Josh Sazon & Wes Habley from Coralville Center for the Performing Arts in the studio ahead of “An Evening of Duke Ellington: Sentimental Mood” coming up Friday, Sept. 26, 7:30pm at CCPA. Tickets are going fast! Get yours now at coralvillearts.org. Subscribe to The Culture Crawl at kcck.org/culture or search “Culture Crawl” in your favorite …
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Culture Crawl 1115 “He Was A Good Cow”
Cedar Rapids Opera Founder & Artistic Director, Daniel Kleinknecht, and General Director, Tad Ennen, are in the studio ahead of the kick off to the Opera’s 28th season. “Curtains Up,” Thurs, Sept 25, 7pm at Cedar Ridge Distillery, will feature selections from the season including music from The Littlest Mermaid, Dvořák’s Rusalka, Strauss’s Fledermaus, and …
Culture Crawl 1114 “It Starts With The Script”
Scot Hughes and Tom Milligan play Felix and Oscar in TKM Productions’ “The Odd Couple” Sept. 26-28 at the Amana Performing Arts Center. Scot and Tom have 8 Odd Couple productions between them! Even though it’s been decades since the play debuted, they say the script and characters make it a fresh watch each time. …
Culture Crawl 1113 “World Premiere Beer”
Trisha Spence, Director of Marketing and Communications at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, is in the studio ahead of NCSML’s BrewNost, a festive fundraising event with great beer, great food, live music, raffles and more. A few events leading up to BrewNost include the Joža Uprka Mural Dedication on Thurs, Sept 18, …
Big Mo Pod Show 076 – “Planting Seeds”
Welcome back to the show folks! This week’s episode features a selection of blues tracks from across different eras of blues, as always, and also discusses how certain blues tracks are composed. Tune in to learn how! Songs featured in the episode: The Kinsey Report – “One Step Back” Little Milton – “Who’s Cheating Who” …
Culture Crawl 1112 “Smell the Derring-Do”
Maestro Tim Hankewich returns to the studio as Orchestra Iowa kicks off their 2025-26 season with Masterworks I on Sept. 13, 7:30pm at Paramount Theatre & Sept 14, 2:00pm at Voxman Concert Hall. The program includes works by Korngold, Rachmaninov, and Barber’s Piano Concerto featuring Corey Hamm on Piano. Insights will be held at 6:45pm …
Culture Crawl 1111 “Eddie Spaghetti”
Riverside Theatre has been hard at work in preparation for their production of Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” Director Adam Knight and cast member Tim Budd (George) are in the studio ahead of opening night to talk about this deceivingly complex play. It’s September 12-28 at Riverside Theatre with tickets and more information …
Big Mo Pod Show 075 – “Hickory Smoked Blues”
Welcome back to another show! Your hosts return for another discussion of blues artists and their works, analyzing each with manic delight! Songs featured in the episode: The Black Keys- “Neon Moon” Kent Burnside – “Hill Country Blood” Duke Robillard – “Blue Coat Man” Mark May Band – “BBQ and Blues” Koko Taylor – “Find …