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Kirkwood Board of Trustees to meet October 9, 2025

The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place October 9, 2025.  Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.

KCCK’s Featured Album for October 2025

The KCCK Featured Album for October is “George Coleman with Strings.” George Coleman’s resume is the stuff of legend, working alongside giants of the art form like Max Roach, Miles Davis and Herbie Hancok, and inspiring a generation of saxophonists. Now for the first time in his storied career, he presents a project backed by …

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Big Mo Pod Show 077 – “Passin’ The Torch”

Welcome back to the show! On this week’s musical journey we discuss a smattering of blues artists, their history, and the ways their work makes us feel! Songs featured in the episode: Mud Morganfield – “She’s Getting Her Groove On” The New Mastersounds – “MRG” Tom Hambridge – “Willie Dixon’s Gone” Mike Zito & Albert …

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Culture Crawl 1118 “This is Nigel from America’s Got Talent”

Lynne Waggoner-Patton, Cedar Rapids native and Kirkwood alum, joins Dennis in the studio ahead of the highly anticipated “Love Happens” fundraising event with American’s Got Talent Golden Buzzer winning dance troupe, The Silhouettes. It’s Sunday, Oct 19, 2pm at Paramount Theatre in Cedar Rapids.  Tickets and more info at artsiowa.com, creventslive.com & thesilhouettes.com.  Subscribe to …

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Where The Rubber Hits The Road

You’ve heard a lot from us over the past few months about federal funding and the budget gap KCCK now has after the elimination of CPB. We’re so grateful for the response of our community. At Jazz Under the Stars, gifts were four times our normal average! If you have made an extra donation in …

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Culture Crawl 1117 “Singer-Rich Environment”

Lyn Curry is in the studio ahead of the Vocal Artists of Iowa ensemble’s fall concert: “Composers from the Classroom,” featuring original compositions by members of the ensemble. Concerts are Sat, Sept. 27, 4pm at Voxman Recital Hall in Iowa City and Sun, Sept. 28, 4pm at First Presbyterian Church in Cedar Rapids.  For more …

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Culture Crawl 1116 “Shelf and a Half”

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 …

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