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Egg Decorating with Master Folk Artist Marj Nejdl

Alliant Energy Classroom 1400 Inspiration Place SW , Cedar Rapids, IA

Marj, a Czech Master Folk Artist, will show students how to decorate eggs using the batik/wax resist method. The traditional wax resist process involves several stages of tracing designs with wax and dipping the egg in different colored dyes. Class size limited. Ages 8+.

$30 – $35

Egg Decorating with Master Folk Artist Marj Nejdl

Alliant Energy Classroom 1400 Inspiration Place SW , Cedar Rapids, IA

Marj, a Czech Master Folk Artist, will show students how to decorate eggs using the batik/wax resist method. The traditional wax resist process involves several stages of tracing designs with wax and dipping the egg in different colored dyes. Class size limited. Ages 8+.

$30 – $35

Family Music Workshop with Eulenspiegel

Mitvalsky Room 1400 Inspiration Place SW , Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

Multi-instrumentalist Ron Hillis will play jaunty tunes on guitar, banjo, ukulele, fiddle, and harmonica, demonstrating different styles of music on each instrument. Tap your toes, sing along, and learn a thing or two about the history of American music!

Free

Family Music Workshop with Eulenspiegel

Mitvalsky Room 1400 Inspiration Place SW , Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

Multi-instrumentalist Ron Hillis will play jaunty tunes on guitar, banjo, ukulele, fiddle, and harmonica, demonstrating different styles of music on each instrument. Tap your toes, sing along, and learn a thing or two about the history of American music!

Free

Shadow Puppets Workshop

Alliant Energy Classroom 1400 Inspiration Place SW , Cedar Rapids, IA

Each participant will make a shadow puppet. The puppeteers will show participants how to make a simple tabletop shadow stage out of corrugated cardboard. The session ends with an impromptu performance. This is a great way to learn a skill that children, as well as adults, can adapt to their own usage! Preregistration required. Class...

Free

Shadow Puppets Workshop

Alliant Energy Classroom 1400 Inspiration Place SW , Cedar Rapids, IA

Each participant will make a shadow puppet. The puppeteers will show participants how to make a simple tabletop shadow stage out of corrugated cardboard. The session ends with an impromptu performance. This is a great way to learn a skill that children, as well as adults, can adapt to their own usage! Preregistration required. Class...

Free

Comics & Beer

WFLA/ZCBJ Heritage Hall 1400 Inspiration Place SW , Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

Come and spend an afternoon laughing and learning about alternative comics and creativity while having a delicious beer with your friends. We will learn fun ways to tell stories using simple drawings and easy creative writing techniques.

$6

Comics & Beer

WFLA/ZCBJ Heritage Hall 1400 Inspiration Place SW , Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

Come and spend an afternoon laughing and learning about alternative comics and creativity while having a delicious beer with your friends. We will learn fun ways to tell stories using simple drawings and easy creative writing techniques.

$6

Film: Nicky’s Family

Hemphill Theater 1400 Inspiration Place SW , Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

Nicky's Family tells the nearly forgotten story of Nicholas Winton, an Englishman who organized the rescue of 669 Czech and Slovak children just before the outbreak of World War II.

$5