Construction in the Ped Mall this summer has forced the Friday Night Concert Series to move to Iowa Avenue, so don’t be alarmed if you are heading to your traditional spot, and there’s a giant earth-moving vehicle in the way. As usual, the series begins with a twin bill featuring the City and West High …
No rest for Orchestra Iowa, as they follow up the recent Emanuel Ax residency with a concert featuring another pianist, Van Cliburn silver medalist Joyce Yang, playing a Rachmaninoff piece dubbed “The Crème de Menthe Variation.” You’ll have to watch to learn why! It’s a full program of Russian music (Tim dubs it “Putin Palooza”), …
Logan Adam Schultz plays the title character in Theatre Cedar Rapids‘ production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” directed by Angie Toomsen. They say that the show will contain most of the familiar scenes and characters (including a hip-swinging, Blue Suede Shoe-wearing Pharaoh) that those familiar with the Andrew Lloyd Weber/Tim Rice classic …
The Iowa Dance Festival happens across two weekends this year. It opens April 28 & 29 at Filmscene in Iowa City, with the Iowa International Screendance Festival. Keynote speaker Marta Renzi will lead a discussion of the films that will be presented. Screendance brings the audience up and close and personal with the dancers, as …
The Bur Oak Land Trust enters its 40th year of preserving natural spaces in Eastern Iowa. Director Tammy Wright says the organizations has a lot of fun events and opportunities for individuals and families to get away from screens and experience the natural resources of our area. If it would just stop snowing, that is!
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.
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 …
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. …
