Lynn Jensen, who recently retired as a theatre director at Jefferson High School in Cedar Rapids, is back “home” this week, in her new role as Managing Director of Playtime Poppy Children’s Theatre, the venerable troupe that has been entertaining area children for nearly 70 years. Each year, the three Cedar Rapids high schools, each …
Cabaret singer Lynne Rothrock is producing a new show that she hopes will become a new cabaret series. “CR Sings – The Beatles” will feature a variety of Corridor singers with new and unique takes on the music of the Fab Four. At the Opus Concert Cafe, Nov. 1 at 8:30 (slightly later time because …
Orchestra Iowa plays a live symphonic soundtrack to “The Wizard of Oz,” Oct. 25 and 26 at the Paramount Theatre. This is the third “play-along” movie the Orchestra has performed and music director Tim Hankewich says Oz may be the most challenging. Not only must the orchestra accompany the movie’s singing in perfect time, but …
Marvin Cone is mainly known for his tranquil and colorful cloud scenes and landscapes. But he also did a series of paintings that is downright spooky, centered on a rickety, dark staircase and the creepy visage of a ghost (?) who has come to be known as Uncle Ben. The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art …
It’s a Halloween theme again this year, “Orchids Are A Scream II,’ October 26 & 27 at the Elks Lodge in Cedar Rapids. Nile Dusdieker from the Eastern Iowa Orchid Society talks about the allure of these mysterious plants, and what to look for when you attend the show. Hundreds of orchids from all over …
The Iowa Composers Forum hosts a concert on October 20 that will feature composers by resident Iowans Michael Kimber, Randy Wells, Robert Martin, Brooke Joyce, and Jerry Owen. Plus on very famous ex-pat, world renown composer Michael Daugherty’s work based on Mark Twain’s “The Diaries of Adam and Eve.” October 20, 2:30pm at the Opus …
Bur Oak Land Trust’s annual fundraiser “Under a Cider Moon” is coming up October 27 at the Celebration Barn near Solon. Development Director Tammy Wright says there will be entertainment, and a live and silent auction that includes a signed Green Bay Packers football, and two letters from the former Iowa State Bank and Trust …
RHCR Theatre of Cedar Rapids presents the Female Version of Neil Simon’s “The Odd Couple” Oct. 18-20 and 25-26. Jennifer Smith and Stephenie Meek portray Olive Madison and Florence Unger, in the play that Simon re-wrote and released in the 80s. Director Kimberli Maloy has kept the play in it’s original period, so expect big …
