Fall into fun
Ready to fall into fun? Grab your jacket and jump into this pile of leaves, pumpkin patches, hayrack rides and other Eastern Iowa autumn outings. But this list is just a taste of what’s happening. When...
View ArticleParamount’s grand reopening celebrates recovery from flood
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View ArticleUnlikely venues offer great local music
There is good news for people who love live music but don’t like – or are too young for – the bar scene. Great music is happening all over Cedar Rapids, not just in bars and clubs. Many of the city’s...
View ArticleP!NK is gonna show Iowa some love
The Truth About Love Tour is presented by COVERGIRL in support of the release of Pink’s 6th studio album, The Truth About Love. Due to overwhelming demand, P!nk will be bringing the TALT back to North...
View ArticleBill Maher coming to the Paramount Theatre on June 2
Bill Maher (photo by Janet Van Ham, courtesy of HBO) CEDAR RAPIDS – Social critic, political commentator, author and TV host Bill Maher, who for the past 17 years has set the boundaries of where funny...
View ArticleFind your fun
Fireworks light up the Tree of Five Seasons at the finale of the Freedom Festival on Wednesday, July 4, 2012, in Cedar Rapids. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG) Summer festivals are springing up all over,...
View ArticleDon’t worry, be happy
A corn field near Miles, Iowa. 2012 (Photo: Brittany Sutterman) Live in Hawaii, Colorado, or Minnesota? Chances are, you’re happier than your brethren in Mississippi, Kentucky, and West Virginia....
View ArticleBroadway musical will “rock” Cedar Rapids
Jacob Smith by any other name would be — Dennis. The last time we saw the Monticello native onstage, he was a Dennis. Next week, we’ll see him be a Dennis again. But neither of these Dennises are...
View ArticleSTYX announces concert at the Paramount
Styx 2010 Photo Shoot Classic rock band STYX is scheduled for their first ever appearance at the historic Paramount Theatre, Cedar Rapids on Sunday June 23 at 7:30 p.m.. Formed in a suburban Chicago...
View ArticleRope jumper skips merrily through ‘Quidam’
Adrienn Banhegyi (right) brings 20 years of professional rope jumping artistry to Cirque du Soleil's "Quidam," performing June 6 to 9, 2013, at the U.S. Cellular Center in downtown Cedar Rapids....
View ArticleSummer Playlist
Alexandra "Olenka" Gadzik of Davenport dances to music performed by Garaj Mahal during the Iowa City Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 5, 2008. (Jonathan D. Woods/The Gazette) Whether your summer...
View ArticleUptown Friday Nights starts tonight
The band Swing Crew performs during the first Uptown Friday Night at Greene Square Park, in Cedar Rapids in 2012. They will perform at the first concert this summer, too, on May 24. Uptown Friday...
View ArticleFall into fun
Ready to fall into fun? Grab your jacket and jump into this pile of leaves, pumpkin patches, hayrack rides and other Eastern Iowa autumn outings. But this list is just a taste of what’s happening. When...
View ArticleLocal events celebrate summer milestones
Alex (7) and Emily (5) Laham of Cedar Rapids dancing and enjoying the tunes of the Glenn Miller Orchestra at the 2010 Freedom Fest on Sunday Night at the Guaranty Bank Parking Lot downtown Cedar...
View ArticleMaher to exercise First-Amendment rights at Paramount
Bill Maher (photo by Janet Van Ham, courtesy of HBO) Bill Maher knows where the hicks are and, spoiler alert, they’re not in Iowa. “People on the coasts try to use it as an example of a hick state and...
View ArticleMiranda Lambert to perform at Riverside Casino
Miranda Lambert (Riverside Casino photo) The Pistol Annies — Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley — have canceled their June 28 concert at Riverside Casino & Golf Resort. Instead,...
View ArticleFall into fun
Ready to fall into fun? Grab your jacket and jump into this pile of leaves, pumpkin patches, hayrack rides and other Eastern Iowa autumn outings. But this list is just a taste of what’s happening. When...
View ArticleBigger, better, back
The U.S. Cellular Center was the first Corridor entertainment venue to reopen following the Floods of 2008, when an up-and-coming teenage Taylor Swift tossed out a $100,000 Red Cross lifeline that...
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