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Czech festival in Cedar Rapids to honor ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — For years, Marj Kopecek Nejdl designed logos for the annual Houby Days festival, and with her passing earlier this year, organizers saw it fitting to dedicate the upcoming festival in her memory. The 47th annual festival, set for May 17-18, 2025, along 16th Avenue SW in historic Czech Village, celebrates houby, […]

Convent designed by acclaimed architect ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Clearing the way for “green space,” a mid-Century convent designed by acclaimed Cedar Rapids architect Leo Peiffer has been demolished. The Cedar Rapids Historic Preservation Commission placed a 30-day hold on the demolition permit for the 1960s convent in October 2024, but the hold expired in November, and the building — […]

Photos: Weekend holiday celebrations in ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Holiday events throughout New Bohemia and Czech Village offered an abundance of activities throughout the weekend. The annual Very Cherry Holiday, a holiday tradition since 2000, included studio and gallery tours, refreshments, a book sale, rides on the freight elevator with “Ella Vader” and “Luke Skylifter,” Christmas music by the Vintage […]

See Czech clock tower figurines in Cedar...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The hand-carved figurines that have captivated passersby since the new Buresh Immigration Clock Tower was unveiled this year in Czech Village will take a winter nap after this weekend. During the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library’s annual Old World Christmas Market, on Saturday, Dec. 7, and Sunday, Dec. 8, […]