The musical’s soundtrack includes beloved hits like “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” “Private Dancer” and “Better Be Good to Me.”
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The musical’s soundtrack includes beloved hits like “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” “Private Dancer” and “Better Be Good to Me.”
Emmy Award-nominated actor Matt Walsh, most known for his role in HBO’s “Veep,” will perform with Bluebird Improv at the James Theater.
His May 28 show, “Still Not Dead Yet,” is a full circle moment for the semi-professional comedian after years of struggling with depression and drinking.
The walls of the Iowa City Parks Department lobby and offices are lined with intricate quilts that use colorful fabrics to depict the city’s parks and environments. The artist behind the quilts is the department’s director, Juli Seydell Johnson.
Bridge to Opportunities for Older Adults, also known at Cedar Rapids 55-Plus on Facebook, has brought together hundreds of adults throughout the community to engage in fun activities and education.
Prestige is a biannual special section dedicated to Iowans 55+. Each section includes stories, resources and real perspectives about life in Iowa for older adults that cover a range of issues.
Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of summer, and some Eastern Iowa swimming pools are opening for the season this weekend. Find out when swimming pools, aquatic centers and splash pads will open.
Subscriptions go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Monday, June 9 for "Kinky Boots," "Clue Live On Stage!," "The Music Man" and "Beetlejuice." The season also includes a one-nighter with "Rent," which is slated for March 1, 2026.
The 1996 film, “The Birdcage,” starring Robin Williams and Nathan Lane, was inspired by the Tony Award-winning musical, “La Cage aux Folles.” The musical continues to resonate with audiences 42 years after its Broadway debut.
Cedar Rapids resident Carole Gauger trained, rode, bred and sold more than 450 horses, first at stables in Iowa and then in Michigan, where she devoted herself to training, breeding and selling the magisterial Lipizzans, the breed developed by Austro-Hungarian nobility in the 16th century. Gauger, now 88, details her career and horses in her book “Livery to Lipizzans.”
The Tony Award-winning play, “Amadeus,” which will run from May 29 to June 22 at Theatre Cedar Rapids, is dense, complex and thoroughly entertaining, which is very challenging to deliver.
The Midwest’s “hippest band” will perform an outdoor concert with food trucks on site.
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