The Cedar Rapids Municipal Band returns this week for its 73rd season. The band actually got an early start in 2024 with a featured performance in front of several hundred Iowa school band directors a couple weeks ago in a performance that brought this tough crowd to its feet. For Week 1, director Steve Shanley …

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The season finale for Orchestra Iowa fast approaches and Tim Hankewich says it’s gearing up to be a big one. Bring some chairs and bring the family for Pops On The River: The Ultimate Eagles Experience, Saturday 6/1, 7pm @McGrath Amphitheater. Tickets can be purchased through Ticketmaster at www.creventslive.com. You can also call the box …

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The historic Brucemore mansion is gearing up for a fun packed summer and here to tell us all about it is Events and Communications Coordinator, Jennifer Beall. Kicking it off May 31 & June 1 is Hello Summer! in the formal gardens. June 7 will see the Ballet Des Moines on the 1st Ave lawn. …

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Gilded Pear Gallery has two new exhibits open, and it’s a rather unique set up. Works from landscape artists, Audrey Brown and Randy Richmond, will be found in their respective exhibits, but viewers may find overlaps as the two are a couple! Gilded Pear manager, Lauren Tucci, talks about putting the exhibits together and invites …

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Some people have a second act, but UI alum Harold Bradley had at least four. Collegiate, military, and NFL football standout, artist, musician, and activist. University of Iowa Chief Innovation Officer Jon Darsee began to dig into Bradley’s background after appreciating four paintings of Iowa Black leaders Bradley painted back in the Seventies. Those …

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Culture Crawl 921 “Any Job-Better Job-Career Job” Inside Out Reentry Community serves people returning to Johnson County after incarceration, and to educate the public to help the formerly incarcerated achieve success in the community. Inside Out will host “Be An Instrument For Change” Sunday, May 19 at 3pm in Chauncey Swan Park, to celebrate music, …

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Culture Crawl 920 “Good ‘Ol Days in the Frat at the Heidelberg” Orchestra Iowa closes its Masterworks season with the landmark piece for orchestra and chorus, “Carmina Burana.” Tim Hankewich says Orff’s landmark work is much more than its best-known segment, “O Fortuna.” Also on the program is Samuel Barber’s Symphony No. 1, which the …

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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 …

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