Prairewoods’ annual Garden Party takes place on the Prairiewoods grounds for the first time in several years. Executive Director Leslie Wright says there will be tasty food and drink, music from Friend of the Culture Crawl Jonny Lipford, and a chance to explore the serene Prairiewoods grounds. Proceeds go toward supporting and expanding Prairiewoods’ beautiful …
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Bobby Hutcherson on Blue Note The 85th anniversary celebration of Blue Note Records continues as host Craig Kessler presents a wonderful variety of tunes from Bobby Hutcherson’s long-time association with the label. Craig explores many of the 50-plus recordings Hutcherson made during …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummers Specs Powell, Cassius Goens and Willie Jones III, saxophonist Tina Brooks, guitarist Taln Farlow, pianists Pete Jolly and Monty Alexander and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis’ “‘Round About Midnight” (1956), Frank Sinatra with …
Iowa playwright Mary Swander’s new work “Squatters on Red Earth” tells the story of the unique relationship between the Mesqwaki nation and the Inspirationists, the original settlers in the Amana Colonies. The two groups mingled and supported each other, so much so that years later, when the Mesqwaki wanted to return to their homeland in …
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place June 8, 2023. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
Culture Crawl 820 “Quiet Quitting” Cedar Rapids Municipal Band director Steve Shanley opens the 2023 season by… leaving. Steve is traveling in Europe with the Coe bands for the first couple weeks of the season, so the first two concerts will be with guest director’s Aaron Nuss is up first. Aaron is a past Muni …
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Miles Davis in the 1940s Host Craig Kessler celebrates Miles Davis’s birth date anniversary with an in-depth look at Davis’s early days. We’ll hear his work with Charlie Parker, Benny Carter, Billy Eckstine, Coleman Hawkins, Tadd Dameron, and others. …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Eugene Wright and Christian McBride, pianist/composer Freddie Redd, drummers Albert “Tootie” Heath, Louis Hayes and Charlie Watts, clarinetist/bandleader Benny Goodman and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Kenny Dorham’s “Round About Midnight at the Café Bohemia” …
