The Iowa City Community Theatre returns to live, in-person performance with “The Triangle Factory Fire Project,” opening Feb. 11. Director Michelle Payne-Hinz says the play is drawn from the actual news stories and court testimony after the devastating 1911 fire in a New York City clothing factory, which resulted in increased safety standards for workers, …
Ernie Schiller’s Rebuild Nepal Foundation makes its first trip in years to bring money and school supplies to children in Nepal at the end of April. Nepal has never fully recovered from a devastating 2015 earthquake, and the pandemic pushed recovery efforts back even further. Joining Ernie on the trip are several students and families …
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianists Eubie Blake and Sir Roland Hannah, drummers Chick Webb, Joe Dodge and Eddie Locke, bassist Walter Page and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of John Coltrane & Red Garland’s “Soultrane” (1958), “Larry Young In Paris: The …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays at 6:00 PM West Coast Jazz #3 Week Three of Four in his exploration of West Coast Jazz finds host Craig Kessler taking a closer look at a number of very important jazz artists and arrangers. We’ll hear more from Jimmy Giuffre, Howard Rumsey, Lennie Niehaus, Duane …
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place February 10, 2022. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
Adam Knight and Mat Smart have been friends and collaborators since college, and now they’re working together on simultaneous world premieres: the first performance of Mat’s new play, “Eden Prairie, 1971” and the debut of Riverside Theatre’s brand new performance space, in the Crescent building on the Iowa City Ped Mall. “Eden Prairie, 1971” runs …
The KCCK Featured Album for February is “Dear Love” from Jazzmeia Horn. When the pandemic hit, Ms. Horn took charge by writing a book, teaching college courses, and financing her third album. She wrote, arranged and produced all the music for the new work, which is one of the first times that a female vocalist …
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassist Joe Mondragon, trumpeter Snooky Young, saxmen Sonny Stitt, Stan Getz and Sadao Watanabe, John Handy and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of trumpeter Lee Morgan’s “Candy” (1957), Wynton Kelly’s “Piano!” (1958), Brother Jack McDuff’s “Honeydripper” (1961), …
