Kristin Stoeffler’s landscape paintings are informed by the time she has spent on her family’s farms and other Iowa spaces. Her work, along with fellow landscape artist David Gordinier make up the new exhibit, “Open Air,” at Gilded Pear Gallery, now through November 29. David attended Kirkwood Community College, and like Kristin, got her BFA …
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummers Jo Jones and Tony Allen, organist Larry Young, saxmen Pepper Adams, Yusef Lateef, and Kenny Garrett, trumpeter Harry “Sweets” Edison and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Thelonious Monk’s “Brilliant Corners” (1956), The Modern Jazz Quartet’s …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Basses Loaded: Steve Swallow To say that Steve Swallow has had a wide and varied career would be an understatement. From short gigs with the likes of Benny Goodman and Marian McPartland, to decades long connections with …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. When an iconic pianist like Chick Corea gets together with such modern masters as bassist Christian McBride and drummer Brian Blade, it comes as no surprise that the music they make is magical. Their 2014 live set, “Trilogy,” earned universal acclaim and a pair of Grammy Awards. …
The annual Metro Marching Band Classic is the only marching band event where you can see the award-winning marching band shows from all seven of the Cedar Rapids and Marion high schools, plus the UNI Panther Marching Band. October 14 at Kingston Stadium at 6:30pm. Rain date: Oct. 21. Tickets at www.metromarchingband.ludus.com, from any participating …
The KCCK Featured CD for October is “BFFs” from saxophonist Chad Eby and pianist Ariel Pocock. Chad is a Newhall, Iowa, native and is now a professor in the Miles Davis Jazz Studies Program at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. His good friend Ariel has headlined both the Iowa City Jazz Festival and KCCK’s Jazz …
“Jazzy Jamboree” is the title of the first Red Cedar Chamber Music concert of the fall season, and directors Miera Kim and Carey Bostian say that it really delivers. Guest artist Christine Bellomy takes a break from her duties as principal clarinet with Orchestra Iowa and the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band to perform a program …
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place October 10, 2019. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
