On May 22, 1919, a small fire at the Douglas Starch Works created an explosion which impacted Eastern Iowa. Homes, schools and shops were damaged. Windows were shattered, and businesses slowed. Forty-four people lost their lives. George Douglas, owner of Brucemore Mansion at the time, owned the Starch Works, and Brucemore is producing several events …
It’s a rollicking hour of jazz and conversation with Riley Jones and Jacob Marcov from the Jefferson Jazz Ensemble, featuring Clifford Brown, Jeff Lorber, and even the Super Mario Bros!
Chorale Midwest performs their spring concert, “Seeking Peace in Music,” April 13 and 14 at Immaculate Conception Church in Cedar Rapids. The full choir, along with the Chamber Singers, Women’s and Men’s Ensembles, and the Vocal Jazz group will all perform. Director Brad Barrett and Chorale member, KCCK’s Bob Stewart, talk about the repertoire and …
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of vocal greats Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae, Al Green and Marilyn Maye, reedmen Peanuts Hucko, Sal Nistico and Pat LaBarbera, pianists Claude Bolling and Denny Zeitlin, vibists Teddy Charles and Victor Feldman and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Galloping Guitars: Gene Bertoncini Gene Bertoncini – a premier guitarist adept at both the classical and electric guitar – has worked with the likes of Benny Goodman, Paul Desmond, Lonnie Liston Smith, Nancy Wilson, and Tony …
The 2019 David and Joan Thaler Holocaust Rememberance Speaker is Rachel Goldman-Miller, who will give several talks in Cedar Rapids and Mt. Vernon April 14-16. Rachel’s story is one not often told about the Holocaust. As a small child, she was taken from her Jewish family, and taken in by a Christian couple in rural …
The 2019 Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival takes place at the Collins Road Theatre April 12-13. Festival director Scott Chrisman is very excited to welcome back two friends of the Festival, who have gone on to have a major Hollywood hit. Scott Beck and Brian Woods, Quad Cities natives, watched their original script for “The …
The Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre premieres a brand-new work, celebrating Eastern Iowa’s hometown art legend, Grant Wood. “Strokes of Genius: The Grant Wood Operas” is three one-act original operas, each written by a composer with Iowa ties. Cedar Rapids native Robert Lindsay Nassif’s contribution is “American Gothical,” a comic look at how Wood may have …
