More electricity in the U.S. now comes from wind than hydro.
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Culture Crawl 550 “Hot Back Acting”
The Iowa City Community Theatre presents Stephen Sondheim’s musical comedy “Company,” March 6-15. Director Rachel Howell and stage manger Shay Lilienthal talk about this musical that centers on the commitment-phobic Robert.
Information and tickets at www.iowacitycommunitytheatre.org.
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Culture Crawl 551 “Do The Head Nod”
The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art celebrates its 125th anniversary this year. Two complementary exhibitions kick off the party.
“Across the Atlantic: American Impressionism through the French Lens,” explores the path to Impressionism through the nineteenth century and the complex relationship between French Impressionism of the 1870s and 1880s and the American interpretation of the style in the decades that followed.
As a companion exhibition to Across the Atlantic, the CRMA is also hosting a selection from the private collection of Tom and Nan Riley. Drawing exclusively on French works, artists such as Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Camille Pissarro give you a rare opportunity to see important French works from a local private collection
More info at www.crma.org
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Culture Crawl 549 “Take a Walk Through the Colon”
Actor and comedian David Lee Nelson and Riverside Theatre Artistic Director Adam Knight are childhood friends who have collaborated artistically throughout their lives. But nothing they have worked on together has been more meaningful than “Stages,” a one-man show about David’s experience with colon cancer.
David used the main weapon in hid arsenal, laughter, throughout his treatment and recovery, writing a popular blog that the two men used as resource material to create the show.
Riverside is partnering with the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Iowa, to also use the show as an awareness-raiser. Cool-rectal cancer is on the rise among young adults aged 20-40.
More information and tickets at www.riversidetheatre.org.
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Talking Pictures 2-26-20
“Brahms: The Boy II” and “The Report” and looking back at Coffin Joe with Hollis Monroe, Phil Brown and Scott Chrisman,
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Clean Up Your Act 3-31-20
The Midwinter Bald Eagle Count finds declining numbers.
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Culture Crawl 548 “Made Me the Man I Am”
For more than three decades, The Academy for Scholastic and Personal Success has helped minority students in the Cedar Rapids area make the most of their academic and personal lives. Ruth White, founder and executive director, and Academy director Eric Thompson talk about The Academy’s programs and invite you to support the organization and enjoy an evening of music with saxophonist Ray Blue, March 5 at CSPS and March 6 at The Mill.
More information at www.theacademysps.com.
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Special Programs for February 24 thru February 29
Short List with host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM
Bob’s Baker’s Dozen: Ivy Benson
English bandleader Ivy Benson had several jobs with early all-female ensembles before she formed her own band in 1939. She would become a BBC studio orchestra and have a long tenure at the London Palladium with her “All-Girls Orchestra.” Benson and her big band endured into the 1980’s.
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler
Michel LeGrand
Mondays at 6:00 PM
Saluting Michel LeGrand, Ethel Ennis, Ken Nordine, & Ed Bickert
Craig takes a loving look at four artists that we lost in 2019….band leader Michel LeGrand, vocalist Ethel Ennis, wordsmith Ken Nordine, and guitarist Ed Bickert.
The Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM
Vincent Herring at ICJF 2018
KCCK’s Wednesday Night Special continues its celebration of Black History Month with another great live set from the 2018 Iowa City Jazz Festival. Veteran reedman Vincent Herring has worked with some of the premier talents in jazz, including Art Blakey, Horace Silver, and Freddie Hubbard. He’s played with Wynton Marsalis at Lincoln Center, and joined John Faddis at Carnegie Hall. Last year, he stepped on to the ICJF stage and played an amazing set that was full of energy and swing.
Jazz Night In America with Host Christian McBride
Thursdays at 11:00 PM
The Electric Miles Davis
Host Christian McBride and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra grapple with Miles Davis’s electric period – a time when immortal trumpeter, yet again, turned the jazz world upside down. Bassist Marcus Miller joins Wynton Marsalis and the JALCO for a musical tribute to this ground-breaking, controversial era in jazz.
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler
Saturdays at 12:00 Noon
Prestige Records in 1970, Part Two
Craig spins selections from the second half of the year 1970. We’ll hear jazz gems from Dexter Gordon, Gene Ammons, Charles Earland, and many others. Tune in for some great ‘Soul Jazz’ that you won’t hear anywhere else!
KCCK’s Midnight CD
Every Night at Midnight
Each night, KCCK gives you the chance to hear a new CD played start-to-finish. Tune in at Midnight for:
Air Power! by The Airmen of Note on Monday; You Can’t Lose the Blues by Lafayette Harris, Jr. on Tuesday; Frankenhorn by Audrey Ochoa on Wednesday; Excursions & Adventures by Tim Ray on Thursday; Front Porch by The MaryJo Curry Band on Friday; Blacktop Run by Sonny Landreth on Saturday; The Sphynx by Jonathan Ng on Sunday.