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Movin’ at the Museum: Spring into Action (Zumba Gold)

Cost: FreeMovin’ at the Museum has expanded this year to once every month! Each first Saturday of the month will be another chance for folks to try out another style of physical activity from Zumba to POUND. This provides even more opportunity for everyone to get up and get movin’. Zumba Gold is perfect for...

Farewell to Mother Winter

National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library 1400 Inspiration Pl SW, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

Cost: FreeWinter this year has been really rough, so come celebrate the triumph of Spring over Winter by helping us toss Morena into the nearby Cedar River! In Slavic tradition, Morena is the goddess associated with death and winter, and she must be vanquished to make way for sunny skies and warmer weather. Join us...

Farewell to Mother Winter

National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library 1400 Inspiration Pl SW, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

Cost: FreeWinter this year has been really rough, so come celebrate the triumph of Spring over Winter by helping us toss Morena into the nearby Cedar River! In Slavic tradition, Morena is the goddess associated with death and winter, and she must be vanquished to make way for sunny skies and warmer weather. Join us...

Velvet Voices of Freedom Speech Competition

National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library 1400 Inspiration Pl SW, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

Václav Havel was a civil activist of international stature, president first of Czechoslovakia and then of the Czech Republic, and an award-winning author. The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library seeks to honor this incredible man and his many diverse talents by initiating the annual Velvet Voices of Freedom Speech Competition for High School...

Velvet Voices of Freedom Speech Competition

National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library 1400 Inspiration Pl SW, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

Václav Havel was a civil activist of international stature, president first of Czechoslovakia and then of the Czech Republic, and an award-winning author. The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library seeks to honor this incredible man and his many diverse talents by initiating the annual Velvet Voices of Freedom Speech Competition for High School...

History on Tap: Lasers and Beer! – mapping Iowa City’s historic beer caves, and other adventures in 3D scanning

Thew Brewing Company 2002 301 2nd Ave SW, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

Cost: Free, registration preferred Location: Thew BrewingUsing a laser-based technology for 3D scanning known as "LiDAR" (Light Imaging Detection and Ranging), the University of Iowa’s Adam Skibbe (Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences) and Michelle Wienhold (Iowa Flood Center) have traveled around Iowa mapping many historic and cultural resources, but perhaps none is more interesting...

History on Tap: Lasers and Beer! – mapping Iowa City’s historic beer caves, and other adventures in 3D scanning

Thew Brewing Company 2002 301 2nd Ave SW, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

Cost: Free, registration preferred Location: Thew BrewingUsing a laser-based technology for 3D scanning known as "LiDAR" (Light Imaging Detection and Ranging), the University of Iowa’s Adam Skibbe (Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences) and Michelle Wienhold (Iowa Flood Center) have traveled around Iowa mapping many historic and cultural resources, but perhaps none is more interesting...

Lullaby: Babies in Slovak Folk Dress Opening

National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library 1400 Inspiration Pl SW, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

You are invited to join us in celebrating the opening of our newest exhibition, Lullaby: Babies in Slovak Folk Dress. Special guest Slovak photographer Monika Klučiarová will perform a lullaby on the fujara. Helene Cincebeaux will talk about her more than 50 years of collecting Czech and Slovak folk dress and her adventures that went...

Lullaby: Babies in Slovak Folk Dress Opening

National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library 1400 Inspiration Pl SW, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

You are invited to join us in celebrating the opening of our newest exhibition, Lullaby: Babies in Slovak Folk Dress. Special guest Slovak photographer Monika Klučiarová will perform a lullaby on the fujara. Helene Cincebeaux will talk about her more than 50 years of collecting Czech and Slovak folk dress and her adventures that went...