Culture Crawl 939 “Art in the Park” Wellington Heights Neighborhood Association presents their annual block party, “Art in the Park” July 28 from 11-4 in Redmond Park. Music, crafts, a sidewalk art contest with cash prizes, climbing wall, and much more for the whole family. More details at whcria.com. Subscribe to The Culture Crawl at …
Steve Shanley brings the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band to his elementary alma mater, Bowman Woods school, on July 10 for a concert that includes a feature with Principal Clarinet Christine Bellamy, (that Steve first heard at a concert with the Logan Vander Weil’s Marion High School Band), a salute to Linn County’s Czech Heritage, music …
Julia Jessen and Rachel Schneider from the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art are in the studio today to talk about four summer exhibitions currently on display. “Thinking Big” (through 9/15), “Tiny Wonders” (through 9/1), “ROY G. BIV” (through 10/27) and “The Vessel” (through 3/30) can all be viewed for free through the museum’s Free Summer …
This week, the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band celebrates America with a show featuring patriotic music. The Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale joins the band to add their voices to “American The Beautiful” and “The Battle Hymn of the Republic, as well as a Samuel Barber march and Glenn Miller medley. Steve and Dennis also discuss recent …
Craig Erickson and Gerard Estella have been busy cooking up a unique to them album, “Dream Tracks” and are in the studio today to tell you all about it. The album release concerts will be Friday, June 28 and Saturday, June 29, 7:30pm at the Opus Concert Café. Tickets are $17 and can be purchased …
Rich Wagor, Phil O’Connor & Brett Copeland are in today to give us the rundown on this year’s Five Seasons Chamber Music Festival. Concerts are June 27, 7pm and June 28, 5pm and 7pm at Ballantyne Auditorium (Kirkwood) and June 29, 7pm at Ellis Park. Concerts are free and open to the public. For more …
Week 4 of the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band season features the band’s (and Orchestra Iowa principal) Andy Harris on horn. Andy and the horn section are working pretty hard this season. They had a feature last week, and Steve Shanley also works them pretty hard on a Malcom Arnold composition entitled “Scottish Dances.” Plus, music …
Classmates turned collaborators Akwi Nji and L.D. Kidd have teamed up to breathe new life into “enuf,” a poetry album released last year by Akwi. This one of a kind live performance will feature vocalist Alicia Strong and percussionist EJ Swavv, as well as Akwi and L.D., as they invite you to explore what it …
