Iowa City’s Extend The Dream Foundation operates Uptown Bill’s, a coffee shop, performance hall, and meeting space named for Bill Sackter, a disabled man who moved to Iowa city with his guardian, screenwriter Barry Morrow, in the late 1970’s. Morrow told Bill’s story in a TV movie starring Mickey Rooney. Saturday, December 8, the Foundation …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Cats on the Keys: Nellie Lutcher In her heyday of the late 40’s and early 50’s, pianist Nellie Lutcher’s boogie-blues style made her a celebrated entertainer. Her energetic showmanship garnered appearances in all the best clubs. …
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
