The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place December 13, 2018. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
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KCCK’s Featured CD for December 2018
The KCCK Featured CD for December is “Winter Jazz” from Roots of Rhythm. The trio, featuring Lynne Hart on clarinet, Rich Wagor on bass and Pat Smith on guitar, has been performing jazz for Eastern Iowa audiences for nearly ten years now. They issued their self-titled debut CD in 2014. The follow-up disc features wonderfully …
Culture Crawl 406 “Josh Groban Will Be Jealous”
RHCR Theatre presents “Christmas Memories” Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 at Whipple Auditorium at the Cedar Rapids Public Library. Director and MC Matt Ford has recruited a group of singers to perform and share their own holiday memories including Tracie Hodina Van Pelt, Tracy Price, Oscar Ritchie IV, Jay Burken, Jennifer Boettger, Brian Anderson, Alicia …
Culture Crawl 405 “Had to Warn My Mother-In-Law”
Take a break from the sugary-sweet Christmas shows with a new play by Sean Christopher Lewis, “Rotten Eggnog,” at Riverside Theatre Nov. 30 – Dec. 16. It’s a “holiday comedy for the disenchanted,” as three women discuss exes, mothers-in-law, and the chaos of family gatherings when they spend the holidays at a lonely karaoke bar …
Culture Crawl 404 “It’s Socks… It’s Always Socks”
Lynne Rothrock presents her 16th Christmas Cabaret Dec. 6, 7, & 8 at Whipple Auditorium at the Cedar Rapids Public Library. As in the past, it’s a mix of music, humor, and heartwarming stories, in a style Lynne has honed over her many years performing as a cabaret singer all over the world. Lynne’s guests …
Special Programs for November 26 thru December 1
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Cats on the Keys: Gerald Clayton Gerald Clayton’s discography as a leader is small – just four albums to date. But the son bassist John Clayton and nephew of saxophonist Jeff Clayton has earned an outstanding …
Culture Crawl 403 “Bro-Musica”
Chorale Midwest presents two holiday programs in December. “Christmas with Chorale Midwest,” featuring the full Chorale, their Chamber ensemble, Pro-Musica, a women’s chorus, and a new men’s chorus entitled… you guessed it: “Bro-Musica.” December 2 & 3 at Immaculate Conception Church. Director Bradley Barrett and Chorale member Bob Stewart tell us that The Chorale Midwest …
Happy Birthday Gentle Jazz!
November marks a double anniversary for Gentle Jazz, the longest-running jazz show in all of Iowa. Bob Naujoks has been hosting a soft jazz show on Eastern Iowa radio since 1978. The original Gentle Jazz began on 96.5 WMT-FM in that year, the height of the disco era. A jazz fan on the WMT staff …