Special edition tenth anniversary RoughRiders logo patches are now on sale! The patches are available for just $5 at the RoughRiders office at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena or, during RoughRiders home games, at the merchandise stand on the main arena concourse.


Jan 9  Chicago at Cedar Rapids The first 1,000 fans through the doors for the RoughRiders’ game against the Chicago Steel will receive free commemorative 10th anniversary photo C.D.’s courtesy of Mediacom
Jan 10  Waterloo at Cedar Rapids The first 1,500 fans through the doors to the RoughRiders matchup with the Waterloo Black Hawks will receive free cowbells courtesy of Swiss Valley Farms.
Jan 13  Indiana at Cedar Rapids
Jan 16  Cedar Rapids at Des Moines
Jan 17 Cedar Rapids at Sioux City
Jan 23  Cedar Rapids at Chicago

The Cedar Rapids Kernels 
 kernels.com    

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Coe College Athletics




Upcoming events:
 
Jan 10  Wrestling at NWCA National Duals
             Women's Swimming and Diving at Simpson
             Women's Basketball Hosts Wartburg
             Men's Basketball Hosts Wartburg

Mt Mercy Athletics







Upcoming events:
 

Jan 7  Women's Basketball at Viterbo (Wis.)
           Men's Basketball at Viterbo (Wis.)
Jan 10  Women's Basketball at Iowa Wesleyan 
             Men's Basketball at Iowa Wesleyan
Jan 14  Women's Basketball vs. Clarke 5:30 p.m./Hennessey
             Men's Basketball vs. Clarke 7:30 p.m./Hennessey
Jan 17  Women's Basketball at William Penn 
             Men's Basketball at William Penn 
Jan 21  Women's Basketball vs. Grand View 5:30 p.m./Hennessey
             Men's Basketball vs. Grand View 7:30 p.m./Hennessey
Jan 24  Women's Basketball vs. Ashford 1:00 p.m./Hennessey
             Men's Basketball vs. Ashford 3:00 p.m./Hennessey
Jan 26  Women's Basketball at Waldorf 
             Men's Basketball at Waldorf 
Jan 29  Women's Basketball at St. Ambrose 
             Men's Basketball at St. Ambrose


 

Kirkwood College Athletics


Upcoming events:
 
Jan 7  Women's BBall vs DMACC (home)
Jan 10  Men's BBall vs Clinton (away)
Jan 14  Men's BBall vs Southwestern (home)
             Women's BBall vs Southwestern (home)
Jan 17  Men's BBall vs North Iowa Area CC (away)
             Women's BBall vs North Iowa Area CC (away)
Jan 21  Men's BBall vs Marshalltown (away)
             Women's BBall vs AIB (home)
Jan 24  Men's BBall vs Iowa Lakes (home)
             Women's BBall vs Iowa Lakes (home)

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Parks Facilities

Walking Trails

Cherokee Trail-This is a 1 mile trail located off Johnson Ave. between Edgewood Road and Wiley Blvd. NW. Parking is along Midway Drive on the trail's north side. Fitness stations and shady tree-lined stretches of trail are features of this crushed limestone facility.

Cherry Hill Trail-This crushed limestone trail is .84 miles long. It is located on the west end of Cherry Hill Park on Cedar Rapids NW side. Most people access this trail off of Stony Point Rd.

Noelridge Park Trail-One of the oldest trails in the park system, this popular trail is in Noelridge Park on the City's NE side. The trail is 0.8 miles long. It regularly hosts fitness walks, walk-a-thons, and company fitness outings. Top off your visit to this trail by stopping to view the Noelridge Park Flower Gardens in late spring and summer, a game of tennis, or a visit to one of two playgrounds for the kids. This crushed limestone trail is best accessed off Council Street between Collins Rd. and 42nd St. NE.

Nixon Park Trail-A .75 mile trail with very little grade change awaits users. The trail runs through Nixon Park and around Nixon School near Hiawatha on the City's NE side. The trail is crushed limestone. Two very nice ball diamonds are also available for park users at Nixon Park.

Sac and Fox Trail-This is the oldest National Recreation Trail in Iowa. It is 7.5 miles in length and is crushed limestone. The trail follows the Cedar River and Indian Creek on the SE side of Cedar Rapids. The popular Indian Creek Nature Center is located midway along the trail, about 1/2 mile south of the Mount Vernon Rd. and Betram Rd. intersection. There are numerous access points along the trail and abundant parking areas especially south out Mount Vernon Road. Scout troops can check with the Nature Center for details on how to earn the Sac and Fox Trail Patch. Equestrian use of this trail is permitted. Users are asked to clean up after themselves and to refrain from taking horses over the bridges. Low water crossings are provided near each bridge.

Cedar River Trail-This all-weather trail now extends from Blairs Ferry Rd NE through downtown Cedar Rapids to Highway 30 on the city's southwest side. This 10.8 mile trail is ten feet wide. Experience the sights and sounds of urban wildlife along McCloud's Run, Cedar Lake, and the Cedar River. The west side of Cedar Lake also provides access to the newly asphalted trail segment that encircles Cedar Lake. This is a mile-long trail named the Cedar Lake Loop Trail. Parking for the loop trail is located on Shaver Road, south of the Interstate 380 crossover at H Ave. Parking for the Cedar River Trail is located at Tait Cummins Park on the south end, and at McCloud Run on the north end. Discover its smooth surface and gentle grade changes. Please exercise caution, hold bicycle and roller blade speed to a reasonable minimum and practice trail courtesies posted along the trail.

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Riverside Skate Park
Outdoor skate park provides a safe environment for extreme sports such as in-line skating, skateboarding and biking

6:00 AM-10:00 PM year-round
C St & 13th Ave SW   319-286-5731

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Cedar Rapids Ice Arena
1100 Rockford Rd SW  319-398-0100

Fall and winter public skate sessions:
Weekdays 5.00 includes admission and skate rental
Weekends 6.00 admission and 3.00 skate rentals.
Call 319-398-0100 for times

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Bowling

Cedar Rapids Bowling Center & Volleys  
265 Blairs Ferry Rd NE  319-377-9481
crbowl.com

32 lanes, sports bar with big screen TV, Glow-In-The-Dark lanes (Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun & Mon), arcade.

Volleyball

Lancer Lanes
3203 6th St SW  319-364-1506

Glow-In-The-Dark Rock-N-Bowl on weekends, karaole, automatic scoring.

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May City Bowl
1648 Trent St SW  319-362-0136

Bumper bowling, bar & lounge with big screen TV, nursery available during leagues.

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Westdale Bowling Center and Lazer Tag
2020 Scotty Dr SW  319-396-2500
westdalebowl.com
 
44 lanes with big screen TV's, bumper bowling, lazer tag arena, video games, pool tables and bar & grill.

Xtream Bowling Experience(Sat afternoons, Fri & Sat nights), Dollar Mondays (bowling, shoes, sodas, hot dogs & drafts just 1.00, Home of Quartermania (every Sun, Wed & Thurs 9 PM-midnight)

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Fun City Darts and Billiards
1509 1st Ave SE  319-362-9729

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Events


Exhibits

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


"Mauricio Lasansky: Master Printmaker"
Permanent exhibition

"Midwestern Visions: Grant Wood, Marvin Cone and Beyond"
Permanent exhibition

"Art In Roman Life"
Permanent exhibition

"The Year Of The River: Flood Photography from the Gazette"
Aug 30-Feb 22

Mary GrandPre: Harry Potter and Beyond
Nov 1-Feb 1

Persian Visions: Contemporary Photography From Iran
Feb 21-May 10

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National Czech and Slovak Museum
30 16th Ave SW  319-362-8500
www.ncsml.org


"1968: Twelve Volatile Months That Changed The World"
Closes Jan 25, 2009


"Homelands: The Story of the Czech & Slovak People"
Permanent exhibition

Grand Opening of NCSML at Lindale
Oct 11  10 AM

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Grounds For Art
Great America Building 
groundsforart.org

May 09-Apr 09

Produced by the Cedar Rapids Downtown District, Cedar Rapids Convention & Visitors Bureau and with generous support from the Visual Arts Commission and the Scott Byers Family, Grounds for Art will feature 30 different sculptures on downtown Cedar Rapids streets. Sculptors from around the nation have submitted their best work in anticipation of being chosen for the display.


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Take Back The Streets
Wizzard Gallery 421 1st Ave SE  364-2393
takebackthestreets.org

Linda Bark'Karie:
Dias De Lo Muertos

Dec 27  Sub City Sandwich Shop  421 1st Ave SE
"Motor: The Magazine Cover Art of Robert Robinson Opening

American illustrator and originator of the Saturday Evening Post's "Slice of Life" style of cover art (later popularized by Norman Rockwell), shared his talents with the Hearst Corporation and their MOTOR MAGAZINE monthly publication from 1926 to 1952.

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Marion Arts Council
Lowe Park Arts and Environment Center
4500 N 10th St, Marion  319-322-4846
marionartscouncil.com
 
Until Jan 23
"Community Crayon Art and Children At Play"
"Artwork By Frances Renfer"

Jan
"Jan School Wall Gallery Exhibit: Oak Ridge School"

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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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Paul Engle Center For Neighborhood Arts
1600 4th Ave SE  366-1836

Jan 1-31
"Leonardo Torcuato & Shirley Hilton Exhibit"

Local painter and sculptor Leonardo Torcuato currently has several paintings on display. Pieces contained in this exhibit were inspired by the flood of 2008 and are created with mud from local parks and the Cedar River.
Leonardo said, “It was my interest to work with soil as texture, with its natural tones, before and after the flood. The tones are different since the soil I collected was from different sites and different depths. I gathered soil from parks and from the Cedar River; from two meters
deep and from the surface…This is how I found dark, medium and light tones. This gave a natural richness to the texture, giving as a result, these works that I want to be a mirror of the uncertainty and pain of those moments and the hope of rebuilding our community.”

Making her debut at the PEC Shirley Hilton has been writing for most of her life. A native Iowan who studied literature and languages at the University of Iowa, she has worked as a teacher and translator in Mexico, a technical writer, a corporate trainer, a business analyst, and a project manager.
In 2005, while working on a novel, she began playing with paints in an attempt to better understand the instruments and methods of the principal character in her story, a painter. The works displayed are a result of Hilton’s playing
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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.

"Voom Portraits" by Robert Wilson
Hours are 11 AM-6 PM  Wed-Sun


"Art 365"
What would you get if you gave an artist $10,000 and a year to work? Six Oklahoma artists received just such an opportunity. "Art 365," a new exhibition from the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, shows the results

"T & A (Art of Truth and Activism)"
Opens Oct 24

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Corner House Gallery
2753 1st Ave SE  365-4348
cornerhousegallery.com

The doors to the CornerHouse Gallery & Frame opened in 1976, combining an exhibition venue for contemporary, professional artists of the Midwestern States with a premier state-of-the-art framing studio. Since that time, the original 1906 building has been expanded to house over 3,000 square feet of gallery space plus the 1,500 square feet onsite-framing studio. In addition to exhibiting emerging and mid-career 20/21st century artists with Midwestern ties, the CornerHouse focuses on the work of Grant Wood, Marvin Cone, Thomas Hart Benton and Conger Metcalf.

Frank Hansen: The Live Wire Show
Feb 22-Mar 15

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


Conger Metcalf Collection

The Perrine Gallery: Coe's Grant Wood Collection

Jan 24-Feb 8
Third Grade Clay 

Feb 21-Mar 20  reception Feb 20  5-7 PM
Leighton Pierce-video and Sarah German/Tyler Speicher-Ceramics

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Kirkwood Community College
Iowa Hall Gallery
kirkwood.edu

Jan 12-Feb 20  reception Feb 13 6 PM
Sculpture Exhibit by Conifer Smith

Feb 26-Mar 20  reception Feb 26 4:30 PM
Jafar Mogadam "Reflections of Persia: Ceramic and Tile Work"
The exhibit will also feature an optional culinary arts dinner of Persian food (6:00 p.m.) after the reception. For reservations, please call 398-5468). This exhibit is a compliment to the Cedar Rapids Museum exhibit of contemporary Iranian photography: Persian Visions.

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Mt Mercy College
Janalyn Hanson White Gallery
1330 Elmhurst Dr NE  319-363-8213

Jan 9-Feb 13
Gallery Exhibit: Collected Prints And Multiples
Mount Mercy College's Collected Prints and Multiples exhibit will include a range of artwork from the 18th to 21st centuries and will encompass traditional original prints as well as new technologies. The exhibit will feature a variety of artwork, such as etchings, photographs, prints, multiples, and even Mexican vernacular shopping bags. Artists represented will include Francisco de Goya, Jeffrey Mitchell, Sue Coe, Chuck Barth, Paul Strand, Francisco Toledo, Sam Gilliam, and many more.

Feb 13-Mar 11  reception Feb 13  5 PM
Gallery Exhibit: Robert Naujoks
The gallery exhibit will include artwork of pen & ink, Prismacolor pencils and watercolor, touches of calligraphy, and images from the world of jazz music, Christian faith, and from long distance travels by the artist on his bicycle.

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Marion Heritage Center
590 10th St, Marion  319-447-6376
Hours are Wed-Sun  1-4 PM

Old Uptown Marion
Displays of old storefronts, old photos, funeral items and railroad depot. On Oct 5 at 2 PM, there will be "Two Old Men & Their Bank" by Phil Morris and John Vernon.

Closes Apr 30 2009

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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.

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Interactive

Baile Latino Latin Dance Club
CSPS  1103 3rd St SE

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Cedar Rapids Tango Club
1103 Third St SE
363-1818 or email  epsa@aol.com
legionarts.org

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Singles Nite Out
Elks Club
801 33rd Ave
djdougshalla.com


Monthly dances for any single over 21
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Wine Tasting

Vineria Wine Shop
264 Blairs Ferry Rd NE  319-373-6141
vineriawineshop.com

Introductory and Intermediate Wine Classes
Jan 21
A class for the beginner as well as the wine enthusiast who wishes to broaden his or her understanding of wine.
Comprehensive tasting at this class.
Glasses provided. Light appetizers offered. Enroll by Saturday Jan 17 and pay $25.00, after Saturday Jan 17 $30.00 
Seating is limited 16 people
Reservations Required. Call 373-6141 or
Send us an e-mail to Vineria@mchsi.com

Wines Of France
Jan 28
During this Tour de France class you will learn about the most important areas and their wines. You will taste wines from these origins and some cheeses. I will have 50 questions ready to be answered plus the ones that come up during class. Enroll by Saturday Jan 24 and pay $25.00, after Saturday Jan 24 $30.00
Seating is limited 16 people
Reservations Required. Call 373-6141 or
Send us an e-mail to Vineria@mchsi.com
 



Benz Beverage Depot
501 7th Ave SE  365-2556
benzbeveragedepot.com