Marquetta Senters and David Combs play the parents of a heart transplant donor in “Tin Woman,” running through August 26that the Old Creamery Theatre. The play shows how the family of the donor and the recipient of the heart come together, and what that encounter means to them. Full of both humor and drama, Old …
Audio only this week, but you won’t want to miss our entertaining conversation with Corridor Blues Great Kevin Burt, who has only taken 20 years to become an overnight success. One of Iowa’s leading bluesman for years, the rest of the world learned of his prowess when he won the International Blues Challenge in Memphis …
The 2nd annual Czech Village Blues takes over the Lions Bridge in the historic Cedar Rapids neighborhood August 11th. Greg West and Michelle Churchill Bell tell Dennis Green that headliners include Bernard Allison, Vanja Sky, and Mike Zito, touring as the Ruf Records Blues Caravan. Also performing are Iowa based groups Shane Johnson’s Blue Train …
We begin a special Culture Crawl series this week featuring the artists performing at KCCK’s Jazz Under the Stars. First up are Gail and Paul Williams of “The Jazz Standard,” a new name for this group of musicians who have performed at Ramsey’s in Marion, First Friday Jazz, and around the community. Also in the …
Rich Heritage of Cedar Rapids Theatre Company – RHCR Theatre presents “Closer” Aug. 4-11. RHCR Artistic Director Kerry Covington steps into the four-person cast in this story of love and betrayal, and says there is a lot of room for the actors to interpret the characters. Katie Starks directs the show, and says that there …
The Cedar Rapids Municipal band has just two more weeks of concerts remaining in their 2018 season. The July 25th and 29th programs feature the bugler for the Kentucky Derby, Steve Buttleman, who is a CR Washington graduate. He’ll be teaming up with two student trumpeters for “Buglers Holiday.” Hannah Langley, from Oak Ridge Middle …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Throughout the past 40 years, Antonio Adolfo has had a very busy career as a pianist, composer and arranger. Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, his teachers included Eumir Deodato and Nadia Boulanger. Adolfo has worked with such major singers as Elis Regina, Flora Purim and Milton Nascimento …
Tom Schwans and Sean McCall play 20 characters between them in “Greater Tuna,” the classic story of the hilarious people of Tuna Texas. They tell Dennis that they’ve done other plays in the Tuna series, but this is the first time they’ve tackled the original work. From Arlen to Bertha to not one, but two …
