The weather is turning colder but that doesn’t mean there still aren’t opportunities to enjoy nature and help Bur Oak Land Trust. Executive Director Tammy Wright says there are still some work days to uproot invasive species that still plague efforts to restore the Land Trust’s properties to natural Iowa prairie. When you shop or …
For many years, as an elementary school teacher, Mark Wilson carried a quote from UI football legend Nile Kinnick in his pocket. After retirement, he got interested in other writings by Iowa’s only Heisman Trophy winner, and the result is “The Way of Nile C. Kinnick Jr.,” a collection of insights, images and stories of …
Kirkwood Community College presents “Big Fish,” a musical based on a 2003 movie by Tim Burton. Directors Allison Holmes and Emma Drtina, and Dawson Gosch, who plays Will Bloom, say the music is outstanding in this tale of a young man trying to get to the truth behind his father’s tall tales. Nov. 1-3 at …
Meet Adam Knight, the new artistic director at Riverside Theatre. Adam comes to Iowa City from New York, and he’s impressed with the local theatre and artistic scene. First up for him is directing a veteran cast in Arthur Miller’s “The Price,” a drama exploring the emotions that bubble up when estranged brothers come together …
The 2018 Eastern Iowa Orchid Show & Sale has a Halloween theme this year. “Orchids are a Scream” is Oct. 27 & 28 at the Elks Lodge, 801 33rd Ave SW in Cedar Rapids. Nile Dusdieker says many of the vendors will decorate their displays with a spooky motif, and Orchid varieties such as the …
Spoken Word artist Akwi Nji joins Red Cedar Chamber Music for “Love and Life,” a concert that examines love throughout all the stages of our existence. The piece was commissioned by Red Cedar board member Tom Carroll as a gift to his wife Patrice for their 40th anniversary. Akwi and Red Cedar Artistic Director Carey …
Dawn Jones with the Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance (ICCA) is in with a look at several Halloween-themed arts and culture events, including productions of Sleepy Hollow, The Addams Family, and Arsenic & Old Lace. Get details about these and hundreds of other events at www.culturalcorridor.org.
Stories about animals have always been a staple of children’s literature. Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Assistant Stories about animals have always been a staple of children’s literature. Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Asst. Curator Kate Kunau has drawn this new exhibit from the Zerzanek Collection of Original Art from Children’s Literature on loan to …
