By Diana Nollen/ SourceMedia When psychologist Nancy Margulies stepped into her deaf clients’ world in the ’70s and ’80s, their stories shattered the silence. Margulies, now 64, was fresh out of college. Her clients were born into poverty and abandoned to a mental hospital in St. Louis. Together, ...

UPDATED 5 p.m. 5/17 to correct "An Evening with Friends" By Diana Nollen/ SourceMedia Concerts and festivals and fairs, oh my! From country and classical to rock and retro, music will be breezing through Eastern Iowa all summer long. Some concerts are indoors, but lots are outdoors, including ...

20th Annual Marion Arts Festival May 19, 2012 Experience collaborative, creative merrymaking, the Marion Arts Festival has been named among the top 20 such fine arts events in the nation. Booths showcasing 50 juried artists lure shoppers and browsers, along with a half-marathon and 5K run and ...

From a media release CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The internationally acclaimed Sandglass Puppet Theater will hold a weeklong residency at CSPS Hall from May 21 to 25, 2012, with workshops, a panel discussion and two performances of the musical love story "All Weather Ballads." Sandglass Theater ...

  By Diana Nollen/ Source Media Broadway went dark in Cedar Rapids when the raging river surged through the Paramount Theatre in June 2008. Beginning Dec. 4, 2012, Broadway’s enduring touring power will surge through the renovated Paramount in a six-month series of seven hit shows. Cirque Dreams Holidaze, ...

By Diana Nollen/ SourceMedia CEDAR RAPIDS — The city’s past will be present for the future when the first installment is unveiled May 19 for the new public art project, Murals & More: The Cedar Rapids Mural Trail. Until then, the mural is under wraps along ...

By Diana Nollen/ SourceMedia CEDAR RAPIDS — Any one of last night's contenders would have done Eastern Iowa proud opening for Alan Jackson and the KHAK 50th Birthday Bash on June 9. But someone's gotta win. Lonesome Road's kicking quartet tallied the most points between four judges ...

By Diana Nollen/ SourceMedia Michelle Shocked promises — and warns — that Monday’s CSPS concert (5/14/12) will be as eclectic as her music and her life. Raised on bluegrass and rooted in folk and gospel, she defies traditional descriptions. “I am like a one-woman iPod shuffle. My style ...

By Diana Nollen/ SourceMedia Go with the flow May 11 and 12, 2012 Whether you fancy vodka or beer, both will be on tap this weekend in downtown Cedar Rapids. Friday night’s Clearheart Vodka Crawl will take you from Wrigleyville to Bricks, La Cantina, the Fieldhouse, Dublin City ...

From a media release CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Straight No Chaser will perform at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, at the Paramount Theatre, 123 Third Ave. SE, in downtown Cedar Rapids. Tickets, priced from $29.50 to $39.50,  go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, May 11, 2012, at the Orchestra Iowa ...