I had the opportunity to go to the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art this week, just a week after it’s reopening from the flood. Aptly, the museum’s first exhibit is The Year of the River: Flood Photography from The Gazette. The moments captured are breathtaking. The emotion they rekindle surprising. We are months removed from [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘flood’
July 10, 2008
The Classics Replaced by a Celebration of Community Spirit
The Classics at Brucemore is a much-anticipated annual event. It’s described as magical. Enchanting. It too was affected by the recent flooding, as the diaster created circumstances that required changes to the show.
Instead of canceling the show, Brucemore is partnering with local troops such as the Liar’s Theatre, SPT Theatre, Theatre Cedar Rapids, Legion Arts [...]
June 30, 2008
What it takes to rebuild
As I sit at my high and dry computer in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, I continue to think about how lucky most of us were in the recent flood of 2008.
Yes. It was a record by a wide margin.
Thousands of people were evacuated. Homes were lost. A lot of ‘em. Businesses were lost. A lot of [...]
June 22, 2008
Historic flooding, historic heartache
The city of Cedar Rapids has changed forever. Time will now be recorded for this city based on events before the flood and after the flood.
This quote from Cedar Rapids’ City Manager in Tuesday’s Gazette really resonated with me. I have been searching for ways to express what I’ve seen and felt, and have come [...]
