Area arts venues ramping up spring events

Just as spring brings a mix of sunshine and showers, area arts presenters are bringing a mix of in-person and online events to usher in the season. Here are some of the upcoming ways they're continuing to connect with viewers at home and afar.

Alliant Energy PowerHouse

' Address: In-person shows at 370 First Ave. NE, Cedar Rapids

' Eli Young Band: 8 p.m. March 24, $28 to $68. Modern country band with Texas roots, multiple award nominations, and Billboard's 2011 No. 1 Country Song of the Year and 2012 ACM Awards Song of the Year, both for 'Crazy Girl.”

' Cavalcade of Cars: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. April 3; $10, free ages 10 and under and active military. Classic car show, with restored muscle cars, customs, low riders, exotics, rat rods and movie cars.

' Cinch World's Toughest Rodeo: 1 and 8 p.m. May 8; $20 to $65

' Safety: Clear purses/bags allowed, face coverings required unless eating or drinking; details at creventslive.com/returntolive

' Details, tickets: creventslive.com/events/veue/powerhouse

Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre

' Viewing: Online

' 'The Enchanted Forest”: 2nd Thursday Series digital production, 7 p.m. March 11, youtube.com/cedarrapidsopera and after that at cropera.org; free. A tale of friendship, peril and finding your innate capabilities. Voiced by CROpera Young Artists, with visual component by Eulenspiegel Puppet Theatre. Details: cropera.org/the-enchanted-forest-2021

City Circle

' Viewing: Online

' 'Acting Out While Staying In”: April 9 to 11, $12 to $17. Local artists Christopher Okiishi, Brian Tanner and co-writers Janet Schlapkohl and Paul David Story present three 30-minute plays with one unifying theme - the living room. Tickets, details: coralvillearts.org/

Coralville Center for the Performing Arts

' Address: 1301 Fifth St., Coralville

' 'Storytelling: A Pandemic Play”: Young Footliters, live online, 7 p.m. March 12 and 13, 2 p.m. March 14; $10 per person or $50 per household. Chloe, 12, hasn't seen her grandfather in person for months. To stay connected, he tells her stories over Zoom. But Chloe is a storyteller herself and as the stories twist and turn, both Grandpa and Chloe learn a little bit more about each other and the value of stories when we're living in separate worlds. Written by Matt Falduto.

' Elvis Rock 'n' Remember: In-person concert with Joseph Hall, 7 p.m. April 23, $17 to $32 VIP; tickets purchased for earlier postponed date will be honored.

' Beatles vs. Stones: In-person musical showdown by tribute bands Abbey Road and Satisfaction, 7:30 p.m. April 28; $37 to $57; tickets purchased for earlier postponed date will be honored.

' Details, tickets: coralvillearts.org/

Englert Theatre

' Viewing: Online

' Stages Season: More than 30 streaming performances including music and storytelling; $250 season pass or individual show prices $5 to $25

' Partner Livestream: Taj Mahal and Phantom Blues Band, 8 p.m. March 13, $18 to $80; Roots Rising Showcase, 8 p.m. March 20, $18 to $80; Taj Mahal & Fantastic Negrito, 8 p.m. March 27, $18 to $80

' Details, tickets: englert.org/events/

Giving Tree Theater

' Address: In-person productions at 752 10th St., Marion

' 'Yearbook”: Youth production, 7:30 p.m. March 12 and 13, 2 p.m. March 14, $18. Susan and Beth enlist other students to help move the boxes of yearbooks that just arrived. Between loads, they flip through the pages, reminiscing about the year's highlights.

' Irish Jam: 8 p.m. March 19 and 20, $22. Local artists; music by Irish Jam, Irish storytelling by Darrin Crow.

' 'The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon”: April 9 to 19, 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, $23. Grimm fairy tales are turned on their heads as two narrators and several actors attempt to combine all 209 stories into one show.

' COVID precautions: Masks required when not in your seat; see more at givingtreetheater.com/pages/covid-19-precautions

' Details, tickets: givingtreetheater.com/

Hancher

' Viewing: Online

' Conversations with Mark Morris, moderated by journalist Paula Zahn: Choreographer Mark Morris speaks with composer Nico Muhly, 7:30 p.m. March 11; with chef Alice Waters, 7:30 p.m. March 11; free, but registration required

' United We Swing: Jazz and American History: Jazz at Lincoln Center lecture series topics: Louis Armstrong, 7 p.m. March 24; Billie Holiday, 7 p.m. March 31; Duke Ellington, 7 p.m. April 7; Charlie Parker, 7 p.m. April 14; John Coltrane, 7 p.m. April 21; Wynton Marsalis, 7 p.m. April 28; free, but registration required

' Pacifica Quartet and Anthony McGill, principal clarinetist for the New York Philharmonic: 7:30 p.m. March 30, $5. Concert created for Hancher audiences; music by Johannes Brahms and Joaquín Turina, as well as Shulamit Ran's 'Glitter, Doom, Shards, Memory,” co-commissioned by Hancher via the Music Accord consortium.

' Anthony McGill: April 1, in conversation with Micah Ariel James, Hancher's associate director of education and community engagement, talking about the artist's commitment to social justice; free, watch for registration details at hancher.uiowa.edu/

' Layale Chaker & Sarafand with guest Kinan Azmeh: 7:30 p.m. April 29; $5. Performing music from Chaker's album, 'Inner Rhyme,” as well as new music performed for the first time in this concert created for Hancher audiences.

' Registration, tickets: hancher.uiowa.edu/upcoming-events

Paramount Theatre

' Address: In-person performances at 123 Third Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids

' Wylde Nept: Celtic music for an early St. Patrick's celebration, 7:30 p.m. March 13, $20

' Brian Regan: Comedy show, 7 p.m. March 20, $39.50 to $59.50, rescheduled from Dec. 6, tickets purchased for that show will be honored

' The Magic of Bill Blagg LIVE: 7:30 p.m. April 10, $28 to $42

' John Denver Tribute: Rick Schuler performs 'A Rocky Mountain High Experience,” 8 p.m. April 17, $45 to $60

' Kari Jobe: The Blessing USA Concert Tour, 7:30 p.m. May 21, $31 to $53 plus various VIP ticket packages

' Riverdance: New 25th anniversary show, 7:30 p.m. May 27, $53 to $78; rescheduled from April 30, 2020, tickets purchased for that show will be honored

' Safety: Face coverings required when not in your seat or when eating or drinking; details at creventslive.com/returntolive

' Tickets, details: creventslive.com/events/veue/paramount-theatre

Riverside Theatre

' Viewing: Online

' 'Stages”: Through March 21: Through March 21: streaming the late David Lee Nelson's solo show about his journey through early-onset colon cancer; film of final production presented on the Gilbert Street stage; $15 adults, $10 students

' 'Sonnets for an Old Century”: A kaleidoscope of expressions on what it means to be alive, by Jose Rivera; April 9 to 18, $15 adults, $10 students

' The Sonnet Project: April 5 to 31; celebrating Shakespeare's birth month with various events highlighting his 154-poem sonnet cycle; free

' Details: riversidetheatre.org/spring-2021

Theatre Cedar Rapids

' Viewing: Online

' 'Out of Bounds”: By Jennifer Fawcett, with Working Group Theatre, through April 30, recommended for ages 12 and up, $25 per household or classroom. Exploring the vicious world of cyberbullying and the complicated choices young people make when navigating the politics of friendship.

' Alisabeth Von Presley in Concert: March 26 to April 4; local pop-rock stage show online; $25 single access or buy $60 three-show spring package

' Alicia Monee: April 30 to May 9, an evening of Motown from the lead singer of the local Funk Daddies; $25 single access or buy $60 three-show spring package

' 'In the Continuum”: May 14 to 23, Obie Award-winning drama puts a human face on the impact of AIDS in Africa and America through the lives of two women, one in South Central Los Angeles and the other in Harare, Zimbabwe; $25 single access or buy $60 three-show spring package

' Details, tickets: theatrecr.org/events-tickets/

Comments: Curated by Diana Nollen; (319) 368-8508; diana.nollen@thegazette.com