THE WEEKENDER
Your weekly editor-curated arts compendium
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The persistence of winter has not interrupted things to do this weekend in eastern Iowa. From album release parties to a Winter Gardener Fair and a Cedar Rapids staging of Cabaret, here’s some highlights from through the corridor for the weekend ahead. Pick of the week: While there’s plenty of musical events to pick from over the weekend, Dan + Claudia Zane’s appearance at Hancher Auditorium (141 E. Park Rd.) this Saturday promises a fun, all-ages, folk music event that wraps up in time for you to enjoy the evening.
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The Weekender is sponsored by:
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Wild Culture Kombucha Taproom
Miss Christine – Love With You Release Party
Feb 16 – 7:00pm
A queer celebration of self-love, platonic love, and romantic love.
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FilmScene—Chauncey
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Feb 16 – 7:00pm
France, 1760. Marianne is commissioned to paint the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent.
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Coralville Center for the Performing Arts
American Dreams w/the Harlem Quartet
Feb 17 – 7:30pm
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, one of Leonard Bernstein’s most beloved works, anchors this all-American program.
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CSPS
SPT Trivial Pursuit: Art & Literature
Feb 17 – 8:00pm
Season 15 – are you ready to play? Join us for SPT’s Trivial Pursuit of Season 15!
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The Ideal Social Hall
Cole Thomas Album Release Show
Feb 17 – 8:00pm
Beloved pianist and entertainer Cole Thomas is known for working on request. There isn’t a song he doesn’t know, and he has delighted audiences in the area for years.
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Gabe’s
Sam Locke Ward
Feb 17 – 9:00pm
Sam Locke Ward Record Release Party for “Happy Hearts” new LP with Jad Fair on Kill Rock Stars
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Joystick Comedy Bar & Arcade
Joe Fernandez Headlines!
Feb 17 – 9:30pm
Joe Fernandez is a half-Cuban half-Irish (or Cubish) comedian and actor. He’s been described as dark, cerebral, sardonic, and flat out bizarre.
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FilmScene—Chauncey
Come With Me My Love
Feb 17 – 10:00pm
In 1926, a man caught his wife in the arms of her lover, only to shoot them both, then himself, forcing his spirit to remain a ghostly prisoner in their apartment.
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Linn County Kirkwood Regional Center
Winter Gardener Fair
Feb 18 –
Over 70 gardening workshops will be presented by Iowa gardening experts and talented local Master Gardeners.
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University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art
Grant Wood Fellow Talk: Michael Dixon
Feb 18 – 2:00pm
“Unpacking the Demons: Within, Between, and Beyond Race”
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Hancher Auditorium
Dan + Claudia Zanes
Feb 18 – 2:00pm
Grammy Award-winner and Haitian-American jazz vocalist Claudia Zanes perform a mix of old and new songs from near and far in a style that has been called “all-ages social music.”
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Willow Creek Theatre Company
The Fantasticks
Feb 18 – 7:00pm
“Try To Remember” a time when this romantic charmer wasn’t enchanting audiences around the world.
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Theatre Cedar Rapids
Cabaret
Feb 18 – 7:30pm
Based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood
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Trumpet Blossom Cafe
FMWT presents: OHYUNG
Feb 18 – 9:00pm
OHYUNG is a Brooklyn-based Asian American experimental producer and film composer.
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University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art
Drawing Salon with Robert Caputo
Feb 19 – 2:00pm
Participants will draw artworks in the museum’s collection. Registration required.
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Public Space One
Community Visioning Session for the PS1 Close House Landscape
Feb 20 – 6:00pm
In 2023 and 2024, we will be creating a new landscape around the Close House, designed to support art and community, sustainable land stewardship, and plant-based deliciousness.
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The Weekender is sponsored by:
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