The Friday Night Concert Series returns to a normal schedule post-pandemic, kicking off the summer music season May 13. Lisa Barnes from Summer of the Arts says not only will concerts will be held at the Ped Mall in downtown Iowa City, but also in the Northside neighborhood, on Linn Street. Tribute bands to Prince, …
Cedar Rapids Opera presents “La Voix Humaine” (The Human Voice), May 13 on the CRST 4th Floor Balcony. Director Haley Stamats says the one-woman show consists entirely of one side of a telephone conversation between a woman and man after the end of their relationship. Which presents some interesting requirements in staging, blocking, and singing. …
Iowa City’s inter-generational choir, Family Folk Machine, is in concert at the Englert, Sunday afternoon, May 14. The program includes an original song by a composer in the Family Folk Machine’s young songwriters program, which will be set to an original puppet show, created with the help of Eulenspiegel Puppet Theatre’s Monica Leo. Plus, a …
Orchestra Iowa brings back one of its most popular “rock” shows May 7, with “One Vision – The Music of Queen.” The orchestra will back four musicians who’ll bring the music of that classic band to live, including all your Queen favorites, such as “Killer Queen,” “We Are The Champions,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” and Tim’s favorite …
Culture Crawl 710 “Just Add Music” Some of the very first silent movies and Magic Lantern slides were shown to the public at the Graham Opera House in Washington, Iowa, by showman and entrepreneur William Brinton, in the early days of the 20th Century. Decades later, historian Michael Zahs was given a box labeled “Brinton …
Dave Rosazza founded Shade of Blue as a guitar trio, but soon found himself adding friends on keyboards, saxophone and vocals. When singers Simone Green and Joan Ruffin moved out of the area, it seemed to spell the end of the band, but they have kept the groove alive with a reunion concerts once a …
Culture Crawl 708 “100%” All of the students who graduated last year from the programs of the Academy for Scholastic and Personal Success have gone on to post-high school study, two of them at Princeton, the first Academy students to matriculate to an Ivy League school. The Academy’s fundraising gala will be May 12 at …
Ron Clark directs the Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning play “Proof” April 14-17 at Kirkwood Community College. Ron and actor Travis Cooper dissect this unique and emotional play. April 14, 15, 16 at 7:30, and April 17 at 2pm in Ballantyne Auditorium. Tickets available at the door.
