Iowa City Summer of the Arts kicks off early this year with the Friday Night Concert Series. Executive director, Lisa Barnes, and Development Director, Eric Johnson, talk about the lineup starting with Bear Cat Hot Club at the Ped Mall Stage this Friday, May 8. Stay tuned for more SOTA talk coming soon… More info …
Category: Culture Crawl
Culture Crawl 1206 “’September’ is not on the program”
The Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale presents their final concert of the season, “Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water,” coming up May 2, 7:30pm at First Lutheran Church in Cedar Rapids. Director Gerry Kreitzer is in the studio with the details plus a preview of the upcoming season. Tickets are $18 (+fees) online and $23 in-person/day-of. More …
Culture Crawl 1205 “Women Wear Pants All The Time Now”
Family Folk Machine’s Spring Concert, “Dreaming Iowa,” is coming up Saturday May 2, 3pm at the Englert Theatre. The program is made up of songs that reflect on the past, present, and future of Iowa while exploring themes of belonging. In the studio with the details is director of the group, Jean Littlejohn. This concert …
Culture Crawl 1204 “Hooking Up Space-X & Soyuz”
Orchestra Iowa teams up with Revival Theatre Company for “The Best of Broadway,” a show that will feature both regional and national talent singing songs from Le Miz, Wicked, Light in the Piazza, and many more. Tim Hankewich says combining a symphony orchestra with musical theatre presents more challenges than you might think! One show …
Culture Crawl 1203 “Diabolical Plan”
CR Community Orchestra presents, “Joy, Celebration, & the American Spirit!” Ft. special guest Red Cedar Chamber Music. Orchestra conductor, Josh Reznicow, and Red Cedar Music directors Carey Bostian & Miera Kim are in the studio with the details. It’s Sunday, May 3, 3pm at Ballantyne Auditorium. Tickets and more info at crcorchestra.org. Subscribe to The …
Culture Crawl 1202 “We Have To Do This Play!”
Cedar Valley Christian School presents “Don Quixote de la Center” May 1-2. Director Robin Crow says the students had been asking for a more serious play, and the experiment is working out well. The play reimagines Don Quixote inside a dementia care home, where Ethan’s character, Donald, believes he’s the famous knight, and Atticus plays …
Culture Crawl 1201 “X-Men-ey”
The 16th edition of MusicIC, “THE BLACK ANGEL: Music, Myth, and Memory,” is April 30-May 2. MusicIC founder Tricia Park, a violinist and writer, says the signature piece, George Crumb’s “Black Angels,” features an amplified string quartet, where the players incorporate voice, electronic and other ambient sounds into the work, performed May at at the …
Culture Crawl 1200 “Not Your Typical Princess”
The final Playtime Poppy show of the school year is “The Princess Who Wouldn’t Wear Pink” April 23-25 at Washington High School in Cedar Rapids. It’s the story of a princes who simply doesn’t want any of the duties or trappings of her job, but learns along the way that maybe she can do it …