Arts & Culture

Cedar Rapids | Iowa City

Culture

  • African American Historical Museum & Cultural Center of Iowa aims to educate the public and to promote and publicize the heritage of black people of continental African descent. The museum networks with other like organizations to promote a wider sense of community involvement. To accomplish its goals, the museum develops programs designed to educate and involve the community. In addition to raising funds, the museum frequently procures artifacts, art and related historical items for exhibit and preservation.
  • Amana Colonies have been a landmark on the Iowa prairie for over 150 years - reminding us of a simpler time. What will you see in the Amana Colonies? Historical buildings dating to the mid-1850's, made of local materials…wood, sandstone, locally fired brick and limestone. You will discover an amalgamation of architectural styles, coupling traditional German craftsmanship and the straight lines and details of Colonial America. You will see three board wooden fences, fruit trees and gardens. The smokestack of the woolen mill stands stark against the rising sun; the blossoms of the Lily Lake sway gently in the summer breeze.
  • Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance LinkaGoGo whose 100+ members represent the spectrum of arts/culture organizations in the Amanas, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City/Coralville, Hiawatha, Marion, Mount Vernon, North Liberty, West Branch, West Liberty and beyond.
  • Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs has primary responsibility for development of the state's interest in the areas of the arts, history, and other cultural matters. In fulfilling this responsibility, the department is advised and assisted by its two divisions: the State Historical Society of Iowa and its board of trustees, and the Iowa Arts Council.

Dance, Theater, Museums, Music & more

  • Baile Latino offers dance classes focusing on Latin Dances and shows at CSPS from many instructors.
  • Brucemore Since 1981, Brucemore has been a National Trust Historic Site, known for its variety of hosted events. Brucemore is a Queen Anne-style mansion situated on a magnificent 26-acre parklike estate in the heart of Cedar Rapids. Built between 1884 and 1886, Brucemore was once home to three prominent families who used the estate as a center for culture and the arts.
  • Cedar Rapids Dance Studios LinkaGoGo offers multiple dance studios all around the corridor, but this site is focused on the Cedar Rapids, Hiawatha, Marion areas. They give all of the contact information and websites.
  • Cedar Rapids Museum of Art On December 9, 1989, the $10 million Cedar Rapids Museum of Art building opened as the new home of the 100-year-old Cedar Rapids Art Association. Architects designed the 63,000- square-foot facility that encompasses a restored 1905 Beaux Arts building, a former Carnegie Library, along with a newly constructed gallery.
  • Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre advances opera as a vital, living American art form, and to develop the artists who create it as well as the audience that appreciates and supports it.
  • Cedar Rapids Symphony Established in 1922, the Cedar Rapids Symphony is recognized nationally as an exemplary, full-service professional orchestra. The CRSO offers a complete range of concert series (Masterworks, Pops, Chamber, Discovery, and Youth), operates an extensive education program including an industry-hailed Symphony School, and is actively engaged in many community partnerships. The Symphony School enrollment is more than 900. The CRSO maintains a formal partnership with the Cedar Rapids Community School District. This relationship, which reaches 40,000 children, has been recognized as a national model by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Iowa City

Culture

  • Amana Colonies have been a landmark on the Iowa prairie for over 150 years - reminding us of a simpler time. What will you see in the Amana Colonies? Historical buildings dating to the mid-1850's, made of local materials…wood, sandstone, locally fired brick and limestone. You will discover an amalgamation of architectural styles, coupling traditional German craftsmanship and the straight lines and details of Colonial America. You will see three board wooden fences, fruit trees and gardens. The smokestack of the woolen mill stands stark against the rising sun; the blossoms of the Lily Lake sway gently in the summer breeze.
  • Corridor Careers - Ethnic Clubs Cedar Rapids/Iowa City Corridor LinkaGoGo offers a multitude of ethnic clubs and organizations throughout the corridor.
  • Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance LinkaGoGo whose 100+ members represent the spectrum of arts/culture organizations in the Amanas, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City/Coralville, Hiawatha, Marion, Mount Vernon, North Liberty, West Branch, West Liberty and beyond.
  • Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs has primary responsibility for development of the state's interest in the areas of the arts, history, and other cultural matters. In fulfilling this responsibility, the department is advised and assisted by its two divisions: the State Historical Society of Iowa and its board of trustees, and the Iowa Arts Council.

Dance, Theater, Museums, Music & more

  • Arts a la Carte Dance instruction, theater and visual arts, Arts a la Carte, a non-profit dance/movement arts co-operative, provides Iowa City with an alternative studio space created by artists, featuring dance, movement arts, theater and visual arts exhibitions.
  • Iowa City Dance Studios LinkaGoGo shows the many dance studios and instructors in the Iowa City area.
  • Swing Out Iowa Social Dance shows the many dance studios and instructors in the Corridor and also shows class times and dates.

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  • Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance LinkaGoGo

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