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 …
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 …
