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Culture Crawl 1177 “Statue of Liberty Will Not Be Harmed”
Orchestra Iowa CEO, Eric Marshall, and Magician Jackson Green are in the studio ahead of Jackson’s upcoming “Magic Show,” at Opus Concert Cafe on Saturday, March 14. Tickets are $15, doors open at 7pm, and the show starts at 7:30pm. Tickets and more info at artsiowa.com & orchestraiowa.org. Keep up with Jackson at jacksongreen.net & …
Culture Crawl 1176 “Kill The Wabbit, Kill The Wabbit”
Orchestra Iowa presents Pops III, “Bugs Bunny at the Symphony.” Guest conductor George Daughtery joins Dennis over zoom with all the details. It’s Saturday, March 7, 7:30pm at Paramount Theatre in Cedar Rapids. Tickets and more info at artsiowa.com. Subscribe to The Culture Crawl at kcck.org/culture or search “Culture Crawl” in your favorite podcast player. …
Culture Crawl 1175 “No Weapons”
Kennedy Choral League presents “Iowa’s Got Talent: Live and Local” coming up Friday, April 3, 7pm at CSPS Hall in Cedar Rapids. KCL member, Anne Ohrt, & Kennedy HS Choral Director, Storm Ziegler, are in the studio with all the details. Audition video submissions are due March 8 by midnight. Tickets and additional audition info …
This Week In Jazz March 1 thru March 7
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of guitarist Wes Montgomery, reedmen Barney Bigard, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis and Ricky Ford, pianist Lou Levy, bassists Doug Watkins, Pierre Michelot and Red Callender, trumpeter Howard McGhee, singers Carol Sloan and Flora Purim and more. We’ll also mark the recording …
Culture Crawl 1173 “Bass Player and Numerologist”
Summer of the Arts is back with a fundraiser featuring The Beaker Brothers Band coming up March 6 at First Avenue Club in Iowa City. Doors open 6:30pm with the show going 7:30-10:30pm. SOTA Development Director, Eric Johnson, and Beaker Brothers band member, Ed English, are in the studio with the details (and some big …
Culture Crawl 1172 “You’re Directing Bert, Too”
Riverside Theatre presents “Primary Trust” by Eboni Booth coming up Feb 27-Mar 15. In the studio with the details are cast member Randy Jackson-Alvarenga (Kenneth) and director Saffron Henke. For tickets and more info visit riversidetheatre.org. Subscribe to The Culture Crawl at kcck.org/culture or search “Culture Crawl” in your favorite podcast player. Listen Live at …
This Week In Jazz February 22 thru February 28
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composers John Benson Brooks, Hall Overton and Michel Legrand, bassists Ralph Pena, Bob Magnusson and Steve Charlson, saxmen Flip Phillips, Tommy Newsom, Dextor Gordon, and David “Fathead” Newman, cellist Fred Katz, singers Mildred Bailey and Roseanna Vitro and more! …
This Week In Jazz February 15 thru February 21
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer Harold Arlen, trumpeters Taft Jordan and Charlie Spivak, baritone saxmen Charlie Fowlkes, Pete Christlieb and Jeff Clayton, clarinetist Buddy Defranco, singers Irma Thomas and Nancy Wilson and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Coleman Hawkins’s “Rainbow …