Actor and comedian David Lee Nelson and Riverside Theatre Artistic Director Adam Knight are childhood friends who have collaborated artistically throughout their lives. But nothing they have worked on together has been more meaningful than “Stages,” a one-man show about David’s experience with colon cancer. David used the main weapon in hid arsenal, laughter, throughout …
For more than three decades, The Academy for Scholastic and Personal Success has helped minority students in the Cedar Rapids area make the most of their academic and personal lives. Ruth White, founder and executive director, and Academy director Eric Thompson talk about The Academy’s programs and invite you to support the organization and enjoy …
It’s “Disney in Concert” with Orchestra Iowa, Feb. 22 at 2:30 and 7:30pm at the Paramount Theatre. Tim Hankewich says it’s a full multi-media show, including video clips, rarely-seen storyboards and art, plus a troupe of singer-dancers to bring your Disney favorites to life. Tim says what makes a concert like this special is that …
Gilded Pear Gallery is bringing in the big guns for their next show, “Collector Showcase.” It will feature some of the best-known names in art history with connections to Cedar Rapids, including pieces by Grant Wood, Mauricio Lasansky, Conger Metcalf, Bertha Jaques, and Marvin Cone. The Cone piece is the first time his work has …
RHCR Theatre presents “5 Women Wearing the Same Dress” Feb. 14-22, the story of five bridesmaids “hiding out” during an 80s wedding reception. Janette Little and Carlee Glenn play two of the bridesmaids, and are ready to paint the town in their 80s hair, but maybe not in the titular dress. RHCR Theatre head honcho …
Tom Cook of Iowa City has written a book that tells the story of Dr. Ignacio Ponseti, and the revolutionary treatment for clubfoot he developed at the University of Iowa. Dr. Ponseti grew up in Spain, and as a young physician, become enmeshed int he Spanish Civil War and lived in exile in France and …
Orchestra Iowa’s Tim Hankewich went south for his holiday break. But farther south than most, Antarctica. He’s still on a bit of a high from his trip, and gives us some highlights, before telling the story behind the upcoming concert. It’s the first in a series of concerts celebrating the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth. …
Jessica Link of Cedar Rapids and Curtis Jackson of Chicago portray women’s rights activist Susan B. Anthony and abolitionist Frederick Douglass in “The Agitators,” Jan. 24 – Feb. 16 at Riverside Theatre. It’s an Iowa premiere of a play that tells the true story of the 40-year tempestuous friendship between these two icons of the …
