Orquesta Alto Maiz, Iowa’s Salsa Band, is still going strong in its 37th year. Original members Ed East and Jim Dreier sat down with us to talk about how the band actually created much of today’s interest in salsa and Latin Jazz. Along the way, members of the band who were, or who became teachers, …
Leslie Wright is director Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality Center, focused on our relationships with ecology, spirituality, and holistic health. Leslie says, “if the sun is out, we’re open,” and anyone is welcome to come to Prairiewoods and take advantage of a rare opportunity to get close to Mother Nature. Prairiewoods will host “Spirituality in the 21st …
Katie Roche from the I.C. Public Library Friends Foundation joins us to talk about a couple of upcoming events. On May 4, the Friends Foundation presents their annual “Looking Forward” event, featuring author Raman Alam in conversation with Dr. Tameka Cage Conley at the Englert Theatre. Katie also reminds us that May 3 is the …
Orchestra Iowa presents the next installment in its historic 100th season, “Percussive Fire,” featuring “Dreamachine,” a composition by Cedar Rapids native Michael Daugherty featuring up and coming percussion star Britton René Collins. Tim says the opening piece by Arturo Marquez will literally make you want to get up and dance, and if all this didn’t …
The jazz unit of Iowa City’s New Horizon Band, the Silver Swing Band, presents its spring concert April 20, 7:00pm at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts. You’ll hear tunes ranging from Buddy Rich to Cannonball Adderley to traditional New Orleans, as well as work featuring Silver Swing director, Adolfo Mendonca on piano. Tickets …
Deb Kennedy and Tom Milligan are TKM Theatrical Productions, presenting “Marriage is Murder,” March 24-26 at the Amana Performing Arts Center. The real-life couple portray divorced murder-mystery writers, reluctantly collaborating and taking their frustrations out on each other during the “writing” of a new piece. Get tickets on the TKM Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100085171131736 or …
Mark Dotson spent more than twenty years incarcerated in Iowa and neighboring states. Early on, he decided to use art to help him deal with the hardships of situation and also to preserve and tell his story. First through drawings and then through journaling. Now living in Iowa City, Mark has been working with Ron …
Tova Friedman was one of the youngest Holocaust survivors, freed from Auschwitz when she was just six. Out of the hundreds of children from her home town in Poland, she was one of only five children who lived. Tova will be in Cedar Rapids March 26-29 to be the featured speaker in the Thaler Holocaust …
