Rebecca Larkin of the Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance (ICCA) runs down the list of events for the weekend. Find out more about these and hundreds of others on ICCA’s website, www.culturalcorridor.org.
Category: Culture Crawl
Culture Crawl 340 “Tears, Laughter, and a Bunch of Meat
Iowa City Community Theatre presents “A Man of No Importance” April 20-29. It’s a lesser-known work musical with tunes by Stephen Flaherty & Lynn Ahrens, famous for “Ragtime.” Set in a 1960s Irish amateur theatre, it’s the sweet story of a man coming to terms with his sexuality in a community and time not known …
Culture Crawl 341 “Nerves”
Please pardon Orchestra Iowa’s Tim Hankewich for being just a tad jittery this week, as he takes the stage with world-renown pianist Emanuel Ax for three performances, April 12-15. It’s a landmark event for Orchestra Iowa, which Emanuel chose out of all the orchestras in the country to come for free to perform and clinic. …
Culture Crawl 339 “Breaking the Rules”
Red Cedar Chamber’s Carey Bostian first worked with harpist Katherine Siochi when she was just thirteen and a student at Iowa City’s Preucil School. She went on to win the 2016 USA International Harp competition and is regarded as one of the world’s leading young harp players. Katherine comes home to perform “HarpStrings” with Red …
Culture Crawl 338 “Remembrance”
April is Holocaust Remembrance Month, and in Cedar Rapids, the David and Joan Thaler Holocaust Remembrance fund brings a Holocaust speaker to the area each year. This year, Michael Bornstein and his daughter Debbie Holenstat will give several presentations April 16-18. Bornstein survived the Auschwitz death camp while just a four year-old child. He and …
Culture Crawl 337 “Dancing with Wolves, only with Rock & Roll”
Riverside Theatre presents “Ears of a Beatle” April 13-29. Patrick Du Laney plays a veteran FBI agent tasked with figuring out a way to get outspoken ex-Beatle John Lennon out of the country before Richard Nixon runs for re-election. Helping, or perhaps hindering him is a new recruit, who has more in common with their …
Culture Crawl 336 “Previously on The Culture Crawl”
Last time, we talked to Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival director Scott Chrisman, about this year’s Fest. Today, one of the film makers is with us. Michael Helgens is the writer and director of “Morris,” a short film that is based on a devastating event from his own life. Learn more about the film at …
Culture Crawl 335 “Now with Real Butter”
The Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival returns to the Collins Road Theatre April 6 & 7. Director Scott Chrisman says each film accepted into the Festival must have an Iowa connection, and the jury panel was pleased with the big selection of submissions. Full length films featured include “Ameila 2.0,” which was filmed in Cedar …