The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place April 13, 2023. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
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This Week In Jazz April 2 thru April 8
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassist Gene Ramey, Bluesman Muddy Waters, singers Billie Holiday and Doris Day, saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, drummer Stan Levy and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis All-Stars’ “Walkin’” (1954), Bud Powell’s “The Complete Essen Jazz Festival …
KCCK’s Featured Album for April 2023
The KCCK Featured Album for April is “Samba Sem Voce” by singer and guitarist Rosa Passos., whose playful yet sophisticated style is marked by spacious elegance and natural flair.. For years, the Brazilian bossa nova queen has had a devoted global following ,including fans who proclaim her to be the Brazilian Ella Fitzgerald. She has …
This Week’s Specials for March 27 thru April 1
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. …
Culture Crawl 801 “Somewhat Relatable”
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 …
This Week’s Specials
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. …
Culture Crawl 800 “Now, What’s a Screw?”
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 …
Culture Crawl 799 “She Prepared Me To Survive Alone”
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 …