The registration fee to tryout is $65 and includes a t-shirt (cash or credit card only). Housing is available for players traveling in from out of town at the Clarion Hotel 525 33^rd Ave SW inCedar Rapids. The cost for housing is $30 per night and includes a continental breakfast.
Participants must be at least 18 years of age and be prepared to be evaluated in the following drills: 40-yard dash, 20-yard shuttle, four cone drill, standing broad jump, agility drills, position-specific drills and 7-on-7. Kickers will be evaluated on kickoff and field goal proficiency.
This will be the final open tryout before Titan players report for training campFebruary17^thas the team begins preparation for its inaugural campaign which begins March 3^rd against the Lehigh Valley Steelhawks at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena. The team’s first open tryout featured some of the top talent from around the region and the team expects a similar turnout this time around. “We had a great turnout for our tryout back in October and since then we have received at least 100 calls from players around the country looking for an opportunity to tryout. ,” said Chris Kokalis, Titans co-owner and general manager. “We are hoping that diamond in the rough shows up as we only have a few weeks until camp starts.”
The Titans signed six players from the October tryout including WR Nick Campbell (IowaState), OL Lee Gray (Iowa), and RB/WR Travis Rhone (Wayne State).
The Indoor Football League is a nationally recognized developmental league that has helped its players take their game to higher outdoor levels including the Canadian Football League and National Football League. Notable players that have moved up from the IFL to the NFL include WR Anthony Armstrong (Washington Redskins), LB Maurice Simpkins (St Louis Rams), DL Adrian Awasom (Minnesota Vikings), andCoeCollegealum RB Fred Jackson (Buffalo Bills).
Those wanting to tryout can pre-register by visiting the Titans website www.cedarrapidstitans.com or by calling the Titans office at 319-730-6301.  Players planning to pay by credit card should register no later then February 3^rd.

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Attention: Possible new venue!

LAMBA has begun talks with Linn County Conservation about the prospects for single track in Squaw Creek Park. On going maintenance issues will take committed local riders who are willing and able to help take care of things, so you need to join LAMBA and indicate an interest in supporting such a project. Be ready to form a working committee that LAMBA can support in moving ahead with this exciting possibility. Let the Linn County Conservation Board that you support this project and keep an eye on the forum for on-going information.

Linn County Trails Association
linncountytrails.org

LCTA is a group of motivated, creative volunteers combining vision, partnerships, and stewardship of resources to make trails happen.
Our Mission is to be a catalyst for the development and growth of a system of connected, multi-use trails through Linn County and Eastern Iowa.

Linn County Trails Association is inviting trail users to get more involved with LCTA by becoming a Trail Supporter. Consider becoming an LCTA Trail Supporter by making an annual tax deductable contribution to help build a network of connected trails in Linn County.  Your support will count you among the hundreds of enthusiastic trail supporters and advocates who make up LCTA.  By, becoming a Supporter you will play an important role in building a network of connected trails in Linn County. Plus, 100% of all money raised through donations & grants goes directly to advocate, build or improve trails.  As a supporter, you’ll stay even more connected by receiving our quarterly newsletter, including: upcoming trail events & volunteer opportunities, issues that are important to trail development, & trail vacations.

There are multiple ways to become a trail supporter, and more importantly, many reasons why.  To learn more about LCTA's Trail Supporter Program, click here.

Because of the support from people like you, LCTA has achieved:

Your first opportunity to become a trail supporter will take place at Linn County Mayors' Bike Ride!  Please plan to attend that event and help kick off our Supporter campaign! 

In The Zone
Sports Zone  1100 N 18th Ave, Hiawatha  319-364-2273
inthe-zone.com

IA DNR Fish & Fishing
iowadnr.gov

Weekly Fishing Report
Fishing Locations
Kid Friendly Tips
Classes and Clinics
From Hookin' to Cookin'

Cedar Rapids Museum of Arts
410 3rd Ave SE
www.crma.org


"Mauricio Lasansky: Master Printmaker"
Permanent exhibition
Making prints for more than 65 years-first in his native Argentina, then in New York City, and for more than 55 years in Iowa City, Iowa-Lasansky's generous gift of prints in the 1980s and 1990s has made it possible for the Museum to present a wide range of the artist's works, changing all four galleries every six months. Best known for large-scale prints in which he uses multiple plates and full ranges of color, Lasansky combines a spectrum of graphic techniques including etching, drypoint, aquatint, and engraving. Throughout his stylistic evolution, he has created eloquent figural statements that are colorful, fresh, and spontaneous.

"Art In Roman Life"
Permanent exhibition
An exhibition of more than 50 works, including 21 Roman portrait busts donated to the CRMA by Tom and Nan Riley in 1996, this installation is a condensed version of the CRMA’s immensely popular Art in Roman Life: Villa to Grave exhibition. From coins to glass vessels to ceramic lamps to marble sculptures, this exhibition reveals more than 600 years of artistic production, which comprised daily life in Rome from the 1st century B.C. through the fall of the Roman Empire.









Grant Wood In Focus
Culled from the Museum’s extensive collection of work by Grant Wood, this single-gallery installation will trace Wood’s entire career from his youthful creations until his death in 1942.  It will serve as an overview of the artistic achievements of this important American painter.



Treasures From The National Collection
The CRMA is excited to provide a second floor gallery space for the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library (NCSML) for a special exhibition from their permanent collection. The exhibition, Treasures from the National Collection, will open at the CRMA on June 20.
This exhibit will feature examples of fine, folk, and decorative art. One piece on display will be “Paul and Andy” by Paul Warhola. It was damaged in the June flood, but has been repaired by experts at the Chicago Conservation Center. Paul Warhola is the older brother of Andy Warhol. Textiles embellished with beads and embroidery will also be displayed, including several full kroj. Anyone who has seen our folk costumes can attest to their status as works of art. The gallery will also contain some of our fine Royal Dux porcelain pieces, as well as glass and crystal from well known makers such as Moser, Rindskopf and Teplice.





The American Century
In this new installation of the permanent collection, the many movements of twentieth-century American art will be highlighted.  While the CRMA’s collection is considered one of the foremost in Midwestern art, it also possesses numerous examples of art from other regions of the United States and can demonstrate many of the movements and interests of art in America in the twentieth century, the century in which American art came to dominate the art world.

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Grant Wood Studio
grantwoodstudio.org

Guided tours on the hour
Open Fri-Sun   12 PM-4 PM


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CSPS
1103 3rd St SE 
legionarts.org

Based at CSPS, a former Czech social hall near downtown Cedar Rapids, Legion Arts is an independent, nonprofit arts organization, run by artists and committed to innovation, diversity and community.

Four Directions, Four Printmakers
until Mar 31
This exhibition brings together four master printmakers from four areas of the United States: Robert Kennon (Missouri), Kent Kapplinger (North Dakota), Catherine Chauvin (Colorado) and Ralph Slatton (Tennessee). These artists have created a unique collection of prints in a variety of media from etching, engraving, lithography and silkscreen. Their subject matter covers four vastly different directions including rock formations, machinery, animals and landscapes; introducing a variety of styles influenced by realism, abstraction, surrealism and romanticism.

Clay: My Diversity of Expressions
Until Mar 31
Gary Hootman has spent the last 27 years well… refining the epic and unpredictable art of wood-fired ceramics. The ancient firing process is an around-the-clock affair sometimes lasting up to six days. It is not for the faint hearted.
Gary built his studio, and the first of his wood-fired kilns, on land owned by his grandmother near Cedar Rapids. When tending the firings became too much for him and his family alone, Gary enlisted other artists for help in exchange for kiln space.
For the last few years, Gary has worked on both sculptural and functional works, and on bringing the two together as a whole. He says his goal is “to make objects that span the history of art forms in a contemporary sense…. The universal is what I continue to strive toward.”
In a 2004 profile of the artist in Ceramics Monthly, James Kasper wrote, “The well from which [Hootman’s] efforts spring is his quest to get at the core of our human response to form, from the Venus of Wildendorf to the ubiquous and humble bowl. His sculptural and functional works attempt to get at this Jungian world within.”
Gary’s works ring with basic, even primitive, shapes and representational elements like a Native American face, botanical finger drawings, and a series of voluptuous Venuses.
What ties everything together is the wood-firing. “Wood firing and my work cannot be separated,” Gary says.
“His glazes are modified after nearly every firing to respond to, and better register the effects of five cords of wood and perhaps six days of firing,“ says Ceramics Monthly. “The 14-day cooling allows dark crystals to form like sparkling snowflakes.”

Coe College
Sinclair Auditorium
1220 1st Ave NE  319-399-8581


Conger Metcalf Collection

The Perrine Gallery: Coe's Grant Wood Collection

Campbell Steele Gallery
1064 7th Ave, Marion
campbellsteele.com

In 1991, Craig Campbell and Priscilla Steele purchased a vintage 1894 storefront that originally housed Marion's Kendall Hardware. The warm hues of wood floors and an ornate tin ceiling that were original to the hardware store, now compliment a collection of original fine art in all media. Visitors will find the work of many of their favorite local, regional & national artists. Co-owner, Priscilla Steele has integrated her studio space into the gallery, so that you may learn how intaglio prints are pulled on an etching press, view her drawings and etchings in process, as well as view a rare selection of lithographs, etchings, foil-stamped monoprints, and wood-cuts.
Gallery hours are now Thur, Fri & Sat from 10 in the morning until 6 in the evening ... and anytime you'd like, by appointment.  Just call us at 319-373-9211, at least one day in advance, and we'd be happy to open the gallery for you at your convenience ... day or night.


Michael Bond
On a trip to Italy about four years ago, I luxuriated in visits to places and art about which I had studied in a succession of classes with renowned Italian Renaissance scholar and professor, Dr. Wallace Tommasini.So it was with great excitement that I enthused that I “…couldn’t wait to see the Duomo!”, as I crossed Florence’s Ponte Vecchio. My head was bent low over multiple guidebooks which I was busily cross-referencing, and members of my ever-forbearing family urged me to simply look up. Talk about a big pizza pie hitting you in the eye! That singular architectural achievement, which is visible from all parts of the city, looms large as a testament to the indomitable genius of its designer Fillipo Brunnelleschi and the civic will of the Florentine populace. Our entire visit was a giddy blur of art, food, family and Italian wine. It was with no small measure of fondness then when I happened upon Michael Bond’s lyrical little etching of the Ponte Vecchio. I’m proud to say that the etchings of Michael Bond are now represented at the gallery.



Stan Fellows
Stan had illustrated for the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, that he had illustrated many books, and he had enjoyed a very busy and successful career as an illustrator for more than thirty years. It’s therefore a particular delight for me to introduce some of Stan’s watercolors to our gallery audience. And, it’s just downright fun that Stan is going to attend and paint during (right on the spot, ladies and gentlemen!) Music in the M.U.D. this Saturday, March 14. Music in the M.U.D. is a new, Saturday night event at Campbell Steele that is getting some serious traction. Pair Stan’s painting with the fact that our cute-as –a-button purveyor of wines, Jeri Travis, will be decanting some delicious selections for our wine bar, and what you have is a great plan. Fun abounds at Campbell Steele.



Mary Snyder Behrends
The rich colors, carefully chosen elements and implied content in Mary’s pieces are not unlike the essence of a Leonard Cohen song. They are not always “pretty” in their overt presentation. They are thought provoking on multiple levels. They use the artist’s substitute for words, visual materials, with economy and a keen sense of purpose. Mary’s work is intense. It rewards the curiosity of the viewer with an understanding of how line, color, texture and composition shape an abstract, poetic conceit.






Julie Kottal
With her former advisor, Peter Thompson, Julie shares a keen color sense and a painterly fluency. And, the brilliance of Peter’s teaching and the strength of Julie’s artistic will and vision lie in the dramatic distinctions in their imagery. Since her graduation from Coe College, Julie has truly gained an authority in abstract composition. Her gestural, large-scale work now hanging at the gallery is a juicy testament to the the physically of her medium. I’d say that this woman could handily claim her own status as a “powerhouse”.

Grape Expectations
Feb 3 6-8 PM
This annual Marion Library Foundation fundraiser happens in Campbell Steele Gallery, 1064 7th Ave, Marion. It is a ticketed event, and registration is limited, so get your tickets early if you'd like to join us for a lovely evening event. Tickets are $30 and may be purchased at the Information Desk at the library or from Foundation members.





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