SPT Theatre opens its 12th season this year in a new location. The company is moving to a freshly-remodeled performance space at Shores Central Park, in Cedar Rapids’ recently-named College District. Long the home of cool restaurants and music clubs, SPT is pleased to be the neighborhood’s first performing arts company. Mary Sullivan and Gerard …
Soul Sherpa headlines Week 2 of KCCK’s Jazz Under The Stars. Bassist and bandleader Ian Draves tells Dennis how the core of the band formed when he met drummer Lukas Jack when the two were students at Kirkwood. Other Kirkwood music alums have joined along the way, and Soul Sherpa has grown into an ensemble …
Iowa’s Jazz Station doubles the entertainment this year, as student combos are coming to Jazz Under The Stars. Three groups, consisting of students from area high schools will perform in KCCK’s Young Artist Series at three of the four Jazz Under the Stars concerts, August 1, 8, and 15, at 6:30pm. Performers will include students …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Women In Jazz: Fuller, Jensen, & Younger Our Women in Jazz series continues with the music of three relative newcomers – saxophonist Tia Fuller, trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, and harpist Brandee Younger. All three are commanding presences …
The KCCK Featured CD for August is “Unknown Dameron” from saxophonist Paul Combs. A biographer of Tadd Dameron, Combs uncovered many more works by the composer, tucked away in various libraries, then those for which he’s generally known. Combs organized a quintet devoted to playing the music and presented it live in San Diego on …
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place August 8, 2019. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
The Friends of Czech Village and the Linn County Blues Society present The Czech Village Blues Fest, Aug. 10. One of Chicago’s top bluesmen, Torenzo Cannon, headlines the concert, which will also feature Anthony Gomes, and Charlie Morgan and the Bone Crushers with Tommy “T-Bone” Giblin. There will also be a youth stage, featuring young …
Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI) recently acknowledged KCCK-FM for its series, “Soundtrack to the Struggle.” KCCK production specialists Ron Adkins and Hollis Monroe accepted the Eric Sevareid Award for Best Writing. “Soundtrack to the Struggle” is an on-going series of short features, airing twice daily during February’s Black History month. Each feature spotlights a …
