KCCK’s Hollis Monroe talks to Nneena Freelon about “Georgia On My Mind,” a Ray Charles tribute show that will team the award winning singer with Take 6, saxophonist Tom Scott, and singer-actor Clint Holmes. Nov. 12 at Hoyt Sherman Place with the Des Moines Civic Music Association. Details at www.civicmusic.org/georgia.
Tom Milligan directs “Androcles and The Lion” at Clear Creek-Amana High School in Tiffin, Nov. 12-13. Tom knows the play well, since he first performed it as a student himself. The all-female cast will perform the play, set in Ancient Rome, as if they were a troupe of 17th-century itinerant players, it’s a bit of …
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place November 11, 2021. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of audio engineer Rudy Van Gelder, saxmen Herb Geller and Phil Woods, singers Carmen Lundy, Lyle Lovett, Gregory Porter and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Sonny Rollins’ “A Night at the Village Vanguard” (1957), J.J. Johnson & …
The KCCK Featured Album for November is “No More Apologies” from saxophonist Damani Phillips, who directs the Jazz Studies Program at the University of Iowa. There are limits in working with a string section in a jazz context and the musical directions that can be explored. A twist of fate brought Damani together with a …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays at 6:00 PM Flora Purim & Airto Moreira Host Craig Kessler invites you along for some great fun, as he takes a loving look at Flora Purim & Airto Moreira – two giants of modern jazz. We’ll hear them individually, as well as recordings that these life-long partners …
Culture Crawl 671 “I See What You Did There” “Imagine Other Worlds With Authors (I.O.W.A.) is an author organized by The Writers Rooms, a support and resource organization for current and aspiring writers based in Iowa City. The event will be virtual in 2021, with pre-events going on Nov. 1-5, and opportunities to meet and …
Family Promise of Linn County, which supports homeless and housing-insecure families, presents “Stories From The Heart – Reimagining Home,” original tales from the area’s best storytellers, sharing perspectives on the importance of home, and what home means to them. Appearing will be Darrin Crow, Randy Estes, Tim Gallenbeck, Zette St. Charles, Brooke Murphy-Fitzgerald, and even …
