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Special Programs: Week of September 11 – September 16

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 …

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Culture Crawl 287 “Context Matters”

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 …

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Special Programs For The Week of September 4 – 10

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 …

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Culture Crawl 286 “Get Muddy in Dirty Face Creek”

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 …

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Kirkwood Board of Trustees to meet September 14, 2017

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.

Culture Crawl 285 “We May Cut Loose”

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 …

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KCCK’s Featured CD for September 2017

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 …

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Special Programs: Week of August 28 – September 2

      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 …

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