Last time, we talked to Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival director Scott Chrisman, about this year’s Fest. Today, one of the film makers is with us. Michael Helgens is the writer and director of “Morris,” a short film that is based on a devastating event from his own life. Learn more about the film at …
The Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival returns to the Collins Road Theatre April 6 & 7. Director Scott Chrisman says each film accepted into the Festival must have an Iowa connection, and the jury panel was pleased with the big selection of submissions. Full length films featured include “Ameila 2.0,” which was filmed in Cedar …
Mirrorbox Theatre stages its first production, “Exit Strategy,” April 5-7 in C Space, at CSPS in Cedar Rapids’ New Bo neighborhood. Founder Cavan Hallman says the mission of Mirrorbox is to stage new works that might not otherwise come to community. Many will be regional premieres. Alternately funny and poignant, “Exit Strategy” is the …
Jamie Siefken of the Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance (ICCA) and Cedar Ridge Distillery, stops by to talk about upcoming community arts events you can find on the newly re-designed CulturalCorridor.org. He also reminds us that changes in state law now allow Cedar Ridge to serve cocktails made from their products, and his mixologists are letting …
Orchestra Iowa and Ballet Quad Cities present the ballet “Alice in Wonderland,” one performance only in Cedar Rapids, Friday, March 16 at the Paramount Theatre. Tim Hankewich explains that the music was not written expressly for this ballet. Rather, several Tchaikovsky pieces of music written for young people were arranged for orchestra by the National …
Theatre Cedar Rapids presents two plays that both deal with Holocaust themes. The well-known play “Diary of Anne Frank” is paired with the Pulitzer-prize winning work “Bent,” which tells the story of a homosexual man in the early days of the Nazi regime. Along with the plays, the Theatre will present some educational events in …
Audio-only listeners to the Culture Crawl will miss Alisabeth Von Presley’s sartorial tribute to 37 years of The Follies—A blindingly-sequined jacket taken from the actual wardrobe stores of the Cedar Rapids performing institution. Alisabeth, who danced in her first Follies at 13, is now co-directing the show with Damon Cole, as well as choreographing what …
Suzy McGrane-Hopp, owner and Lauren Tucci, inventory manager at Gilded Pear Gallery in Cedar Rapids, come out from behind the cash register for a show of their own work in an exhibit called “GuILT,” March 2-30. The show will feature new work from each artist, abstract paintings from Suzy, and ceramics from Lauren. It’s …
