“The Cake” is a story set very much in our present. Mary Sullivan plays Della, a sweet, woman who has a crisis of faith when she learns the cake she is going to bake for a dear friend’s wedding will be for a bride, and a bride. Mary and director Patrick Du Laney tell Dennis …
Old Creamery Theatre presents “A Comedy of Tenors,” Sept. 6-30 in Amana. A sequel to Ken Ludwig’s “Lend Me A Tenor,” the show is a side-splitting, comedy, full of door slamming, pratfalls, and mistaken identities. Cast members Keegan Christopher and Sean McCall tell Dennis which parts of their bodies ache the most! Information and tickets …
Cabala was an Iowa-based rock and show band that toured the Midwest in the Seventies & Eighties, playing the music of Steely Dan; Earth, Wind & Fire; plus their own compositions to thousands every week. The band is reuniting for the first time in over 35 years this weekend, to be inducted in the Iowa …
Bur Oak Land Trust hosts a Family Day at their Belgum Grove property on Sept. 16. Tammy Wright says there will be raptors, an interactive stream table, and other fun outdoor activities to get your family away from their screens. “Under a Cider Moon… A Celebration of Autumn,” will be Oct. 6, with silent and …
Ian Draves formed the soul-funk band Soul Sherpa with musicians he met while a student at Kirkwood Community College. Today, it’s one of the Corridor’s busiest bands, and is putting on a unique, collaborative concert called The Corridor Record Project, where Soul Sherpa will arrange a tune written by another regional band, incorporating funk beats …
KCCK’s Jazz Under the Stars swings to a dynamic conclusion Aug. 23 when Steve Shanley directs an All-Star Big Band with singers at McGrath Amphitheatre. Musicians from all over the state are coming to play, and singers include Amy Friedl Stoner, who has performed at New York cabarets, Iowa jazz legends Eddie Piccard and Craig …
Beverly Winkie’s husband Wallace spent his life pursuing knowledge and sharing that knowledge with his students, family and friends. His students memorialized his 20 years as a Drivers Ed instructor in a book called “Park It.” In his memory, the Wallace Winkie Foundation has created the Lifetime Learner Hall of Fame, honoring someone each year …
Dennis and Ken Duncan of The Funk Daddies reminisce about the music scene in Iowa City and Cedar Rapids over the past several decades, conjuring up memories of groups like Kabala and Akasha, and clubs including Maxwell’s and Polly’s Penthouse, on the way to talking about Funk Daddies and their show Aug. 16 at KCCK’s …
