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2026 Jazz Under The Stars – All New!
New Blood 2026 Performers are all Jazz Under The Stars First-Timers KCCK’s Jazz Under The Stars celebrated the station’s 50th anniversary by reuniting some of Iowa’s best-known jazz, blues, and R&B performers. Iowa’s Jazz Station kicks off its second half-century by presenting a group of rising stars who are shaping the face of jazz in …
Happy Trails, Big Mo!
John Heim bid his KCCK family goodbye on May 15 with a show that that was everything we’ve come to expect from a Big Mo Blues Show, full of shoutouts, personal reflections, and great music. We’re grateful to John for more than 25 years of service to KCCK and to his listeners from all over …
Culture Crawl 1204 “Hooking Up Space-X & Soyuz”
Orchestra Iowa teams up with Revival Theatre Company for “The Best of Broadway,” a show that will feature both regional and national talent singing songs from Le Miz, Wicked, Light in the Piazza, and many more. Tim Hankewich says combining a symphony orchestra with musical theatre presents more challenges than you might think! One show …
Culture Crawl 1202 “We Have To Do This Play!”
Cedar Valley Christian School presents “Don Quixote de la Center” May 1-2. Director Robin Crow says the students had been asking for a more serious play, and the experiment is working out well. The play reimagines Don Quixote inside a dementia care home, where Ethan’s character, Donald, believes he’s the famous knight, and Atticus plays …
Big Mo to Retire May 15
After more than 25 years at KCCK, John Heim, aka “Big Mo” is hanging up the headphones. May 15 will be his last show. “So many of our KCCK personalities have really become institutions to our audience. None more so than John Heim,” says KCCK general manager Dennis Green. “I appreciate how he has delivered …
Culture Crawl 1201 “X-Men-ey”
The 16th edition of MusicIC, “THE BLACK ANGEL: Music, Myth, and Memory,” is April 30-May 2. MusicIC founder Tricia Park, a violinist and writer, says the signature piece, George Crumb’s “Black Angels,” features an amplified string quartet, where the players incorporate voice, electronic and other ambient sounds into the work, performed May at at the …
Culture Crawl 1200 “Not Your Typical Princess”
The final Playtime Poppy show of the school year is “The Princess Who Wouldn’t Wear Pink” April 23-25 at Washington High School in Cedar Rapids. It’s the story of a princes who simply doesn’t want any of the duties or trappings of her job, but learns along the way that maybe she can do it …
Culture Crawl 1199 “Cutoff Queen”
Kirkwood Vocal Music presents a two-night Cabaret at Opus Concert Cafe April 27 and 28. Director Fred Kiser says his jazz vocal group Jazz Transit is super-sized this year, to the group will split into two, each half performing on one of the nights. Students will also sing solos with a jazz combo. Tickets at …