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CEDAR RAPIDS — In an era of heightened division and polarization, the solution to bringing people together again could be a method as old as time: storytelling.

Two storytelling events in Cedar Rapids — one returning and one new — hope that the power of storytelling from locals and nationally recognized narrators will show us that we’re more alike than we are different.

This fall through next spring, connect with their lived experiences and personal life lessons to see how you can relate.

If you go:

Two storytelling series are coming to Cedar Rapids over the next several months:

Storytellers of Cedar Rapids, presented by Matthew 25 , returns for its second season to deliver personal narra

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