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Culture Crawl 980 “Sometimes They Want To Crawl Onstage With Us”
Patrick Starke, Sarah Rosales, Deirdre Lahiff, and Alexandra Wiebe make up the cast of Cedar Rapids Opera’s fun, kid-friendly The Littlest Mermaid. This 37-minute adaptation of Dvořák’s Rusalka has been specially tailored by Joshua Bortz to captivate young audiences. The cast has been performing at schools all over the area, and say it is so …
Culture Crawl 979 “The Liars Bench”
Eulenspiegel Puppet Theatre invites everyone to be a part of an upcoming celebration that encompasses both Halloween and Day of the Dead, part of Eulenspiegel’s 50th birthday celebration. Eulenspiegel founder Monica Leo says she has noticed on travels to Mexico that Halloween has begun to be included in traditional Day of the Dead celebrations. And …
Culture Crawl 978 “You Can’t Have a Pony!”
Like many children, Carole Gauger asked her parents for a pony. But unlike most of us, she never quit asking. And saved her babysitting money until she was able to purchase a horse on her own. This led Carole to become one of the country’s leading horse trainer and breeders. She also played a leading …
Culture Crawl 975 “Preaching to the Choir”
Artist John Paul Schafer recently joined Chorale Midwest, and the experience has inspired him to create a mixed-media series, Seasons of Song, featuring birds representing the four seasons. When the art is sold, John will share the proceeds with the Chorale. The Chorale kicks off its season with Sending Love, Joy, and Peace Through Song …
Culture Crawl 974 “She Picked My CD Off The Floor”
Blues legend Bo Ramsey plays a rare Linn County show Oct. 12 at the Ideal Theater, with Joe and Vicki Price. The show will mark one of the very few times Bo and Joe have performed on the same bill since the two played together in the seminal Iowa Blues Band, Mother Blues, back in …
Culture Crawl 972 “Not the Risqué Ones”
The Coralville Center for the Performing Arts presents the latest in what has become a continuing series of shows celebrating the composers behind the music of the Great American Songbook. “Over The Rainbow” celebrates the work of Harold Arlen. Josh Sazon and Wes Habley have assembled a big band and singers to pay tribute to …
Culture Crawl 971 “There Is No Ending”
Dylan Sires was a reporter for KWWL-TV in 2012 when Elizabeth Collins and Lyric Cook were kidnapped and murdered. Fourteen years later, the crime remains unsolved. In 2015, Dylan returned to the case and began shooting what would become the documentary “Taken Together,” now running on HBO. Along the way, Ned Muhamedagic and Kristian Day …
Culture Crawl 970 “Recurring Roles – The Gift That Keeps On Giving”
Christine Toy Johnson and Bruce Johnson are actors-singers-writers-filmmakers from New York who recently made a swing through Iowa to exhibit their short film “Riding Out The Storm” at the Iowa Independent Film Festival. In a SUPER-SIZED episode, Christine and Bruce talk about the interesting paths two current projects took to fruition, a musical short film, …