Culture Crawl 879 “Cranking Up On Both Fronts”

Join Gerry Kreitzer and the Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale December 2nd for an evening of exultant arias and joyous refrains from Handel’s “Messiah” (Part One). The First Lutheran choir (and audience!) will join in for a grand finale singing the iconic “Hallelujah” Chorus. 

It’s Dec 2nd, 7:30pm @First Lutheran Church

Tickets go fast, get yours in advance at www.crchorale.org.

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News Digest 11-24-23

A temporary truce is in effect in Gaza…ongoing drought has had a negative impact on Iowa Christmas tree growers.

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Talking Pictures 11-22-23

Napoleon (2023) and Thanksgiving (2023) with Hollis Monroe, Phil Brown and Monica Schmidt. 

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News Digest 11-22-23

Israel and Hamas agree to a pause in fighting to allow the release of hostages…the wife of a northwest Iowa county supervisor has been found guilty of voter fraud.

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News Digest 11-21-23

Some optimism about the release of hostages in  Gaza…Governor Reynolds says she’s working on another tax cut.

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Culture Crawl 878 “14 Different Voices”

The holidays are fast approaching and TKM Theatrical Productions has just the festive thing for the whole family to enjoy! “It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play” opens December 1 at The Amana Performing Arts Center and Tim Milligan & Quanda Hood are here to tell us all about it.

December 1-3 & 8-10, Fridays & Saturdays @7:30pm and Sundays @3pm

Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at www.tkmtheatricalproductions.com or the TKM Theatrical Productions Facebook page.

For more info visit www.tkmtheatricalproductions.com

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News Digest 11-20-23

The Biden administration says it could support a pause but not a ceasefire in Gaza…the Iowa Board of Medicine starts work on rules for doctors if the fetal heartbeat law were to take effect.

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This Week In Jazz November 19 thru November 25

Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of guitarist Skeeter Betts, singer June Christy, pianist/composers Hoagy Carmichael and Horace Henderson, songwriter Johnny Mandel, saxophonist Coleman Hawkins and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis’ “Sketches of Spain” (1958), Phineas Newborn Jr.’s “A World of Piano! (1961)”, Gerry Mulligan/Chet Baker “The Carnegie Hall Concert” (1974), Freddie Hubbard & Woody Shaw’s “Double Take” (1985), Shirley Scott: Blues Everywhere –Live at Birdland (1991), Vincent Herring’s “Preaching to the Choir” (2020) and many others, Mondays thru Fridays at noon on Jazz Masters on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.