Jazz Corner of the World Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Sonny Rollins on Milestone, Part 6 Host Craig Kessler wraps up his listen to the great recordings from Milestone with the fabulous releases by Sonny Rollins. The legendary tenorman, now 92, recorded more than 20 albums for Milestone, spanning from 1972 to 2004. …
Deb Kennedy and Tom Milligan are TKM Theatrical Productions, presenting “Marriage is Murder,” March 24-26 at the Amana Performing Arts Center. The real-life couple portray divorced murder-mystery writers, reluctantly collaborating and taking their frustrations out on each other during the “writing” of a new piece. Get tickets on the TKM Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100085171131736 or …
Jazz Corner of the World Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Keyboard Wizard Joe Zawinul, Part 2 Host Craig Kessler presents the next period of Joe Zawinul’s career with a look at his later work with Miles Davis from 1969 through 1970, plus a few of Joe’s early 70’s Weather Report projects. …
Mark Dotson spent more than twenty years incarcerated in Iowa and neighboring states. Early on, he decided to use art to help him deal with the hardships of situation and also to preserve and tell his story. First through drawings and then through journaling. Now living in Iowa City, Mark has been working with Ron …
Tova Friedman was one of the youngest Holocaust survivors, freed from Auschwitz when she was just six. Out of the hundreds of children from her home town in Poland, she was one of only five children who lived. Tova will be in Cedar Rapids March 26-29 to be the featured speaker in the Thaler Holocaust …
There are huge barriers to success for a person trying to return to society after being incarcerated. Inside Out Re-Entry Community of Johnson County works to make the transition positive and beneficial to the returning person and the community. Inside Out is holding a fundraiser March 23rd at the Englert, featuring Iowa City native Jeff …
Jazz Corner of the World Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Grant Green as a Sideman, Part 2 The Blue Note anniversary celebration continues with this second show featuring guitarist Grant Green as a Blue Note sideman. We’ll hear more classic jazz records with Green and Horace Parlan, Harold Vick, Lee Morgan, Larry Young, John Patton, …
The Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale presents what many call Hayden’s greatest single composition, “The Lord Nelson Mass,” at a concert on March 19 at 2:30pm at First Lutheran Church in Cedar Rapids. Composed during a time when the famous British commander had just won significant victories against the French, the mass will feature soloists Jessica …
