The Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The legendary Village Vanguard is the oldest jazz club in New York City. It started out as a place for poets and folk singers, but soon jam sessions could be heard with the greatest swing …
The Bur Oak Land Trust has two big events in September. Family Day is a free event on Sept. 10 at the Trust’s Belgum Grove property near Hills. Raptors will be on display, there will be birding, storytelling, and other outdoor activities. “Under a Cider Moon” is September 30, a live and silent auction fundraiser …
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place September 14, 2017. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
The Old Creamery Theatre presents “Footloose” opening Sept. 7. Like other stage musicals whose movie roots are just as much in music as story (“Mama Mia” being the prime example), “Footloose” the Musical contains all the songs you remember from the 80s movie. But it dives a little deeper into the story of how a …
The KCCK Featured CD for September is “The Better Angels of Our Nature” from the Brian McCarthy Nonet. The saxophonist has discovered the roots of jazz in the sounds and conflicts of the Civil War, arranging Union and Confederate folk songs and original music for his ensemble, which features several alumni of trumpeter Clark Terry’s …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Two jazz venues are featured this week on The Short List. The posh Rainbow Room atop the RCA building, and the long-passed Basin Street East. Each had their heyday. The Rainbow Room flourished …
The Iowa Theatre Artists Company (ITAC) sold its long-time facility last year, but Meg Merckens and Tom Johnston are still producing theatre in the Amanas, and elsewhere. “Woody Guthrie’s American Song” opens August 25 for a four-week run. Most of the shows will be in Homestead, in the Amanas, in the former General Store. The …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Bradley’s This week’s Short List is the story of Bradley’s – a small, friendly jazz club in New York. Owned by Bradley Cunningham, a fair modern pianist himself, the club featured piano and bass …
