Summer is just around the corner and Lisa Barnes is in full swing getting ready for Iowa City’s Summer of the Arts programming. Hear about all of your favorite events including the Friday Night Concert Series, Free Movie Series, Iowa City Jazz Festival, Iowa Arts Festival, Music on the Move, and a new outdoor series … Continue reading The post Cult…

As the Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale approaches the end of their ’23-’24 season, director Gerry Kreitzer makes one more stop at the studio with details on the choir’s final concert, “Americana.” It’s Saturday, May 11, 2:30pm at The Lodge at Usher’s Ferry. Tickets $15 in advance, $20 at the door. For tickets and more information … Continue reading Th…

Iowa City’s multigenerational choir, Family Folk Machine, is getting ready for its final concert of the season, “Dreaming of Justice: Songs for a Crowded Table” coming up on Sunday, May 12, 3 p.m. at The Englert Theatre with special guest LaTasha DeLoach. Board members Jean Littlejohn & Jon Ranard are here with all the details. … Continue reading T…

TKM Theatrical Productions presents the Iowa premiere of “Trick of the Light” May 10-12 at the Amana Performing Arts Center. It’s a brand new play by Minneapolis playwright Peter Moore, which appears to be a lighthearted romp about a man who discovers he can turn invisible. But hidden within the comedy are some sharp observations … Continue reading…

Orchestra Iowa’s next Film with Live Orchestra is “E.T,” a movie full of emotion and a soundtrack full of the genius of John Williams. This is not an easy cruise for the Orchestra. The music is very difficult, with few breaks, and Tim Hankewich must keep all the musicians in sync with the video. … Continue reading The post Culture Crawl 915 “70.1 S…

Author Larry Tye calls in from Massachusetts to chat about his new book, “The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America.” Subscribe to The Culture Crawl at www.kcck.org/culture or search “Culture Crawl” in your favorite podcast player. Listen Live at 10:30am most weekdays on Iowa’s Jazz station. 88.3 FM or ww…

New opera, “Fierce,” is coming to Hancher Auditorium and William Menefield and Andre Perry are in the studio with exciting insights ahead of the Iowa premiere of this landmark production. Friday and Saturday, April 26 & 27, 7:30pm at Hancher Auditorium. For tickets and more information visit www.hancher.uiowa.edu Subscribe to The Culture Crawl at w…

Tim Hankewich pops in the studio ahead of the upcoming Orchestra Iowa Masterworks V: Essential Earth featuring Richard Scofano. Concerts will be Saturday 4/20, 7:30pm at Paramount Theatre and Sunday 4/21, 2pm at Coralville Center for the Performing Arts. The maestro also plans to reveal the orchestra’s next season! Tickets at www.artsiowa.com or ww…

Riverside Theatre presents the world premiere of “Herein Lies the Truth,” by UI Nonfiction MFA candidate Aaron Pang. It’s an autobiographical solo play that tells the story of how an accidentchanged the trajectory of Aaron Pang’s life. Part stand-up comedy and part storytelling, Herein Lies theTruth is a sincere, confused, hilarious, and imperfect …

The Awful Purdies, an all-female group that performs acoustic and bluegrass-tinged songs, performs at CSPS Hall in Cedar Rapids on April 27th. Sarah Cram Driscoll talks about the band’s history, as well as their most recent album “The Great Unraveling.” Tickets for the CSPS show at www.cspshall.org. Find the Awful Purdies online at www.awfulpurdies…