sun

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7 p.m.-close, $5 Bottomless Cup Night

320 2nd Ave. SE 319-366-0950

$4 Cuervo, $5 1800, $6 Patron and Cabo Wabo

Daniel Arthur’s

Happy Hour 5-7 p.m. $1.50 Happy Hour 5-7 p.m. $1.50 Billy Lee Janey Domestics, $2 Wells; Kevin Domestics, $2 Wells; Chris “BF’ Burt Miller

Happy Hour 5-7 p.m. Happy Hour 5-7 p.m. $1.50 Domestics, $2 Wells; $1.50 Domestics, $2 Acoustic Idol Wells;Johnson/McMurrin

Happy Hour: 5-7 p.m.; Ladies Night $3.50 Martinis

Tornados

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$2 Mini Beer Pitchers, Un- Retro Fit Tuesdays with employment Night - Free Nathan, $2 Mini Beer Pool and Foosball Pitchers

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Piano Lounge

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The Summit 10 S. Clinton St. 319-354-7482

$2 U-Call-It, $2 Cosmos, Kir Royale, & Crushed Martinis 8:30 p.m. Live Music, Half Price Wine and Martinis All Night Karaoke, Happy Hour: $2 Domestics, $2 Wells / 9 p.m.-Personal Pitchers $5 Martinis (Select List) $2 Lemoncello Shots 10 p.m.-close $3 3 Olives Vodka Drinks, $1.50 Draughts, Wells, Calls & Shots 1/2 Price martinis

CORALVILLE/NORTH LIBERTY Charlie’s Bar and Grill $2.50 Domestics, Happy

$1 Domestic Drafts, $2 Im- 1/2 price Martinis, $2 Doported Drafts, $3 Bombs, mestic Bottles, $3 Bacardi $2 Mixed Drinks & Three Olives Live Music, $2 Well Drinks, Half Price Wine & Martinis 7-9 p.m. Happy Hour: $2 Domestics, Happy Hour: $2 Domestics, Happy Hour: $2 Domestic $2 Wells / 9 p.m.-$2 $2 Wells / 9 p.m.-$2 Draws, Wells, 9 p.m.-$1 U-Call-It U-Call-It U-Call-It Martini Hour 2-5 p.m. Martini Hour 2-5 p.m. Martini Hour 2-5 p.m.

Live Music, $2 Domestic Bottles, Half Price Wine & Martinis 7-9 p.m. FAC (4-8)-$2 Domestics, $3 Wells, $2 Shots / 9 p.m.-$1 U-Call-It Martini Hour 2-5 p.m./$2 Domestic Bottles, $2 Lemoncello Shots 10 p.m. $3 3 Olives Vodka Drinks, Pimp Bombs, $2.50 Bud Family Bottles $2.50 Specialty Drafts 3-7 p.m. 9 p.m. $2 Jack, Captain, SoCo, Beer Tub

$3 Barcardi Drinks All Night, Half Price Wine & Martinis 7-9 p.m. 9 p.m.-$2.50 3 Olive Vodka 9 p.m.-$2 U-Call-It Drinks, $2 Domestics

$3 3 Olives Vodka Drinks, Vegas Bombs, $2.50 Miller/ Coors /MGD All Day $2.50 Specialty All Day $2.50 Specialty Beers 9 p.m.-$2.50 Bacardi Beers 9 p.m.-$2 Drinks & Drinks Shots, $2.50 Frozen Drinks

$3 3 Olives Vodka Drinks, $2 Wells, Calls & Shots, Euchre Tournament $3 Jack & Coke

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7 p.m.- $1.75 Domestic Pints, Captain Drinks, 9 p.m.- Karaoke

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Hog Wild Days • June 18, 19, 20, 21 Hiawatha City Park • Evans Show Carnival

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Patriotic assion p Ann Virden, 23, Marion

Community Relations Director @ Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival

Before she started working for the Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival, Ann Virden worried that she might get sick of red, white and blue. But as she kicks off her third festival as the Community Relations Director, Ann is proud to say she’s very fond of those colors. This year’s Freedom Festival runs from June 18 to July 4, and it promises to keep Ann very busy. At times, she’s on the clock from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. the next day. “If we are wiped out at the end of the day, we’re up and at it the next day and the next day,” she says. (Perhaps that’s what a little added patriotism can do.) But planning for those 17 days honestly keeps Ann — and the rest of the Freedom Festival staff — busy all year long. “A lot of people know what the Freedom Festival is, but a lot of people don’t know what we do,” she says. “It’s just nice to tell them what you do year-round. People are actually surprised at how much work goes into it.” Ann’s job starts to get “hectic” in the spring.

out to the 100 retail locations around the Corridor. And once you pick a button, you’ll notice it also comes with $100 worth of coupons to local businesses (thanks to Ann.) It’s the family-friendly, affordable aspect of the Freedom Festival that makes her most proud. But button management, if you will, is only one of Ann’s patriotic duties.

Avenue parking ramp while in high school and wondering who pulled off the event each year. “I thought, ‘How does this even get put together?’ I never realized I’d come to plan it.” Ann says so far it hasn’t gotten to her that she’s working when everyone else has the day off.

“Even though it’s a holiday and I’m working, it’s Each year, the Freedom Festival works with some as much fun,” she says. “It’s nice to see other 40 organizations to put together the 60 to 80 people enjoying the Fourth of July.” events that take place. That is perhaps the most ironic part of Ann’s job. “I recruit those organizations, figure out their She’s usually so busy during the fireworks that needs and figure out how their event fits into she doesn’t get to sit and enjoy the main event. the Festival,” she says. But she’s surely looking forward — as much as anyone — to the grand finale. She also manages the volunteer program, which includes more than 800 volunteers each festival. DID YOU KNOW “We have a cool volunteer program,” Ann says. Through corporate sponsorships, volunteer teams of 10 are able to earn $250 that they, in turn, donate to a local non-profit organization of their choice. “It’s nice to see so many people want to volunteer and give back to the community.”

“Crazy busy time starts at the beginning of May It’s a community Ann is certainly familiar with. and then especially after Memorial Day when the She’s a graduate of Cedar Rapids Washington buttons go on sale,” she says. High School and actually started working with the Freedom Festival as an intern in 2007 Perhaps that’s because Ann is in charge of while going to Coe College. She remembers getting some 60,000 Freedom Festival buttons watching the fireworks from the top of the First

The Balloon Glow (scheduled for June 25 from 7 to 10 p.m. at Brucemore) is Ann’s favorite Freedom Festival event.

WHAT SHE CAN DO FOR YOU

Looking for discounts to some of your favorite retailers plus something to do over the Fourth of July holiday? Pick up a Freedom Festival button packet for just $3 (check www.freedomfestival. com for locations) and you can thank Ann for all the fun and deals (but wait until August, OK?)

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Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival June 18

Tribute to Heroes

Recognize five community heroes and kick off Freedom Festival 2009. Music by Baily Holland and Mark Vincent Pence and Ashley Lerch, Ms. Wheelchair Iowa 2008, will read her essay “The Hero in My Life.” Lunch begins at 11:30 a.m. at the Cedar Rapids Marriott, 1220 Collins Rd. NE. Admission is $30 and includes a Freedom Festival button.

June 19

Patriotic Pops Concert

Cedar Rapids Symphony-Orchestra Iowa performs popular patriotic songs. Janelle Lauer will open the concert and perform with the symphony on several pieces. Gates open at 5 p.m.; concert begins at 6 p.m. General admission tickets are $10 ($5 for ages 6-12), or $15 for preferred seating (all ages, includes a chair in front of the stage). Freedom Festival 2009 button required, available at the gate for $3. Concert will be held at Kirkwood Community College and fireworks will follow at 10 p.m.

June 20

Freedom Festival/CVB Cricket Classic

Local teams compete with teams from surrounding states in a new “20-20” format. Matches will be held at Seminole Valley Park at 10 a.m. and the tournament will continue through June 21 and June 26-27

Classic Rock Concert

America, with hits like “You Can Do Magic” and “A Horse with No Name,” will take the stage at Kirkwood Community College at 7 p.m., followed by Three Dog Night, known for songs like “Joy to the World” and “Black and White.” General admission tickets are PA GE 1 8

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June 21

Tug-of-War Tournament

The tournament is 1 to 3 p.m. and part of the Action Zone activities at Kirkwood Community College. Admission is free with a Freedom Festival 2009 button.

June 25

Balloon Glow

Music, food and colorful, glowing balloons on the lawns of Brucemore. Free admission with a festival button, 7 to 10 p.m.

June 26

Quantico Marine Corps Band “American Pride” Concert

An evening of music including traditional marches, patriotic favorites, jazz, country and popular contemporary music. Concert begins at 7 p.m. Admission is free with a Freedom Festival 2009 button, but an admission voucher from the Freedom Festival office is required.

June 27

Adult Kickball Tournament

A daylong tournament of that childhood favorite game. The tournament will be held at the Noelridge Park Softball Diamonds beginning at 9 a.m. Admission is free for spectators. Team registration fee is $75/team and teams must preregister by phone (319) 286-5731.

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Teams compete in boats built out of cardboard. The regatta will be held at noon at Robbins Lake at Ellis Park. Sheets of cardboard are available in a specially marked trailer in the parking lot of Sams Club, 2605 Blairs Ferry Rd NE. Preregistration by Friday, June 19, is preferred. For more information, go to www.freedomfestival.com

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Office Olympiad

Gather a team and prepare to test your office survival skills. Events will include coffee cup race, speed typing race, “Best Conversation Around the Coffeepot” competition, “Best Why I’m Late For Work Excuse” and more. Competition will be held on Second Street in front of the Freedom Festival Office at noon, awards ceremony at 4:15 p.m. Admission is free for spectators and team registration is $10.

July 4

Patriot’s Bazaar and Farmers Market

A selection of specialty and handmade items, wines and produce from area vendors. The Market will be held on the Second Avenue Bridge from 7:30 a.m. to noon.

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Cork ’n Fork also serves breakfast, which I’m anxious to get back and try. The place has been around for years, and they definitely have the right formula figured out. Friendly service plus a vast and yummy menu equals success. — ANDREA

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In 2003, friends Nick Ireland, Tom Rector and Nevin Nolte found themselves on Olive Street in their college town of Cedar Falls. Since it was their favorite place to meet and it is also where they started playing music, the three became The Olive Street Band, or OSB. Late in 2006, Matt Moss joined, and in 2009 Ben A’Hearn completed the group. OSB plays classic favorites from Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Cash, Dave Matthews Band, Neil Young, Creedence Clearwater Revival and many more. The guys say they play covers that are “simple yet effective, songs that may be lost, but not forgotten.” If the crowd is enjoying the music, then they are doing their job.

“We put ourselves second, the crowd comes first,” Rector, the group’s percussionist, says. New to the local music scene, they are discovering what it is that sets them apart from other cover bands, and with time they hope to develop their sound, expand their library and branch to different genres and new styles of music. “OSB started out playing venues in small Iowa towns and still enjoys the intimacy those types of shows provide,” says Moss, the group’s bassist. In May of this year, OSB played one of its first big venues. The band played at Officer Tim Davis’ Benefit at the Chrome Horse in Cedar Rapids. It is those types of venues that the band finds most

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Thrilling Thursday Tale Times

June 18

Children’s Events 100 Years of Fun

9 a.m. Carl and Mary Koehler History Center, 615 First Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids. Also at 1:30 p.m. 10 a.m. Bever Park Duck Pond Pavilion, Cedar Rapids. Explore what’s in the mud, learn about plant and creature life, and practice casting fishing rods at a bucket for fun. (319) 286-5731 10:30 a.m. Cedar Rapids Public Library, Westdale Mall, Cedar Rapids. (319) 398-5123 Also at 1:30 p.m.

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Jack the Dreamer

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El Kahir Shrine Circus

7 p.m. Highways 151 & 13, Marion. $10. Tickets available at Hy-Vee and El Kahir Shrine office, 1400 Blairs Ferry Rd. NE. (319) 395-0109

There are dozens more events on our online calendar that we couldn’t squeeze into these pages.

Creek Study and You

Ave., Marion. (319) 377-3412

7:30 p.m. Hiawatha Public Library, 150 W. Willman St., Hiawatha. Watch Iowa renewable energy highlights on film. (319) 360-5119

Literary 10:30 a.m. Cedar Rapids Public Library, Westdale Mall, Cedar Rapids. (319) 398-5123 Also at 1:30 p.m.

Barks in the Park

Fantastic Bubbles

Schoolhouse Jazz

6 p.m. Squaw Creek Park, Highway 100 & Highway 13, Marion. All dogs must be on leash. Meet at the Gardner Golf Course parking lot. Canceled if rain. www. mycountyparks.com/County/Linn/ Park/Squaw-Creek-Park. aspx

2 p.m. Hiawatha Public Library, 150 W. Willman St., Hiawatha. Make a variety of bubble wands and test them in our bubble solution. (319) 393-1414

Exhibits

2 p.m. Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn St., Iowa City. (319) 3565200

Art Opening

5:30 p.m. Guaranty Bank & Trust, 2711 Bever Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids. Reception for local photographer Seth Walters.

Greene Square Park Farmers Market

1 p.m. Marion Public Library, 1095 Sixth

Presentation and Discussion

9 a.m. Usher’s Ferry Historic Village, 5925 Seminole Valley Trl. NE, Cedar Rapids. Free admission for adults. (319) 286-5763, www. crrec.org Also at 10:30 a.m.

Farmers Markets

Creative Re-Use

Sip-N-Stir, 1119 First Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids. (319) 365-9067

4 p.m. Greene Square Park, 400 Fourth Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids. (319)

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7:30 p.m. Longbranch Restaurant and Convention Center, 90 Twixt Town Rd. NE, Cedar Rapids

Singin’ and Swingin’ Karaoke 8 p.m.

Night life Filling Space & Mystic Ordinaries

Duarte Dance Works: ‘Portas’

8 p.m. The Old Brick, 20 E. Market St., Iowa City. Tickets may be purchased at the door one hour before the performance. Audience members are encouraged to bring cans of non-perishable food to be donated. (319) 594 8433

Theater “Squabbles”

1:30 p.m. Iowa Theatre Artists Company, 4709 220th Trl., Amana. (319) 622-3222 Also at 7:30 p.m.

“The Odd Couple”

3 p.m. The Old Creamery Theatre Company, 39 38th Ave., Amana. 1-(800) 35-AMANA

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June 19 Children’s Events

El Kahir Shrine Circus

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1 p.m. Granger House Historic Home, 970 10th St., Marion. (319) 3776672

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9 p.m. African American Museum of Iowa, 55 12th Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids. Semiformal dance. $10.

Quilt Shop

Karaoke

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Light Up the Night with Freedom Dance

Kids’ Kitchen Takeover

10 a.m. Hy-Vee Club Room, 5050 Edgewood Rd. NE, Cedar Rapids. Explore new ways to enjoy fresh fruit. Preregistration required. (319) 378-0762

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5:30 p.m. Celebration Hall, African American Museum of Iowa, Cedar Rapids. Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration of the end of slavery in America. A Taste of Freedom dinner is $10, $5 for children 12 and under. AfricanAmerican military and veterans are free upon registration for the dinner. (319) 862-2101, www. blackiowa.org

7:30 p.m. TCR Lindale, 4444 First Ave. NE, Cedar Rapids. $10 rush tickets available at the door half-hour before performance. (319) 3668591

9 p.m. Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn St., Iowa City

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4 p.m. Midtown Amana, Amana. (319) 622-6844

Festivals West Branch Hometown Days

5 p.m. Hometown Days, West Branch. (319) 643-5888

Freedom Festival Patriotic Pops 6 p.m. Kirkwood Community College, 6301 Kirkwood Blvd. SW, Cedar Rapids. (319) 365-8313

Fitness/ Recreation/ Outdoors Kernels youth baseball camp

9:30 a.m. C.R. Kernels, Cedar Rapids. (319) 363-3887

Black Velvet Elvis and Me and Rosie B 6:30 p.m. Chrome Horse Saloon, 102 Third St. SE, Cedar Rapids. (319) 3651234

Dead Larry CD Release

8 p.m. Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn St., Iowa City.

Drag Show

9 p.m. Hamburger Mary’s, 222 Glenbrook Dr. SE, Cedar Rapids. (319) 3784627

Bigelf with Hurt

9 p.m. First Ave Live, 3701 First Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids.

Performances

Java Blend — Scott Cochran & Flannel

Noon Java House, 211 1/2 E. Washington St., Iowa City. (319) 273-3497

Bon Voyage Concert

5:30 p.m. Pedestrian Mall, Iowa City.

Public Property

6:30 p.m. Coe College campus, Cedar Rapids. A reggae band based in Iowa City.

“The Odd Couple”

7:30 p.m. The Old Creamery Theatre Company, 39 38th Ave., Amana. 1-(800) 35-AMANA

“Harold and Maude”

Jazz at the Lighthouse

7:30 p.m. Starlighters II Theatre, 136 E. Main St., Anamosa. (319) 4624793

Czech Plus Band

7:30 p.m. Unitarian Universalist Society, 10 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City. (319) 541-0140

7 p.m. The Lighthouse Inn, 6905 Mount Vernon Rd. SE, Cedar Rapids. (319) 396-4574 7 p.m. Kosek Bandstand, Cedar Rapids

New Songs Concert

7:30 p.m. First Lutheran Church, 1000 Third Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids. Includes nationally known artists Cathy Pino, Jonathon Rundman and Lloyd Garrelts.

Theater

Mae West’s “The Drag”

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‘The Little Dog Laughed’

7:30 p.m. Riverside Theatre, 213 N. Gilbert St., Iowa City. This production contains strong profanity, nudity and strong sexual conduct. (319) 338-7672

“Richard III”

8 p.m. Iowa City Lower City Park, 200 E. Park Rd., Iowa City. (319) 338-7672

Saturday June 20

“Squabbles”

7:30 p.m. Iowa Theatre Artists Company, 4709 220th Trl., Amana. (319) 622-3222

“High School Musical”

7:30 p.m. TCR Lindale, 4444 First Ave. NE, Cedar Rapids. $10 rush tickets available at the door half-hour before each performance. (319)

Children’s Events El Kahir Shrine Circus

10:30 a.m. Highways 151 & 13, Marion. $10. Tickets available at Hy-Vee and El Kahir Shrine office, 1400 Blairs Ferry Rd. NE. Also at 3 and 7 p.m.

Dance English Country Dancing

7 p.m. Old Capitol Museum, No. 21, 1 N. Clinton St., Iowa City. (319) 335-0548

Out & About Grand Celebration Of Brass Bands

11 a.m. Amana RV Park and Convention Center, 39 38th Ave., Amana. $8 adults, $3 children 3 to 14. Free under 3. (319) 350-6744, www. eibb.org/gcobb.php

Games @ BRBC

3 p.m. Blair Ridge Baptist Church, 4502 Blairs Ferry Rd, Cedar Rapids. Free. (319) 447-1851

Summer Solstice Event

4:30 p.m. Prairiewoods, 120 E. Boyson Rd., Hiawatha. Join us for an afternoon of drumming around

Liberty Tree and Champion Tree Tour

7 p.m. Ushers Ferry Historic Village, 5925 Seminole Valley Trl. NE, Cedar Rapids. RSVP at (319) 373-0650, Ext. 25

Food & Wine New Belgium Beer Tasting

5 p.m. Hy-Vee Club Room, 5050 Edgewood Rd. NE, Cedar Rapids. Must be 21 & over. (319) 378-0762

Literary Stories at Bever Park

10:30 a.m. Bever Park, 2700 Bever Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids. (319) 398-5123

Karaoke Karaoke by Rock and Thunder

9 p.m. Best Western Longbranch Hotel, 90 Twixt Town Rd. NE, Cedar Rapids. (319) 377-6386

Eclypse Karaoke

9 p.m. VIP Lounge, 648 Eighth St., Marion. (319) 377-9082

Singin’ and Swingin’ Karaoke

9 p.m. Sip-N-Stir, 1119 First Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids. (319) 365-9067

Night life Uptown Friday Nights— Funk Stop

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CALENDAR the world. Freewill offering. (319) 395-6700

Main St., West Branch. 37-mile route. (319) 594-2857

Hawkeye Downs Truck and Tractor Pull

Kernels youth baseball camp

6 p.m. Hawkeye Downs, 4400 Sixth St. SW, Cedar Rapids. (319) 361-0471

Coed Classic Softball Tournament

Exhibits Freedom Festival Family Fun Day

11 a.m. Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, 410 Third Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids. Features printmaking, storytelling, drawing, coloring and more. (319) 366-7503

Iowa City Farmers Market

7:30 a.m. Chauncey Swan Parking Garage, Iowa City. (319) 356-5210

2 p.m. Indian Creek Nature Center, 6665 Otis Rd. SE, Cedar Rapids. (319) 362-0664

7:30 a.m. Downtown Cedar Rapids, Cedar Rapids.

Literary

Marion Farmers Market

8 a.m. East End Shopping Center, 3375 Seventh Ave., Marion. (319) 377-4846

“Sisters Grimm” author Michael Buckley

10 a.m. Marion Public Library, 1095 Sixth Ave., Marion. (319) 377-3412

Festivals

Author Talk: Rebecca Groff

West Branch Hometown Days

Noon Carl and Mary Koehler History Center, 615 First Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids. (319) 362-1501

7 a.m. Hometown Days, West Branch. (319) 643-5888

Celebration of Freedom Day

Author Michael Buckley

1 p.m. Hiawatha City Hall, 101 Emmons St., Hiawatha. (319) 393-1414

9 a.m. Viola Gibson Park, 14th Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids.

Author Michael Buckley

Wild West Weekend

11 a.m. Usher’s Ferry Historic Village, 5925 Seminole Valley Trl. NE, Cedar Rapids. Receive $1 off admission with a Freedom Festival button. Children 2 and under free. (319) 286-5763

Freedom Festival Classic Rock Concert Night

6 p.m. Kirkwood Community College, Art And Theatre Annex, Cedar Rapids. (319) 365-8313

Fitness/ Recreation/ Outdoors

4 p.m. Cedar Rapids Public Library, Westdale Mall, Cedar Rapids. www.sistersgrimm.com/ (319) 398-5123

Summer Writing Festival

Wildwood Apartments

7 a.m. Waltonian Archers, 3985 Wickiup Hill Rd., Toddville. (319) 431-4148

Bicyclists of Iowa City Saturday Ride

9 a.m. West Branch High School, 900 W. ■ ■

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Crown Karaoke

8 p.m. Sip-N-Stir, 1119 First Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids. (319) 365-9067

Checkers Karaoke

9 p.m. Checkers Tavern and Eatery, 3120 Sixth St. SW, Cedar Rapids. (319) 364-9927

Singin’ and Swingin’ Karaoke

9 p.m. Red Lion, 3970 Center Point Rd. NE, Cedar Rapids. (319) 393-9858

Karaoke with Rock & Thunder

9 p.m. Longbranch Restaurant and Convention Center, 90 Twixt Town Rd. NE, Cedar Rapids

Night life Swingin’ Richard and Amanda Overmyer

6:30 p.m. Chrome Horse Saloon, 102 Third St. SE, Cedar Rapids. (319) 3651234

Drag Show

9 p.m. Hamburger Mary’s, 222 Glenbrook Dr. SE, Cedar Rapids. (319) 3784627 Also at 11 p.m.

Mad Monks, Nifty Mountain Powwow

9 p.m. Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn St., Iowa City

“Late Nite at the VI” with Dave Tessier

9:30 p.m. Vernon Inn “The Greek Place” Restaurant, 2663 Mount Vernon Rd. SE, Cedar Rapids. (319) 366-7817

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Sunday

“Nature Rocks“ Concert

June 21

Children’s Events Father’s Day Mini Golf

7 p.m. Indian Creek Nature Center, 6665 Otis Rd. SE, Cedar Rapids. (319) 362-0664 Nature Center

Farmers Markets

Hiawatha Farmers Market

Music in the M.U.D.

9 a.m. Airport National Golf Course, 3001 Wright Bros Blvd., Cedar Rapids. (319) 363-8335, www. gseiwi.org

11 a.m. Hiawatha Guthridge Park, 10th Avenue Parking Lot, Hiawatha. (319) 393-1515

Theater

3 p.m. Highways 151 & 13, Marion. $10. Tickets available at Hy-Vee and El Kahir Shrine office, 1400 Blairs Ferry Rd. NE

El Kahir Shrine Circus

Festivals

7 p.m. Campbell Steele Gallery, Marion. The Five Seasons Chamber Players will be featured. Free. (319) 373-9211

“High School Musical”

2 p.m. TCR Lindale, 4444 First Ave. NE, Cedar Rapids. $10 rush tickets available at the door half-hour before performance., (319) 3668591 Also at 7:30 p.m.

“The Odd Couple”

7:30 p.m. The Old Creamery Theatre Company, 39 38th Ave., Amana. 1-(800) 35-AMANA

“Harold and Maude”

7:30 p.m. Starlighters II Theatre, 136 E. Main St., Anamosa. (319) 4624793

Mae West’s “The Drag”

7:30 p.m. Unitarian Universalist Society, 10 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City. (319) 541-0140

“Squabbles”

7:30 p.m. Iowa Theatre Artists Company, 4709 220th Trl., Amana. (319) 622-3222

‘The Little Dog Laughed’

7:30 p.m. Riverside Theatre, 213 N. Gilbert St., Iowa City. (319) 338-7672

“Richard III”

8 p.m. Iowa City Lower City Park, 200 E. Park Rd., Iowa City. (319) 338-7672

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Jazz at The Lighthouse

Karaoke

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Performances 7 p.m. The Lighthouse Inn, 6905 Mount Vernon Rd. SE, Cedar Rapids. (319) 396-4574

Soak 1, 2, 3 Bedrooms

Waltonian Archers

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Greens From the Yard

Downtown Farmers Market

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10 a.m. Tait Cummins Sports Complex, 3000 C St. SW, Cedar Rapids. Registration forms are available at www.crsoftball.com (319) 286-5743

10:30 a.m. Cherry Hill Park, Plainview Drive and Cherry Hill NW, Cedar Rapids. www.crrec.org Show your Freedom Festival button and receive $3 off the $20 team fee., (319) 286-5731

Farmers Markets

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9:30 a.m. C.R. Kernels, Cedar Rapids. (319) 363-3887

7 p.m. Prairie Lights Books, 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City. Shannon Olson and Morgan Grayce Willow. www.writinguniversity.uiowa.edu

Gaming, Tournaments

6 p.m. Trinity United Methodist Church, 400 Third Ave. SW, Cedar Rapids. (319) 363-5799

Out & About

Father’s Day Harness Races 1 p.m. Linn County Fairgrounds, Central City.

United Way Day of Action

1 p.m. Iowa City City Park, Park Road, Iowa City. Register in advance at (319) 338-7823, www.unitedwayjc.org

Wild West Weekend

11 a.m. Usher’s Ferry Historic Village, 5925 Seminole Valley Trl. NE, Cedar Rapids. Receive $1 off admission with a Freedom Festival button. Children 2 & under free. (319) 286-5763

Fitness/ Recreation/ Outdoors

Bicyclists of Iowa City Sunday ride

8 a.m. Hills Elementary, 301 W. Main St., Hills. 63-mile ride. (319) 545-2095

Literary

Summer Writing Festival

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CALENDAR 7 p.m. Prairie Lights Books, 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City. www. writinguniversity.uiowa.edu

Noelridge Park, Greenhouse Parking Lot, Cedar Rapids. (319) 286-5699

Night life

5 p.m. Coralville Aquatic Center, 1513 Seventh St., Coralville

Nikki Lunden & the Trollies

6 p.m. Mahoneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Irish Pub, 1602 E Ave. NE, Cedar Rapids. (319) 364-5754

Sunday Night Pub Quiz

9 p.m. The Mill, 120 E. Burlington St., Iowa City. (319) 351-9529

Theater â&#x20AC;&#x153;Squabblesâ&#x20AC;?

1:30 p.m. Iowa Theatre Artists Company, 4709 220th Trl., Amana. (319) 622-3222

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Harold and Maudeâ&#x20AC;?

2 p.m. Starlighters II Theatre, 136 E. Main St., Anamosa. (319) 4624793

â&#x20AC;&#x153;High School Musicalâ&#x20AC;?

2 p.m. TCR Lindale, 4444 First Ave. NE, Cedar Rapids. $10 rush tickets are available at the door halfhour before performance. (319) 366-8591 Also at 7:30 p.m.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Odd Coupleâ&#x20AC;?

3 p.m. The Old Creamery Theatre Company, 39 38th Ave, Amana. 1-(800) 35-AMANA

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Richard IIIâ&#x20AC;?

7 p.m. Iowa City Lower City Park, 200 E. Park Road, Iowa City. (319) 338-7672

Monday June 22

Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Events Make It and Take It Craft

10 a.m. Cedar Rapids Public Library, Westdale Mall, Cedar Rapids. (319) 398-5123

Musical Fun with Todd Frank

2 p.m. Hiawatha Public Library, 150 W. Willman St, Hiawatha. (319) 393-1414

Out & About Garden Walk

7 p.m. John and Peg Slusherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Home, 2035 Beryl St., Marion. (319) 377-3925

Farmers Markets Noelridge Farmers Market

4 p.m.

Coralville Farmers Market

Film

Outdoors

Night life

Garden Friends, Bees & Flowers

Acoustic Jam

6:30 p.m. . Indian Creek Nature Center, 6665 Otis Rd. SE, Cedar Rapids. Register by 4 p.m. Monday. (319) 362-0664

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beverly Hills Chihuahuaâ&#x20AC;?

Food & Wine

Literary

6 p.m. Hy-Vee Club Room, 5050 Edgewood Rd. NE, Cedar Rapids. Preregistration required. (319) 378-0762

1:30 p.m. Cedar Rapids Public Library, Westdale Mall, Cedar Rapids. (319) 398-5123

Summer Writing Festival

7 p.m. Prairie Lights Books, 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City. Michael Dennis Browne. www.writinguniversity.uiowa.edu

Night life

Open Mike with J. Knight 8 p.m. The Mill, 120 E. Burlington St., Iowa City. (319) 338-6713

Tuesday June 23

Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Events Toad Adobe!

10 a.m. Wickiup Hill Outdoor Education Center, 10260 Morris Hills Rd., Toddville. (319) 892-6485

American Red Cross TwoDay Babysitterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Training

1 p.m. Grant Wood Area Chapter Red Cross, 6300 Rockwell Dr. NE, Cedar Rapids. June 23 and 24, must attend both days for certificate. (319) 393-3500

Build A Better Burger

Literary Food for Thought Book Discussion

Noon Marion Public Library, 1095 Sixth Ave., Marion. Historical fiction books. (319) 377-3412

3 p.m. East End Shopping Center, 3375 Seventh Ave., Marion. (319) 377-4846

Tuesday Night Social Club

Noelridge Farmers Market

9 p.m. The Mill, 120 E Burlington St., Iowa City. (319) 351-9529

Theater â&#x20AC;&#x153;Richard IIIâ&#x20AC;?

7 p.m. Iowa City Lower City Park, 200 E. Park Road, Iowa City. (319) 338-7672

Wednesday June 24

Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Events Crafts with Miss Jean

7 p.m. Marion Public Library, 1095 Sixth Ave., Marion. (319) 377-3412

3 p.m. Hiawatha Public Library, 150 W. Willman St., Hiawatha. (319) 393-1414

Summer Writing Festival

Gaming, Tournaments

Karaoke Karaoke

9 p.m. Paddy Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Rourkeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 608 16th St. NE, Cedar Rapids. (319) 362-0554

Marion Farmers Market

7 p.m. Stars Guitars, Town and Country Center, Cedar Rapids. (319) 362-1881

Adult Summer Reading

7 p.m. Prairie Lights Books, 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City. Poet Robert Wachal. www.writinguniversity.uiowa.edu

Farmers Markets

6 p.m. Trinity United Methodist Church, 400 Third Ave. SW, Cedar Rapids. (319) 363-5799

Comedy Love Comedy Show

9:30 p.m. The Summit Restaurant and Bar, 10 S. Clinton St., Iowa City. (319) 354-7482

Services Building, 855 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City. Registration/cancellation deadline: June 19 to rsvp@ iowacityarea.com (Subject: Media Panel)., (319) 337-9637

Night life Name That Tune Night

4 p.m. Noelridge Park, Greenhouse Parking Lot, Cedar Rapids. (319) 286-5699

7 p.m. Best Western Longbranch Hotel, 90 Twixt Town Rd. NE, Cedar Rapids. (319) 377-6386

Iowa City Farmers Market

Delicious Vinyl

5:30 p.m. Chauncey Swan Parking Garage, 410 E. Washington St., Iowa City

8 p.m. Mahoneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Irish Pub, 1602 E Ave. NE, Cedar Rapids. (319) 364-5754

Fitness/ Recreation/ Outdoors

The Jam

Bicyclists of Iowa City Evening Escape

6 p.m. Weber Elementary School, 3850 Rohret Rd., Iowa City. (319) 626-6477

Literary Summer Writing Festival

7 p.m. Prairie Lights Books, 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City. www.writinguniversity.uiowa.edu

Networking Events Are You Newsworthy?

Noon Johnson County Health & Human

10 p.m. Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St., Iowa City. (319) 337-6464

Performances Cedar Rapids Municipal Band Concert

6:30 p.m. Greene Square Park, Cedar Rapids. (319) 399-8520

Theater â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Odd Coupleâ&#x20AC;?

3 p.m. The Old Creamery Theatre Company, 39 38th Ave, Amana. 1-(800) 35-AMANA

â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Midsummer Nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dreamâ&#x20AC;?

8 p.m. Iowa City Lower City Park, 200 E. Park Rd., I.C. (319) 338-7672

Cool Cut-Out Collages

1:30 p.m. Marion Public Library, 1095 Sixth Ave., Marion. (319) 377-3412

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cooking for Teens? 2 p.m. Hiawatha Public Library, 150 W. Willman St, Hiawatha. (319) 393-1414

Out & About Tale Telling Time

6 p.m. Usherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ferry Historic Village, 5925 Seminole Valley Trl. NE, Cedar Rapids. (319) 286-5731, www.crrec.org

Farmers Markets

Springville Farmers Market 4 p.m. Cox Lake Park, Springville. (319) 854-7097

Fitness/ Recreation/

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