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Culture Crawl 900 “Watercolors Are Always A Challenge”
Gilded Pear Gallery in Cedar Rapids is home to some exciting exhibitions for the next couple months, one of which features Julia Kottal and her exploration of color through abstract oil landscapes and watercolor. Gilded Pear manager, Lauren Tucci, invites everyone to a reception celebrating current exhibitions on Friday, March 15, 4:30-7:30pm. Julia’s exhibition, “The …
This Week In Jazz March 10 thru March 16
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeters/composer/arrangers Mercer Ellington, Blue Mitchell, Quincy Jones and Terence Blanchard, singers Mark Murphy, Al Jarreau, Bobby McFerrin and Vanessa Rubin, organist Shirley Scott, drummer Roy Haynes and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Buck Clayton’s “Jam Sessions …
Culture Crawl 897 “Carol With Cabbages”
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art exhibitions, “Land/scape: Climate, the Environment and Beyond” and “Ravenous: Food in Art” are up and running for a couple more months and curator Julia Jessen is here to spill the bowls of fruit. In an effort to bring art and the museum directly to your home, exhibits will be available …
This Week In Jazz March 3 thru February March 9
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of a BEVY of trumpeters including Howard McGhee, Palle Mikkelborg, Charles Tolliver, Bobby Shew, Ralph Alessi and Orbert Davis, saxophonists George Coleman and Ricky Ford, guitarist Wes Montgomery, singers Flora Purim and Carol Sloane, pianist Lou Levy and more. We’ll …
Culture Crawl 896 “Magic and Wrestling-Who Knew?”
History of magic meets professional wrestling in Jackson Green’s upcoming magic show, put on by Deb Kennedy’s TKM Theatrical Productions, March 15, 7pm @ Amana Performing Arts Center. Bring the whole family for a night that will surely blue thunder bomb your mind. Tickets and more info at www.tkmtheatricalproductions.com Subscribe to The Culture Crawl at …
Culture Crawl 895 “He Wrote That?”
Everyone loved the Cole Porter show at Coralville Center for the Performing Arts back in September so much that Josh Sazon and Wes Habley have cooked up another exciting show, this time featuring the music of Johnny Mercer. Head over to Coralville on Saturday, March 23 for Moon River: The Songs of Johnny Mercer at …
Culture Crawl 894 “Can I Bring My Kazoo?”
Jessica Altfillisch, executive director of Cedar Rapids’ Harmony School of Music, is back again to announce an exciting line up for this year’s Community Music Day. An instrument petting zoo, a music and mental health panel with music therapists from the University of Iowa, and an epic mixed ensemble performance of “Ode to Joy” led …
This Week In Jazz February 25 thru February March 2
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Flip Phillips, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Dexter Gordon and Richie Cole, singers Mildred Bailey Dinah Shore and Roseanna Vitro, bandleaders Glenn Miller and Jimmy Dorsey, bassist Nilsson Matta and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Duke Ellington’s …