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 …
Clear Creek/Amana High School presents the Iowa premiere of the new musical “Freaky Friday,” based on the popular Disney movies. Seniors Brie Bevans and Mikayla Tackaberry play the body-switching mother and daughter, and say playing different minds in different bodies creates a fun challenge. 7:00pm April 11, 12, 13, with a 2:00 matinee also on …
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place April 11, 2019. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Galloping Guitars: Chris Flory Some critics rate Chris Flory high on the list of jazz guitarists today. Flory has been around since the 1970s and has a reputation as a dependable sideman. He has played with …
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of vocalists King Pleasure, Frankie Laine, Astrud Gilberto, Stacey Kent and the Divine Ms. Sarah Vaughan, saxmen Ben Webster, James Moody, and Matt Catingub, and Lanny Morgan, bassists Steve LaSpina, Victor Bailey, Larry Gales and more!!! We’ll also mark the …
Gerardo Gomez and “Uncharted” will perform at First Friday Jazz at the Opus Concert Cafe Friday, May 3, 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 music and more in an intimate, upscale environment. For a $12 cover, …
Fill out the form below and tell us the name of a favorite jazz song or album, along with a sentence or two about why it sparks joy for you. Beginning April 5, we’ll play back the tunes submitted, both to celebrate the music that brings us joy and to remind other listeners that supporting …
