Old Creamery Theatre presents the comedy “Making God Laugh” through May 14. Director Janeve West from Cornell College and actor David Q. Combs describe this family comedy which takes place agains the backdrop of family holiday gatherings. Both hysterically funny and full of heart, the cast tells a story that will feel familiar to anyone …
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Culture Crawl 245 “Cultural AND Creative”
Dawn Jones is Brand Manager for Iowa’s Creative Corridor AND a board member of the Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance (ICCA), so she’s in the perfect seat to know what interesting things are coming up. She picks out some theatre shows, the stirring “This Is My Brave” event at Kirkwood, and Earth Day activities. Visit Iowa’s …
Culture Crawl 244 “No Gamba, But You Won’t Miss It”
The final concert of Red Cedar Chamber’s season is “Backlash Bach,” which features new arrangements of music by the great composer which were originally written for harpsichord and gamba (a musical relative of the guitar and lute). Miera Kim, violin, and Carey Bostian, cello, are joined by another cellist, Isaac Pastor-Chermak, for this concert, which …
Culture Crawl 243 “Doing Their Homework”
The Iowa City Community Theatre presents “Diary of Anne Frank” April 21-30, in a run that coincides with Holocaust Remembrance Day. Kelly Garrett and Rachel Korach Howell talk about a special panel discussion that will take place after the April 23 performance, and also about the intense research cast members have done to get to …
Culture Crawl 242 “The Holocaust Didn’t Begin with Gas Chambers”
John Chaimov from Coe College is a member of the Thaler Holocaust Remembrance committee, which brings a Holocaust survivor to Cedar Rapids to speak about his or her experience. This year’s speaker is Dr. Jacob Eisenbach, a retired dentist who actually lived in Cedar Rapids for a time, and survived the Holocaust as a teen …
Culture Crawl 241 “Evil, Evil, Evil”
RHCR Theatre of Cedar Rapids presents “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” April 28 – May 6. Amy Restroom plays Nurse Ratched, one of the all-time villain characters in literature and movies. Amy says that one of the things that makes the character chilling (and complicated to play) is that she takes her heinous actions …
Culture Crawl 240 “Kinda Like The Mafia”
After 36 years The Follies is just as much a family as it is a show. Some adult performers started in the show as kids, and it’s not uncommon for whole families to be involved. Dennis Green is a past Follies cast member, as is his wife and two grown sons. Producer Jen Boettger reminds …
New Music Monday for March 27, 2017
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Since moving to New York from his native Cleveland twelve years ago, Jerome Jennings has become one of the most in-demand jazz drummers on the scene. With his debut album “The Beast,” Jennings—who is currently a member of the Christian McBride Trio—steps to the …