Diana NollenDiana Nollen is the Arts & Entertainment writer and event critic for SourceMedia Group. She also has worked as a features writer and editor, entertainment editor and news editor for The Gazette and the editor for her hometown weekly newspaper in Mediapolis. In addition, she spent four years at the helm of a children’s theater program, 10 years as a theatrical costume designer and two years as the host and assistant producer for Kidz Korner on local cable TV. Nollen has a degree in Communications and Theatre from Central College in Pella. |
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Treat mom on Mother’s Day
While we all should honor our mothers every day of the year, Sunday marks the official day for showering moms with love and appreciation. Flowers, cards, brunch and phone calls are the obvious ways for grateful husbands and children to say thank you. Here are several other ways to get Mom out and about [...]
‘Talking Trees’
DECORAH – Down in a valley, between majestic limestone bluffs and the rolling hills of northeast Iowa, the sound of music slowly dissolves from traffic whizzing by to the drone of a fly layered over a babbling brook, a bevy of birds, a band of frogs and a choir of insects. They join their voices [...]
Arthur Geisert etches Midwest farm scenes in picture books for all ages
What better time to introduce a picture book titled “Thunderstorm” than at the start of Iowa’s flash-crash-boom season? Award-winning artist and author Arthur Geisert will launch his latest creation Saturday afternoon (5/11) at the bar across the street from his home studio in Bernard, a village off Highway 151, south of Dubuque. National Public Radio [...]
Striking Accord
Chemical engineer Wendell Keith came to Cedar Rapids for a job interview nearly 30 years ago at the Duane Arnold Energy Center and left that day with an offer in hand and an invitation to attend a Harmony Hawks rehearsal. “I had not ever been to Cedar Rapids before when I came for my [...]
Cinderella at the Paramount
Theatre Cedar Rapids marks 80 years
Memory Play
Actress Amber Tamblyn bringing her poetry to Mission Creek Festival
Summer of the Arts ready to rock downtown Iowa City festivals
Iowa City is gearing up for a Summer of the Arts 30th anniversary free smorgasbord of artistic flavors filling the downtown with everything from movies to music, fine arts and food, as well as Hancher collaborations. New to the lineup is the Iowa Soul Festival, bringing gospel groups, drums and dance and funky vibes from [...]
Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival planning birthday bash
CEDAR RAPIDS — Some things old, some things new, some things borrowed and lots of red, white and blue. That’s what’s in store for the 30th anniversary of the Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival. The celebration gets under way June 21 to 23 with the return of the Dock Dogs canine aquatic contest, moving to Kirkwood [...]
