Orchestra Iowa presents Pops III, “Bugs Bunny at the Symphony.” Guest conductor George Daughtery joins Dennis over zoom with all the details. It’s Saturday, March 7, 7:30pm at Paramount Theatre in Cedar Rapids. Tickets and more info at artsiowa.com. Subscribe to The Culture Crawl at kcck.org/culture or search “Culture Crawl” in your favorite podcast player. …
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2025 KCCK Annual Report Released
Read about some of the people and events in our jazz family, and also dig in to the nuts and bolts of KCCK (if that’s your thing). Click on the image to read the entire report, or email us if you’d like a printed copy.
Culture Crawl 1175 “No Weapons”
Kennedy Choral League presents “Iowa’s Got Talent: Live and Local” coming up Friday, April 3, 7pm at CSPS Hall in Cedar Rapids. KCL member, Anne Ohrt, & Kennedy HS Choral Director, Storm Ziegler, are in the studio with all the details. Audition video submissions are due March 8 by midnight. Tickets and additional audition info …
Culture Crawl 1174 “Amen To End All Amens”
The Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale completes its performance of Handel’s “Messiah” with Parts II & III, on March 8, 2:30pm at First Lutheran Church in Cedar Rapids. Director Gerry Kreitzer says that while not performed as often as Messiah Part I at Christmastime, both of these sections are filled with even more of Handel’s rousing …
KCCK’s Featured Album for March 2026
The KCCK Featured Album for March is “KCCK’s Corridor Jazz Project Volume 19”, featuring the outstanding students from a record twenty-one Eastern Iowa high school jazz bands. Each band is paired up with a professional guest artist who mentors the students during rehearsals and professional recording sessions. The experience culminates with concerts featuring the bands …
This Week’s Shows March 2 thru March 8
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Sampling Enja Records Craig serves up a choice sampling from the wonderful ENJA record label. Founded in 1971 by Matthias Winckelmann and Horst Weber, ENJA recorded and released classic sides from Elvin Jones, Abbey Lincoln, Mal Waldron, John Scofield, Bennie Wallace, and Max Roach. …
Corridor Jazz Concert March 9-10
The Corridor Jazz Concert – One night can’t contain us! Join KCCK for Iowa’s biggest jazz concert. So big, it’s a two-night event. Monday, March 9th at the Paramount Theatre in Cedar Rapids, and Tuesday March 10th at the Voxman Hall of Music at the University of Iowa. It’s all to celebrate the 2026 Corridor …
Culture Crawl 1173 “Bass Player and Numerologist”
Summer of the Arts is back with a fundraiser featuring The Beaker Brothers Band coming up March 6 at First Avenue Club in Iowa City. Doors open 6:30pm with the show going 7:30-10:30pm. SOTA Development Director, Eric Johnson, and Beaker Brothers band member, Ed English, are in the studio with the details (and some big …