Friends of Tim Hankewich know the Orchestra Iowa maestro’s good luck charm is a Star Trek comm badge, which he wears inside his tux coat. Don’t be surprised if the comm badge is proudly out and displayed on his lapel at Brucemorchestra, this Saturday, Sept. 14. It’s an all-space program, with the themes from Star …
Riverside Theatre presents the famous Chekhov play “Uncle Vanya” Sept. 13 – Oct. 6. It’s the Iowa premiere of a brand new translation of the legendary play. Director Adam Knight says the new translation brings even more nuance to the play’s themes of family, sacrifice, and obligation. Tickets and info at www.riversidetheatre.org.
Bur Oak Land Trust hosts its Fall Family Day on Sept. 15 at the Trust’s Belgum Grove property. There are activities for the whole family, but particularly for children, who can see raptors, and wade in the water to catch frogs, see fish, and many other things you can’t do in front of a screen! …
Unless you want to be humming “Mamma Mia” for the rest of the day. That’s the next show coming up at Old Creamery Theatre. Kristen Behrendt-DeGrazia (Donna) and Sean McCall (Bill) say the cast and crew are pulling out all the stops on the started that began the current trend of “jukebox” musicals. Opening September …
Jennifer Beall from the African American Museum of Iowa stops by to talk about the upcoming exhibit “Untangling The Roots – The Culture of Black Hair,” opening September 7. This brand new exhibit looks at how history and culture has defined standards of beauty for African American hair, from pre-slavery Western Africa right up through …
Dawn Jones from the Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance (ICCA) is in to talk about fun upcoming events that range from the rock band fronted by a Hollywood star, to shoes as art, Market after Dark, and even KCCK’s Jazz Under the Stars! Learn more at www.culturalcorridor.org.
Mirrorbox Theatre is just ending its second season in Cedar Rapids. Founder and director Cavan Hallman says the reception of this new troupe, whose mission is to bring premieres and new plays to the community, has been warm. Next up is “Sender,” by Chicago playwright Ike Holter, a part of his “Chicago Cycle” series of …
Ken Duncan’s t-shirt says it all! Funk Daddies will lay down the should for the final Jazz Under the Stars concert, Aug. 22 at McGrath Amphitheatre. Sure, school is starting and you may be getting into “fall mode,” but grab one more summer night of great music with Iowa’s Jazz Station. Ken says the band …
