Cedar Rapids’ restaurant history is rather infamous. Prohibition began there five years before the rest of America. On the outskirts of town, supper clubs like the Lighthouse Inn and Ced-Rel flirted with the likes of Al Capone and John Dillinger. Cobble Hill came to fruition in 2013, when Carrie and Andy Schumacher took over the […]
Jim Duncan
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Cedar Rapids artist Thomas Jackson offers a distinct vision of the 21st century
With his aesthetic breadth and varying use of media, Cedar Rapids-based artist Thomas C. Jackson’s work has gained an audience across the state and…
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Carl Van Vechten’s photography retrospective captures American icons of the ’20s and ’30s
The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art (CRMA) is honoring the 50th anniversary of hometown native Carl Van Vechten’s death with a retrospective of photo…
