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Culture Crawl 1115 “He Was A Good Cow”

Cedar Rapids Opera Founder & Artistic Director, Daniel Kleinknecht, and General Director, Tad Ennen, are in the studio ahead of the kick off to the Opera’s 28th season. “Curtains Up,” Thurs, Sept 25, 7pm at Cedar Ridge Distillery, will feature selections from the season including music from The Littlest Mermaid, Dvořák’s Rusalka, Strauss’s Fledermaus, and more.

Tickets and more info at cropera.org.

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Culture Crawl 1114 “It Starts With The Script”

Scot Hughes and Tom Milligan play Felix and Oscar in TKM Productions’ “The Odd Couple” Sept. 26-28 at the Amana Performing Arts Center.

Scot and Tom have 8 Odd Couple productions between them! Even though it’s been decades since the play debuted, they say the script and characters make it a fresh watch each time.

Tickets at www.TKMTheatricalProductions.com.

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Talking Pictures 9-17-25

“The Long Walk” (2025) and “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues” (2025) with Hollis Monroe, Phil Brown and Denny Lynch.

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Clean Up Your Act 9-17-25

A rare and endangered species of fish has been discovered in an Iowa river.

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Culture Crawl 1113 “World Premiere Beer”

Trisha Spence, Director of Marketing and Communications at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, is in the studio ahead of NCSML’s BrewNost, a festive fundraising event with great beer, great food, live music, raffles and more. A few events leading up to BrewNost include the Joža Uprka Mural Dedication on Thurs, Sept 18, 10am at the Kosek Building and a

Sundial Unveiling Ceremony on Fri, Sept 19, 5pm at the Buresh Immigration Clock Tower.

For tickets and more info visit ncsml.org.

This Week’s Shows September 15 thru September 21

Jazz Corner of the World (Encore)

Mondays at 6:00pm

A Listen to Michael White, Show 1

Craig explores different areas of violinist Michael White’s diverse recording career. We’ll hear recordings that feature White on several albums from the legendary group The Fourth Way, co-founded with Mike Nock, Eddie Marshall, and Ron McLure. We’ll also focus on his five Impulse recordings, and some of his work with jazz reedman, John Handy.

the Levi Temple Sextet

Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00pm

Ed East & Levi Temple on the Side Stage

Multi-instrumentalist Ed East, bandleader of the acclaimed Orquesta Alto Maiz, brought a few of his best friends to the Iowa City Jazz Festival Side Stage for a powerhouse Latin Jazz jam. Plus, trombonist Levi Temple and his Sextet (all students or alum of the UNI Music program) served up a refreshing set of originals influenced by R&B, hip-hop, ECM, and traditional jazz.

Jazz Night in America

Thursdays at 11:00pm

Morgan Guerin’s Many Dimensions

Host Christian McBride dives into the multi-dimensional mind of saxophonist, bassist, drummer, keyboardist, producer, composer, and engineer Morgan Guerin, whose solo work and collaborations with the likes of Esperanza Spalding and Terri Lyne Carrington have put him in a class of his own. Plus, we visit his home studio to hear tracks from his archives and session breakdowns from his record, “Tales of The Facade”.

Jazz Corner of the World

Saturdays from 12:00 noon to 4:00pm

More Gypsy Jazz

We’ll hear more splendid music in the style inspired by guitarist Django Reinhardt as Craig spins a variety of gems from top-notch artists and groups like Bireli Lagrene, the Ferre Brothers, Tchavolo Schmitt, Alfonso Ponticelli, Raphael Fays, Jimmy Rosenberg, and others.

KCCK’s Midnight CD

KCCK features a new album every night, played from start-to-finish.

Reverberations by Alex Sipiagin on Monday; Waking Dream by Randy Napoleon on Tuesday; Painter of the Invisible by Jaleel Shaw on Wednesday; Split Decision by Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring on Thursday; The Last Dance by Kip London on Friday; The Sound of Muscle Shoals by Mike Farris on Saturday; My Latin Heart by Roger Glenn on Sunday.

This Week In Jazz September 14 thru September 20

Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of violinist Joe Venuti, singers Helen Ward, Jon Hendricks, Bobby Short, Wesla Whitfield, organist Jack McDuff, bassists Arvell Shaw, Earl May and Lisle Atkinson, saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, bluesman B.B. King, guitarist Charlie Byrd and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of John Coltrane’s “Blue Trane” (1957), Coleman Hawkins’s “Desafinado” (1962), Joe Turner’s “Stormy Monday” (1974), Terumasa Hino’s “Bluestruck” (1989), Scott Hamilton/Ken Peplowski/Spike Robinson’s “Groovin’ High” (1991), George Cables’ “Icons and Influences” (2013) and many others Mondays thru Fridays and at noon on JAZZ MASTERS on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.

Big Mo Pod Show 076 – “Planting Seeds”

Welcome back to the show folks! This week’s episode features a selection of blues tracks from across different eras of blues, as always, and also discusses how certain blues tracks are composed. Tune in to learn how! Songs featured in the episode:

The Kinsey Report – “One Step Back”
Little Milton – “Who’s Cheating Who”
Alastair Greene – “Standing Out Loud”
Jessie Mae Hemphill – “Jump, Baby, Jump”
Ronnie baker Brooks – “Stuck On Stupid”

Listen to ‘da Friday Blues with Big Mo each week at 6pm, and catch the podcast for a behind the scenes look at the show!

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