THE HISTORY CENTER
Meet the Author Series
The History Center welcomes Linn County Authors to share their stories and discuss their writing.
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Admission is $8.00 General Public, $6.00 Members
This program takes place at The History Center (800 2nd Ave SE)
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Meet the Author series is sponsored by Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust.
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May 6, 2025
12:30 p.m.
Carole Gauger
Carole Gauger’s career with horses was one big adventure! The first 30 years she trained and competed with American Saddlebred, Arabia, and Morgan horses. The last 30 years she bred, trained, showed and competed with the rare and world-renowned Lipizzan horses. Carole’s training techniques using kindness and quiet determination resulted in scores of blue ribbons, plus state, regional, and national championships.
In Livery to Lipizzans Carole Gauger shares success and disappointments from her teenage years to retirement.
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August 26, 2025
6:30 p.m.
Lindsay Leahy
Now a USA Today Best-Seller, Take It All Apart is the debut publication by Lindsay Leahy that provides the tools and framework to live intentionally, authentically, and with meaning – and to recognize how much you have to offer the world.
With Take It All Apart, you will build confidence and understand that you have what it takes to be true to yourself, make good choices, create the impact you want, and succeed beyond what you can imagine.
Relatable and warm, Take It All Apart will take you from being unaware to aware – of who you are, what you want, and what your unique gifts are.
You’ll move from resistance and blame to acceptance and responsibility; from anxiety and stress to peace and potential; from fear to love.
With practical and easy-to-apply advice, Take It All Apart offers a framework you can keep coming back to over and over, to learn from and reset, as you move through your life and leadership journey – the journey that will bring you to your highest vision and truest self.