Iowa is bracing for blizzard conditions…the U.S. and Britain have bombed Houthi sites in Yemen.
Category: News
News Digest 1-11-24
House Republicans are moving forward with impeachment proceedings against the Homeland Security Secretary…Haley and DeSantis debate in Des Moines ahead of next week’s Iowa caucuses.
Culture Crawl 886 “Even Michael Bolton Recorded It”
It’s time for another night at the opera with the Cedar Rapids Opera’s upcoming production of Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca. Cast members Chaz’men Williams-Ali, Maria Natale, and Norman Garrett share insight to Puccini’s dramatic work and spoiler alert, you’re going to want to stay for Act II. Shows are Friday, January 19 at 7:30pm and Sunday, …
News Digest 1-10-24
The Pentagon responds to Defense Secretary Austin’s hospitalizations…Governor Reynolds speeding up a reduction of the state’s income tax.
News Digest 1-9-24
Winter weather has arrived in Iowa…the state legislature has opened its 2024 session.
Culture Crawl 885 “Musical Friendship”
“Charlie and the Wolf” is an opera for young people commissioned by Cedar Rapids Opera. Bored middle schooler Logan dozes off, only to have Wolfgang Mozart and Charlie Parker appear to teach her about music and friendship. Cast members Brittany Graham, Evan J. Nelson, Lindsay Paradise, and Rene Vazquez will bring this fanciful tale to …
News Digest 1-8-24
Multiple storm systems are bringing severe weather to much of the U-S…the 2024 Iowa legislature opens today.
This Week In Jazz January 7 thru January 13
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummers Kenny Clarke, Osie Johnson and Max Roach, singers Betty Roche and Ruth Brown, trombonists Wilbur de Paris and Willie Dennis, saxophonists Allen Eager and Jane Ira Bloom and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Toots Thielemans’ …