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Freedom Festival reveals Patriotic Fest 2025: music, art, and community fun day
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The Freedom Festival has announced a new event for 2025: Patriotic Fest, set for Saturday, June 28, in the NewBo/Czech Village district. This free, family-friendly event promises ...
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Arts group revitalizes century-old rural Iowa school building
Eastern Iowa Arts Academy —a nonprofit offering accessible arts education—recently purchased this historic Arthur Elementary ...
Suminagashi workshop at NewBo City Market fosters creativity in community art project
Visitors at NewBo City Market got a chance to explore the centuries-old art of Japanese paper marbling during a free ...
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A historic Cedar Rapids school building was scheduled to be demolished. Now it's a training ground for the next generation of artists
At the Eastern Iowa Arts Academy in Cedar Rapids, students flood in after school, rushing to music lessons, band practices and rooms stocked with art supplies. The academy recently moved into a ...
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Artistry and education merge at a school in Eastern Iowa
Eastern Iowa Arts Academy, a nonprofit in Cedar Rapids, offers free and low-cost arts programming for all ages. After outgrowing its old space, the academy has transformed the Arthur Elementary ...
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These 3 Iowa cities are among the top 100 places to live in the U.S. Who made the cut?
A trio of eastern Iowa cities are among the 100 ... focusing on small—to medium-sized cities. Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, and Davenport each scored well on a multi-prong scale, each securing ...
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Eastern Iowa Arts Academy brings new ‘vibe’ to old Cedar Rapids school
Delaney Ironside (left), 9, plays a drum beat as Daphne Dewitt, also 9, stands nearby during a March 28 open house at the Eastern Iowa Arts Academy, 2630 B Ave. NE in Cedar Rapids. The nonprofit ...
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The City of Cedar Rapids, IA Solid Waste and Recycling Division: A Culture of Commitment
Known as “The City of Five Seasons®”, Cedar Rapids, IA was founded in 1849 and lies ... the designs for this set of trucks will be chosen from the Eastern Iowa Arts Academy, which is a nonprofit that ...
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Eastern Iowa Arts Academy finds new home at former Cedar Rapids school building
Garfield was sold to a developer and the Cedar Rapids School board approved the sale of Arthur to the nonprofit arts academy last year. Arthur Elementary, shown in 2024, will be repurposed by the ...
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Eastern Iowa Arts Academy makes the arts accessible for kids and adults
CEDAR RAPIDS — When Evan Stock, a director and producer at the Eastern Iowa Arts Academy, records with kids performing at TalkBack Studios, he gets to join in their excitement for the new ...
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Century-old schools sold, property tax back on the ballot in Cedar Rapids
The school board approved the sale of Arthur to nonprofit Eastern Iowa Arts Academy in exchange for $130,000 and a 10-year commitment to provide Cedar Rapids schools with free arts programming.
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Cedar Rapids school board approves sale of former Garfield, Arthur schools
The now-former Garfield and Arthur elementary schools in northeast Cedar Rapids officially have new owners ... at 2630 B Ave. NE, to the Eastern Iowa Arts Academy for $130,000. The two schools are ...