The Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Jazz In The Pacific Northwest Featured this week is a survey of clubs in the Pacific Northwest. Portland had an active jazz scene, but the bassist Leroy Vinnegar’s move to that city in the mid-80s, …
The events at the Iowa City Book Festival run the gamut from a talk by novelist G. Willow Wilson, to the annual presentation of the Paul Engle Award, the 50th Anniversary of the International Writers Program, and even comedy with The Redneck Liberals. Oct. 8-15 in Iowa City. Most events are free. Details and a …
The Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List this week spotlights Yoshi’s jazz club in Oakland, California. Originally a Japanese restaurant opened by Yoshi Akiba, the club has moved several times, gone through ups and downs, but today remains one …
Jonny Lipford, World Flutist and director of the Sweetgrass Flute and Nature Festival, gives us a preview of some of his music played on a Native American Flute that has traveled from musician to musician across the country for many months. The Sweetgrass Festival features performances on flute, digeridoo, and drums, from some of the …
The History Center of Cedar Rapids presents its second “Satirical Undertaking” Sept. 29. The event is a celebrity roast disguised as a mock funeral for outgoing Cedar Rapids mayor Ron Corbett. Two of the community’s top comedy writers, SPT Theatre’s David Martino and Adam Witte, have written an uproarious script, aided by a wine-soaked evening …
Marcia Hughes of Cedar Rapids has made something of a career playing some of the theatre’s iconic powerful woman roles, such as “Gypsy’s” Mama Rose, Miss Mona from “Best Little Whorehouse,” and yes, “The Little Mermaid’s” Ursula. She sings the title role in “Mame, opening Sept. 22 at the Iowa City Community Theatre. Tickets at …
The Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List this week takes us to both coasts: Smalls in Greenwich Village and the Keystone Korner in San Francisco. Smalls is a unique place that records each performance and issues downloads and CDs …
Orchestra Iowa’s 2017-18 season kicks off Sept. 9 with the 10th edition of “Brucemorquestra,” on the lawn of Cedar Rapids’ historic Brucemore mansion. The program will be Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, “Ode to Joy,” which was also performed at the very first Brucemorquestra, just weeks after the 2008 flood. Joining the Orchestra will be Cedar Rapids …
