The final concert of Red Cedar Chamber’s season is “Backlash Bach,” which features new arrangements of music by the great composer which were originally written for harpsichord and gamba (a musical relative of the guitar and lute). Miera Kim, violin, and Carey Bostian, cello, are joined by another cellist, Isaac Pastor-Chermak, for this concert, which …
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Culture Crawl 243 “Doing Their Homework”
The Iowa City Community Theatre presents “Diary of Anne Frank” April 21-30, in a run that coincides with Holocaust Remembrance Day. Kelly Garrett and Rachel Korach Howell talk about a special panel discussion that will take place after the April 23 performance, and also about the intense research cast members have done to get to …
Taste of Jazz 2017
“Playing It Forward” – a food, wine and music fundraising event for KCCK’s Jazz Education Featuring Ariel Pocock and The Jarrett Purdy Project Friday, April 28, 6:30 PM at The Hotel at Kirkwood Center Each spring, KCCK, 1st Avenue Wine House and the future chefs of Kirkwood’s Culinary Arts Department collaborate for a …
Culture Crawl 242 “The Holocaust Didn’t Begin with Gas Chambers”
John Chaimov from Coe College is a member of the Thaler Holocaust Remembrance committee, which brings a Holocaust survivor to Cedar Rapids to speak about his or her experience. This year’s speaker is Dr. Jacob Eisenbach, a retired dentist who actually lived in Cedar Rapids for a time, and survived the Holocaust as a teen …
Special Programs: Week of April 10 – 16
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Short List: Jazz Women – The Instrumentalists (Melissa Aldana) Chilean-born tenor saxophonist, Melissa Aldana’s dad was a well-known saxophonist in Santiago and she inherited his love for Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley and Phil Woods. She began with …
Culture Crawl 241 “Evil, Evil, Evil”
RHCR Theatre of Cedar Rapids presents “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” April 28 – May 6. Amy Restroom plays Nurse Ratched, one of the all-time villain characters in literature and movies. Amy says that one of the things that makes the character chilling (and complicated to play) is that she takes her heinous actions …
KCCK IOS App Updated
The latest update to IOS from Apple broke the KCCK app on many people’s phones. We’re happy to say that the app has been updated and now works fine. If your app still doesn’t work, head to the iTunes App Store and get the updated version. And for both IOS and Android, check out the app’s …
Kirkwood Board of Trustees to meet April 13, 2017
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place April 13, 2017. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.