KCCK and West Music present a concert and community jam February 2 at 12noon, at West Music Coralville. Community Engagement Manager Katie Senn says the Dixieland group The Brick Street Ramblers, an 8-piece band playing the music of New Orleans, will perform live for the first hour (also broadcast live on KCCK. Following the concert, …
Jennifer Beall from the African American Museum of Iowa stops in to talk about Museum activities on Martin Luther King Day. There will $1 admissions on January 21, and in partnership with Veterans for Peace, you can help decorate Peace Poles in honor of Dr. Kin’s message of peace and non-violence, which will be placed …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Vocal Short List 16: Blanche Calloway Blanche Calloway is noted for a number of firsts. She was on-stage before her famous brother, Cab Calloway. She was the first African-American female to lead an all-male orchestra. She …
For RHCR Theatre’s 24-Hour Play Festival, 6 new short plays are written, rehearsed and performed in 24 hours. Executive Director Matt Ford says the event is a fun and creative night, with lots of laughs, January 19, 7pm in the CR Public Library’s Whipple Auditorium. There will also be a silent auction, with gift baskets …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Vocal Short List 16: Blanche Calloway Blanche Calloway is noted for a number of firsts. She was on-stage before her famous brother, Cab Calloway. She was the first African-American female to lead an all-male orchestra. She …
Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre presents “Threepenny Opera,” the Bertold Brecht/Kurt Weill work that gave us the classic “Mack The Knife.” Evan Dunn and Jessica Pray Patel say that the show is a departure for them, as it is more of a musical comedy (albeit a dark comedy), than a true opera. But these professional singers …
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place January 10, 2019. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
The KCCK Featured CD for January is “Humoresque” by the Emil Viklicky Trio. On May 30, 2008, the Czech pianist played the Grand Hall of the National Czech and Slovak Museum in Cedar Rapids just prior to the epic flood. Ten years to the day, May 30 2018, he returned to perform at the refurbished, …
