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CRBT Movies on the Riverbank | Sing 2
<p>Please join us for our 17th summer of moonlight, movies, food and free family fun under the stars in Downtown Cedar Rapids! Gates open at 7pm. Kids' Activities begin at 7pm. Movie begins at dusk.</p><p><strong>Feature Movie on August 13th:<br>Sing 2 (2021 - PG - 110 minutes)</strong></p><p>Buster Moon and his friends must persuade reclusive rock star Clay Calloway to join them for the opening of a new show. </p><p>Additional Event Details:</p><p>• The event is free and open to the public.<br>• On-street parking is available.</p><p>Please visit our website for additional event details: crbt.com/movies. Proudly sponsored by Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust. Media Partner is Z102.9.</p> 2021-05-19 23:15:00 -0500
8/13/227:00 p.m.McGrath AmphitheatreCedar Rapids -
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Moonlit Movie featuring "Sing 2"
<p>Free kids activities begin at 7:00 p.m. with the feature presentation to follow around 8:30 p.m. (dusk). Treats from Kona Ice, The Freeze, and FREE popcorn from the Shriner's Popcorn Mobile. Guests should bring lawn chairs and blankets for open lawn seating. Outside food and drink are permitted. These events are free to attend and supported in part by the Marion Hotel-Motel Grant Program.</p><p>SING 2: Theater owner Buster Moon sets his sights on producing a brand-new musical with his troupe in the glamorous Redshore City. To gain the support of a ruthless music mogul, he pitches that he'll feature Clay Calloway, a legendary but elusive rock singer as part of the show. Now, all the group needs to do is find the recluse and persuade him to perform with them. </p> 2022-05-12 22:30:00 -0500
5/27/227:00 p.m.Klopfenstein Amphitheater for the Performing Arts.Marion -
Muscatine County Fair
<p>The 2022 Muscatine County Fair is July 20-24, 2022!</p><p>Get your fair fun passes now! Fun passes can be bought online through our website at <a href="http://www.muscatinecountyfair.com/?fbclid=IwAR2v4j8Ez5Gv-GrmjNJqZwAIsl3KXbEn6RIVJWjc9g2BRx7fCyTiPxTJ1Zk" rel="nofollow noopener" tabindex="0" target="_blank">www.muscatinecountyfair.com</a> or you can purchase them through our office.</p><p>We again will have FREE KIDS ZONES! So come let the kids play and have a cool beverage and relax a little!</p><p>We will also have our Carnival here and they will have wristbands for sale. Early order wristbands are $20 per wristbands, late purchases are $25 per wristband.</p><p>Grandstand Events-</p><p>Wednesday July 20 @ 6:30pm- Races</p><p>Thursday July 21 @ 7pm- Impact Pro Wrestling</p><p>Friday July 22 @ 7pm- ECI Tractor Pull</p><p>Saturday July 23 @ 7:30pm- Sawyer Brown Concert</p><p>Sunday July 24 @ 11am- Demo Derby</p><p>Sunday July 24 @ 3 pm- Trailer Races</p><p>We have lots of fun things planned and hope to see you all here!</p> 2022-05-06 23:58:00 -0500
7/20/228:00 a.m.Muscatine County FairWest Liberty -
Storybook Clay Summer Art Camp 3 day camp for ages 5-8
<p><strong>3 Day Ceramic Summer Camps—Storybook Clay</strong></p><p>These 3-day camps are designed for the littles, aged 5-8. This class is always a summer favorite! Through this Summer Camp series, we have been connecting creativity and literacy for over 10 years! Our instructors will read a popular storybook to campers, and then facilitate creating projects based upon it. There will be a new theme every day! Campers will add colors to their creations by painting with special glazes and slips, to make their project truly one of a kind. One project will be created each day. Projects will be dried on our shelves, then fired in our kilns for pick up three weeks after camp ends. </p><p>Date: June 8th–June 10th (Wednesday through Friday)</p><p>Time: 9:00AM–11:00AM</p><p>Tuition: $75/person</p><p>Camp Code: 1A3</p> 2022-04-13 11:00:00 -0500
6/08/229:00 a.m.Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass StudioCedar Rapids -
Storybook Clay 3 day Youth Art Camp for Ages 5-8
<p><strong>3 Day Ceramic Summer Camps—Storybook Clay</strong></p><p>These 3-day camps are designed for the littles, aged 5-8. This class is always a summer favorite! Through this Summer Camp series, we have been connecting creativity and literacy for over 10 years! Our instructors will read a popular storybook to campers, and then facilitate creating projects based upon it. There will be a new theme every day! Campers will add colors to their creations by painting with special glazes and slips, to make their project truly one of a kind. One project will be created each day. Projects will be dried on our shelves, then fired in our kilns for pick up three weeks after camp ends. </p><p>Date: June 22nd -June 24th (Wednesday through Friday)</p><p>Time: 9:00AM–11:00AM</p><p>Tuition: $75/person</p><p>Camp Code: 3A3</p> 2022-04-13 11:00:00 -0500
6/22/229:00 a.m.Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass StudioCedar Rapids -
Storybook Clay 3-day Summer Camp for ages 5-8
<p><strong>3 Day Ceramic Summer Camps—Storybook Clay</strong></p><p>These 3-day camps are designed for the littles, aged 5-8. This class is always a summer favorite! Through this Summer Camp series, we have been connecting creativity and literacy for over 10 years! Our instructors will read a popular storybook to campers, and then facilitate creating projects based upon it. There will be a new theme every day! Campers will add colors to their creations by painting with special glazes and slips, to make their project truly one of a kind. One project will be created each day. Projects will be dried on our shelves, then fired in our kilns for pick up three weeks after camp ends. </p><p>Date: June 27th–June 29th (Monday through Wednesday)</p><p>Time: 9:00AM–11:00AM</p><p>Tuition: $75/person</p><p>Camp Code: 4A3</p> 2022-04-13 11:00:00 -0500
6/27/229:00 a.m.Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass StudioCedar Rapids -
Storybook Clay 3-day Summer Camps for ages 5-8
<p><strong>3 Day Ceramic Summer Camps—Storybook Clay</strong></p><p>These 3-day camps are designed for the littles, aged 5-8. This class is always a summer favorite! Through this Summer Camp series, we have been connecting creativity and literacy for over 10 years! Our instructors will read a popular storybook to campers, and then facilitate creating projects based upon it. There will be a new theme every day! Campers will add colors to their creations by painting with special glazes and slips, to make their project truly one of a kind. One project will be created each day. Projects will be dried on our shelves, then fired in our kilns for pick up three weeks after camp ends. </p><p>Date: July 6th –July 8th (Wednesday through Friday)</p><p>Time: 9:00AM–11:00AM</p><p>Tuition: $75/person</p><p>Camp Code: 5A3</p> 2022-04-13 11:00:00 -0500
7/06/229:00 a.m.Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass StudioCedar Rapids -
Storybook Clay 3-day Summer Camps for ages 5-8
<p><strong>3 Day Ceramic Summer Camps—Storybook Clay</strong></p><p>These 3-day camps are designed for the littles, aged 5-8. This class is always a summer favorite! Through this Summer Camp series, we have been connecting creativity and literacy for over 10 years! Our instructors will read a popular storybook to campers, and then facilitate creating projects based upon it. There will be a new theme every day! Campers will add colors to their creations by painting with special glazes and slips, to make their project truly one of a kind. One project will be created each day. Projects will be dried on our shelves, then fired in our kilns for pick up three weeks after camp ends. </p><p>Date: July 11h –July 13th (Monday through Wednesday)</p><p>Time: 1:00PM–3:00PM</p><p>Tuition: $75/person</p><p>Camp Code: 6P3</p> 2022-04-13 15:00:00 -0500
7/11/221:00 p.m.Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass StudioCedar Rapids -
EIAA - Friday Morning Art Den
<p>Adults, join us for a relaxing Friday morning open studio where you can concentrate on embracing your creative vibe this summer! Use any of our art supplies, ranging from pastels, to paints and from clay to charcoal. We will have papers and canvases, a drawing horse, an easel or a table, as well as a rotating still life.</p><p>This is also a great opportunity to work on your stained glass projects! We'll have grinders on and soldering irons available.</p><p>$5 at the door or buy a 6-time punch card for $25.<br>Friday Morning Art Den takes place at STUDIO 17, just around the corner from our administrative building. The address is 907 17th St NE<br>Food and drink is welcome and we will have coffee from Starbucks or Stillwater Coffee Company available as well as lots of cool creamers and biscotti. Studio will be fairly quiet, so feel free to bring earbuds! Masks are not required if you have been vaccinated, but if you are unvaccinated we do suggest that you wear one.<br>Any questions? Call 319-350-1805</p> 2022-05-27 12:00:00 -05005/27/2210:00 a.m.Eastern Iowa Arts AcademyCedar Rapids -
EIAA - Friday Morning Art Den
<p>Adults, join us for a relaxing Friday morning open studio where you can concentrate on embracing your creative vibe this summer! Use any of our art supplies, ranging from pastels, to paints and from clay to charcoal. We will have papers and canvases, a drawing horse, an easel or a table, as well as a rotating still life.</p><p>This is also a great opportunity to work on your stained glass projects! We'll have grinders on and soldering irons available.</p><p>$5 at the door or buy a 6-time punch card for $25.<br>Friday Morning Art Den takes place at STUDIO 17, just around the corner from our administrative building. The address is 907 17th St NE<br>Food and drink is welcome and we will have coffee from Starbucks or Stillwater Coffee Company available as well as lots of cool creamers and biscotti. Studio will be fairly quiet, so feel free to bring earbuds! Masks are not required if you have been vaccinated, but if you are unvaccinated we do suggest that you wear one.<br>Any questions? Call 319-350-1805</p> 2022-06-03 12:00:00 -05006/03/2210:00 a.m.Eastern Iowa Arts AcademyCedar Rapids -
EIAA - Friday Morning Art Den
<p>Adults, join us for a relaxing Friday morning open studio where you can concentrate on embracing your creative vibe this summer! Use any of our art supplies, ranging from pastels, to paints and from clay to charcoal. We will have papers and canvases, a drawing horse, an easel or a table, as well as a rotating still life.</p><p>This is also a great opportunity to work on your stained glass projects! We'll have grinders on and soldering irons available.</p><p>$5 at the door or buy a 6-time punch card for $25.<br>Friday Morning Art Den takes place at STUDIO 17, just around the corner from our administrative building. The address is 907 17th St NE<br>Food and drink is welcome and we will have coffee from Starbucks or Stillwater Coffee Company available as well as lots of cool creamers and biscotti. Studio will be fairly quiet, so feel free to bring earbuds! Masks are not required if you have been vaccinated, but if you are unvaccinated we do suggest that you wear one.<br>Any questions? Call 319-350-1805</p> 2022-06-10 12:00:00 -05006/10/2210:00 a.m.Eastern Iowa Arts AcademyCedar Rapids -
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EIAA - Friday Morning Art Den
<p>Adults, join us for a relaxing Friday morning open studio where you can concentrate on embracing your creative vibe this summer! Use any of our art supplies, ranging from pastels, to paints and from clay to charcoal. We will have papers and canvases, a drawing horse, an easel or a table, as well as a rotating still life.</p><p>This is also a great opportunity to work on your stained glass projects! We'll have grinders on and soldering irons available.</p><p>$5 at the door or buy a 6-time punch card for $25.<br>Friday Morning Art Den takes place at STUDIO 17, just around the corner from our administrative building. The address is 907 17th St NE<br>Food and drink is welcome and we will have coffee from Starbucks or Stillwater Coffee Company available as well as lots of cool creamers and biscotti. Studio will be fairly quiet, so feel free to bring earbuds! Masks are not required if you have been vaccinated, but if you are unvaccinated we do suggest that you wear one.<br>Any questions? Call 319-350-1805</p> 2022-06-17 12:00:00 -05006/17/2210:00 a.m.Eastern Iowa Arts AcademyCedar Rapids -
EIAA - Friday Morning Art Den
<p>Adults, join us for a relaxing Friday morning open studio where you can concentrate on embracing your creative vibe this summer! Use any of our art supplies, ranging from pastels, to paints and from clay to charcoal. We will have papers and canvases, a drawing horse, an easel or a table, as well as a rotating still life.</p><p>This is also a great opportunity to work on your stained glass projects! We'll have grinders on and soldering irons available.</p><p>$5 at the door or buy a 6-time punch card for $25.<br>Friday Morning Art Den takes place at STUDIO 17, just around the corner from our administrative building. The address is 907 17th St NE<br>Food and drink is welcome and we will have coffee from Starbucks or Stillwater Coffee Company available as well as lots of cool creamers and biscotti. Studio will be fairly quiet, so feel free to bring earbuds! Masks are not required if you have been vaccinated, but if you are unvaccinated we do suggest that you wear one.<br>Any questions? Call 319-350-1805</p> 2022-06-24 12:00:00 -05006/24/2210:00 a.m.Eastern Iowa Arts AcademyCedar Rapids -
Teens: Arts - Clay Creations
<p>Summer activities gear towards kids ages 12-17.</p>7/14/222:00 p.m.Ely Public LibraryEly -
Welcome Club 500 Card Club
<p>Play the trick-taking card game of 500 with Welcome Club ladies. More information on our club at www.welcomeclubcr.com or email wwc_cr@yahoo.com.</p> 2022-04-28 20:00:00 -05005/24/225:00 p.m.Various LocationsCedar Rapids -
RHCR Theatre Presents: God Help Us
<p>Join RHCR Theatre for GOD HELP US! A political comedy for our times! GOD – legendary actor, Gregory Harrison – is a wise, cantankerous and wildly funny deity who confronts two political pundits with a romantic history and God is NOT pleased with our politics or what we have done with HIS Creation! GOD HELP US! speaks to audiences of all political persuasions with one essential argument: that we have to listen to each other so that we can all live – and laugh – together. Tickets are going fast! Get yours today! </p> 2022-06-04 21:00:00 -0500
6/04/227:00 p.m.John F. Kennedy High SchoolCedar Rapids -
RHCR Theatre Presents: God Help Us
<p>Join RHCR Theatre for GOD HELP US! A political comedy for our times! GOD – legendary actor, Gregory Harrison – is a wise, cantankerous and wildly funny deity who confronts two political pundits with a romantic history and God is NOT pleased with our politics or what we have done with HIS Creation! GOD HELP US! speaks to audiences of all political persuasions with one essential argument: that we have to listen to each other so that we can all live – and laugh – together. Tickets are going fast! Get yours today! </p> 2022-06-05 21:00:00 -0500
6/05/227:00 p.m.John F. Kennedy High SchoolCedar Rapids -
RHCR Theatre Presents: God Help Us
<p>Join RHCR Theatre for GOD HELP US! A political comedy for our times! GOD – legendary actor, Gregory Harrison – is a wise, cantankerous and wildly funny deity who confronts two political pundits with a romantic history and God is NOT pleased with our politics or what we have done with HIS Creation! GOD HELP US! speaks to audiences of all political persuasions with one essential argument: that we have to listen to each other so that we can all live – and laugh – together. Tickets are going fast! Get yours today! </p> 2022-05-19 21:00:00 -0500
6/03/227:00 p.m.John F. Kennedy High SchoolCedar Rapids -
Run of the Mill's One Act Showcase
<p>Run of the Mill Theatre performs three original one-act plays on the ArtiFactory stage: The Do-Gooders by Jessica Moss, Lady Balls by Allison Fradkin, and V.E.N.U.S. + Adonis by Brigid Martin.</p> 2022-05-13 16:30:00 -0500
5/22/222:30 p.m.ArtiFactoryIowa City -
Play and Learn
<p>Join us for a FREE interactive workshop that will explore how children learn through play! This workshop will include 60 minutes of child-directed free-play and a 30 minutes circle time including singing and dancing, a snack, and stories. Registration is required and transportation and interpretation available upon request.</p><p><br></p><p>Never underestimate the power of play! Play & Learn of East Central Iowa is an organized play group for young children (0-5 years old) and the people who take care of them – parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, other family members and family friends.</p><p><br></p><p>Each group has a facilitator that plans and sets up activities for the children and their caregivers to play together. Facilitators help caregivers learn more about child development, how children learn through play and what caregivers can do at home to help the children in their care grow and learn.</p><p><br></p><p>**Register here: <a data-id="l-8197144161" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FPlayatEly%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1PsmYOgLwY4aety8hlCeL4peRHOltDzp_Y8wQZBTzymBrwDXO1BUBGsKs&h=AT0W6PphB9uglKQbeuWd5yCtns20o0qpjwF0BknEuPATJrcVVbRbooe0QF0G3AJRt9WWvFlgZ0M0-2Z_EQtpwjWacWSgUKp30IahL3R_hwdQ7qicz8D_VvDuTltpd_Lu3Q&__tn__=q&c[0]=AT3YSpcITMjSLiQFAHp_C16fYtv_WNS2z_IhmQ90AM12JtPFOWAxBbZiSD4XqyxfOdaH7_muxgft1WdiBOZuZExR46B6ZpLlqGMpJ_ctkapAaElWZkEz06VSdPwMCAIb4KypBcXRBSOoXQEMa9shXJKC9o-f4q-AbEkyXSwRyYapPxc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/PlayatEly</a></p> 2022-05-28 11:30:00 -05005/28/2210:00 a.m.Ely Public LibraryEly -
Play and Learn
<p>Join us for a FREE interactive workshop that will explore how children learn through play! This workshop will include 60 minutes of child-directed free-play and a 30 minutes circle time including singing and dancing, a snack, and stories. Registration is required and transportation and interpretation available upon request.</p><p><br></p><p>Never underestimate the power of play! Play & Learn of East Central Iowa is an organized play group for young children (0-5 years old) and the people who take care of them – parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, other family members and family friends.</p><p><br></p><p>Each group has a facilitator that plans and sets up activities for the children and their caregivers to play together. Facilitators help caregivers learn more about child development, how children learn through play and what caregivers can do at home to help the children in their care grow and learn.</p><p><br></p><p>**Register here: <a data-id="l-8197144161" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FPlayatEly%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1PsmYOgLwY4aety8hlCeL4peRHOltDzp_Y8wQZBTzymBrwDXO1BUBGsKs&h=AT0W6PphB9uglKQbeuWd5yCtns20o0qpjwF0BknEuPATJrcVVbRbooe0QF0G3AJRt9WWvFlgZ0M0-2Z_EQtpwjWacWSgUKp30IahL3R_hwdQ7qicz8D_VvDuTltpd_Lu3Q&__tn__=q&c[0]=AT3YSpcITMjSLiQFAHp_C16fYtv_WNS2z_IhmQ90AM12JtPFOWAxBbZiSD4XqyxfOdaH7_muxgft1WdiBOZuZExR46B6ZpLlqGMpJ_ctkapAaElWZkEz06VSdPwMCAIb4KypBcXRBSOoXQEMa9shXJKC9o-f4q-AbEkyXSwRyYapPxc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/PlayatEly</a></p> 2022-06-11 11:30:00 -05006/11/2210:00 a.m.Ely Public LibraryEly -
Play and Learn
<p>Join us for a FREE interactive workshop that will explore how children learn through play! This workshop will include 60 minutes of child-directed free-play and a 30 minutes circle time including singing and dancing, a snack, and stories. Registration is required and transportation and interpretation available upon request.</p><p><br></p><p>Never underestimate the power of play! Play & Learn of East Central Iowa is an organized play group for young children (0-5 years old) and the people who take care of them – parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, other family members and family friends.</p><p><br></p><p>Each group has a facilitator that plans and sets up activities for the children and their caregivers to play together. Facilitators help caregivers learn more about child development, how children learn through play and what caregivers can do at home to help the children in their care grow and learn.</p><p><br></p><p>**Register here: <a data-id="l-8197144161" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FPlayatEly%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1PsmYOgLwY4aety8hlCeL4peRHOltDzp_Y8wQZBTzymBrwDXO1BUBGsKs&h=AT0W6PphB9uglKQbeuWd5yCtns20o0qpjwF0BknEuPATJrcVVbRbooe0QF0G3AJRt9WWvFlgZ0M0-2Z_EQtpwjWacWSgUKp30IahL3R_hwdQ7qicz8D_VvDuTltpd_Lu3Q&__tn__=q&c[0]=AT3YSpcITMjSLiQFAHp_C16fYtv_WNS2z_IhmQ90AM12JtPFOWAxBbZiSD4XqyxfOdaH7_muxgft1WdiBOZuZExR46B6ZpLlqGMpJ_ctkapAaElWZkEz06VSdPwMCAIb4KypBcXRBSOoXQEMa9shXJKC9o-f4q-AbEkyXSwRyYapPxc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/PlayatEly</a></p> 2022-06-18 11:30:00 -05006/18/2210:00 a.m.Ely Public LibraryEly -
Trekfest 37 - Dogs on Skis
<p>Dogs on Skis formed in the mid 1980’s playing covers of classic rock. The band gained popularity in and around Iowa City/Cedar Rapids by focusing on playing songs that people liked to dance to. From the beginning, focus was put on the band’s ability to perform material with vocal harmonies. In 1990 the Dogs released their first album ‘I Bark Therefore I Am’.</p><p>Over the years, the band continued to grow and mature. Instead of becoming complacent and content with where they were, they continually overhaul their material based on crowd reaction and requests. Because of this, they can perform hundreds of songs and can play many of them as requested. Dogs On Skis goal is to play music they like and that their fans will enjoy dancing to.</p><p>In 2013 they were inducted into the Iowa Rock and Roll Music Association Hall of Fame.</p><p>For more information on Dogs on Skis visit their Facebook page or website via the link below!</p><p><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dogsonskis.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1Y9uUgQi4Q_pQgBa9T7ouTu5UKwDwMPUO5VH34vdKOtgXBzR4dR3Cdgt4&h=AT0KiAyjskksQoPkZ17KHM_o5PDJtSQtjb_EHmE2u94HFowfbkAqn-8s3wrXepel_RhKVQPrkzCYIcCV4eK1R4J71J84S3VuoDMqOzd8xJPKB2E58N2P6TXNjTAQohCN3Q&__tn__=q&c[0]=AT1R3pRLLwGJr82clbsMkxuBTGfgNwe0S7gGG_uE14QxPbN-81fu9xg8GfAp_h5QE0QUJnalxM-EiljPw3xRQNfXlZwOi9g0OJmz1zpCsNlm2n8s3gC8pYr4o3bhowomuNQxmQ0r7ze0JqwiOiauzA6Rsuzikb-bHhZf_ts5NcTqRSXt" rel="nofollow noopener" tabindex="0" target="_blank">http://www.dogsonskis.com/</a></p><p>This is a free event and open to the public.</p> 2022-03-08 21:00:00 -0600
6/24/227:00 p.m.Riverside Area Community Clubriverside -
Chris Knight Live at the First Avenue Club in Iowa City
<p>The First Avenue Club welcomes back Chris Knight for an intimate acoustic performance on Saturday, October 8th. General Admission tickets (seats at a table with other guests) are $25. Reserved Tables are available. BBQ dinner (Pulled Pork or Pulled Chicken with Potato Salad and Cole Slaw) is available for $13/person and must be ordered with tickets. Doors for Dinner: 6:30pm. Doors for Non-Dinner guests: 7pm. Show is at 8pm.</p><p>Front Row Tables: SOLD OUT</p><p>Table for 4 with tickets: $100</p><p>Table for 6 with tickets: $150</p><p>Table for 8 with tickets: $200</p><p>General Admission (will be seated at table with other guests) : $25</p><p>BBQ Dinner: $13 (must be purchased at same time as tickets)</p><p>https://first-avenue-club.square.site/product/chris-knight/313?cs=true&cst=custom</p><p>“It’s hard to know how people are gonna react,” Chris Knight says of Almost Daylight, his ninth album and first new recording in over seven years. “I’ve written songs about a lot of different things going all the way back to my first record, and some folks still think ‘somebody kills somebody’ is all I write about. Maybe that’s why I was bound and determined to get these particular songs on this album. If people like them, then we’ll be fine. But I wasn’t gonna do it any other way.”</p><p>For the past 20 years, Chris Knight has only made music his own way. He’s released eight acclaimed albums, played thousands of electrifying live shows and built generations of fervent fans from Texas honky-tonks to Manhattan rock clubs. He’s been hailed as “the last of a dying breed…a taciturn loner with an acoustic guitar and a college degree” (The New York Times) and “a storyteller in the best traditions of Mellencamp and Springsteen” (USA Today). Bottom line, he’s hard-earned his reputation as one of America’s most uncompromising and respected singer/songwriters. And now with Almost Daylight, Knight delivers the most powerful – and unexpected – music of his career.</p><p>Almost Daylight is very much a Chris Knight album, familiarly featuring vivid pictures of rural characters, desperate men and hardscrabble survivors. At the same time it’s unlike anything Knight has done before, with formidable testaments to compassion, redemption and even straight-up love. It’s an album both tough and tender, as bare-knuckled as it is open-hearted. “I do think there’s a cohesiveness to this album,” Knight explains in his thick Kentucky rasp. “The title is key, I suppose. Through all these songs, you could find a theme about seeking shelter.”</p><p>Produced, mixed and mastered by Grammy-winner Ray Kennedy – best-known for his 30+ year creative partnership with Steve Earle as well as producing Chris’ Enough Rope (2006), Trailer II (2009) and Little Victories (2012) albums – Almost Daylight also sounds like no other Knight record, with scorching guitars by Georgia Satellites founder and two-time Knight album producer Dan Baird, rich background vocals by Chris Clark, Siobhan Kennedy and Lee Ann Womack, and deeper instrumentation than ever before. “Chris had been playing some of these songs on the road and started developing ideas before we got to the studio,” Kennedy says. “He and I talked about keeping the Appalachian factor with banjo, fiddle, harmonica and mandolin where it felt right. It was significant that Dan was involved, as he’s the man who can play guitar with the right feeling for Chris. The background vocals really brought the fire, and this lead to ideas for piano, Hammond B-3, accordion and Wurlitzer electric piano. Everything evolved from the performance of each song and I let the songs dictate what they needed in order to evolve into an album.”</p><p>“I was determined not to do any acoustic songs on this album,” Chris explains. “I wanted it all to sound edgy and raw, but to feel big at the same time. We kept trying different approaches until I felt we landed on what worked. The thing is, some of my songs might take a year of writing before I even think they’re ready for recording and I fretted about every one of these. I’ve never put a cover song on any of my records before, but there are two covers on this one. And I think it all fits together pretty good.”</p><p>The album opens with “I’m William Callahan”, a defiant roar fueled by equal parts pride, memories and searing guitar. “Crooked Mile” is classic Knight, a piercing take on outsiders bound by love, while the poignant “Send It On Down” is a plaintive plea for salvation. There are tales of small-town despair (“I Won’t Look Back”), ominous rural menace (“Trouble Up Ahead”) and melancholic break-ups (“Everybody’s Lonely Now”). Chris’ cover of Johnny Cash’s “Flesh And Blood” – which originally appeared on the Dualtone 2002 tribute album Dressed In Black – is a poignant interpretation of Cash’s ode to devotion. The plainspoken positivity of “Go On” is one of Knight’s most life-affirming songs, while “The Damn Truth” is a ferociously clear-eyed look at our current cultural divide. The title track might be the most unexpected Knight song of all, an unapologetic paean to the power of love. “That’s probably my favorite song on the album,” Chris says, “because it’s closest to the truth.” He then quickly adds with a laugh, “I’m killin’ people with love now.” The album closes with yet another surprise; a joyfully raucous duet between Knight and longtime fan John Prine on Prine’s 1973 classic “Mexican Home”. “I love that song, but it took me 15 years to find a way to do it,” Knight says. “I kept playing around, changing the vocal key and finally landed on the spot. I’ve been singing it my kitchen table for the last few years, and when we were down to the last song, I knew this should be it.”</p><p>With the release of Almost Daylight, this native son of Slaughters, Kentucky (population 238) is eager to get back on the road and perform these songs for the faithful. Meanwhile, the singer/songwriter who was originally inspired by the likes of Prine and Earle now finds himself influencing a new generation of artists who revere Knight’s idiosyncratic talent and attitude. “There’s all kinds of different ways to make music, but this is the way I chose to do it,” Chris says. “If I don’t have something worth saying I’m not opening my mouth, which is probably why I took seven years to make this album.” And for an artist who has always defied expectations, Chris Knight’s next chapter indeed feels like the dawn of a new day. “I haven’t suited everybody, but every time I get a new fan it tells me I’m doing something right,” he says. “I think my previous records have set a precedent, if only for me at the very least. I just want people to think this one stands up to everything else I’ve done.”</p><p><br></p> 2022-05-06 23:00:00 -0500
10/08/227:00 p.m.First Avenue ClubIowa City -
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Live from the Artisan Studio: "Tesla"
<p>Three years ago, at Brucemore’s Cabaret in the Courtyard event, accomplished musical theater composer and lyricist Rob Nassif premiered 11 songs from a new musical he was working on about Nikola Tesla, with a story by Cavan Hallman. The Live From the Artisan Studio series is proud to share the first staged reading in front of a live audience. The cast will consist entirely of Iowa artists who will be in essence premiering this work.</p><p><strong>Performances:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://78351.blackbaudhosting.com/78351/tickets?tab=2&txobjid=32052a07-6a70-463a-9eed-9787f86036ef">Friday, June 3</a> at 7:00 p.m.</li><li><a href="https://78351.blackbaudhosting.com/78351/tickets?tab=2&txobjid=3dc25a5a-bfaa-415a-a06f-66f2eac5ee71">Saturday, June 4</a> at 7:00 p.m.</li></ul><p><strong>Location:</strong></p><ul><li>On the lawn of the backyard of the Artisan Studio</li></ul><p><strong>Admission:</strong></p><ul><li><em>$20 per adult</em></li><li><em>$10 per student</em></li><li><em>Brucemore donors receive a discount by “signing in” using the link in the upper right corner of the purchase tickets page. </em></li></ul><p><strong>About Robert Nassif</strong></p><p>Robert Lindsey Nassif is a composer/lyricist/librettist who has worked on Broadway, off-Broadway and regionally with Hal Prince, Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Miller, Carol Burnett, Joss Whedon and Disney Feature Animation.</p><p>Three years ago during Brucemore’s Cabaret in the Courtyard series, Rob premiered 11 songs from a new musical he was working on about Nikola Tesla, with a story by Cavan Hallman. During this Artisan Studio feature, Rob will give the first public reading of <em>Tesla </em>featuring a cast of extremely talented performers.</p><p>Nikola Tesla was an inventor, a visionary and perhaps a madman, who loved Sarah Bernhardt and also loved a pigeon. He saw electricity as a basic human right and battled Edison to make electricity affordable to everyone. He foresaw our modern world and in doing so, invented the future.</p><p><strong>About Cavan Hallman</strong><strong> </strong></p><p>Cavan Hallman’s plays have been performed at the National WWII Museum, National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, Strawdog Theatre, Donny’s Skybox, The Artistic Home, RhinoFest, KAPOOT, The Elm, Seattle Fringe, and Columbia College Chicago. His plays for young audiences have received over 15,000 performances in elementary schools across the country for an audience of over 5 million students and teachers. He has performed Off-Broadway, along with other roles in New York, Chicago, New Orleans, and Cork, Ireland, where he presented his solo show <em>Not Easily Forgotten</em>. Cavan’s fiction has been featured in the Southern Writers’ Reading Series and the Cane River Reading Series, and his theatrical essays have been featured in <em>PerformInk</em>.</p><p>Cavan is the founding Artistic Director for Mirrorbox Theatre, currently in its third season as the only company in Iowa that exclusively presents contemporary plays in their Iowa premieres. For Mirrorbox he has directed the Iowa premieres of <em>Exit Strategy</em>, <em>Red Speedo,</em> <em>Luna Gale, There Is A Happiness That Morning Is, Sender, and Orange Julius. </em>He serves as the producer for Mirrorbox’s nationally recognized online reading series, <em>Out the Box</em>, where he has directed over a dozen performances.</p><p>He is based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He is a Resident Artist with The CRY HAVOC Company in NYC and holds an MFA in Playwriting from the University of New Orleans, for whom he has also taught acting and scriptwriting.</p> 2022-05-19 22:00:00 -0500
6/03/227:00 p.m.BrucemoreCedar Rapids -
The Power of Play
<p> For the summer, STEM toys will be in our conference room to play with independently. No librarians will be present.</p>6/07/2210:00 a.m.Ely Public LibraryEly -
The Power of Play
<p> For the summer, STEM toys will be in our conference room to play with independently. No librarians will be present.</p>6/14/2210:00 a.m.Ely Public LibraryEly -
The Power of Play
<p> For the summer, STEM toys will be in our conference room to play with independently. No librarians will be present.</p>6/21/2210:00 a.m.Ely Public LibraryEly -
The Power of Play
<p> For the summer, STEM toys will be in our conference room to play with independently. No librarians will be present.</p>6/28/2210:00 a.m.Ely Public LibraryEly -
The Power of Play
<p> For the summer, STEM toys will be in our conference room to play with independently. No librarians will be present.</p>7/05/2210:00 a.m.Ely Public LibraryEly