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Culture Crawl 871 “Wine Generated”
TKM Productions brings “Girls’ Weekend” to the Amana Performing Arts Center Nov. 3-5. Des Moines playwright Karen Schaeffer has concocted a riotous farce that has already been performed all over the world. Tickets at www.tkmtheatricalproductions.com. Learn more about Karen and her work at www.facebook.com/karenschaefferplays. Subscribe to The Culture Crawl at www.kcck.org/culture or search “Culture Crawl” …
Culture Crawl 870 “Geeky, Nerdy, and Awesome”
Tim Hankewich and Dennis Green have been working on a special program for Orchestra Iowa since last summer. Tim programming the music and Dennis writing an original script to accompany “Symphonic Sci-Fi” this Saturday. Musically, the show will feature your favorites from the biggest franchises like Star Wars and Star Trek, but Tim has also …
Culture Crawl 867 “The One That Sprouts from Bugs Bunny’s Chest”
Culture Crawl 867 “The One That Sprouts from Bugs Bunny’s Chest” The Eastern Iowa Orchid Society presents its annual orchid show and sale, “Orchids Are A Scream!” at the Elks Lodge in Cedar Rapids, October 28 and 29. 2023 is the tenth anniversary of the show. EIOS member Nile Dusdieker says orchid societies from all …
Culture Crawl 861 “Post-High” School Assignments
The Metro Marching Band Classic is your only chance to see all seven of the Cedar Rapids-area high school marching bands in one sitting. This year, the Classic will be held Oct. 9 at Linn-Mar Stadium. Gates open at 5:30pm, show at 6pm. Special guests will be the UNI Panther Marching Band. Rain date is …
Culture Crawl 859 “Study in Erasure”
Julia Jessen is the new Curator at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, and the first two exhibits of her tenure are up now at the Museum. “World Lines” features the work of Adam Rake from Iowa City, and consists of work inspired by and jumping off from historical works. “Surprise!” came about from Julia’s …
Culture Crawl 857 “He Oomps and He Pahs”
Culture Crawl 857 “He Oomps and He Pahs” The Amana Colony Folksingers perform traditional and modern German folk music, and are pretty busy during Oktoberfest season. They’ll perform on Friday, September 29th during Amana Oktoberfest and also at Des Moines Oktoberfest on Sept. 23. Group members Kjohn Zuber, Lindsey McCarty, and Tim Fees say you can …
Culture Crawl 854 “That Talentless B@stard”
Culture Crawl 854 “That Talentless B@stard” Orchestra Iowa begins its 2nd century this weekend with “Forged in Fire,” featuring the return of violinist Bella Hristova to tackle a landmark Brahms concerto. Tchaikovsky’s 5th Symphony is also on the program, and Tim explains how greatly the two Masters disliked each other! Bonus: Tim demystifies going to …
Culture Crawl 853 “Please Don’t Make the Mansion Disappear”
Culture Crawl 853 “Please Don’t Make the Mansion Disappear” Jackson Green has been entertaining area audiences with magic since he was a teenager. (And Dennis has been there for all of it, since Jack is his son!) Jack teams up with Brucemore Artist-In-Residence Gerard Estella to create a new full-length show as a part of …