Gabriel Espinoza and former student Kiersten Conway are in the studio ahead of their upcoming concert at the Ideal. Kiersten attended Solon High School and studied under Gabriel at Central College for a year before transferring to SMV in Creston Iowa. Gabriel has continued to be a mentor to Kiersten and now the two are …

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Julia Jessen, Curator of Collections and Exhibitions at Cedar Rapids Art Museum, and Dennis Green team up for the museum’s upcoming June Art Bites: All that Jazz: Photographs by Carl Van Vechten and George T. Henry.  Julia and Dennis will be talking about the exhibition Wednesday, June 4, 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM at CRMA. …

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Ed English and the rest of The Beaker Brothers Band will be performing at the Inside Out Reentry Community Spring Concert “Be an Instrument for Change” Annual Fundraiser, June 1, 3pm at Chauncey Swan Park in Iowa City. He and Dai Gwilliam from the Inside Out fundraising committee are in the studio to talk about …

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Spring has sprung and the grounds at Prairiewoods are bursting with life! Leslie Wright is back in the studio ahead of the Annual Prairiewoods Garden Party: Growing Our Roots. Enjoy a night of music, food and nature while raising funds to support Prairiewood’s mission.  It’s Saturday, June 7, 5-8pm. Tickets at prairiewoods.org.  Subscribe to The …

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It’s almost summer and you know what that means… Iowa City Summer of the Arts! Executive Director Lisa Barnes is in today with all the details and a stellar line up. It’s  The Iowa Arts Festival, June 6-8.  For more information and schedules visit summerofthearts.org. Subscribe to The Culture Crawl at kcck.org/culture or search “Culture …

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Local musician Wes Shirley is in the studio ahead of a new concert experience focused on spotlighting songwriters. The first in the series features local artists Sarah Cram Driscoll and Joel Sires. It’s “CR Songwriter Series” June 6, 6:30pm at the Cedar Rapids Public Library Whipple Auditorium.  Tickets and more info can be found at …

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Lyn Curry from Vocal Artists of Iowa is in the studio ahead of upcoming concert series “Elemental Springs” Saturday, 5/17, 3pm at Voxman Concert Hall in Iowa City & Sunday, 5/18, 3pm at First Presbyterian Church in Cedar Rapids. For more information visit vocalartistsofiowa.com. Subscribe to The Culture Crawl at kcck.org/culture or search “Culture Crawl” …

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Orchestra Iowa (almost) closes this season out with “Masterworks VI: A Booming Finale” coming up Saturday, May 17, 7:30 pm at Paramount Theatre & Sunday, May 18, 2pm at Coralville Center for Performing Arts. Insights held in the Encore Lounge at 6:45pm Saturday night and 1:00pm at West Music Sunday afternoon. Tim Hankewich also hints …

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Adam Springer & Drew Hurn from the Wonderful Smiths along with Nick Dusil from Iowa Giving Crew are in the studio ahead of a benefit concert coming up May 17, 7pm at the Ideal Theater with Wonderful Smiths and The Mamiltons. All proceeds will go towards Iowa Giving Crew.  Tickets at idealtheaterandbar.com. To keep up …

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Dr. Gerry Kreitzer is back in the studio ahead of the Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale’s season finale, “Music That Touched Our Souls” coming up Sunday, May 18, 2:30pm at First Lutheran Church.  For tickets and more information visit crchorale.org.  Subscribe to The Culture Crawl at kcck.org/culture or search “Culture Crawl” in your favorite podcast player. …

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