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Culture Crawl 928 “Hometown Heroes”
Robin and Darrin Crow with Playtime Poppy Children’s Theatre are in today ahead of the 2024 Playtime Poppy’s Summer Theatre Adventure. The camp (auditions now closed) will be June 24-28 and will conclude with a performance, free and open to the public, June 28, 7pm at the Veterans Memorial Building. For more information visit www.playtimepoppy.org …
Culture Crawl 927 “There’s Always a Francesco”
Dreamwell Theatre’s Carrie Pozdol & Erin Lauer join us ahead of upcoming production, “Artemisia,” a play by Lauren Gunderson about 17th century female painter, Artemisia Gentileschi. The show opens Thursday, June 27, 7:30pm at The James Theater and runs through June 30 (Sunday show at 2pm). For tickets and more info visit www.dreamwell.com. Subscribe to …
This Week In Jazz June 2 thru June 8
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummers Al Harewood, Specs Powell, Peter Erskine and Cassius Goens, bandleader Jimmie Lunceford, guitarists Grant Green, Tal Farlow, Royce Campbell and Paul Bollenback, saxophonists Tina Brooks, pianist Monty Alexander and more! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Charlie …
Culture Crawl 925 “80 Different Organisms”
The season finale for Orchestra Iowa fast approaches and Tim Hankewich says it’s gearing up to be a big one. Bring some chairs and bring the family for Pops On The River: The Ultimate Eagles Experience, Saturday 6/1, 7pm @McGrath Amphitheater. Tickets can be purchased through Ticketmaster at www.creventslive.com. You can also call the box …
This Week In Jazz May 26 thru June 1
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Bud Shank, Red Holloway and Greg Abate, pianists Ramsey Lewis, Freddie Redd and Lynne Arriale, bassists Niels Henning Orsted-Pedersen, Eric Revis and Christian McBride, trombonist Tricky Lofton, singer Ann Hampton Callaway and more. We’ll also mark the recording …
Culture Crawl 924 “Hello Summer!”
The historic Brucemore mansion is gearing up for a fun packed summer and here to tell us all about it is Events and Communications Coordinator, Jennifer Beall. Kicking it off May 31 & June 1 is Hello Summer! in the formal gardens. June 7 will see the Ballet Des Moines on the 1st Ave lawn. …
Culture Crawl 923 “Custody of the Creek”
Gilded Pear Gallery has two new exhibits open, and it’s a rather unique set up. Works from landscape artists, Audrey Brown and Randy Richmond, will be found in their respective exhibits, but viewers may find overlaps as the two are a couple! Gilded Pear manager, Lauren Tucci, talks about putting the exhibits together and invites …
This Week In Jazz May 19 thru May 25
Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/arranger/composer Fats Waller, pianist/bandleaders Sun Ra and Bob Florence, singers Rosemary Clooney and Jackie Cain, bagpiper Rufus Harley, drummer Lawrence Marable, pianist Christian Sands and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Sonny Rollins’ “Tenor Madness” (1956), Grant Green’s …