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QUESTION OF THE WEEK:

Melanie Ewalt goes back to her Cuban roots in the kitchen.

“Anything spicy.”

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

“What’s your favorite cuisine?”

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Carly Weber Editor

Seth Smith Art Director “Japanese.”

Michelle Wiese Designer

“Mediterranean. I love the taste of fresh seafood with lemon.”

Stacey Stefani Events

page 4: I’m Just Sayin’

page 16: Clean Plate Club

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

Andrea Dietzenbach hopes for the best at GG’s Diner.

page 5: In The Know All the news you didn’t know you needed to know, plus Greg Dietzenbach’s comic, “Little fish, big pond.”

page 6: Five Minutes

page 17: BehindTheBar With 21 drafts and more than 100 bottles The Sanctuary has plenty of choices.

page 16: BehindTheBar Volume’s Jason Stout knows the tricks of the trade.

We want to know: Trick or Treat?

page 18: Pints and Pigskins

page 6: Twitterpated

Are you ready for some football?

What’s got the Corridor all aTwitter?

page 18: EcoCentric The 3 P’s of the green corporate bottom line.

page 7: MyStyle

page 19: EcoCentric

Johnathan Prunty can’t get Greening your life, one step at a time. enough shoes and ties.

HooplaNow.com extra:

page 21: Book Talk

“Italian.”

Andrea Dietzenbach Clean Plate Club

“Italian. Pasta is a feel-good meal.”

Natalie Ditmars Book Talk “Indian!”

Caitlin Slessor Book Talk

“I’m on a Japanese kick right now.”

Jamie Kelly Twitterpated

“I have a soft spot for simple, American dishes like barbecue.”

Katie Mills Giorgio Five Minutes

“With a last name like Giorgio I have to say Italian!”

Maggie Mills 3 Things

“Mexican. Margaritas count as part of the cuisine, right?”

Jeff Carey EcoCentric

Watch a video about Johnathan’s favorite outfits and read more about this local fashionista.

Just in time for Halloween. A ghost story.

“Pizza.”

PHOTOGRAPHY BY CLIFF JETTE

page 22: Music Notes

Derek Nohr Pints and Pigskins

page 8: Haunted Houses

Catch Adam Beck solo or with his band.

Scare or snore? We have a guide to the best and the worst.

page 23: Get Out

page 10: 3 Things Not sure what to do this week? Go on a bar crawl, catch a concert, take in some art.

page 12: Bar Guide Thirsty? Craving some live music or want to croon with karaoke? Here’s how you find out where and when.

Get scared.

page 24: Calendar Quit whining that there’s nothing to do around here. We did the hard work. Go enjoy yourself.

“Comfort food.”

Anne Kapler BehindTheBar

“Mediterranean.”

Pete Looney MusicNotes

“I’m gonna have to go with American. ”

Cecilia Hanley Haunted Houses

“Any type of Asian cuisine.”

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I was at a loss for what to write about in this space this week. The issue is sort of a

mishmash of cooking and creepy crawly. And for some reason neither inspired any words of wisdom. Or lets be more honest, rambles.

But after Tuesday night’s Mayoral debate at Dublin City, I couldn’t resist but opine on that topic again. I said it last week and I’ll say it again. The

average voting age in the last Cedar Rapids’ municipal election was 57.

Seriously! 57!

Tuesday night, though, gave me hope that maybe this election will be a little different. Hoopla hosted a Mayoral debate between the three candidates contending for the position in Cedar Rapids: Ron Corbett, Brian Fagan and P.T. Larson.

KCRG-TV9’s Ashley Hinson and I moderated the event, which drew around 100 people, mostly young professionals. I was blown away not only by the attendance but by the number of questions submitted both in advance via e-mail and during the event. Ashley and I shouldn’t have prepared a single question. The audience had plenty. Unfortunately the hour flew by and we weren’t able to get to more than a fraction. I’m going to post them online so you can see what your peers want to know and we’re going to ask the candidates to answer. Look for more on the

elections, both in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, in next week’s Hoopla.

And in the meantime. Don’t forget Nov. 3 is Election

Day.

If you are not yet registered to vote, go to www. linncounty.org to download the voter registration form. Friday at 5 p.m. is the last day to register to vote for the election.

These three men have met repeatedly in the last few Not sure where you stand on the issues? Check out weeks and a number of debates and we wanted ours to the live blog of Tuesday’s event on HooplaNow.com to see be different. So we held it a bar — Dublin City Pub — for what the candidates had to say. a more casual atmosphere. We encouraged the candidates I’m just sayin’, to treat the event more like a conversation and kicked things off with a game of darts to determine who would speak first.

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All the news you didn’t know you needed to know.

college hoping on the green train. Luther College in Decorah was recognized as a leader by the College Sustainability Report Card. Luther will build a wind turbine near campus to generate about one-third of the energy it uses annually. Mount Mercy College in Cedar Rapids is one of several schools to switch to trayless dining, saving the electricity and water required to wash them, and even cutting food costs. Kirkwood Community College focuses on green building and geothermal heat for new projects, energy director Melissa Jensen said. A lot of fixes are simple things homeowners can do, too, she said, such as turning off lights and computers when not in use.

Thank you, Dr. Ponseti

IOWA CITY — Dr. Ignacio Ponseti, who developed a non-surgical method to correct the birth defect clubfoot, died suddenly Sunday afternoon at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. He was 95. Ponseti was born in Spain, escaped the regime of Gen. Francisco Franco and eventually landed at UI in 1941. Ponseti learned to align a child’s club foot by manipulating ligaments and tendons and applying plaster casts to the full leg. Parents brought their children to Ponseti and the UI clinic that bears his name from around the world.

Domestic partnership

IOWA CITY — Since last decade, Iowa City and Johnson County have extended health insurance benefits to the domestic partners of gay and lesbian employees but not to those in opposite-sex domestic partnerships. They did that because same-sex couples could not marry in Iowa. Now that gays and lesbians can marry, the city plans to end its program next summer, when its current union contracts expire. A Society for Resource Management survey showed 36 percent

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Amy Foster wipes away a tear as Yolonda Johnson-Foster places a ring on her finger during their wedding May 1 at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Iowa in Iowa City.

of respondents worked this year for organizations that extended health care coverage to same-sex domestic partners and 37 percent for opposite-sex domestic partners. Same-sex coverage was much less common in the government sector, at 29 percent, than in publicly owned for-profit companies, at 52 percent, according to the survey.

Survey says

CEDAR RAPIDS — A scientific telephone survey of 603 Cedar Rapids residents found that 48 percent thought the city was headed in the right direction, but Sustainability is a buzzword on many campuses as colleges look for ways to go 56 percent said the downtown is not as green and save green. At the University of vibrant as they would like. The survey Iowa, there is the UI Energy Hawks team, found that 34 percent thought the city was going in the wrong direction, and an initiative to reduce energy waste and costs by 10 percent in 60 UI buildings. UI that 40 percent believe downtown is not as safe at night as their own neighborPresident Sally Mason also has created hood. an Office of Sustainability to coordinate university efforts. But UI isn’t the only

Everyone’s doing it

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get you through your day without side affects. Fact 2: It also means you can’t fall asleep.

Cedar Rapids “It’s always trick.”

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Cedar Rapids “Treat as long as it’s a sweet treat.”

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A few of his favorite things: shoes and ties.

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Johnathan Prunty, 22, Iowa City

What he’s wearing

The outfit is more casual with bluejeans, a blue with black swirled button up and a black vest with a blue tie. It’s an outfit I would wear to a fancy event and one of my unique outfits that I put together. I like the fact of putting the tie with it because it makes the outfit not to preppy but a little more stylish.

What he says

I can’t live without shoes and ties. I love all types of shoes. Whether it be drivers to square toe to shell toe, I am a fan of them all. Some of my favorite brands of shoes are Steve Maddens, Nike Air Force Ones and Jordan brand. I love all different types of ties especially those that are unique and eye catching because over time I have learned how to match ties with all different color

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amie Kelly and Cecelia Hanley decided to visit some Eastern Iowa’s haunted houses this Halloween season. They rated each frightening venue like Roger Ebert rates movies — except using skull & crossbones. Four is the highest rating.

and scare you, there’s not anyone there, which is almost scarier, because the tension keeps building, with no release. A trip through both “haunts” takes a bit less than an hour. You could take longer, though, and appreciate the work that goes into putting this together. Well, you could if it wasn’t so dark out. RATING: — JAMIE

CECELIA HANLEY PHOTOS

Frightmare Forest in Cedar Rapids

Frightmare Forest

HE SAYS: Frightmare Forest is a real marvel. When you look at the property from the parking lot, you just have no idea how much they pack into the lot. You enter the “Cedar Bend Asylum” through the front door, escorted by shambling zombies. It is designed to disorient you as much as scare you, with plenty of strobe lights and dark turns. The cast is committed to scaring you. Most of them just pop up once and make a noise, but some follow you, asking you questions and, in some cases, not leaving you alone till you interact with them. And there’s plenty of misdirection. Sometimes, just when you expect someone to pop up

SHE SAYS: As you wait to go in to the creepy “Cedar Bend Asylum,” the inmates greet patrons in line by holding a stare just a bit too long, or maybe asking an off-putting question — at least that’s what I think was happening. The music is a little too loud in the waiting area. A lower volume might help ramp up feeling of dread if we could hear ourselves think, or even the screams in the asylum. Ghouls and inmates popping out of the darkness becomes a little repetitive while walking through the hospital and the cemetery/forest. I found it more disconcerting when a ghostlike companion appeared out of nowhere, walking a bit too close for comfort. My favorite rooms were when the doctors (or are the inmates running the asylum?) engage you. Be prepared for a grouptherapy session like no other. The scenes you wander through are

Get your scare on.

elaborately thought out and executed. Frightmare Forest does a great job of creating enough discomfort to knock you off kilter — just in time to scare the bejeezus out of you. RATING: —CECELIA

Frightmare Forest

WHERE: Near Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids. Turn immediately following the second paved driveway that goes into the school onto a gravel road. WHEN: Friday and Saturday 7:30 to 11:30 p.m., Sunday, 7:30 to 9 p.m. COST: $9 for the main haunt, $13 for both the Asylum and the cemetery. Get a $1 off admission if you bring a canned food item. DETAILS: (319) 540-FEAR (3327); www.frightmareforest.com

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The outside of Nightmare Manor, a haunted house located right behind the police station on H Avenue in Cedar Rapids.

RATING: — JAMIE

SHE SAYS: If you’re going to Nightmare Manor, get over your personal space issues. Be sure to take someone you don’t HE SAYS: From the outside, the buildmind touching. You’ll be grabbing them ing is so big, you really don’t expect the through the entire house. cramped space you get inside. But the use The hallways are narrow and dimly lit of space has a really good effect. There except for what needs to be seen and so are a lot more animatronic displays and you don’t see what’s coming at you. The fewer people than in Frightmare Forest, close quarters makes those sudden and but the people they do have are impresloud animatronic displays feel slightly out sive in the way they scare you. Because of control, as if they could go haywire, it’s an indoor attraction, there are a lot come to life and get you. of hiding places for them, and there are I’m a bit claustrophobic, so when the lots of corridors so dark you need to grasp animatronic or real live creepy person the wall — and hope you’re not grasping jumped out, there was no where to go but someone or something else. into the wall — and who knows what’s on, It takes less than half an hour. in or behind the wall. There were many

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times I forcibly moved Jamie in between me and whatever was coming at me. The decorations add to the sense the walls are closing in you. My heart was racing from the time my ticket was taken from a creepy and confrontational person to when I busted out of the building. RATING:

cluding following you around or imitating the three haunts, it was a hard to breathe. your screams from the corn. Bloomsbury RATING: is the most expensive of the four places visited, but it’s also the biggest, and, on — CECELIA the night we visited, had the longest line. So a word of warning: if you get there Bloomsbury Farms Scream Acres much after 7 p.m., be prepared to wait. WHERE: 3260 69th St., Atkins, IA RATING: WHEN: 7 to 11 p.m. Thursday through Saturday — JAMIE

— CECELIA

Nightmare Manor Haunted House

WHERE: 525 “H” St. SW, Cedar Rapids, (old riverfront warehouse behind new Police Station) WHEN: Oct. 28 & 29 6:30 to 10 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays 6:30 to midnight; Sundays, 6:30 to 10 p.m. COST: $8, (age 10 and under is $7) DETAILS: (319) 366-3992; www.nightmaremanor-inc.com

Scream Acres

HE SAYS: To me, there’s very little as creepy as walking through a cornfield at night. You can see the sky, but with the corn on every other side, it feels like something could jump out at you at any moment. At Bloomsbury Farm, of course, that’s exactly what happens. Eventually, that is. Before you get to the maze, you have to go through an evil-circus-themed maze and a haunted barn, the latter of which isn’t really all that scary. The corn maze on the other hand, is a great example of the way to pace for maximum scares. There are stretches where nothing happens, and then, someone springs out of the corn. And the cast, much like the cast at Frightmare Forest, doesn’t just jump out and scare you, they do what they can to creep you out, in-

SHE SAYS: The haunted corn maze does one of my favorite things very well. You’re walking through a cornfield exposed under the night sky and claustrophobic at the same time. It’s dark, quiet, your feet barely make a noise — and something is rustling. Is it the fall breeze? Or something waiting to jump out and scare you? When I turned around to see how a kid was doing there walking in line with us was a spook. Sometimes, people didn’t just jump out, they ran across the path into the corn — and you weren’t sure you saw what you think you saw. Before the cornfield, you go through a disorienting clown maze called “Curtain Chaos” which was slightly unnerving, especially when a ghoulish clown came to “help” you out, and the Dread Shed — which had high production value, but was more of a museum of a creepy things. Clearly, the star of this show was the haunted cornfield. To the Highway Man at the bus wreckage: ”Wow, you are one creepy dude.” My only complaint for all three is heavy use of the fog machine. I’m all for it, but after walking through any fog patch in

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The Haunted Barn in Marengo

Marengo Haunted Farm

HE SAYS: I’m not sure how they fit so much into a relatively small barn, but I’m sure a lot of it has to do with the fact the corridors are so very narrow. So narrow, in fact, that sometimes I had to turn sideways to fit through. Add to that the fact many of the hallways are pitch black and you turn every few feet, and you have a cramped environment ready to scare. The cast takes advantage of that fact, with people jumping out just about everywhere. But unlike other haunted houses, they don’t just jump out at you. Some of them chase you, others follow you quietly and all do their best to keep you scared. RATING:

The volunteers who run the haunt have constructed narrow passage ways, with nooks and crannies for creepy people to jump out at you, or even worse, just appear right next to you, tugging on your sleeve. For operating on a shoe string budget, they have made the most of their space and the fear factor. While waiting to go inside, you can hear the screams of the patrons before you. Once inside, the ghouls use misdirection, dark hallways of different sizes (you will have to crouch at some point) and a terrifying room where “Fluffy” is chained to the wall. I ran out of there and back to my car as fast as could, trying to out run what was chasing me, physical therapy be damned. RATING:

— JAMIE — CECELIA

SHE SAYS: When you pull up to the Haunted Barn in Marengo, you see a Marengo Haunted Barn WHERE: 802 West Main St. Marengo quiet, unassuming building with some WHEN: 7 p.m. to midnight, Fridays and Saturday, ending festive orange and purple string lights Halloween. around the fence and a hand painted sign. COST: Admission is $6 It looks quaint, almost placid. Yeah. Right. DETAILS: Look for their Facebook fan page

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Friday, October 23 to Saturday, October 24

Get a taste of the local art scene this weekend at the fourth annual Harvester Art Show. The two-night exhibition was created as a showcase for local artists who “create outside the boundaries of traditional art.” Fifteen area artists will be spotlighted at the event. DJs Nathan Parsons and Mike “All Night” Long will provide music. Complimentary refreshments will be served. If you don’t have the evening open, you can also check out all the art on display free Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Harvester Art Show 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday (10/23), Coventry Gardens Building, 215 First Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, $5, www.harvestercr.com

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Keller Williams @ Englert Theatre

Friday, October 23

Walk, run or crawl downtown Cedar Rapids after work Friday for the 312 Tailgate Tour. The drinks start flowing at City Beat with registration from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. $5 covers drink specials and a T-shirt. The crawl stops at Dublin City, DC’s Riverwalk and Teeghan’s with $2 specials. Get in on games like beer pong, bags and football throw. John Hall, the founder of Goose Island and creator of 312 beer will be on hand.

One-man jam-band Keller Williams takes the stage in Iowa City Friday evening. Williams’ bluegrass folk-alt rock mix of music engages a wide range of audiences. His new album, Odd, precedes a dozen others that have enjoyed moderate success. He’s toured with the likes of Stringcheese Incident and Yonder Mountain String Band and touches a variety of genres while putting on entertaining show unaccompanied.

312 Tailgate Tour-Downtown District Pub Crawl 4:30 p.m. Friday (10/23), Downtown Cedar Rapids, $5, www. downtowncr.org

Keller Williams @ Englert Theatre 8 p.m. Friday (10/23), Englert Theater, Cedar Rapids, $25 adults/ seniors, $22 students/children, www.englert.org

The Derbyville Horror 7 p.m. Saturday (10/24) U.S. Cellular Center, Cedar Rapids, $10 in advance, $13 at the door, www.uscellularcenter.com

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Thursday 10.22

Friday 10.23

CEDAR RAPIDS WEST 33rd Ave Sports Bar & Happy Hour Specials 5 to Penguins Comedy Club 9 p.m.; $5 Tenderloin; $1

Tommy Johnagin, 8 p.m., $12 Advance, $14 Door

525 33rd Ave. SW 319-367-8133 Domestic Draws

Saturday 10.24

Sunday 10.25

Monday 10.26

Tommy Johnagin, 7:30 Happy Hour Specials 5 to Happy Hour Specials 5 and 10 p.m., $12 Advance, 9 p.m.; $5 Steak Sandwich; to 9 p.m.; $5 Wings, $1 $14 Door $2 Wells Domestic Draws

Tuesday 10.27 Happy Hour Specials 5 to 9 p.m.; $5 Nachos, $2 Margaritas

Wednesday 10.28 Happy Hour Specials 5 to 9 p.m.; $5 Burger, $2 Domestic Bottles

Chappy’s Safari Lounge

Mike & Rob Show

Karaoke with Rob 9 p.m.-1 Johnny Kilowatt a.m.

Karaoke with Alyssa 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

CJ’s Sports Bar & Grill 62 17th Ave. SW 319-365-9001

Happy Hour 3-6 p.m., $2 Domestics, $3 Reg Margaritas

$2 Domestic Beer, $3 Regular Margaritas, $2.25 Bloody Marys

Karaoke w/Teresa & Rich; Happy Hour 3-6 p.m., $2 Dom. Beer, $3 Regular $2 Domestics, $3 Reg Margs, $2.25 Bloody Marys Margaritas

Happy Hour 3-6 p.m., $2 Domestics, $3 Reg Margaritas

Happy Hour 3-6 p.m., $2 Domestics, $3 Reg Margaritas All Day

The Rut

Happy Hour 3-6 p.m.

Pool Tournament, 7 p.m. Sign Up; Karaoke 9 p.m.1a.m.

Happy Hour 3-6 p.m.

Happy Hour 3-6 p.m.; $5 Cup Night, $1 Refills, 7 p.m.-close

Happy Hour 3-7 p.m.; $2 Tallboys; $6.95 Mini Pitcher & Nachos

Happy Hour 3-7 p.m.; $2 Wells and Schnapps

Happy Hour 3-7 p.m.; $3 12 Wings; $3 Captains 7 p.m.-close

Happy Hour 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Happy Hour 3:30 to 6:30, Brian Holmes Karaoke 9 p.m.

$5 Cup Night, $1 Refill, 7 p.m.-midnight, Live Music

Happy Hour 4-6 p.m.; Late Night Specials 10:30 p.m.-close

DJ Bryan Lee

Mike & Rob Show; Ladies Night $1 Draws, $2 Wells

229 16th Ave. SW 319-265-9817

6913 Mount Vernon Rd. 319-364-9342

CEDAR RAPIDS EAST/MARION Happy Hour 3-7 p.m. Pistons Public House Happy Hour 3-7 p.m.;

Happy Hour 3-7 p.m.

Bloody Mary Bar, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; $2 Tallboys, open-close

5-10 p.m. Pizza Special

Karaoke with Brian

3325 Center Point Rd. NE 319-363-3004

$1 Domestic Draws, $2 Captains, 7 p.m. - close

Sammy’s Lounge

Happy Hour 3:30 to 6:30, Brian Holmes Karaoke 9 p.m.

Prime Time

4001 Center Point Rd. NE 319-393-2883

Happy Hour 4-6 p.m.; Late Night Specials 10:30 p.m.-close

Late Night Happy Hour 10:30 p.m.-close; Eclypse Karaoke 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Otis’ Tailgators Sports Bar

Tank’s Tunes, $2 Tallboys

Fighting Blind

Iowa vs. Michigan State; Pretend Rockstar

Monday Night Footbal Specials $5 Pitchers, $2 Bottles

Paddy O’Rourkes

Happy Hour 3-6 p.m., 7 p.m.- Thirsty Thursday, $5 Pitchers

Happy Hour 3-6 p.m., 10 p.m.-close -Cup Night $3 32 oz. Domestics

9 p.m.-1a.m., DJ’s Karaoke; $5 Pitchers, $2 Select $2 Tallboys Tallboys

Happy Hour 3-6 p.m., 7 Cup Night $3 32oz p.m.-$5 Burger Baskets, $5 Domestics Pitchers, $5 Bombs

5521 Center Point Rd. NE

3969 Center Point Rd. NE 319-393-6621 608 16th St. NE 319-362-0554

DOWNTOWN CEDAR RAPIDS Comedy Showcase, $5, 21 Tornados 1400 Third St. SE 319-364-9378

and over

Dave Schultz & Dry Heat, 5 Lee Big Daddy Cole & the to 7 p.m. Sharecroppers

ChromeHorse Saloon

Last Call with Jeff and Chad

Eight Seconds

Mr. B’s

Happy Hour 3-6 p.m.; Karaoke 8 p,m,-midnight; $1.75 Miller Bottles

Allure

$5 Fishbowl Cocktails, $2 Domestic Draws & Wells

1202 1/2 3rd St. SE 319-366-0414

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8 p.m. Karaoke, $1 Dom. Draws, $2 Dom. Bottles, $2.50 Tallboys & Captains

Happy Hour 3-6 p.m.; Karaoke 8 p.m.-midnight; Cup Night

Happy Hour 3-6 p.m.; $2.50 Margaritas

To advertise in the Bar Guide, contact your Gazette Communications Media Consultant. Cedar Rapids 319.398.8222 All drink specials and events in the Hoopla Bar Guide are subject to change.

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Tuesday Night Music Lab, 8-11 p.m.

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Now Open 3 p.m. to 2 a.m. Free Pool & Foosball; $1.50 Retro Fit with Nathan; Pints During Football Dinner in a Glass, 16 oz. Bloody Mary $5

O’Connell Brothers Band Karaoke 8 p.m.-midnight; $2 Bottles/Cans During Game

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Late Night Happy Hour 10:30 p.m. to close

$5 Martinis, $2 Domestic Draws & Wells; Drag Show, No Cover Iowa City 319.339.3101

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Thursday 10.22

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Saturday 10.24

Sunday 10.25

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Tuesday 10.27

Wednesday 10.28

$2 Pints 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

6 p.m., $5; Salsa Vibe, 9 p.m., Free

13 S. Linn 319-337-6464

Monday 10.26

The Picador

The Black Dahlia Murder, all ages, 6 p.m.

Skate Video Premiere, 5 p.m. all ages; Human Aftertaste, 9 p.m., 19 and up

Everything’s Ruined, 19 and up, 9 p.m.

Eyes Set to Kill, 6 p.m., all ages

Over the Throne, 9 p.m., 19 The New Heathers, 6 p.m., and up all ages

Griffin House, 7 p.m., all ages

Quinton’s Bar & Deli

$2 SoCo Lime Shots and Domestic Bottles

$3.50 23 oz. Margaritas and Double Vodkas

$2 Domestic Bottles

$2 Big Girl Specials

$2 Captain Morgan and Jack Daniel’s Drinks

$2 Big Girl Specials

$1 Tequilla Shots, $2.50 Import Bottles

Hawkeye Hideaway

$3 Big Girls

$2.50 Fat Tire Pints

$2.50 Shock Top Pints

Happy Hour 11 a.m.midnight

$1 Drink Specials

$3 Big Girls

$1 Drink Specials

The Vine

Happy Hour 3-7 p.m.; $3.29 Domestic Steins & $5.49 Import Steins

Happy Hour 3-7 p.m.; Seasonal Pour

Happy Hour 3-7 p.m.; $2.59 Domestic Pints

Happy Hour 3-7; $2.59 Domestic Pints

Happy Hour 3-7; $2.75 Domestic Pints

Happy Hour 3-7 p.m.; $2.59 Domestic Pints

The Mill

$2.75 Fat Tire Pints

Tripmaster Monkey

Show is the Rainbow

$1.75 PBR, High Life, Old Style & Grain Belt Bottles

$2.75 Goose Island Honker’s Ale Pints

$2 PBR Tallboys, $2 Whiskeys

Martinis

127 1/2 E. College St. 319-351-5536

$2 U-Call-It, $2 Cosmos, Kir Royale, & Specialty Bacardi Martinis

$2 Well Drinks

$4 Domestic Pitchers, $2 Stoli and Bacardi Drinks

$2 Domestic Drafts and Well Drinks

$4 Domestic Pitchers and Martinis, $2 Stoli and Barcardi Drinks

Studio 13 13 S. Linn St.

DJ; $3 Cover, $2 call & Domestics, $1 Wells

Drag Show; $2 Domestics, DJ; $3 Bacardi, $4 Bombs $2.50 UV Drinks

Karaoke; $3 Wells

Drag Show; $2 Wells, $2 Pucker Shots

Iowa City Piano Lounge

Live Music; Half Price wine Live Music, $2 Domestics, and Martinis All Night $4 Bombs

Live Music, $3 Barcardi, $4 Bombs

BoJames

$2 Wells, $2 Big Beers 9 p.m.-close

$3 Big Beers 9 p.m.-close

$2 Wells, $2 Big Beers 9 p.m.-close

Country Night, $2 Wells, $2 Big Beers 9 p.m.-close

The Summit

1/2 Price Martinis

1/2 Price Wine by the Glass, $3 Big Blue Moons

$3 Corona Bottles and Rocks Margaritas

$3 Corona Bottles, $4 Bloody Marys

$3 Jack & Coke

$3 Big Boulevard

1/2 Price Big Beer

10 p.m.-close - DJ

10 p.m.-close -Karaoke

11 a.m.-close -$5 Domestic 7 p.m.-close - $10 Beer Pitchers Buckets 11-5 p.m.-$2 Bloody Marys, 5-close - Happy Hour

330 E. Washington St. 319-354-4788 215 E. Washington St. 319-354-7074

310 E. Prentiss St. 319-248-0077

330 E. Prentiss St. 319-354-8767

120 E. Burlington St. 319-351-9529

217 Iowa Ave. 319-351-1797

118 E. Washington 319-337-4703

10 S. Clinton St. 319-354-7482

CORALVILLE/NORTH LIBERTY 11 a.m.-close - Half Price Eggy’s On 965 Drinks

1295 Jordan St., North Liberty 319-665-4800

$2 Well Drinks

2421 Coral Ct., North Liberty 319-545-4290

Gus’ Food & Spirits

7 p.m.- $1.75 Domestic Pints, Captain Drinks, 9 p.m.- Karaoke, No Cover

10 p.m.-close $2.50 Domestic Pints

10 p.m.-close - $2 UV Drinks; McPhisto

1650 Dows St., Ely 319-848-3292

Odies Bar & Grill

Happy Hour 3-6 p.m.; $2 Dom. Bottles, $1.50 Cans, $2 Wells, $1.25 Drafts

$12 Bucket of Beers During Iowa Game

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Drag Show; $2 Liq & Doms, $3 Bombs, $4 Martinis with Free Pizza

Live Music, $2 Well Drinks

7 p.m.-close - $4 Domestic 7 p.m.-close - $2.50 Pitchers Domestic Bottles

7 p.m.-close - $2.50 Well Drinks

Happy Hour 3-6 p.m.; $2 Dom. Bottles, $1.50 Cans, $2 Wells, $1.25 Drafts

To advertise in the Bar Guide, contact your Gazette Communications Media Consultant. Cedar Rapids 319.398.8222 All drink specials and events in the Hoopla Bar Guide are subject to change.

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ROPA VIEJA

Assistant professor/chef @ Kirkwood Community College Culinary Arts Program

WHAT SHE CAN DO FOR YOU Cook of course. Check out Class Act at Kirkwood to sample Melanie’s recipes and her students talents. The restaurant is open Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. during fall and spring semesters in the atrium of the Mansfield Center in Iowa Hall on Kirkwood’s campus. Or keep an eye out for chances to taste her creations. Recently Melanie was a guest chef at Zins, preparing a Cuban menu for the night and cooking with several former students. DID YOU KNOW Kirkwood is building the largest, most comprehensive community college teaching hotel in the United States. Beginning in August 2010, Kirkwood culinary arts professors will teach students in the new state-of-the-art culinary facility. Students will intern with professional chefs in the hotel’s fullservice restaurant.

The smells of Cuban food — sofrito, in particular — lured culinary arts professor Melanie Ewalt into her grandmother’s kitchen when she was a girl growing up in Miami. She’d slip past busy family gatherings to join her grandmother at the stove, where green peppers, onion, garlic, and tomato simmered with pork and seafood. “Cuban food is more about flavor than spice,” Melanie says. “You could smell it as soon as you walked into the house.” Melanie developed a love for Cuban cuisine and everything Latin during those early years surrounded by an extended Cuban family in Miami, where she learned Spanish alongside English. When she was 8 she moved to Iowa City but returned to Miami every summer to stay with her grandmother, where “everything centered around food,” she says. In 2000, Melanie graduated from the Kirkwood culinary arts program. She worked as an assistant kitchen manager in charge of catering for Hy-Vee planning events at Hancher Auditorium and for the University of Iowa Athletics program.

and sharpen a knife, perform various cuts and work with different foods. Theory, taught in classrooms, explores topics in depth. Second-semester students train in international cuisine with David Horsfield, a chef from Australia. Melanie focuses on third- and fourthsemester students. The third-semester cooking lab is the college restaurant, Class Act, where students prepare meals for the general public. Twice each semester Melanie organizes large events that bring together the entire culinary arts program — students and instructors — to plan and prepare fivecourse themed meals. The most recent event focused on locally grown and harvested foods. “I actually went out and picked all of the eggplant at a local farm,” Melanie says. Students found pears in Marion and spinach in Mount Vernon.

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Goat Cheese Mashed Potatoes 4 cups white potatoes, peeled and diced 1 1/2 teaspoons salt ■ 3/4 cup heavy cream ■ 1/4 cup butter ■ 1/2 pound goat cheese, crumbled ■ 1/8 teaspoon white pepper ■

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Combine the potatoes and 1 teaspoon salt in a large saucepan. Cover the potatoes with water, bring to a boil and cook over medium heat until fork-tender, about 20 minutes. Drain. Return the potatoes to the saucepan and, over low heat, stir them with a fork or wire whisk for about 2 minutes to dry them. Add the cream, butter, cheese, and white pepper. Mix well. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

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At work and at home, food plays a pivotal role in Melanie’s life.

“It’s a lot of fun to be able to see students Her season tickets to Iowa football games grow and see the different things everybody can bring to the table,” she says. morph into food-charged events as she prepares dishes for pre-game. And family gatherings — something Melanie and her She’d rather see students be creative and boyfriend, Isaac Fisher, make a priority fail than say no to trying new ideas. — always center around food.

In a large stock pot add flank steak, green pepper, onion, garlic and bay leaves. Add enough water to cover. Simmer for about 2 hours. (The longer, the more tender the meat.) After meat has simmered, cool and shred. In Spanish olive oil sauté green pepper, onion and garlic. Add tomato sauce, shredded meat, white wine and bay leaf. Make sure there is enough liquid to allow it to simmer. Let simmer for about 30 minutes. If mixture is too dry add more tomato sauce, or wine. Adjust seasonings. Remove bay leaf. Serve over rice or goat cheese mashed potatoes.

Then six years ago Melanie began subbing for a former Kirkwood instructor, Amy Wyss, now co-owner of Zins, and began her This type of training is preparation for the “Latin cuisine is my specialty,” Melanie transition to full-time chef instructor. fourth-semester capstone class, where says. “But, I’m also a big fan of students cater an event from start to finish Mediterranean food.” Kirkwood’s culinary arts degree is a twofrom working with customers to planning year program. First-semester students the meal. — MICHELLE SILLMAN learn the basics, such as how to handle

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Some business buildings are little Bermuda Triangles of commerce. You’ve seen them, one month it’s an ice cream shop, the next a bead store. The home of GG’s Diner is in such a location on Center Point Road in Cedar Rapids. Over the years I’ve frequently driven past the area and noted its incarnations. One day I decided to finally get a sundae from the ice cream shop and it had been mysteriously transformed into cafe.

Kathy’s Pies fame.

GG’s is decked out in a retro feel with heavy black and red paint and a counter with stools for customers to sidle up and take down a slice of banana cream. The one downside to the space is that the bathrooms are a little tricky to get to. In fact, it appears they can be accessed from outside, which leads me to believe that at one point this little building-that-could may have been a gas station. From what I could So I’m rooting for little GG’s Diner. witness you can get to the restroom I’m certain this business will sail from the inside but you have to straight through the Bermuda wind your way through the kitchen. Triangle into the safe harbor of Which, frankly, is a bit awkward for success. They’ve got a good formula: all parties involved. a menu full of diner standards such as hamburgers and turkey melts and But I digress. Aside from the minor breakfast served all day. They even inconveniences, GG’s is a warm and have the diner classic, slices of pie, inviting place to enjoy a comforting created by the infamous Kathy of meal. I ordered the Jilladilla, a

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human head-sized grilled tortilla overflowing with melted cheddar, grilled tomatoes, onions and cilantro and I added chicken for an extra $1. My meal started at a meager $5.95 so I didn’t feel that was too much to ask. Sandwiches come with a choice of side and, feeling nostalgic, I picked potato salad. It was smooth and creamy with hearty chunks of potato. My meal was quite large and very filling. Unfortunately I didn’t have room for a slice of pie. Believe me, I really, really wanted one but I just could not bring myself to eat one more bite. But I’m sure GG’s Diner will be around a long time so save me a slice of that pie. — ANDREA

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flavor, then maybe work your way into some of the lighter wheat beers. After wheat beers, maybe start doing American ales, getting into the hoppier stuff, We have the largest selection of beer in Iowa City by far. We have 21 drafts, and over 100 different bottles, like Rogue Dead Guy Ale or Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA, then eventually start getting to the stronger, more and we rotate and change it up pretty regularly. obscure stuff. A lot of times, if someone’s never had the Framboise Lambic, the raspberry beer, I’ll give them What’s the best beer you have on tap? Right now we have a Belgian beer called Gulden Draak that and they’ll be like, “This is beer?!” that I like a lot. It’s a stronger Belgian ale. Also, the What beer do you wish you could get more Rogue Brewery out of Oregon — we’re one of their easily in Iowa? preferred customers because we sell so much of their product, so we get a lot of their smaller batch stuff. It Anything by the New Glarus Brewery up in New Glarus, Wisconsin. They don’t export their beer out of the changes every two weeks or so. state, and pretty much anything they make is good. They make this cherry beer that is one of my top five What about bottles? Any of the Belgian beers. They’re all really good. It just beers. Every time I’m in Wisconsin, I end up dropping like $60 on a case, and just hoard it in my house. depends what you’re in the mood for.

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People. Meeting new people. Every shift is different. It’s not like a job where you go to your desk and sit down and do the same thing day in and day out. You meet new people. You’re active. It’s just fun. And you get to drink, to try out the product while you’re here. What’s a good beer for someone branching Not a lot of professions allow you to get a drink or two out from a Bud or Miller for the first time? while you’re getting paid. Start off with Stella (Artois), something similar in — ANNE

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CEDAR RAPIDS PIANO LOUNGE It’s week seven Monday Night Football fans! Monday’s game brings us a game between the Washington Redskins and the Philadelphia Eagles. This week brings us to the Cedar Rapids Piano Lounge, 208 Second Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids. The Piano Lounge has an outstanding Monday Night Football deal — so good, that we just couldn’t pass it up.

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space next door. The game room has another full bar, along with several dart boards and pool tables. The Piano Lounge has only five 36” HDTVs, but they also have a giant projection TV in their Wii room.

You can win this room for a private football party for your group. This is part of the outstanding Monday Night Football deal which sucked us in. Not only do they offer $5 pitchers of Budweiser products, but The Piano Lounge is a great weekend each pitcher purchase earns two spot for live music and martinis, but raffle tickets. These tickets are used it’s definitely not a sports bar. Last for two things: A drawing held at year’s flood completely submerged the end of each Monday night game the Piano Lounge and they took to have a private football party in advantage of their rebuilding efforts their Wii room for the following by building a game room in the Monday and the grand prize of two

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tickets for the Dec. 28 Vikings/Bears game in Chicago. Chicago is going to be freezing in December, but the free tickets will keep you toasty. The grand prize will be drawn Dec. 14; must be present to win. The Piano Lounge doesn’t serve food, but they were more than happy to let us bring in pizza. I will definitely be back for the Dec. 14 game to win my tickets.

Next week’s stop: Starlite Room, 3300 First Ave. NE, Cedar Rapids

— DEREK

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SEVEN SINS OF GREENWASHING Does it seems like everywhere you look each day there is someone new endorsing themselves or their product as “Green”? Keen marketing minds and organizations know that many recent studies indicate significant upward trends in the value consumers are placing on doing business with those who offer environmentally friendly products and services.

We’ll have more on helping you distinguish this in future EcoCentric articles, but for now it’s worth sharing the generally accepted Seven Sins of Greenwashing for you to chew on:

Keep in mind, however, that things are not always as they seem or at least not always how others want you to see it. Thus the term Greenwashing was born in order to help us separate the pretenders from the contenders.

Good Housekeeping’s iconic seal debuted in 1909. Now the magazine has unveiled a new Green Good Housekeeping Seal. Editor-in-chief Rosemary Ellis said Good Housekeeping stepped in when it found its readers were interested in buying green products, but found themselves lost in a complicated marketplace. Do your homework to avoid being greenwashed.

1. Sin of the Hidden Trade-Off 2. Sin of No Proof 3. Sin of Vagueness 4. Sin of Irrelevance 5. Sin of Lesser of Two Evils 6. Sin of Fibbing 7. Sin of Worshipping False Labels

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JUST IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN Do you believe in ghosts? Or are you a skeptic? Either way, give “AARON’S CROSSING” a try.

children. The pain was too much to bear and he eventually left his two remaining children and became a migrant worker. When Burke died, there was no one there to mourn his death. After his death, Aaron was stuck in the physical world, unable to cross over. Dewey “befriends” the friendly ghost and commits to helping Aaron cross over.

“Aaron’s Crossing” is supposedly a “true” ghost story about Linda Dewey’s experience with the ghost of Aaron Burke. According to Dewey, she encountered Aaron’s ghost in a northern Michigan cemetery.

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Once grown, Burke married and had three children. It seemed like his life was going to turn out OK when he suddenly lost his wife and one of his

If you like “Aaron’s Crossing”, Dewey wrote another book titled “The Ghost Who Would Not Die.” — Natalie

READINGS 7 p.m. | Friday | Prairie Lights 7 p.m. | Monday | Prairie Lights Books, 15 S. Dubuque Books, 15 S. Dubuque St., St., Iowa City Iowa City Dubuque writer Heather Gudenkauf will be here to read from her New York Times best-selling debut novel, “THE WEIGHT OF SILENCE.” The book begins one quiet August morning as dawn’s shimmering light drenches the humid Iowa air. Two families awaken to find their little girls have gone missing in the night. This book packs a lot of unsavory doings into a few unfortunate summer days in Willow Creek, Iowa.

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Chelsea Cain returns to Iowa City to read from “EVIL AT HEART,” the third installment in her highly popular mystery series featuring Portland detective Archie Sheridan and serial killer Gretchen Lowell. Chelsea Cain’s novels have captivated fans through two nail-biting entries, Heartsick and Sweetheart, both of them multiweek best-sellers in the New York Times, USA Today, and Publisher’s Weekly. Cain’s first book, “Dharma Girls,” chronicled her early life on a commune outside Iowa City.

7 p.m. | Wednesday | Prairie Lights Books, 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City Chris Martin & Ted Mathys will read from their latest collections of poetry. Chris Martin will read from “AMERICAN MUSIC,” selected by C.D. Wright from over one thousand manuscripts as winner of the Hayden Carruth Award for New and Emerging Poets. The poems in American Music are uniquely attuned to the feedback symphony of a modern city, the lyrical product of “an earnest rage born of the absurd.” Ted Mathys will read from his second collection, “SPOILS,” published by Coffee House Press.

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Through their human and ghostly communications, Dewey learned all about Aaron’s life on earth. He was kidnapped at the age of four by his Irish father and whisked away to America, not so much because his father loved him, but more so because Burke could provide supplemental income. Burke and his father ended up in northern Michigan, where his father eventually married a lovely woman.

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THE TALENT: Adam Beck (vocal/guitar) THE SOUND: Pop and rock THE GIGS: Saturday (10/24) @ Isle of Capri Casino THE REST OF THE STORY: www.AdamBeckMusic.com Eastern Iowa’s singer/guitarist Adam Beck has been working the Corridor as a solo artist. Ever seen him? Go to his show and you’ll say, wow – he can really sing! You won’t be disappointed by his soaring vocals or his precise acoustic guitar playing. His show is always a perfect mix of rock and pop tunes, with a little classic country thrown in for fun. This 36-year-old Maquoketa native honed his chops in Dubuque, where he also earned a bachelor’s degree in vocal performance from Clarke College. After singing and playing in several Dubuquearea bands, he relocated with his family to Cedar Rapids three years ago. Catch his solo act at Cedar Rapids venues such as the Piano Lounge, Daniel Arthur’s, Mulligan’s and Cedar River Landing.

Soulful yet gritty, gentle yet powerful, focused yet funny, he delivers music with a light touch, but is anything but lightweight. There’s a lot more to this exciting performer than his solo career. Adam also fronts a show band — The Center Stage Variety Band — with gigs at casinos and music halls in cities like Dubuque, Muscatine and Riverside. Or catch The Shiz, another incarnation of the same performers. Adam has opened for many national acts, such as Rick Springfield, Billy Dean, Tone-Loc, Richard Marx, Gaelic Storm, Vertical Horizon and even Weird Al Yankovic. — PETE

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PLEASANT RIDGE CEMETERY

These are the legends and reports of incidents which come from the authors — Chad Lewis and Terry Fisk, in their book, “The Iowa Road Guide to Haunted Locations.” These are just the six in Linn and Johnson counties. Lewis said they don’t rank them since they let the adventurer decided which places earn that title. Note: All descriptions bellow have been paraphrased from their book. Check out their Web site at www.

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during the day but a 13th appears at night-leading people into the cemeteryInvestigators reported a ghostly phantom running through the cemetery. Visitors have reported seeing a green ball of light hovering over the Lewis family graves. Many have reported to have been touched or pushed by an unseen forces. Eerie unknown human shapes have also been reported to be.

Matsell Bridge and Mansion, Matsell Park Road, Viola

Oak Hill Cemetery, 1705 Mount Though the mansion no longer exists, legend says haunting still exists around Vernon Rd. SE, Cedar Rapids

OAK HILL CEMETERY

THE BLACK ANGEL OF OAKLAND CEMETERY

Legend says there is a woman named Tillie who is said to make her presence known by ensnaring those brave enough to pass through at night. Witnesses report seeing a mysterious ghostly woman walking the grounds with a small candle in her hand. Rumors say that she was a practicing witch in Cedar Rapids in the 1800s who was stoned to death. Others said she was a poor woman in Cedar Rapids who died without any money or possessions and roams the cemetery. Her grave use to be in an area surrounded by an iron gate, but the gate was removed and Tillie is said to now roam the cemetery.

the bridge It is said that if you drive onto the bridge and shut off your car, an unknown force will push you across the bridge. Reports of handprints on people’s back windows have been reported. But beware, local teens are said to believe that if the ghosts of the bridge get angry they will try and break your windows or even push you off the bridge.

The Black Angel of Oakland Cemetery, 100 Brown St., Iowa City

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CALENDAR Seminole Valley Trail NE, Cedar Rapids. Join Ushers Ferry’s own master storyteller Darrin Crow bring tales to life. Bring a picnic lunch or snack. Advance registration is available, but not required. Call (319) 286-5731 or go to www. crrec.org

Didn’t find what you’re looking for? Try online. There are dozens more events on our online calendar that we couldn’t squeeze into these pages.

Thursday

7:30 a.m. — 8:45 p.m. Hotel Vetro, 201 S. Linn Street, Iowa City. Willard L. Boyd, a founder of the Iowa City Human Rights Commission will be the Keynote Speaker. Tickets to the Breakfast are $17 and can be purchased at City Hall (410 E. Washington Street) or by calling 356-5022. Tickets must be purchased in advance. For more information on the Human Rights Breakfast or the Commission, visit www.icgov. org/humanrights

lecture based on his book.

Art Events

Hollow

7:30 p.m.

The Autobiography of Black Linn-Mar High School, Little Opening Celebration Hawk Theatre, Marion. Tickets are $5 and 4:30 p.m. — 7 p.m. 7 p.m. — 9 p.m. Brewed Awakenings, 1271 1st SE, Cedar Rapids. The Alternative Discussion Group will discuss ‘The Autobiography of Black Hawk’ pp. 1-40.

may be reserved by calling 4473069 or 447-3046.

The Ceramics Center, The Cherry Building, Cedar Rapids. At 4:30 on Friday, there will be a ribbon-cutTim Miller: ‘Lay of the ting ceremony celebrating the reopening of the historic Cherry Land’ Marion Library Preschool Building as a landmark site in the 8 p.m. Storytime New Bohemia Cultural District Dows Theater, Coe College, Cedar Mark Strand Reading 10:30 a.m. — 11 a.m. following the devastating flood Rapids. Performance artist Tim 8 p.m. Marion Public Library, 1095 of 2008. Ceramic Center will offer Miller will present a new producVan Allen Hall Lecture Room II Uni- tion focusing on the issue of same- pottery and glass fusing demonSixth Ave., Marion. Join us for versity of Iowa, Iowa City. Pulitzer preschool story time. Got to www. strations, tours of the facilities, sex marriage. Free Prize winner and former U.S. Poet marionpubliclibrary.org for more live music, refreshments and door Laureate Mark Strand, an alumnus ‘Shady Business’ information. (319) 377-3412 prizes., (319) 365.9644 and former faculty member of 3 p.m. the University of Iowa Writers’ The Old Creamery Theatre ComPreschool Storytime Harvester Art Show Workshop. pany, 39 38th Ave, Amana. Chaotic 5 p.m. — 10 p.m. 10:30 a.m. — 11 a.m. comedy follows as the girls do Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Urban Planning Open House Harvester, 215 1st Ave SE, Cedar some fast-talking to try and stay Linn St., Iowa City. A preschool-age 2 p.m. Rapids. Harvester spotlights up one step ahead of Big Mack and program. (319) 356-5200 Old Capitol Senate Chamber, 21 Old and coming Iowan artists who Capitol, Iowa City. The UI Graduate Pub Quiz Night and Karaoke his buddies Dozer and Harry the create intriguing and extraordinary 7:30 p.m. — 11:30 a.m. Teen Tech Zone Hammer. The show runs through Program in Urban and Regional work outside of lines of traditional Longbranch Restaurant and Con3 p.m. — 5 p.m. Nov. 15 and is rated Theatre PG-13. Planning. Charles Connerly, director art. For more information about vention Center, 90 Twixt Town Rd. Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn of Urban and Regional Planning, Tickets are $26.50 for adults and Harvester, visit www.HarvesterCR. NE, Cedar Rapids St., Iowa City. Learn how to make $17.50 for those under age 30. will give an overview of the twocom, or call Thais Carnall at (319) podcasts, blogs and movies. (319) Tickets are on sale now and can be year master’s degree program, and or Keith Adams at (319) Singin and Swingin Karaoke purchased by calling the box office 269-5225 356-5200 four alumni will discuss their jobs 310-4974. 8 p.m. at 1 (800) 35-AMANA or visit the and careers. For more information, Sip-N-Stir, 1119 First Ave. SE, Cedar Web site at www.oldcreamery. Honey Creek Acres visit www.urban.uiowa.edu/proRestoring Wright Rapids. (319) 365-9067 4:30 p.m. — 7 p.m. spective-students/open-house or 7 p.m. — 9 p.m. Honey Creek Acres, 799 Swisher ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ call (319) 335-0032. St. Wenceslaus Church, 631 East View Dr., Swisher. Apple orchard 7:30 p.m. Davenport, Iowa City. A program and pumpkin patch, honey gourds, Riverside Theatre, 213 N. Gilbert on The Historic Park Inn and City apple wood and Indian corn. Street, Iowa City. Experience the JOBS 411 National Bank in Mason City, Iowa, www.honeycreekacres.com (319) fears, joys, and day-to-day exis11 a.m. — 1 p.m. including its original design by 857-4322 tence of a Jewish girl who comes Frank Lloyd Wright and the current All About Chocolate w/ Eric Kirkwood Community College, of age while hiding with her family 6301 Kirkwood Blvd. SW, Cedar restoration-rehabilitation project. Bochner in the attic of a home in Nazi-ocCoe Playground of Science 6 p.m. — 8 p.m. Rapids. Employers discuss the Wine and cheese reception to folcupied Amsterdam. For tickets, call low. (641) 696-3483 6 p.m. — 9 p.m. interview process at their comHy-Vee Club Room, 5050 Edgethe box office at (319) 338-7672 or Peterson Hall of Science, Coe pany including: Rachel Desy with wood Road NE, Cedar Rapids. College, College Drive (13th Northwestern Mutual, Rita Sackett visit www.riversidetheatre.org. Chocolate maker Eric Bochner, Street) Cedar Rapids. Students with Robert Half International, Jan owner of Bochner Chocolates in of all ages are invited to levitate Coralville, shares his story of creat- Nichols with Hy-Vee, DJ Ropa with ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll’ Honey Creek Acres objects, launch pumpkins, shatter 7:30 p.m. ing chocolates. Call (319) 378-0762 Four Oaks. 4:30 p.m. — 7 p.m. grapes, make ice cream with liquid to preregister. TCR Lindale, 4444 First Ave. NE, Honey Creek Acres, 799 Swisher nitrogen and more. Faculty and Cedar Rapids. Epic drama by Tom View Dr., Swisher. Apple orchard students from the physics, biology, Stoppard about two revolutionary and pumpkin patch, honey gourds, chemistry, mathematics, nursing, decades in Czech history. Tickets: ‘From the Homefront’ apple wood and Indian corn. psychology and ROTC departments $25 or $20, with $12 rush tickets www.honeycreekacres.com (319) ‘Europe Through Arab Eyes, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. will provide demonstrations and available at the door one half-hour 857-4322 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. 1578-1727’ facilitate hands-on opportunities before each performance; (319) Iowa Theatre Artists’ Performing 6 p.m. — 7:30 p.m. to show that science can be fun. 366-8591 or www.theatrecr.org. CR Library Toddler Time Arts Center Amana. This funny, 2520D Seminar Room University The event is free. Register to Coe 9:30 a.m. poignant, and some times sad Capitol Centre, Iowa City. Nabil Physics Professor Steve Feller at Cedar Rapids Public Library, story shows the world of 1944 Matar, professor of English at the sfeller@coe.edu.For more informaWestdale Mall, Cedar Rapids. For while saying a lot about America at University of Minnesota and aution call 399-8633. children ages 2 and 3. thor of ‘Europe Through Arab Eyes, war today. (319) 622-3225 1578-1727,’ will give a free public Marion Library Toddler The Legend of Sleepy

Exhibits

October 22

Karaoke

Art Events Talk in the MUD: Dean Dunkel

6 p.m. — 8 p.m. Campbell Steele Gallery, 1064 Seventh Avenue, Marion. Ceramic artist Dean Dunkel will speak at 7 p.m. The gallery and wine bar will be open at 6:30 p.m. For more information, go to www.campbellsteele.com

Art: 21 — ‘Systems’

7 p.m. — 8:30 p.m. Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, 410 Third Ave SE, Cedar Rapids. Artists invent new processes to convey the attitudes of today’s supercharged, information-based society, examining why we find comfort in some systems while rebelling against others. A post-screening discussion will be led by Susan Chrysler White, associate professor of painting and drawing at the University of Iowa.

Children’s Events

Food & Wine

Children’s Story Time

Networking Events

Children’s Events

Literary

9:30 a.m. Cornell College, Russell D. Cole Library, Mount Vernon. (319) 895-4271

Thrilling Thursday Tale Times

Iowa City Human Rights Commission Breakfast

Theater

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10:30 a.m. — 11:45 a.m. Ushers Ferry Historic Village, 5925

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10 a.m. — 10:20 a.m. Marion Public Library, 1095 Sixth Ave., Marion. www.marionpubliclibrary.org

Indoor Family Swim

Azeem Sajjad and Yahya Alabdallah readings

5 p.m. Shambaugh House 430 N. Clinton St., Iowa City. Two International Writing Program (IWP) participants active in cinema — Azeem Sajjad from Pakistan and Yahya Alabdallah from Jordan — will be featured in a free reading.

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

Karaoke

Performances

Thunder

7 p.m. Unity Center of Cedar Rapids, 3791 Blairs Ferry Rd. NE, Cedar Rapids. Drumming Circle, (319) 431-7550

6:30 p.m. — 8:50 p.m. Coralville Rec Center, 1506 Eighth St., Coralville. A family consists of parents/legal guardians (no more than 2 adults) with their children. In order to keep this a family event, each child may bring one friend. Karaoke by Rock and

Events Emergency Volunteer Center Volunteer Training

9 a.m. — 12 p.m. United Way, Iowa City. The United Way of Johnson County will hold two training sessions for community members interested in volunteering at the Emergency Volunteer Center during times of disaster. Participants will only need to attend one day to be qualified as an affiliated Disaster Volunteer. Upon completion of the training, Disaster Volunteers will have a one year commitment to volunteer if a disaster strikes Johnson County. After that year, the Disaster Volunteer has the option to commit for another year. For more information, or to sign up for the training, contact the United Way at (319) 337-VOLS (8657) or by e-mail at bfischer@unitedwayjc.org

Bobbers Grill, 1850 Scales Bend Rd., North Liberty. Accessible by boat or car. Call with questions or for directions. (319) 665-3474

Drumming Circle

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

Brian Holmes Karaoke

Jason Aldean, Wide Open Tour

8 p.m. U.S. Cellular Center, 370 First Ave. NE, Cedar Rapids. Country music rocker Jason Aldean is headlining his WIDE OPEN arena tour. Tickets available at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena ticket office, all Ticketmaster outlets, online at www.ticketmaster.com or charge by phone at 1-(800) 745-3000.

Theater

Sammy’s Lounge, 5519 Center Point Rd. NE, Cedar Rapids. with Willie, (319) 393-8174

Karaoke

Drag Show

Zombie Prom — The Musical

7:30 p.m. Johnson County Fairgrounds, 4261 Oak Crest Hill Road SE, Iowa City. Zombie Prom is the rock and roll off-Broadway musical set in the 312 Tailgate Tour pub crawl atomic 1950s. (319) 688-5087 4:30 p.m. The Legend of Sleepy Westdale Mall Fall Antiques City Beat, 304 3rd Ave SW, Cedar Hollow Rapids. Registration is from 4:30and Collectibles Show 7:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. at City Beat (304 Third 10 a.m. — 9 p.m. Linn-Mar High School, Little Westdale Mall, 2600 Edgewood Rd. Avenue SW) with crawl stops Theatre, Marion. Tickets are $5 and at Dublin, DC’s Riverwalk and SW, Cedar Rapids. Vendors from may be reserved by calling 447across the Midwest will be offering Teeghan’s. The 312 Tailgate Tour will feature time-honored tailgat- 3069 or 447-3046. a wide variety of antiques and collectibles for sale throughout the ing activities at each stop, includ‘Shady Business’ ing beer pong, bags, a football mall. For more info contact Bill at 7:30 p.m. throw and more. Registration is $5 (319) 961-4511 The Old Creamery Theatre Comper person for a T-shirt and drink pany, 39 38th Ave, Amana. Chaotic specials. A grand prize drawing will be held at Teeghan’s for a 312 comedy follows as the girls do some fast-talking to try and stay bicycle! Must be 21 to participate. Noelridge Farmers Market one step ahead of Big Mack and 4 p.m. — 6 p.m. his buddies Dozer and Harry the Two Buck Chuck Noelridge Park, Greenhouse Hammer. The show runs through 7 p.m. — 11 p.m. Parking Lot, Cedar Rapids. (319) Nov. 15 and is rated Theatre PG-13. 286-5699

Exhibits

The Wheel’er Inn, 895 Blairs Ferry Rd., Marion. (319) 373-4212

Night life

Farmers Markets

Literary

10 a.m. — 12:30 p.m. Eastern Iowa Arts Academy Campus, 116 Vinton Street, Palo. Learning to use charcoal in abstractions.

‘The Diary of Anne Frank’

The Future of University Museums

7:30 p.m. Riverside Theatre, 213 N. Gilbert Street, Iowa City. Experience the fears, joys, and day-to-day existence of a Jewish girl who comes of age while hiding with her family in the attic of a home in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. For tickets, call the box office at (319) 338-7672 or visit www.riversidetheatre.org.

‘Rock ‘N’ Roll’

7:30 p.m. TCR Lindale, 4444 First Ave. NE, Cedar Rapids. Epic drama by Tom Stoppard about two revolutionary decades in Czech history. Tickets: $25 or $20, with $12 rush tickets available at the door one half-hour before each performance; (319) 366-8591 or www.theatrecr.org.

‘Leaner than Light: 12 Frames of Paul Engle’

8 p.m. Theatre B, UI Theatre Building., University of Iowa, Iowa City. The world premiere of ‘Leaner than Light: 12 Frames of Paul Engle,’ Lisa Schlesinger’s two person play about the legendary Iowa poet who led the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop to prominence and co-founded the International Writing Program. Free and open to the public.

Saturday

October 24 Art Events Jarmila Jewelry Trunk Show

10 a.m. — 5 p.m. NCSML at Lindale Mall, 44441st Avenue NE, Cedar Rapids. Czech artist and designer, Jarmila, will be available to present her many new designs for 2009. (319) 447-5541

Local Artists Workshop

10 a.m. Old Capitol Museum, University of Iowa, Iowa City. Two experts will discuss the future of university art museums.

The Spirit of Sumi-e

10:30 a.m. — 12:30 p.m. Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, 410 Third Ave SE, Cedar Rapids. The Spirit of Sumi-e: Introduction to East Asian Brush Painting Tuition is $210/6 weeks. You can receive a 50% family discount on second tuition if parent and child wish to participate together. To sign up, please call Karen at (319) 396-9735 or e-mail karenkurkajensen@ gmail.com

The Spirit of Sumi-e

1:30 p.m. — 3:30 p.m. Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, 410 Third Ave SE, Cedar Rapids. The Spirit of Sumi-e: Introduction to East Asian Brush Painting Tuition is $210/6 weeks. You can receive a 50% family discount on second tuition if parent and child wish to participate together. To sign up,

please call Karen at (319) 396-9735 or e-mail karenkurkajensen@ gmail.com.

THE MUSEUM Party!

8 p.m. — 11 p.m. Coralville Marriott Conference Center, 300 East Ninth St., Coralville. The University of Iowa Museum of Art (UIMA) Members Council invites celebrate the UIMA’s 40th anniversary at its annual fundraising event, THE MUSEUM Party! Hors d’oeuvres, a wine reception, and music by The Recliners. Call (319) 335-3676 to make reservations.

Children’s Events October Celebration!

9 a.m. — 5 p.m. Culver’s Garden Center & Greenhouse, 1682 Dubuque Road, Marion. Iowa State University Insect Zoo will present CreepyCrawlies in the Garden and Beyond! Cost is $7 per child. Payment is due upon registration. Space is limited to only 30 participants per session. Children must be accompanied by an adult. From 11 a.m.-1 p.m., we’ll be telling spooky stories in the greenhouses. Hayrack rides will be given from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Kids are encouraged to come in costume! And for the adults? Stone Cliff Winery will be sampling wines

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CALENDAR from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and samples Hy-Vee Club Room, 5050 Edgefrom Culver’s gourmet food lines wood Road NE, Cedar Rapids. Enjoy will be available all day. watching your child learn kitchen independence and be proud of Kids and Chemistry their masterpieces. Parent must be 9 a.m. — 11 a.m. present Preregistration required. Sheraton Hotel, 210 So. Dubuque (319) 378-0762 Street, Iowa City. ‘Kids and Chemistry,’ Dean Ballroom B, Sheraton. Kids can join in hands-on chemistry demonstrations that can be safely done with everyday houseTangovia hold supplies. More information at 7 p.m. www.mwrm2009.org/home Wesley Center, 120 N. Dubuque St., Iowa City. (319) 325-9630

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Fossil Fest of Iowa

9:30 a.m. — 4:30 p.m. Cedar Rapids Washington High School, 2205 Forest Dr. SE, Cedar Rapids. Learn from area amateur paleontologists speaking about dinosaurs, giant ground sloths, and other Iowa fossils during talks at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. At 3 p.m., Mike Henderson from the Burpee Museum in Rockford, IL will give our keynote talk titled “Jurassic Jackpots: Burpee Museum’s Dinosaur Discoveries.” (319) 213-1390

Toddler Tracks: Tall Trees and Falling Leaves

10 a.m. — 12 p.m. Indian Creek Nature Center, 6665 Otis Rd. SE, Cedar Rapids. Create music with seeds, match leaf colors and shapes, and investigate other self-guided stations. Go on a woodland hike to learn which animals make the forest their home. Member child: $4, Nonmember child: $5. No fee for adults. (319) 362-0664

Haunted House for kids

10 a.m. — 5 p.m. Marion Square, Marion. Girl Scout Troop 5040 is putting on a Haunted House for preschool to 3rd graders. The children get a tour of a Haunted House (not too scary), make a craft, play some games and leave with a cookie and drink. Costumes encouraged. (319) 377-6474

Honey Creek Acres

10 a.m. — 6 p.m. Honey Creek Acres, 799 Swisher View Dr., Swisher. Apple orchard and pumpkin patch, honey gourds, apple wood and Indian corn. www.honeycreekacres.com (319) 857-4322

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Events Emergency Volunteer Center Volunteer Training

Westdale Mall Fall Antiques and Collectibles Show

10 a.m. — 9 p.m. Westdale Mall, 2600 Edgewood Rd. SW, Cedar Rapids. Vendors from across the Midwest will be offering a wide variety of antiques and collectibles for sale throughout the mall. For more info contact Bill at (319) 961-4511

ReNEWvenation

10 a.m. — 4 p.m. 18 Trevose and 23 Newly Idylwild Subdvision Iowa City. Tickets are $10 to view the two flood-effected condos in the Idylwild Neighborhood of Iowa City that showcase how the community can reuse, recycle, and restore in decorating. The condos feature interior designers and artists decorating rooms and using items that have

10:30 a.m. Cedar Rapids Public Library, Westdale Mall, Cedar Rapids. With magician Rich Eugene, activities, crafts and treats.

Family Storytime

10:30 a.m. — 11 a.m. Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn St., Iowa City. Designed for the whole family and presented at a time convenient for most working parents. (319) 356-5200 opt. 6.

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Farmers Markets Iowa City Farmers Market 7:30 a.m. — 12 p.m. Chauncey Swan Parking Garage, 410 E. Washington St., Iowa City

Film Film: ‘Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai’

1 p.m. — 3:30 p.m. African American Museum of Iowa, 55 12th Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids. ‘The Vision of Wangari Maathai,’ tells the dramatic story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai whose simple act of planting trees grew into a nationwide movement to safeguard the environment, protect human rights, and defend democracy. A Tree Planting will begin at 1 p.m. with the film showing directly after.

Muddy Monster Cross Country Run

9:30 a.m. — 1 p.m. Seminole Valley Rd NE, Cedar Rapids. The run consists of a 15K, 5K, 1M. (319) 329-5456

8 p.m. Sip-N-Stir, 1119 First Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids. (319) 365-9067 9 p.m. — 1 a.m. Checkers Tavern and Eatery, 3120 Sixth St. SW, Cedar Rapids. Sing Karaoke at Checkers!, 319 364 9927, chekerstav@aol.com, P.J.

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

Performances Music in the MUD: World Port

7 p.m. — 9 p.m. U.S. Cellular Center, 370 First Ave. NE, Cedar Rapids. In honor of the Rollergirls’ one year anniversary, general admission tickets are just $10 in advance or $13 at the door, kids 5 & under are free Tickets on sale Saturday, October 3 at the U.S. Cellular Center. After Saturday tickets will be available at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena (1100 Rockford Rd SW), all Ticketmaster outlets, charge-by-phone at 1-800-7453000 or purchase online. Doors will

The General Store Presents… Generalstorepub.com 12612 Stone City Road, Stone City, Iowa

7:30 p.m. Johnson County Fairgrounds, 4261 Oak Crest Hill Road SE, Iowa City. Zombie Prom is the rock and roll off-Broadway musical set in the atomic 1950s. (319) 688-5087

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

7:30 p.m. Linn-Mar High School, Little Theatre, Marion. Tickets are $5 and may be reserved by calling 4473069 or 447-3046.

‘Shady Business’

7:30 p.m. The Old Creamery Theatre Company, 39 38th Ave, Amana. Chaotic

‘The Diary of Anne Frank’

‘Rock ‘N’ Roll’

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comedy follows as the girls do some fast-talking to try and stay one step ahead of Big Mack and his buddies Dozer and Harry the Hammer. The show runs through Nov. 15 and is rated Theatre PG-13. Tickets are $26.50 for adults and $17.50 for those under age 30. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased by calling the box office at 1 (800) 35-AMANA or visit the Web site at www.oldcreamery.

Real Iowa Ghost Encounters Brought Back to Life

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9 p.m. Red Lion, 3970 Center Point Rd. NE, ‘Spooky Tales’ Cedar Rapids. (319) 393-9858 1 p.m. The Old Creamery Theatre ComKaraoke with Rock & pany, 39 38th Ave, Amana. New Thunder stories, new activities, and a lot 9 p.m. — 11 a.m. of good old fashioned Halloween Longbranch Restaurant and Confun. Join the costume parade, vention Center, 90 Twixt Town Rd. participate in games and crafts at NE, Cedar Rapids our Spook-tacular Fun Fair, and then settle in for a few not-tooBrian Holmes Karaoke scary tales in this frighteningly fun Sammy’s Lounge, 5519 Center ‘treat’ for the whole family. 1-(800) Point Rd. NE, Cedar Rapids. (319) 35-AMANA Box Office 393-8174

Rollergirls: ‘Derbyville Horror’

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Singin’ and Swingin’ Karaoke

6 p.m. — 10 p.m. Campbell — Steele Gallery, 1064 Seventh Avenue, Marion. The music of World Port is a cultural crossroads, peppered with Celtic, Flamenco, African, Caribbean, South American and American Indian sounds

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CALENDAR Theatre B, UI Theatre Building., University of Iowa, Iowa City. The world premiere of ‘Leaner than Light: 12 Frames of Paul Engle,’ Lisa Schlesinger’s two person play about the legendary Iowa poet who led the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop to prominence and co-founded the International Writing Program. Free and open to the public.

Sunday

October 25 Children’s Events Haunted House for kids

Safe Halloween for Kids at Ushers Ferry

1 p.m. — 4 p.m. Ushers Ferry Historic Village, 5925 Seminole Valley Tr. NE, Cedar Rapids. Enjoy an old-fashioned Halloween with the kids including trick-or-treating, games, and costume contests. Bring a decorated pumpkin for the Jack-o’-lantern contest. Preregistration is available for program #214901-01, but not required. Call 286-5731 or go to www.crrec.org.

Annual Halloween Party and Parade in Coralville

2 p.m. — 4 p.m. Outdoor Aquatic Center Seventh Street Coralville. Meet at the Outdoor Aquatic Center on Seventh Street and march to the Coralville Recreation Center escorted by the Coralville Fire and Police Departments. The party will commence when the parade reaches the Recreation Center. All children age 13 and under are invited to attend in costume. Admission is free. (319) 337-2264

Video Storytime

‘Ten More Good Years’

1 p.m. Iowa City/Johnson County Senior 2 p.m. — 2:30 p.m. Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn Center, 28 S. Linn St., Iowa City. ‘Ten More Good Years,’ a documenSt., Iowa City. Designed for the tary by Michael Jacoby, introduces whole family and presented at a time convenient for most working remarkable LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) elders parents. (319) 356-5200, option 6 who share inspiring stories of their lives. Call the Senior Center at (319) 356-5220 to register.

Comedy

Comedian Norm Macdonald

6 p.m. Riverside Casino & Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22, Riverside. Best known for his offbeat delivery of ‘the fake news’ on Saturday Night Live for five seasons. The show is open to guests 21 and older. (319) 648-1234, Ext. 1970

Outdoors Iowa City Bird Club outing

10 a.m. — 4 p.m. Hawkeye Downs, 4400 Sixth St. SW, Cedar Rapids. $6. www. midwestantiqueshow.com, (319) 363-1417

8 a.m. — 12 p.m. Iowa City Bird Club, 200 Holiday Road, Coralville. Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area near Palo for loons, grebes, ducks, and other water birds. Bring a spotting scope Field trips depart from the southwest corner of the parking lot at Dodge Street Hy-Vee in Iowa City. Contact the leader in advance if you plan to meet the group at the trip destination. Many trips are accessible to people with disabilities; for more information contact Chris Caster at (319) 339-8343.

Westdale Mall Fall Antiques and Collectibles Show

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Exhibits Midwest Antique and Art Show

Noon to 6 p.m. Westdale Mall, 2600 Edgewood Rd. SW, Cedar Rapids. Vendors from across the Midwest will be offering a wide variety of antiques and collectibles for sale throughout the mall. For more info contact Bill at (319) 961-4511

ReNEWvenation

Noon to 6 p.m. 18 Trevose and 23 Newly Idylwild Subdvision Iowa City. Tickets are $10 to view the two flood-effected condos in the Idylwild Neighborhood of Iowa City that showcase how the community can reuse, recycle, and restore in decorating. The condos feature interior designers and artists decorating rooms and using items that have been restored or reused, as well as new items from renewable and recyclable resources.

Film

Costume Rental & Sales • Theatrical Supplies

Video Storytime

Big Funk Guarantee at Parlor City!

6 p.m. — 8 p.m. Java Creek Cafe, 588 Boyson Rd. NE, Cedar Rapids. Earlier this 6 p.m. — 10 p.m. year, Rick was diagnosed with Parlor City Pub & Eatery, 1125 3rd brain cancer and has undergone St SE, Cedar Rapids. Iowa City’s hot new ten piece party band with surgery, chemo and radiation. As Rick continues his recovery, he horn section tearing up the joint! has suffered seizures and financial hardships. Nashville Singer/SongSunday Night Pub Quiz writer and Cedar Rapids native 9 p.m. Wendy Jans will be performing. The Mill, 120 E. Burlington St., Iowa Freewill offerings and album sales City. (319) 351-9529 will be donated directly to help Rick Casteel. (615) 202-6414

Grateful Dead Night

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

Theater

Performances

Zombie Prom — The Musical

Piano/violin Concert

2 p.m. Old Capitol Senate Chamber, 21 Old Capitol, Iowa City. Pianist David Gompper, director of the University of Iowa Center for New Music, will be joined by violinist Wolfgang David, his frequent collaborator, in a performance of works by Mozart, Brahms and GompperThe bookends of the program will be Gompper’s ‘Music in the Glen’ and ‘Echoes.’ In between, the duo will perform the Violin Sonata in D minor, op. 108, by Brahms; and the Sonate in E minor, K. 304, by Mozart.

2 p.m. — 2:30 p.m. Benefit Concert for cancer Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn survivor Rick Casteel St., Iowa City. Designed for the whole family and presented at a time convenient for most working parents. Family Storytime is recommended for all ages, but parents are asked to sit with their younger children. (319) 356-5200, option 6

Night life

2 p.m. Johnson County Fairgrounds, 4261 Oak Crest Hill Road SE, Iowa City. Zombie Prom is the rock and roll off-Broadway musical set in the atomic 1950s. (319) 688-5087

2:30 p.m. TCR Lindale, 4444 First Ave. NE, Cedar Rapids. Epic drama by Tom Stoppard about two revolutionary decades in Czech history. Tickets: $25 or $20, with $12 rush tickets available at the door one half-hour before each performance; (319) 366-8591 or www.theatrecr.org.

‘Shady Business’

3 p.m. The Old Creamery Theatre Company, 39 38th Ave., Amana. Chaotic comedy follows as the girls do some fast-talking to try and stay one step ahead of Big Mack and his buddies Dozer and Harry the Hammer. The show runs through Nov. 15. Tickets are $26.50 for adults and $17.50 for those under age 30. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased by calling the box office at 1 (800) 35-AMANA or visit the Web site at www.oldcreamery

The Diary of Anne Frank

2 p.m. Riverside Theatre, 213 N. Gilbert Street, Iowa City. Experience the fears, joys, and day-to-day existence of a Jewish girl who comes of age while hiding with her family in the attic of a home in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. For tickets, call the box office at (319) 338-7672 or visit www.riversidetheatre.org.

‘Rock ‘N’ Roll’

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