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Culture Crawl 902 “Violas On Fire”
Miera Kim and Carey Bostian from Red Cedar Chamber Music are here today talking about their current concert series, “Old Friends.” The program features a core ensemble of violin, viola, and cello with Miera’s old friend, violist Choong-Jin Chong, featured as a guest. The big concluding concert of this program is March 30, 7pm at …
Culture Crawl 901 “There is Only Zuill”
Tim Hankewich is back to talk shop ahead of Orchestra Iowa’s upcoming Masterworks show, “Silent Woods” featuring renowned cellist Zuill Bailey. A program in the making for the past four years, “Silent Woods” will take you on a journey with works from Dvorak, including his famous Cello Concerto, and Shostakovich. Saturday 3/23, 7:30pm at Paramount …
This Week In Jazz March 17 thru February March 23
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Curly Russell, Harry Babasin and Jerry Jemmott, singers Nat King Cole, Bill Henderson and Queen Latifah, pianists Marian McPartland, Sir Charles Thompson, Harold Mabern, guitarists George Benson and Bill Frisell and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries …
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 …