Diana Nollen

By George C. Ford CEDAR RAPIDS – While the audience had to contend with a cold rain outside, Orchestra Iowa …

By Diana Nollen Pilobolus dancers don’t lift weights. They lift each other. A lot. The beautiful bodies that slither, entwine …

By Diana Nollen IOWA CITY – I left “Thank You, Gregory: A Tribute to the Legends of Tap” not knowing …

By Diana Nollen After a couple of traumatic life-and-death years, Three Days Grace has emerged with a new attitude. The …

By Diana Nollen “Thank You, Gregory” taps into an evolutionary American art form that sprang from the slave trade, morphed …

By Diana Nollen Without uttering a word, Chris Proctor spins mesmerizing yarns through his award-winning fingerstyle acoustic guitar work. “Ladybug …

Next stop: Hollywood. Cedar Rapids native Kelsey Madsen, 20, won a coveted golden ticket in the Orlando auditions for Fox …

Tune in to “American Idol” tonight at 7 p.m. (Jan. 20) to see how Cedar Rapids native Kelsey Madsen fared …

Christine Havens of Waterloo will probably never look at Arkansas the same way. Havens, a parish administrator from Waterloo, missed …

Christine Havens of Waterloo will be a contestant on ‘Jeopardy!’ today, Jan. 19, according to KWWL reports. The episode airs …

By Diana Nollen Conor Hanick is training for a race that he’ll run sitting down. At a grand piano. The …

“The Laramie Project” is theater at its best, capturing a true moment in time, analyzing it from all angles and …

By Diana Nollen CEDAR RAPIDS – “The Laramie Project” is theater at its best, capturing a true moment in time, …

By Diana Nollen A new grass is growing under Alaskan bluegrass band Bearfoot. These five music camp counselors explore the …

By Diana Nollen CEDAR FALLS – Musically, “Salome” is a crowning achievement for the Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre and Orchestra …