By the Johnson County Museum and JCPRD’s Fine & Performing Arts Department A brand-new art exhibition is coming to the Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center. Entitled Resilience, Reflection, Rebuilding
Inside JCPRD: Getting back to play with your safety in mind
Johnson County Park and Recreation District Assistant Superintendent of Recreation Shannon Sonnier, who oversees the agency’s sports facilities, recently took time to update plans for summer and fall sports, including
Inside JCPRD: If you’re willing to make reservations in advance, you can still enjoy time at the beach or boating
By David Markham Getting out on or in the water is a favorite part of summer, and with modified operations to keep patrons and staff safe from COVID-19, the Johnson
Inside JCPRD: Johnson County’s first community clinics
By The Johnson County Museum (Part 2 of 3) Johnson County is fortunate today to be home to many outstanding hospitals, clinics, doctor’s practices, and other medical facilities. But this
Inside JCPRD: JCPRD’s 50 Plus Department connects older adults to healthy aging resources online
By Michelle Alexander Encouraging older adults to engage in healthy habits to maintain positive quality of life has always been the driving force behind what we do. Those healthy habits,
Inside JCPRD: Sports and our collective challenge
By Shannon Sonnier “People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.”-
Inside JCPRD: Summer camps – a little different this year, but memories to last a lifetime
By Jennifer Anderson Unprecedented times. Uncertainty. Social Distancing. We’re all in this together. We’ve heard these words over and over in recent weeks, and they’re absolutely right. Now let’s cautiously
Inside JCPRD: Johnson County’s ‘Horse and Buggy’ Doctors
Johnson County is fortunate today to be home to many outstanding hospitals, clinics, doctor’s offices, and other medical facilities. But this was not always the case. In thinking about how
Inside JCPRD: Physical distancing as a family – how to limit screen time and keep active
By Alison Smith With students taking part in distance learning and adults working from home, we are all spending more time online these days. It’s hard to determine just how
Inside JCPRD: Signs of spring are all around
By David Markham Even as life in the human world has turned weird this year, spring in the natural world marches on. With recent rains and warmer temperatures, nature is
Inside JCPRD: Collecting COVID-19
If you have ever wondered what it might be like to live through a truly historic moment, here we are. This is not the first world pandemic, of course, but
Inside JCPRD: Health and wellness at home (at home workouts and healthy eating)
By Alison Smith All the snacks you purchased for the next few weeks have been eaten, the shows on streaming services are no longer of interest, and you’re sincerely concerned
Inside JCPRD: Introducing the “Virtual Museum”
By The Johnson County Museum What makes a museum? This is something our staff has been thinking about a lot lately. An institution that is valuable to a community. A
Inside JCPRD: Nature center cares for a wide variety of critters
By David Markham Of all the animals that live at the Ernie Miller Nature Center – a lineup that includes insects, fish, birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians – which would
Inside JCPRD: Parks are great for social distancing and outdoor therapy
By David Markham Life suddenly got unimaginably strange and uncertain in a very short period of time! Just two weeks ago, who could have guessed the mass closing of schools,