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Enjoy the final weekend of April in Eastern and Central Iowa with a wide array of events to make you feel, think and dream! Support music education with KCCK’s annual Taste of Jazz fundraiser. Cast your thoughts forward to summer with Ballet Des Moines’ A Midsummer Night’s Dream. And close out nearly three years of commitment to the best local and regional comedy with Joystick Comedy Arcade, which will reopen May 1 with new branding.
Top pick? Willow Creek Theatre Company opens My Name Is Rachel Corrie on Friday, April 26, for a three-show run. The one-act play is based on Corrie’s diaries and emails, jointly edited by journalist Katharine Viner and actor Alan Rickman. Corrie, an American peace activist, was killed in Rafah in 2003 while protesting the destruction of Palestinian homes. The company pairs the production with a collection of work by local Palestinian artists and closes out each show with a moderated talkback.
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Day of the Dead
Des Moines | Varsity Cinema | Thu, Apr 25, 10 p.m. | $12
Varsity closes out its 45th anniversary Living Dead series screenings with Day of the Dead!
Lucas Mann in conversation with Melissa Febos
Iowa City | Prairie Lights | Fri, Apr 26, 5:30 p.m.
NWP alum and former Prairie Lights employee Lucas Mann will read from his new book, Attachments: Essays on Fatherhood and Other Performances.
KCCK’s Taste of Jazz
Cedar Rapids | The Hotel at Kirkwood Center | Fri, Apr 26, 6 p.m. | $75
Join KCCK in collaboration with Kirkwood’s Culinary Arts and Hospitality Arts Departments for an evening of food, wine, beer and music to benefit KCCK’s Jazz Education Programs.
My Name is Rachel Corrie
Iowa City | Willow Creek Theatre Company | Fri-Sun, Apr 25-27 | $20
Three Acts: ‘My Name is Rachel Corrie’ (one act, one woman show using the writings of Corrie, an American activist); original work by local Palestinian artists; and a moderated talkback.
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Midsummer Night’s Dream
Des Moines | Hoyt Sherman Place | Fri-Sun, Apr 26-28 | $37-87
Join Ballet Des Moines for Peter Anastos’ A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a whimsical journey full of love, trickery, and magic set to the music of Felix Mendelssohn.
Vino in the Village
Des Moines | East Village | Sat, Apr 27, 1 p.m. | $25
Enjoy a day of shopping, sipping and socializing with friends and fellow wine enthusiasts through Historic East Village! Your ticket gets you a commemorative glass and a map of participating stores.
The Future is Indigenous
Iowa City | Englert Theatre | Sat, Apr 27, 2 p.m. | Pay-what-you-can
Celebrate the past, present and future of Native cultures and communities with music, fashion, old traditions and new technologies.
Brittany Brave
Iowa City | Joystick Comedy Arcade | Sat, Apr 27, 9:30 p.m. | $5-10
Join Brittany Brave and others as Joystick Comedy Arcade, Iowa City’s premier LGBTQIA+ arcade, bar and comedy club, JOYSTICK COMEDY CLUB, says farewell.
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