Michael Collins is the son of Collins Radio founder Arthur Collins, and a vice-president of the Arthur A. Collins Legacy Association, an organization devoted to preserving the history of Collins and the company he founded, now known as Collins Aerospace. Michael will give a talk entitled “Arthur A. Collins: A Personal Retrospective,” at the Marion …
Kristin Stoeffler’s landscape paintings are informed by the time she has spent on her family’s farms and other Iowa spaces. Her work, along with fellow landscape artist David Gordinier make up the new exhibit, “Open Air,” at Gilded Pear Gallery, now through November 29. David attended Kirkwood Community College, and like Kristin, got her BFA …
The annual Metro Marching Band Classic is the only marching band event where you can see the award-winning marching band shows from all seven of the Cedar Rapids and Marion high schools, plus the UNI Panther Marching Band. October 14 at Kingston Stadium at 6:30pm. Rain date: Oct. 21. Tickets at www.metromarchingband.ludus.com, from any participating …
“Jazzy Jamboree” is the title of the first Red Cedar Chamber Music concert of the fall season, and directors Miera Kim and Carey Bostian say that it really delivers. Guest artist Christine Bellomy takes a break from her duties as principal clarinet with Orchestra Iowa and the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band to perform a program …
Native American flute player Jonny Lipford welcomes indigenous performers from all over the country to Iowa each year for the Sweetgrass Flute and Nature Festival, held at Prairie Woods in Hiawatha, Sept. 27-29. KCCK’s Ron Adkins is the Festival MC, and lets us in on who he is excited to see perform. And as always, …
The Iowa City Community Theatre presents the musical “Pippin,” Sept. 20-29. Known for the Broadway (and 70s-80s show Choir) standards “Magic to Do” and “Corner of the Sky,” director Josh Sazon and music director Wes Hable say this production, while staged in the intimate ICCT space at the Johnson County Fairgrounds, still boasts intricate choreography …
Dawn Jones from the Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance drops by for her monthly visit, reminding us that there is a full weekend of fun stuff to do in the Corridor, highlighting theatre, music, and Art in the Alley. Details on these and hundreds of other events at www.culturalcorridor.org.
Despite its provocative title, “God of Carnage” is not a play based on a horror novel, but is actually a comedy surrounding the experience of two sets of parents brought together after a playground fight involving their sons. Director Brian Tanner and cast member Greg Stoll say that what starts out as an effort to …
