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 …
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 …
