Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Booker Little Birthday Celebration Craig notes the birth date anniversary of trumpet genius Booker Little, Jr. This seminal figure in jazz history passed on at the very early age of 23. We’ll hear examples of his brilliant artistry with the likes of Eric Dolphy, Max Roach, …
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Big Mo Pod Show 057 – “It’s Like Cookin”
On this episode of the pod show Noah and John take you on a behind the scenes journey through how John builds his Friday night shows, discussing the ingredients he chooses in a blues dish. Tune in to learn how he does it! Songs featured in the episode: Freeworld – “Give Until You Live” Koko …
2025 Guest Djs-CPU
Kyle James, Connor Kreutner, and Shay Massner represented Centerpoint-Urbana as Guest Djs. The Centerpoint-Urbana jazz band’s competition season was highlighted by a Division One at the IHSMA State Jazz Festival, 2nd Place at Lisbon, and 5th place at NEIBA. Unfortunately, several members of the band were sick on March 10 and the band couldn’t perform …
Tickets for Taste of Jazz featuring Karrin Allyson on Sale now!
Tickets on Sale Now!! Each spring, KCCK, The Hotel at Kirkwood Center, the Kirkwood Culinary Arts Department, and Kirkwood’s Hospitality Arts Department collaborate for a night of wine and beer, food and music on the Kirkwood campus at The Hotel At Kirkwood Center. All to benefit KCCK’s Jazz Education Programs. The event features wine …
Culture Crawl 1048 “For Anyone Who Has Had a Job”
Crooked Path is back with Rob Bell‘s new play “We’ll Get Back to You“ as they raise funds and get ready to take the play to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this August. In the studio we have director Kristin Hanggi and one of the cast principles, Chris Okiishi. The show will run April 4-19 at …
Iowa City Jazz Festival Returns July 3-5, 2026
IOWA CITY, IA – Award-winning headliner ARTEMIS featuring Renee Rosnes, Ingrid Jensen, Nicole Glover, Noriko Ueda & Allison Miller, will perform on the Strauss Community Main Stage at 8:00 PM on Saturday, July 4th, 2026, as part of the Iowa City Jazz Festival. Summer of the Arts is thrilled to announce the dates for the …
Kirkwood Board of Trustees to meet April 10, 2025
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place April 10, 2025. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
Culture Crawl 1047 “The Same 12 Notes”
Jazz music meets Chamber music as Miera Kim and Carey Bostian of Red Cedar have commissioned leading Iowa jazz players Blake Shaw and Dan Padley to write new music for this “all strings but different strings” group, dubbed the Crossover Quartet. Also on the program will be some new arrangements of jazz standards, along with …