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Culture Crawl 433 “Motion and Stillness”
Jarrett Purdy is an Iowa City native, now finishing up his degree at the University of Iowa, who has been playing regularly in Eastern Iowa since high school. He teamed up with friends Nolan Schroeder, Jim Buennig, Joey Schnoebelen, Blake Shaw, and Christopher Jensen on his first CD “Motion and Stillness,” a disc of all-original …
Culture Crawl 434 “Plays and Music and Art and Things”
Dawn Jones from the Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance is in with a boatload of suggestions of funs things to do over the next week and a half. On Dawn’s list are some new plays, great jazz and a money-saving museum offer. More information on all this cool stuff at www.culturalcorridor.org.
Culture Crawl 432 “I Love It, It’s Perfect, Now It’s Been Changed”
Old Creamery Theatre presents “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change,” a hilarious musical that celebrates and pokes fun at relationships at every stage. But cast members Emily Seibert and Morgan McDowell say that while the musical has been around for a while, this version has brand new content, updated for how dating and relationships …
Culture Crawl 431 “Let’s Get Straight to the Jazz Hands”
The jazz hands come out 8 just seconds into the show as Alisabeth Von Presley and Jen Boettger describe Follies 2019, “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.” The Follies is the only show of its kind in the nation, with a multi-generational cast of over 100 singers, dancers, and actors, performing an original show that will feature …
Culture Crawl 430 “Who’da Thunk It?”
Orchestra Iowa’s Tim Hankewich joins Dennis for “String Theory,” the next concert that features, wait for it… Strings. A shocker, we know. But as the Orchestra gives the brass the night off, they welcome classical guitarist Ana Vidovic, who will perform Rodrigo’s famous Concierto de Aranjuez, famous from the movies and a well-known Miles Davis …
Naylor & Shultz Honored at Corridor Jazz Concert
At the Corridor Jazz Concert, we honored two local musicians and teachers who have had long and influential careers. The family of John Shultz sponsored the appearance of the CR Washington High School Revolutionists. John was a legendary keyboardist and composer, with bands like Freeway and The Beaker Brothers, who passed away in 2018. He was …
Culture Crawl 429 “Complete with Cowboy Hat”
John Rapson of the UI School of Music’s Jazz Studies Program brings his powerful multi-media show “Hot Tamale Louie” to Cedar Rapids for the very first time on March 23, 7:30 at Coe’s Sinclair Auditorium. John tells Dennis that the story was inspired by a 2016 New Yorker article about Zarif Khan, an Afghan immigrant …
Culture Crawl 428 “What a Way to Make a Living”
Revival Theatre Company presents “9 to 5,” the musical based on the movie starring Dolly Parton, who wrote all the music for the show. Director Brian Glick says while most people think of Dolly as a country musician, the score for the show runs the musical gamut; and also contains all the funny scenes that …