The flute takes center stage this week with the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band, as director Steve Shanley tells Dennis that the program will include a feature from the Coe Youth Flute Ensemble, July 11 and 22. The July 18 & 29th concerts will be the band’s annual Czech and Bohemian music feature, including selections from …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Formidable Flutes: Herbie Mann Herbie Mann began his career playing tenor saxophone and clarinet. Eventually, however, he made his mark as one of very first jazz musicians to specialize on flute. Mann emphasized the groove approach …
Theatre Cedar Rapids opens its 85th consecutive season with “My Fair Lady” in September. Other highlights include “Elf,” “The Full Monty,” and “Shakespeare in Love.”. Artistic Director Angie Toomsen breaks the season down. Tickets are on sale for the full season at www.theatrecr.org.
Twenty-four Iowa authors will converge on the Marion Columbus Club on July 21 for “Imagine Other Worlds with Authors” (I.O.W.A.), a book fair where you can browse, learn about each author’s work, and buy the ones that intrigue you. Kristine Plum and Aaron Bunce talk about their books, and invite everyone to stop by. Admission …
The KCCK Featured CD for July is “Both Directions at Once: the Lost Album” from John Coltrane. On March 6th, 1963, Coltrane and his Classic Quartet recorded an entire studio album at the legendary Van Gelder studio. At the end of the day, he took the reference tapes home with him where they sat untouched …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Formidable Flutes: Paul Horn Paul Horn played with Chico Hamilton‘s quintet from 1956 to 1958 and became an established West Coast session player. His early career included such varied gigs as Duke Ellington’s “Suite Thursday,” to scoring documentaries and …
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place July 12, 2018. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
The Cedar Rapids Municipal Band presents three different programs over the next week, repeating their June 27 concert Sunday afternoon at Noelridge, and following that up with a patriotic concert on July 4, and another new show on July 8. Director Steve Shanley tells Dennis that one concert will feature a new composition by the …
