🌱 Iowa City Train Show and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Snarky Puppy at Hancher Auditorium
• Iowa City Train Show
• Celebrate our Country’s 250th at Kalona Historical Village

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 69 and low of 49 degrees.
• Sunday: Pleasant with plenty of sun, temps: high: 71, low: 44.
• Monday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 67 and low of 44 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hills

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★ Featured events ★

Monday October 12

• Snarky Puppy →
  Hancher Auditorium, 141 Park Rd, Iowa City
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday October 18

• Iowa City Train Show →
  Johnson County Fairgrounds, 4261 Oak Crest Hill Rd SE, Iowa City
  10:00 am

Wednesday October 28

• Celebrate our Country’s 250th →
  Kalona Historical Village, 715 D Ave, Kalona
  11:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 3

• Haunted 5K, 10K, & 13.1M at Iowa City, IA (40) →
  Iowa City IA
  9:00 am
• PorchLight: Flash Forward →
  PorchLight Literary Arts Center, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City
  1:00 pm

Sunday October 4

• PorchLight: Writing Grief →
  PorchLight Literary Arts Center, 1019 E Washington St, Iowa City
  10:00 am
• Intro to Letterpress Printing - full! →
  IC Press Co-op, 225 N. Gilbert, Iowa City
  12:30 pm
• PrairieLights: IWP Sunday Afternoon Reading Series →
  Prairie Lights Books, 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City
  4:00 pm
• Sunset on the Farm: An Evening to Support Investigate Midwest & IowaWatch →
  Walker Homestead Farm and Winery, 3867 James Avenue Southwest, Iowa City
  5:00 pm
• Men's Sunday Social →
  2 Dogs Pub, 1705 S 1st Ave, Iowa City
  6:00 pm

Monday October 5

• Yahtzee night - Iowa City, IA 2026 →
  Ashton House, 820 Park Rd, Iowa City
  7:30 pm

Tuesday October 6

• Lone Tree at Hillcrest Academy →
  Hillcrest Academy, 1421 540Th St SW, Kalona
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Public Storage posted a job opening for Customer Service - Self Storage Manager in Iowa City. Apply here.
• Insomnia Cookies posted a job opening for Assistant Store Manager in Iowa City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hills here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Iowa City

• Ronald VanLaningham (ottumwaradio.com)
• Norma June Underwood (wgil.com)
• Family denies ICE accusation that Iowa City mother had fake passport (1630kcjj.com)

Coralville

• Take a visual tour of Coralville's new Chick-fil-A on opening day (press-citizen.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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