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Culture Crawl 1196 “There Are Roller Skates”
Roller Skates, Elvis, and a reluctant drag performer make for some fun in “The Legend of Georgia McBride,” April 23-26 from Dreamwell Theatre. Tickets and more information at dreamwell.com. Subscribe to The Culture Crawl at kcck.org/culture or search “Culture Crawl” in your favorite podcast player. Listen Live at 10:30am most weekdays on Iowa’s Jazz station. …
Culture Crawl 1195 “I’m a Living Prop”
Iowa City Community Theatre presents the Broadway classic “Gypsy” April 17-19 at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts. Set against the backdrop of the heyday of vaudeville, the show has some of music theatre’s most memorable songs, like “Everything’s Coming Up Roses.” Tickets at coralvillearts.org. Show info at iowacitycommunitytheatre.org. Subscribe to The Culture Crawl …
Culture Crawl 1194 “Plays Are Messy”
Riverside Theatre hosts the world premiere of “The Fiancé” April 16-May 3. Riverside Artistic Director Adam Knight directs his predecessors, Riverside founders Ron Clark and Jody Hovland in play that he has watched develop for over a decade. Playwright Emily Bohannan is in Iowa City as well, having a great time seeing her baby brought …
Culture Crawl Culture Crawl 1186 “Aging Only Goes One Way”
Harrison March from Heritage Agency on Aging is in to remind us of the large menu of services and resources available to seniors and caregivers, many offered free of charge. Now is a good time to sign up for the Corridor Conference on Aging, May 20. It’s free, but seats are going fast. Register at …
2026 Corridor Jazz Guest DJs
Students from area high school jazz programs join KCCK in studio to talk music and play some of their favorite jazz songs To hear the shows, click the listen link below or subscribe to the KCCK Specials podcast channel. March 23 – Xavier – Benjamin Allard, Killian Simanek, Mia Deegan, Peter Huiskamp March 24 -Anamosa …
Culture Crawl 1174 “Amen To End All Amens”
The Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale completes its performance of Handel’s “Messiah” with Parts II & III, on March 8, 2:30pm at First Lutheran Church in Cedar Rapids. Director Gerry Kreitzer says that while not performed as often as Messiah Part I at Christmastime, both of these sections are filled with even more of Handel’s rousing …
Corridor Jazz Concert March 9-10
The Corridor Jazz Concert – One night can’t contain us! Join KCCK for Iowa’s biggest jazz concert. So big, it’s a two-night event. Monday, March 9th at the Paramount Theatre in Cedar Rapids, and Tuesday March 10th at the Voxman Hall of Music at the University of Iowa. It’s all to celebrate the 2026 Corridor …
Culture Crawl 1171 “Do it as a Damn Polka”
Dreamer and The Hoping Machine is a new group formed from the rhythm section that accompanies the Family Folk Machine choir. The members also direct and contribute to much of the group’s original music. In fact, part of the reason for the group’s formation was that they wanted some of the original Family Folk Machine …