Mirrorbox Theatre stages its first production, “Exit Strategy,” April 5-7 in C Space, at CSPS in Cedar Rapids’ New Bo neighborhood. Founder Cavan Hallman says the mission of Mirrorbox is to stage new works that might not otherwise come to community. Many will be regional premieres. Alternately funny and poignant, “Exit Strategy” is the …
Summer of the Arts welcomes world-renowned jazz artists for Iowa City Jazz Festival For Immediate Release: March 19, 2018- IOWA CITY, IA An eclectic mix of top stars, genre legends, and young talents comprise the lineup for the 2018 Iowa City Jazz Festival, which will feature hours of free performances on the University of Iowa …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Vocal Short List: Milton Suggs This week’s Vocal Short List highlights Milton Suggs, a singer who has been swimming upstream for recognition. He has been heralded as “Chicago’s next rising jazz star” and lauded as a …
Jamie Siefken of the Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance (ICCA) and Cedar Ridge Distillery, stops by to talk about upcoming community arts events you can find on the newly re-designed CulturalCorridor.org. He also reminds us that changes in state law now allow Cedar Ridge to serve cocktails made from their products, and his mixologists are letting …
Orchestra Iowa and Ballet Quad Cities present the ballet “Alice in Wonderland,” one performance only in Cedar Rapids, Friday, March 16 at the Paramount Theatre. Tim Hankewich explains that the music was not written expressly for this ballet. Rather, several Tchaikovsky pieces of music written for young people were arranged for orchestra by the National …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Vocal Short List: Sinne Eeg Danish jazz vocalist Sinne Eeg is the subject of this week’s Vocal Short List. She came out of a musical family and by sixteen had made the decision to be a …
Theatre Cedar Rapids presents two plays that both deal with Holocaust themes. The well-known play “Diary of Anne Frank” is paired with the Pulitzer-prize winning work “Bent,” which tells the story of a homosexual man in the early days of the Nazi regime. Along with the plays, the Theatre will present some educational events in …
Audio-only listeners to the Culture Crawl will miss Alisabeth Von Presley’s sartorial tribute to 37 years of The Follies—A blindingly-sequined jacket taken from the actual wardrobe stores of the Cedar Rapids performing institution. Alisabeth, who danced in her first Follies at 13, is now co-directing the show with Damon Cole, as well as choreographing what …
