The 2007 Classic Car Show was well-received and a great success. This year the classes have been increased to 46 and include Factory Stock, Street Rods, Trucks Motorcycles and more. You will find more food vendors, too!

 

            

 

The Sturgis Falls Celebration Committee is excited to announce this years Tourist Park Entertainment Lineup. Each year Sturgis Falls provides free entertainment all weekend long. This year is no exception!

 

           

Over 100 classes, programs, and workshops being offered this winter/spring

Whether you’re a self-described non-artsy person or an artistic expert, the Waterloo Center for the Arts has a class for you!  The Winter/Spring catalog of classes, programs and workshops has just been released and there is something for everyone ages 3 to 103. 

Prints from the collection of J. Thomas and Debra Gabrielson Lee take
center stage in a new University of Iowa Museum of Art (UIMA)
exhibition, "The Power of Line: European and American Etching Revival
Prints from the Lee Collection," on display Friday, May 9, through
Sunday, Sept. 28, in the museum's Hoover-Paul Gallery.

--Season opens September 16--

Over 100 classes, programs, and workshops being offered this winter/spring

Whether you’re a self-described non-artsy person or an artistic expert, the Waterloo Center for the Arts has a class for you!  The Winter/Spring catalog of classes, programs and workshops has just been released and there is something for everyone ages 3 to 103. 

Broadway at the Paramount present rent. The Theatrical Experience That Changed Broadway Forever Is Coming to the Paramount Theatre for One Performance Only Thursday, May 1 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets go on sale to the general public for the 2007-2008 artist series at UNI’s Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center on Friday, June 1, at 8:30 a.m.

Jokers Comedy Lineup. 

The 4th annual Cinco de Mayo festival will take place May 3rd from 3:00 pm to 9:30 pm at the plaza area on Bluff St. next to the LaPlacita Grocery Store, between W. 4th and W. Park Ave in downtown Waterloo.  This is your invitation celebrate this holiday of freedom with joyous festivities. The event is FREE and open to the public. 

As part of the front cover, view pictures of Beautiful downtown Waterloo development.

Main Street Waterloo is pleased to announce the opening day of the downtown Waterloo Farmers Market at the Regions Bank Parking Lot, 300 E. Park will be Saturday, May 3 from 8 a.m. until noon.    The downtown Farmers Market will take place every Saturday morning, until the last weekend in October. 
Our featured event for the opening day will be coffee tastings from Cottonwood Canyon.  Fresh coffee in the morning hits the spot and Cottonwood Canyon has the best fresh coffee in town.  

SPRING POPSBRAVO BROADWAY scheduled April 26-27—

Three of Broadway’s most accomplished musical stars—Debbie Gravitte, Doug LaBrecque, and Jan Horvath—will join the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony for their Spring Pops concert. 

Paid Production Assistant positions are still available for interested and qualified persons for the feature docu-drama, "South Dakota The Movie," being filmed in Central Iowa between April 15 and May 14 (Tue - Sat production schedule).

This SAG project is an excellent opportunity for film crew to add to their resume.
 Please email your resume and letter of interest to John Busbee, Iowa Production Coordinator at bobbusbee@aol.com.

 

A celebrated restaurateur announced today that he would be heading to downtown Waterloo to open a highly anticipated, New Orleans style restaurant and lounge, Bourbon Street and Voodoo Lounge. The restaurant and lounge would be the second in the Cedar Valley market. In addition, The Sky Room, an event center will also open on the building’s eighth floor.

Generation Iowa Commission, Iowa Careers Consortium and Dept. of Economic Development Enact the Commission's Marketing Recommendation

In 2007 alone, nearly $2 million worth of locally produced food was purchased by 26 institutional food buyers in the eight-county region including and surrounding Black Hawk County, more
than double the amount purchased in 2006.

On the Monday of finals week, May 5 between 4:30 and 6:30 pm, there will be an annual Graphic Design Student Portfolio Night, in the ground floor hallway of the Kamerick Art Building (South Wing), outside the Gallery of Art.