Resilience. The word and its other iterations resonate, a conversational refrain in conversations about Beat for Peace. “The big push of it is, we want to create resilient students and children,” said Paul Corbierè, co-creator of Beat for Peace. “People who are not resilient get taken down and there’s a snowballing effect, where resilient people [...]

With real life encroaching on reel life, small-town movie theaters are scrambling to keep their screens from going dark. The digital age is threatening the future of century-old movie houses like Tipton’s Hardacre Theater, which keep entertainment and dining dollars at home, instead of funneling them into nearby cities and multiplexes. Tipton residents are rallying [...]

CEDAR RAPIDS — A Cedar Rapids artist is using his gift to give back to his city. Santiago Sanchez is almost finished with a painting that will be sold to raise money for the Cedar Rapids Police Department K9 unit. Sanchez was one of the many downtown business owners who were affected during the flood [...]

“It looks good from far away,” James Bearden said. “It’s meant to be seen from far away. The idea that it breaks up the landscape is so graphic.” Bearden stood among a small group Monday afternoon at Marion’s Lowe Park, looking at an arrangement of folded steel planes about eight feet tall, painted bright yellow [...]

A popular Iowa City artist known throughout the community and in art circles across the Midwest for his ability to encase just about anything – from animal skulls to tricycles – with intricate bead work died Friday morning at the age of 81. Thomas “Tom” Wegman died at home from a combination of respiratory and [...]

Restoration of the Paramount Theatre, damaged in downtown Cedar Rapids flooding in 2008, advanced Friday when part of the marquee was removed to be enhanced with modern technology and lighting. Here’s a look at the downtown mainstay: PARAMOUNT HISTORY Opened Sept. 1, 1928, as the Capitol Theatre; for one year it provided a live stage [...]

CEDAR RAPIDS — Even in this digital age, where snapshots go from smartphone to Facebook in an instant, the 5,000-year-old art of portraiture remains relevant. “The painting, to me, has the power to show much more of the personality — the way that person was, they way they held themselves and the way they lived [...]

The world will grow a little smaller as CSPS grows larger. The historic building at 1103 Third St. SE is ready to fling open its doors on a whole new world of possibilities, fueled by a $7 million rehab of the 120-year-old Czech social hall after it was damaged in the floods of 2008. The [...]

Leaving no shadow of a doubt, viewers were in synch with the studio audience and “America’s Got Talent” judges after seeing The Silhouettes in action during this week’s Hollywood round. The Denver-area dance troupe, led by Cedar Rapids native Lynne (Waggoner) Patton, has advanced to the semifinal round of the popular NBC television talent show. [...]