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 …
Get your tickets now! Join KCCK on Friday, April 28 at the Hotel at Kirkwood Center, in collaboration with Kirkwood’s Culinary Arts and Hospitality Arts Departments for an evening of food, wine, beer and music to benefit KCCK’s Jazz Education Programs.Music by Orquesta Alto Maizand YesterNite The event features wine and beer tastings, …
Get your copy of the Corridor Jazz Project XVI album today! The album is available as a high-quality audio download for you to listen to or upload to your favorite music app. Included in the package is a PDF of the Corridor Jazz Project playbill with complete liner notes and solo information as well as …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Keeley Smith and Flora Purim, bassist Red Callender, pianists Dick Hyman and Billy Childs, saxophonist Ornette Coleman and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Sonny Rollins’ “Way Out West” (1957), Miles Davis’ “Someday My Prince Will …
