KCCK’s Fourth of July Special: The Jazz Heritage Series Radio Broadcasts Tuesday, July 4th 6:00 AM – 12:00 Midnight Let KCCK be part of your Fourth of July celebration when we bring you the Jazz Heritage Series Radio Broadcasts featuring The United States Air Force Band Airmen of Note, the premier jazz ensemble of the …
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Special Programs: Week of July 3 – 9
KCCK’s Fourth of July Special: The Jazz Heritage Series Radio Broadcasts Tuesday, July 4th 6:00 AM – 12:00 Midnight Let KCCK be part of your Fourth of July celebration when we bring you the Jazz Heritage Series Radio Broadcasts featuring The United States Air Force Band Airmen of Note, the premier jazz ensemble of the …
Kirkwood Board of Trustees to meet July 13, 2017
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place July 13, 2017. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
Culture Crawl 270 “A Band, Not A Wildlife Exhibit”
Bur Oak Land Trust presents their annual “Music on the Prairie” July 8 at the Land Trust’s beautiful Belgum Grove property, west of Hills. There will be hay rack rides, tours of the restored prairie, live raptor exhibit, and music with The Great Blue Herons and Dave Moore. Bring a picnic or purchase food on …
Tribute to Geri Allen on The Wednesday Special
Pianist and composer Geri Allen passed away at age 60 on June 27th from cancer. In her memory we rebroadcast her performance with her trio at the 2003 Iowa City Jazz Festival, W ednesday at 6pm.
Ron Adkins Takes Over KCCK Afternoon Jazz Show
Author and KCCK “Gentle Jazz” host Ron Adkins will move to weekdays on beginning Aug. 1. Ron replaces Gordon Paulsen, who is retiring after thirty-seven years at KCCK, more than twenty of those years spent in the 2-6pm shift. Ron has co-hosted Gentle Jazz with Bob Naujoks since 2007, while also managing the Digital and …
Special Programs: Week of June 26 – July 2 + July 4th
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Short List: Jazz Women – The Instrumentalists (Leslie Pintchik) Lyrical New York pianist and composer Leslie Pintchik was an English major in college, but while working on a doctorate found jazz to be more fascinating than academia. …
Culture Crawl 269 “Dance Comes to Mt. Vernon”
Alvon Reed, a graduate of the dance programs at Coe and UI, is now on the faculty at Cornell College, where he is organizing the first Cornell Summer Dance Institute, June 26-30. Participants as young as age 12 will be taking classes including Ballet, Jazz, Hip-Hop and West African. There will also be some clinics …