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Culture Crawl 394 “Don’t Use Ice Cubes”
The 2018 Eastern Iowa Orchid Show & Sale has a Halloween theme this year. “Orchids are a Scream” is Oct. 27 & 28 at the Elks Lodge, 801 33rd Ave SW in Cedar Rapids. Nile Dusdieker says many of the vendors will decorate their displays with a spooky motif, and Orchid varieties such as the …
Culture Crawl 393 “My Soul Has Been Cleansed”
Spoken Word artist Akwi Nji joins Red Cedar Chamber Music for “Love and Life,” a concert that examines love throughout all the stages of our existence. The piece was commissioned by Red Cedar board member Tom Carroll as a gift to his wife Patrice for their 40th anniversary. Akwi and Red Cedar Artistic Director Carey …
Culture Crawl 392 “Teddy’s Digging Locks in the Basement”
Dawn Jones with the Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance (ICCA) is in with a look at several Halloween-themed arts and culture events, including productions of Sleepy Hollow, The Addams Family, and Arsenic & Old Lace. Get details about these and hundreds of other events at www.culturalcorridor.org.
“They’re Still Sweet People” – Rufus Reid
Bassist and composer Rufus Reid has been in Iowa City for a residency surrounding his performance of “Quiet Pride: The Elizabeth Catlett Project.” Catlett, the first African-American woman to receive an MFA, did so at the University of Iowa. Reid talked to Ron Adkins about the origins of the composition, and also his years as …
Culture Crawl 391 “If We Ran The Zoo”
Stories about animals have always been a staple of children’s literature. Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Assistant Stories about animals have always been a staple of children’s literature. Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Asst. Curator Kate Kunau has drawn this new exhibit from the Zerzanek Collection of Original Art from Children’s Literature on loan to …
Culture Crawl 390 “Years of Pent-Up Programs”
The last of the residences atop what was once known as Mansion Hill, The Douglas Mansion, which also operated for decades as the Turner Mortuary, is now the home of The History Center in Cedar Rapids. Executive Director Jason Wright throws open the doors to the community at a Grand Opening on Oct. 13 …
“The Jazz Gene Pool” Dick Oatts in Iowa
Jefferson, Iowa native Dick Oatts is one of the world’s movs celebrated jazz saxophonists. Soon after arriving in New York in the late 70s, he landed a gig in the prestigious Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, and has gone on to release or appear on dozens of CDs, plus touring and performing all over the world. …
Culture Crawl 389 “Yeah, We Did The Snap-Snap”
The Addams Family has been a part of American pop culture for 80 years. Beginning as a New Yorker cartoon in the Thirties, then as a 60s TV show, movies in the 90s, and now onstage as a musical. Marqueta Senters plays GrandMama in the Old Creamery Theatre production that opens October 11. She tells …