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Culture Crawl 439 “Body Switching”
Clear Creek/Amana High School presents the Iowa premiere of the new musical “Freaky Friday,” based on the popular Disney movies. Seniors Brie Bevans and Mikayla Tackaberry play the body-switching mother and daughter, and say playing different minds in different bodies creates a fun challenge. 7:00pm April 11, 12, 13, with a 2:00 matinee also on …
Celebrate The Joy of Jazz!
Fill out the form below and tell us the name of a favorite jazz song or album, along with a sentence or two about why it sparks joy for you. Beginning April 5, we’ll play back the tunes submitted, both to celebrate the music that brings us joy and to remind other listeners that supporting …
Culture Crawl 438 “Dennis Knows Every Verse”
Miera Kim and Carey Bostian of Red Cedar Chamber Music welcome back the founders of Red Cedar, Jan Boland and John Dowdall for a series of concerts entitled (appropriately) “Founders Return.” The program will consist of some favorites from Jan and John’s years at Red Cedar, plus a few surprises, including a piece set to …
Culture Crawl 437 “Joyful Noises”
The biggest fundraiser of the year for Family Promise of Linn County, which supports homeless families, is “Joyful Noises,” a music event that brings together folk, classical, and jazz musicians. Event director Kay Galli and Family Promise board chair Tammy Stines say the event will be a fun variety, including the father-daughter duo of Steve …
Culture Crawl 436 “It’s a Spectaculathon!”
“The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon” works all 209 Brothers Grimm fables into one 2-hour show, coming up at RHCR Theatre in Cedar Rapids as a part of their Youth Theatre series. The cast of 20 young people race through familiar tales like Cinderella and Snow White, to bizarre and obscure stories like The Girl Without Hands …
Culture Crawl 435 “World Premiere”
Riverside Theatre presents the world premiere of the brand-new play, “Apple Season.” It’s the story of a woman returning to her family’s land after many years, and what happens when an encounter with an old flame conjures memories she thought she had escaped. The production is a “rolling” premiere, because two other theatres are also …
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.