Three of history’s greatest thinkers find themselves in a locked room and must ransack their philosophies and work in order to escape in “The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens, and Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord,” presented by Riverside Theatre. Director Adam Knight says that writer Scott Carter, executive producer for “Real Time with Bill …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Vocal Short List 16: Rita Reys Though raised in a classical music-loving family, Dutch singer Rita Reys switched to jazz when she met her first husband, drummer Wessel Ilcken. The two formed a group and toured …
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 …
