Storyteller Darrin Crow is celebrating the 20th year of “Morbid Curiosities,” a one-man show where he portrays Edgar Allen Poe, and performs some of Poe’s spookiest (and funniest, believe it or not) stories. Darrin has been all over the state this month, but there are a few opportunities remaining to see him. Thursday Oct. 24 …
Orchestra Iowa plays a live symphonic soundtrack to “The Wizard of Oz,” Oct. 25 and 26 at the Paramount Theatre. This is the third “play-along” movie the Orchestra has performed and music director Tim Hankewich says Oz may be the most challenging. Not only must the orchestra accompany the movie’s singing in perfect time, but …
Marvin Cone is mainly known for his tranquil and colorful cloud scenes and landscapes. But he also did a series of paintings that is downright spooky, centered on a rickety, dark staircase and the creepy visage of a ghost (?) who has come to be known as Uncle Ben. The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art …
The Craig Erickson Trio with Erickson on guitar, John Hall on bass and drummer Tim Crumley will perform at First Friday Jazz at the Opus Concert Cafe Friday, November 1, at 5 p.m. The first set will be broadcast live on KCCK. The First Friday Jazz Series features an eclectic mix of jazz, Latin, contemporary …
Tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays trumpeter/composer/bandleader Dizzy Gillespie, pianist/composer Jelly Roll Morton and singers Dianne Reeves and Milton Nascimento and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Thelonious Monk/Sonny Rollins” (1954), Miles Davis’ “‘Round About Midnight” (1955), Sarah Vaughan’s “In the Land of H-Fi” (1955), and Miles Davis Quintet’s “Relaxin’/Steamin’/Workin’/Cookin’” …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Basses Loaded: Nicki Parrott Australian Nicki Parrott came to America on an arts grant to study with Rufus Reid, and stayed to first get a weekly gig with a Rhythm & Blues band. She would eventually spend …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Reedman Adrian Cunningham celebrates the music of iconic composer Frederick Loewe this fall with “Adrian Cunningham & his Friends Play Lerner & Lowe,” featuring pianist Fred Hersch, bassist John Hebert and drummer Eric McPherson along with special guests Randy Brecker on trumpet and Wycliffe Gordon on trombone. Cunningham …
It’s a Halloween theme again this year, “Orchids Are A Scream II,’ October 26 & 27 at the Elks Lodge in Cedar Rapids. Nile Dusdieker from the Eastern Iowa Orchid Society talks about the allure of these mysterious plants, and what to look for when you attend the show. Hundreds of orchids from all over …
