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Lonesome Road band members are barely visible above the revelers at KHAK Battle of the Bands final competition May 10, 2012, at Hazzard County Saloon in downtown Cedar Rapids. The band won the right to kick off KHAK's 50th Birthday Bash at 1 p.m. June 9. Headliner is country superstar Alan Jackson at 8 p.m. on the outdoor stage in front of the Alliant Energy tower. (Diana Nollen/SourceMedia photo)

Lonesome Road wins KHAK Battle of the Bands

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Singer/songwriter and activist Michelle Shocked of Los Angeles will bring her music and views to the CSPS Hall stage on Monday, May 14, 2012. (Michelle Shocked photo)

Occupy art, life: Michelle Shocked brings courage of convictions to CSPS stage

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A bartender mixes a Vodka 7 during the 2011 Clearheart Vodka Crawl in downtown Cedar Rapids. This year's event will be held Friday, May 11, 2012. (The Gazette)

BEST BETS: Vodka crawl, Benz Beer Fest, ’80s Throwback Prom, Brucemore plant sale

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Straight No Chaser coming to Paramount in Cedar Rapids

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Zach Voss , of Iowa City and his son Hayden, 2, play in the sand pit during the Cedar Rapids Public Library groundbreaking celebration, at the corner of 4th Avenue and 5th Street, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, May 5, 2012. The new library is expected to open it's doors in the summer of 2013. (Nikole Hanna/The Gazette-KCRG)

Library groundbreaking celebrated in downtown Cedar Rapids

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Author Marc Brown of Martha's Vineyard, Mass., creator of the "Arthur" books and PBS children's series, fields questions from second-graders filling the Linn-Mar Auditorium in Marion on May 3, 2012, during the first of two student workshops as part of the metro library network's Out Loud! author series. (Diana Nollen/The Gazette-KCRG)

‘Arthur’ author turns wiggles into giggles during student workshop

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Tom Milligan of West Amana and Kay Francis of Naples, Fla., star in The Old Creamery Theatre’s production of "On Golden Pond." The touching comedy opened May 3 and runs through May 27, 2012, on the main stage in Amana. (Shelley Klimes photo)

REVIEW: ‘On Golden Pond’ ripples with pain, poignancy, laughter

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Participants collaborate on an Iowa map during the 2011 Chalk the Walk Festival in Mount Vernon. This year's event is May 5 and 6, 2012. (The Gazette photo)

BEST BETS: Chalk the Walk, ‘On Golden Pond,’ comedy and dance

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Lonesome Road wins KHAK Battle of the Bands

Occupy art, life: Michelle Shocked brings courage of convictions to CSPS stage

BEST BETS: Vodka crawl, Benz Beer Fest, ’80s Throwback Prom, Brucemore plant sale

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