Fresh from her solo show at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Mary Zeran opens an exhibition at Gilded Pear Gallery entitled “Mission Happiness” Dec. 11. Mary and Gallery Director Lauren Tucci say the show will consist of early and recent work. Unlike the Museum of Art show, it’s also all for sale! Reserve a …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Licorice Stick 2: Allan Vache Allan Vaché may sound familiar to you. He spent 17 years with the Jim Cullum Jazz Band and its Riverwalk Jazz public radio program, which aired on KCCK. After Cullum retired, Vache appeared …
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of lyricist Ira Gershwin, pianist Dave Brubeck, singers Frank Sinatra, Joe Williams, Bob Dourough and Tom Waits, guitarist Chuck Loeb, drummer Robby Ameen and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Gerry Mulligan’s “Reunion with Chet Baker” (1957), John …
City Circle Acting Company of Coralville presents “A Christmas Cabaret,” a brand-new online show streaming Dec. 18-20. Katie Colletta and Liz Tracey say it’s a brand new show, written by Katie, and will feature both well-known holiday favorites and some offbeat and hilarious songs, including one about a guy who must consume a horrible fruitcake. …
It’s Christmas memories from many of your favorite performers in an online holiday variety show called “At Home for the Holidays,” opening Dec. 11 from Theatre Cedar Rapids. TCR Artistic Director Angie Toomsen says the show is inspired by the holiday variety shows we grew up with, particularly the Muppet variety, as the host is …
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place December 10, 2020. 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 pianist/composer Billy Strayhorn, pianists John Bunch and Wynton Kelly, trumpeter Jack Sheldon, guitarist Jim Hall and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Satchmo at Symphony Hall” (1947), The Thelonious Monk Quartet w/ John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Licorice Stick 2: Hank D’Amico & Aaron Sachs The mid-20th century clarinetists Hank D’Amico and Aaron Sachs were both veterans of various ensembles of vibraphonist Red Norvo over the years. D’Amico would spend five years in the studios …
