Electropop opera “Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812” takes whirlwind rise through slice of “War and Peace” at Iowa City’s Riverside Theatre.
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Electropop opera “Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812” takes whirlwind rise through slice of “War and Peace” at Iowa City’s Riverside Theatre.
Georger Thorogood crafted his share of hits, such as “Bad to the Bone” and “I Drink Alone,” but his revamped takes on buried blues tunes are his calling card. Thorogood, who will perform Tuesday at the Paramount Theatre in downtown Cedar Rapids, still delivers the songs with laudable energy bouncing all over the stage.
Cedar Ridge’s annual Bourbon and Blues Festival is expanding in 2022, moving to Cedar Rapids’ McGrath Amphitheatre as it joins forces with the Linn County Blues Society Tickets for the multiday event starting Aug. 20 go on sale May 1.
Trading Grounds Coffee in Marion is opening this week ahead of a grand opening on Saturday at 917 Barrington Parkway, Suite B. The new coffee shop transformed the space in the MAC Express building previously home to a health club.
With “Sound of Music,” Director Brian Glick and company at Theatre Cedar Rapids are bringing to the surface the undercurrents swirling beneath the epic love story that dawns as Nazi power rises in Austria.
Italian favorite Popoli Ristorante & Sullivan’s Bar in the historic Kingston Village building will close May 8, making way for a new event center operated by Peppercorn Food Company.
Short’s Burger and Shine, known for its specialty burgers, has closed its original downtown Iowa City location. It’s east Iowa City and Uptown Marion locations are still open.
Livy's alter ego — Viola — is the dark-side voice in her head that’s always overpowering her with negative talk in ‘Living with Viola.’
The Primus concert that had been scheduled for Friday night at the McGrath Amphitheatre has been moved to the Alliant …
Megadeth aficionados will have to bide their time to experience the fresh cuts since the band, which performs Wednesday at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse in Cedar Rapids, refuses to preview tracks.
Riverside Theatre presents the first musical in it’s new space, “Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812,” moving throughout the audience and throughout the space from April 22 to May 8.
Orchestra Iowa weaves social commentary from different centuries in “Voices of Change,” presenting Joel Thompson’s “Seven Last Words of the Unarmed” and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, in concert Saturday at the Paramount in Cedar Rapids and Sunday at Hancher Auditorium in Iowa City.
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