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

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

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

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

Riverside Theatre presents the world premiere of Herein Lies the Truth, by UI Nonfiction MFA candidate Aaron Pang. Its an autobiographical solo play that tells the story of how an accidentchanged t

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 bands history, as we

Jonesy McElroy & Deb Kennedy with TKM Productions are in the studio ahead of the Iowa premier screening of Stages an original miniseries about theatre written and directed by Jonesy. Episode one int

Culture Crawl 908 When She Picks Up The Wand, Look Out! Clear Creek-Amana High School presents The Wizard of Oz April 11-13. Cast members Sydney Emmel, Lily Schloss, and Evan Streit talk about see

Singer and songwriter Martha Redbone has had the opportunity to work with talents as diverse as Junie Morrison of Parliament and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Bands John McEuen. The Englert and Natural Talen

Culture Crawl 906 And The Mighty Wurlitzer, Too! The Cedar Rapids Community Orchestra celebrates its 10th anniversary with a special concert April 7 at 3pm in the Paramount Theatre. It will be a bit