Culture Crawl 676 “Almost There…” Ghyas Zeidieh is the new music director of the Cedar Rapids Community Orchestra, reactivated after its pandemic pause and beginning its season Dec. 5 with a concert at Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School. A native of Damascus, Syria, Ghyas talks about his first visit to Iowa (after being assured it …
Orchestra Iowa kicks off its holiday concert season with “Messiah” Nov. 20 at the Paramount, and Nov. 21 at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts. Joining the Orchestra will be the Chamber Singers of Iowa City, and soloists, Jessica Pray, Suzanne Lommler, Eric Barry, and Craig Irvin. Known primarily, of course, for The Hallelujah …
Violinist, teacher, and composer Josh Henderson is doing a one-year residency at the University of Iowa. His group, Warp Trio, is a genre-bending ensemble that combines, classical, jazz, electronica, and other styles. Josh talks about his background and music in an interview that also includes some of Warp Trio’s music.
Mike Conrad founded The Iowa Jazz Composers Orchestra (ICJO) to highlight the compositions of Iowans in new music and arrangements written for big band. The ensemble makes its Cedar Rapids’ debut Nov. 13 at 8pm at CSPS Hall in Cedar Rapids. You’ll hear the work of Chris Merz, Bob Washut, the late John Rapson, as …
Tom Milligan directs “Androcles and The Lion” at Clear Creek-Amana High School in Tiffin, Nov. 12-13. Tom knows the play well, since he first performed it as a student himself. The all-female cast will perform the play, set in Ancient Rome, as if they were a troupe of 17th-century itinerant players, it’s a bit of …
Culture Crawl 671 “I See What You Did There” “Imagine Other Worlds With Authors (I.O.W.A.) is an author organized by The Writers Rooms, a support and resource organization for current and aspiring writers based in Iowa City. The event will be virtual in 2021, with pre-events going on Nov. 1-5, and opportunities to meet and …
Family Promise of Linn County, which supports homeless and housing-insecure families, presents “Stories From The Heart – Reimagining Home,” original tales from the area’s best storytellers, sharing perspectives on the importance of home, and what home means to them. Appearing will be Darrin Crow, Randy Estes, Tim Gallenbeck, Zette St. Charles, Brooke Murphy-Fitzgerald, and even …
Riverside Theatre presents “The Grand Inquisitor,” a (largely) one-man show starring Iowa native John William Watkins, in a soliloquy taken from the classic novel, “The Brothers Karamazov,” ion collaboration with the Iowa City Book Festival and University of Iowa Libraries’ “Dostoevsky at 200” exhibit. It’s a monologue of urgency and intensity on the nature of, …
