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 …
Family Folk Machine is a non-auditioned, intergenerational folk choir in Iowa City. The group offers classes in learning acoustic instruments and songwriting, to create shows that consists of both folk classics and new material. Board members Aprille Clarke and Jerry Partridge say rehearsals for the fall show begin Sunday, August 18 at The Center …
Next up at Jazz Under The Stars in Noelridge Park on August 15 is Christopher’s Very Happy Band, a quartet led by UNI Director of Jazz Studies Chris Merz. An accomplished composer of all kinds of jazz, The Very Happy Band is Chris’s outlet for his most upbeat and mass-appeal tunes, perfect for an evening …
SPT Theatre opens its 12th season this year in a new location. The company is moving to a freshly-remodeled performance space at Shores Central Park, in Cedar Rapids’ recently-named College District. Long the home of cool restaurants and music clubs, SPT is pleased to be the neighborhood’s first performing arts company. Mary Sullivan and Gerard …
