Orchestra Iowa and Ballet Quad Cities present the ballet “Alice in Wonderland,” one performance only in Cedar Rapids, Friday, March 16 at the Paramount Theatre. Tim Hankewich explains that the music was not written expressly for this ballet. Rather, several Tchaikovsky pieces of music written for young people were arranged for orchestra by the National …
Theatre Cedar Rapids presents two plays that both deal with Holocaust themes. The well-known play “Diary of Anne Frank” is paired with the Pulitzer-prize winning work “Bent,” which tells the story of a homosexual man in the early days of the Nazi regime. Along with the plays, the Theatre will present some educational events in …
Audio-only listeners to the Culture Crawl will miss Alisabeth Von Presley’s sartorial tribute to 37 years of The Follies—A blindingly-sequined jacket taken from the actual wardrobe stores of the Cedar Rapids performing institution. Alisabeth, who danced in her first Follies at 13, is now co-directing the show with Damon Cole, as well as choreographing what …
Suzy McGrane-Hopp, owner and Lauren Tucci, inventory manager at Gilded Pear Gallery in Cedar Rapids, come out from behind the cash register for a show of their own work in an exhibit called “GuILT,” March 2-30. The show will feature new work from each artist, abstract paintings from Suzy, and ceramics from Lauren. It’s …
Orchestra Iowa presents “An Evening of Symphonic Rock with Mickey Thomas,” February 24. Thomas is the former lead singer from Jefferson Starship, and his band will accompany the Orchestra on a rhythmic ride through some of the best Classic Rock, not only Starship tunes, but also Joan Jett, Foreigner, and many more. Tickets at www.orchestraiowa.org.
The Iowa City Community Theatre presents “The Elephant Man” Feb. 23 – March 4. It’s a bit of a passion project for director Liz Tracey, who saw David Bowie in the title role on Broadway in the 80s. She says that the role of John Merrick is especially tough, as the actor uses his body, …
Matt Steele, publisher of Little Village Magazine and board member of the Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance (ICCA), stops by to let us know about some of the events on CulturalCorridor.org that he finds interesting. Acoustic music, a little jazz, Second City comedy and even a Bollywood dance competition. Find these and many more at www.culturalcorridor.org. …
Red Cedar Chamber Music presents “A Little Klesmer Between Friends,” featuring Christine Bellamy, principal clarinetist with Orchestra Iowa and the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band, in a program that will feature both old and new compositions in Klesmer, a traditional Jewish folk music that began in the 19th Century in Germany, and has been greatly influenced …
