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Culture Crawl 995 “Groove-itas”
“In the Garden of Hope” is the title of the Nov. 10 concert by Family Folk Machine, Iowa City’s multi-generational choir. The program will consist of a variety of songs, several written by members of the Family Folk Machine, on an environmental theme. 3pm Nov. 10 at the Englert Theatre. Free admission, donations accepted. Learn …
Culture Crawl 994 “So Many Hats”
“North By Northwest meets The Holy Grail” is how Erin Mills and Jaret Morlan describe “The 39 Steps,” a riotous comedy based on the Alfred Hitchcock movie. But to say the script takes liberties with the source material is just where things start. Most of the four cast members play multiple parts, with quick …
Culture Crawl 993 “Bless Our White People Hearts”
Patrick Du Laney directs “The Thanksgiving Play” at Theatre Cedar Rapids, one of the most-produced plays in the country right now. It’s the story of some high school teachers charged with writing a play that celebrates the Thanksgiving story but is culturally sensitive. The result is anything but, when they bring in a Native …
Culture Crawl 992 “Musicians Are Musicians”
The Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale and the Cedar Rapids Community Orchestra team for “A Salute to Veterans,” Nov. 8 at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Cedar Rapids. In addition to standards like The Star Spangled Banner, America The Beautiful, and Battle Hymn of the Republic, directors Gerry Kreitzer and Josh Reznicow have also put in stirring …
Culture Crawl 991 “Quaker Corner”
Don’t be confused by the fact that the address for the location of the Whittier Holiday Bazaar is Springville! The Whittier Community Building is easy to find, at the Corner of Whittier Rd. and County Home Rd. just east of Cedar Rapids. Organizer Lena Gilbert says the bazaars will include pottery, paintings, jewelry, and treats …
Culture Crawl 990 “Well, To Impress a Girl”
Caleb Rainey’s poetry has made him one of Iowa’s best-known artists (shortly after this interview was recorded, he won The 2024 Iowa Author Award for poetry). Nov. 8-9, he hosts the third annual Mic Check Poetry Fest, featuring both renowned poets like Rudy Francisco and Iowa’s Poet Laureate Vince Gutera, with jazz accompanying the …
Culture Crawl 989 “That One Line”
There’s one line in “A Few Good Men” that everyone knows, even if they never saw the Jack Nicholson/Tom Cruise/Demi Moore film. But the movie started as a Broadway play, one of the early works by celebrated writer/producer Aaron Sorkin, who went on to make legendary projects like The West Wing. Scot Hughes does double …
Culture Crawl 987 “Hey, I Wrote That!”
TKM Productions presents the first play written by Iowa theatre mainstay and TKM co-founder Deb Kennedy. A cast full of Deb’s friends and past collaborators bring her anecdotes and reflections to life in “It’s a Girl Thing.” The stories are by turn hilarious, heartwarming, and emotional as Deb takes the audience through marriage, motherhood, and …