By Diana Nollen When Randy Bachman and Fred Turner step onto the outdoor stage at the Riverside Casino on Saturday night, June 26, 2010, they’ll sound the same, but they won’t look the same as they did in their ’70s heyday. “We were half a ton of ...

By Diana Nollen Jazz pianist Lisa Hilton packs her latest solo CD with nuances subtle and overt. The Malibu, Calif., artist and composer finds her own soothing voice on many of the more delicate tracks, and adds her own spin to works well-known in jazz and alternative ...

By Diana Nollen CEDAR RAPIDS -- What a difference a day makes. After Mother Nature's cannon fire and fireworks washed out Friday night's Classic Rock Concert doubleheader, the Freedom Festival had perfect weather for unleashing its Patriotic Pops cannon fire and fireworks Saturday night (6/19/2010) at Kirkwood Community College. The annual ...

Let freedom ring! By Diana Nollen What better way to hear a star-spangled spectacular than under a star-spangled sky? Orchestra Iowa is firing up the spirit of 1776 and all things Americana on Saturday night, (6/19/2010), in the great outdoors at Kirkwood Community College in southwest Cedar Rapids. Since ...

By Diana Nollen When Peter Cetera joined a band called The Big Thing in the late ’60s, little did he know what a big thing that would be. It wasn’t long before the band with the blazing horns would become Chicago and about 15 years later, Cetera ...

By Diana Nollen RIVERSIDE — Teenage girls can sure scream loudly, even when wrapped in baby boomer bodies. Few seats were empty Saturday night (5/22/10) in the Riverside Casino Event Center, until David Cassidy hit the stage. Little by little the seats started emptying as his fans ...

By Diana Nollen HIAWATHA — In December, Bethany Wheeler, 19, and her parents, Lu and Jeff, bought her the equivalent of a new car. It’s jet black and sounds heavenly when Wheeler revs it up. She expects it to take her far. In June, she will take her ...

By Diana Nollen CEDAR RAPIDS — A breathtaking exhibit spanning 100 years of Impressionistic and post-Impressionistic artwork opens to the public Saturday, May 22, 2010, at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art. You have four months to discover and explore three galleries of drawings, inks and oils ...

By Diana Nollen David Cassidy is thrilled to be coming to Eastern Iowa, where his career began. He says an AM pop radio station in Cedar Rapids was the first station to play “I Think I Love You” in 1970, about two months before “The Partridge Family” ...

By Diana Nollen Almost everything old will be new again when CSPS reopens its doors midwinter at 1103 Third St. SE, Cedar Rapids. After Dan Bern rattles the rafters Sunday evening (5/23/10), the 120-year-old former Czech social hall and adjoining firehouse will close for renovations. The final piece ...