THE WEEKENDER
Your weekly editor-curated arts compendium
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If you aren’t outdoors this weekend, what even is the point of June?! Weekly concerts are in full swing across the region, a scavenger hunt helps you explore Cedar Rapids — but the most exciting thing to get you out and about this weekend is FOOD! Don’t miss strawberry kickoff at Wilson’s or the St. Ludmilla Kolach Festival: Your taste buds will thank you!
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The Weekender is sponsored by:
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Daniels Park
Mobile Technology Lab at Daniels Park
Jun 9 – 4:30pm
The library’s Mobile Technology Lab is on the move. The library is partnering with Cedar Rapids Parks and Recreation’s Rollin’ Recmobile to bring activities for all ages to the community this summer.
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Public Space One
Opening & Performance: Cathedral to Aquatic Sonification
Jun 9 – 5:00pm
Cathedral to Aquatic Sonification is a dynamic, realtime, data-driven, immersive audio installation throughout the PS1 north gallery building.
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Elray’s Live & Dive
Iowa City Songwriters Collective
Jun 9 – 7:00pm
James Tutson hosts this twice monthly showcase highlighting the Iowa City area’s best local talent!
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Downtown Pedestrian Mall
Friday Night Concert Series: Kevin Burt and Big Medicine
Jun 10 – 6:30pm
For more than 25 years Kevin Burt has been electrifying audiences throughout the Midwest dispelling the myth that true blues has no roots in Iowa.
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Ranshaw House
Ranshaw House Weekly Concert Series
Jun 10 – 7:00pm
Enjoy live performances from local musicians on the historic house’s front porch!
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The Lucky Cat Comedy & Events
Pride Comedy Show
Jun 10 – 7:00pm
A comedy show celebrating all things pride!
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Coralville Center for the Performing Arts
Monty Python’s Spamalot
Jun 10 – 7:30pm
Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical, this outrageous musical comedy is lovingly ripped off from the film classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
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CSPS
The Color Purple
Jun 10 – 7:30pm
The Color Purple’s musical incarnation is adapted from Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
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St. Ludmila Catholic Church
Kolach Festival 2022
Jun 11 – Jun 12 –
Live music, games, prizes and of course: kolaches!
Kolaches will be sold during festival hours; preorders will not be accepted.
$15/dozen
$7.50/half dozen
$1.50/single
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DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Convention Complex
Iowa Summer Jam
Jun 11 –
Iowa Summer Jam 2022 will feature live music, DJ’s, comedy, food, and beer. This is an all ages, all-day event on Saturday, June 11th.
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Wilson’s Apple Orchard
Strawberry Celebration at Wilson’s Orchard & Farm
Jun 11 – 9:00am
Please join us for our strawberry celebration!
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The History Center
Downtown Cedar Rapids Scavenger Hunt
Jun 11 – 10:00am
Grab your family and put on your walking shoes! This scavenger hunt will test your skills as you solve riddles, complete challenges, and explore downtown Cedar Rapids landmarks.
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FilmScene—Chauncey
Encanto
Jun 11 – 11:00am
See the tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called Encanto.
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Faith United Church of Christ
Benefit Concert Afghan Refugees
Jun 11 – 7:00pm
Faith United Church of Christ will host a benefit concert to help raise funds to help welcome a family of Afghan refugees to Iowa City. Musicians include O’Keith and McFiddle
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Public Space One
Wave Cage ft. Caleb “The Negro Artist” Rainey and Dan Padley
Jun 11 – 7:30pm
Wave Cage ft. Caleb “The Negro Artist” Rainey and Dan Padley at PS1.
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College Green
Protest Against Gun Violence
Jun 13 – 11:00am
Protest Against Gun Violence: march, speakers and an open mic.
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Album Review: MEKTOUB — ‘Elizabeth’
by Daniel Boscaljon, June 6
In 2019, frequenters of Goosetown Café mingled with friends of John Rapson to delight in the new band he had assembled: MEKTOUB. It was a trio, initially — Rapson on the keys, Ryan Smith on woodwinds and Nielo Gaglione on vocals and mandole. Together, the three produced a distinct style of improvisational music they describe as Mediterranean folk-jazz. |
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Album Review: Mr. Softheart — “Caravaggio”/“Flower of Tomorrow”
by Michael Roeder, June 6
“I suppose the new direction is another pandemic story,” Nick Fisher offers as the impetus for the recent pivot of the band formerly known as Hex Girls.
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Canadian rapper Cadence Weapon is out to prove ‘the prairie’s got something to say’
by Kembrew McLeod, June 7
“One thing that people maybe don’t know about Canada is that the places above and below the border are similar to each other,” said Rollie Pemberton, a Canadian MC who performs as Cadence Weapon.
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Book Review: ‘Liminal: Shadow Agent’ Parts 1 & 2, by Jon Cone
by Genevieve Trainor, June 8
They are, in a sense.
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