For RHCR Theatre’s 24-Hour Play Festival, 6 new short plays are written, rehearsed and performed in 24 hours. Executive Director Matt Ford says the event is a fun and creative night, with lots of laughs, January 19, 7pm in the CR Public Library’s Whipple Auditorium. There will also be a silent auction, with gift baskets …
Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre presents “Threepenny Opera,” the Bertold Brecht/Kurt Weill work that gave us the classic “Mack The Knife.” Evan Dunn and Jessica Pray Patel say that the show is a departure for them, as it is more of a musical comedy (albeit a dark comedy), than a true opera. But these professional singers …
You might think that all the big holiday events are over, as we head in to the weekend before Christmas. Not so! Dawn Jones from Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance (ICCA) is in with a list of last-minute activities, perfect to give yourself a little break or to give visiting friends and family a taste of …
Kick your holiday off with a bang and attend “Miss Gloria Hardiman Presents ‘A Blue Christmas,’” Dec. 22 at The Mill in Iowa City. Featured performers include Iowa Blues Hall of Fame member Robert “One-Man” Johnson, The Tanya English Band, Hal Reed & The Mississippi Journey, and Gloria Hardiman herself, a former Alligator Records artist. …
In the Sixties and Seventies, no community had a closer relationship with the U.S. Space Program than Cedar Rapids. The company known at that time as Collins Radio (now Collins Aerospace) had the contract to develop the communications technology NASA used for the Apollo project. Neil Armstrong’s famous “One Small Step” speech was transmitted to …
Tim Hankewich from Orchestra Iowa spends most of his summers planning for Holiday Spectacular, the symphony’s big holiday show, featuring not just his orchestra, but the Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale, Discovery Chorus, Espressivo Strings, The Mighty Wurlitzer organ, and special guest vocalist Lynne Rothrock. Dec. 15-16 at the Paramount Theatre. Tickets at the Paramount Box …
Combined Efforts Theatre is the region’s only visual and performing arts company that specializes in collaborations between artists with and without disabilities. The group also runs a writers group, which led Ken Gayley, Ph.D., a UI professor of Astronomy and physics to write the play “Zwicky’s Air,” which explores both the secrets of the universe …
The Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale presents Handel’s landmark work “Messiah” in its 2018-19 season. But not all at once. Instead, the Chorale will break the work up into the seasons we associate it with. Part 1, which celebrates The Nativity, will be the centerpiece of “Holiday Handel,” Dec. 8 at First Lutheran Church in Cedar …
