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 …
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Culture Crawl 441 “Hidden in Plain Sight”
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 …
Culture Crawl 442 “Exacting Library Justice”
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 …
Culture Crawl 440 “Lucky He Didn’t Brush His Teeth”
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 …
Culture Crawl 439 “Body Switching”
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 …
Special Programs for April 1 thru April 6
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 …
This Week In Jazz March 31st thru April 6th
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 …



