CEDAR RAPIDS – An exceptionally warm day greeted customers at the first Downtown Farmers Market of the season on Saturday, June 3, 2017. With temperatures climbing into the upper 80s, vendors selling lemonade and other drinks fared particularly well. Many produce vendors also sold out of early season vegetables, such as radishes, lettuce and onions. […]
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Houby Days 2017 photo gallery
CEDAR RAPIDS – It literally rained on our parade at this year’s Houby Days in Czech Village, but the annual festival offered many bright spots, as well. For those most interested in the event’s namesake mushrooms, winners were announced in the morel contest: Team TMT (Tom Slade, Morgan Driscoll and Tyson Gosnell) won both the […]
Houby Days festival to celebrate 40 year...
Back in the day, mushroom hunters would bring coolers full of morels to sell on street corners during Houby Days, an annual Czech Village celebration in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Laws in recent years have restricted those sales, but Houby Days (Houby is the Czech word for mushroom) continues its annual tribute to the beloved morel […]
Friends of Czech Village release Roundho...
CEDAR RAPIDS – Rebuilding the Riverside Roundhouse won’t happen as soon as supporters might like, but enthusiasm remained high during the first public forum to discuss the project. More than 30 people gathered Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at Lion Bridge Brewing Company to hear details about the project, which would resurrect the roundhouse in Czech […]
Future of Riverside Roundhouse to be dis...
CEDAR RAPIDS – Friends of Czech Village will discuss plans to resurrect the Riverside Roundhouse during an open forum this Wednesday, March 22. The event will be 5-7 p.m. at Lion Bridge Brewing Company, 59 16th Ave. SW, in Czech Village. Related: Group seeks to rebuild Riverside Roundhouse The city opened the Roundhouse in 1963 […]
Lion Bridge brews sustainable future
By Cindy Hadish/for Radish Magazine CEDAR RAPIDS – Operating a brewery is energy-intensive, but the owners of Lion Bridge Brewing Company in Cedar Rapids have forged a sustainable future based on their environmental beliefs. “It’s definitely at the forefront of our business ideals; how can we be more efficient and greener,” said Ana McClain, who […]
Friends of Czech Village seek to rebuild...
By Cindy Hadish CEDAR RAPIDS – Flood recovery will come full-circle when the Riverside Roundhouse is restored in Czech Village. Supporters of the effort, led by the non-profit Friends of Czech Village, have launched with an aggressive goal: to rebuild the Roundhouse in time to reopen on June 13, 2018, the 10th anniversary of the […]
Artisan’s Sanctuary to close doors in Cz
By Cindy Hadish CEDAR RAPIDS – Czech Village will lose its hub for local artists when the Artisan’s Sanctuary closes its doors in a few days. The nonprofit group will make a move to Marion, said board president, Jim Jacobmeyer. Jacobmeyer said the cost of rent for the building, at 45 16th Ave. SW — […]
Holiday happenings in Czech Village and ...
By Cindy Hadish/for City Revealed Czech Village and New Bohemia businesses and organizations offer plenty to do in Cedar Rapids this holiday season. In addition to shopping, dining, live music and other entertainment happening regularly in the Czech Village/New Bohemia Main Street District, several special events are planned to put people in a holiday mood […]
Ten reasons to shop local
By Cindy Hadish/for City Revealed Mayor Ron Corbett issued his “gavel challenge” after the September flood in Cedar Rapids, encouraging people to support flood-affected businesses. Corbett called on residents to visit at least 10 of the flood-affected businesses in October, and 15 for cyclists who have enjoyed the city’s investment in bike trails and lanes. […]