Rebecca Warfield, a first-year student at Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids, has been chosen as the winner of the 2019 Corridor Jazz Project CD Cover design. Rebecca will receive a $100 cash prize from KCCK-FM. Her design will serve as the cover of the “The Corridor Jazz Project XII”, a compilation of recordings from the top jazz bands …
Choro Moingona will perform at First Friday Jazz at the Opus Concert Cafe Friday, February 1, 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, enjoy live …
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 …
