Czech Village rocks with the Blues on Aug. 12 as Chicago’s Joanna Connor and the LCBS All-Stars take the stage for Czech Village Blues. It’s a fund raiser to restore Cedar Rapids’ Riverside Roundhouse, a Czech Village attraction for decades, back to the area. The concert is presented by the Linn County Blues Society (LCBS) …
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place August 10, 2017. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Short List: Jazz Clubs – The Lighthouse The Short List series on the more famous jazz clubs, both past and present continues with another well-known West Coast jazz …
The KCCK Featured CD for August is “New Angle” from the All Angles Orchestra. Led by Iowa native and UNI grad Mike Conrad, the 15-piece ensemble combines the worlds of classical and jazz to produce a wide variety of fascinating colors and textures. They are joined on their debut album by trumpeter Alex Sipiagin, a …
KCCK’s 30th anniversary edition of Jazz Under The Stars gets underway Aug. 3 with Goose Town, a jazz/funk band made up of recent graduates from the music programs at UI and UNI. This high-energy group performs regularly in both Iowa City and Cedar Falls, and headlined at Camp Euphoria earlier in the summer. Emily Snyder …
Escape the steamy summer into a Wisconsin winter with Old Creamery Theatre and “Guys on Ice,” Aug. 3-27. Sean McCall and Ross Wheeler play two friends who ponder the mysteries of life, love, and the best crappie bait in this hilarious musical. Information and tickets at www.oldcreamery.com.
For decades, Cedar Rapids was home to The Emerald Knights, a champion drum & bugle corps. For the last three years, a group of Corps alums and sponsors have worked to rekindle interest in this high-energy sport by bringing the top Corps in the nation (& Canada) to the Tournament of Drums. This year’s tournament …
Former Chicago Blues star Gloria Hardiman, who now makes her home in Iowa City, has assembled an all-star group of musicians for “Women in Blues-A Tribute to Koko Taylor, Etta James, and Big Time Sarah,” August 5th at The Mill in Iowa City. Koko Taylor was Gloria’s godmother, and visiting musicians will include former Ikette …
