By Diana Nollen/ SourceMedia AMANA — The Old Creamery Theatre is opening its 41st season with a completely satisfying theatrical experience. "On Golden Pond" is the reason the term "dramedy" was born. The show, which opened Thursday (5/3/12) on the professional troupe's main stage in Amana, is a ...

Chalk the Walk May 5 and 6, 2012 Mount Vernon’s main street will become a canvas for more than a half-ton of chalk in the hands of 200-plus artists this weekend. First Street, lined with restaurants and shops, will be filled with 7,000 artists and spectators for ...

By Diana Nollen/ SourceMedia Group Nolte Academy of Dance: ‘The Nutcracker’ Friday to Sunday, Dec. 2 to 4, 2011 Join Clara and her prince on their magical journey that begins under a tree and winds through the Land of Snow and the Kingdom of Sweets, battling the evil ...

By Diana Nollen/ SourceMedia Group AMANA -- The Old Creamery Theatre's first two outings with the Bunyan Bar crowd were tons of fun. This one is even funnier. Clara, Gunner, Kanute and Bernice are back in "A Don't Hug Me Christmas Carol," which opened Thursday afternoon (11/17/11) ...

By Diana Nollen/ SourceMedia Group The setting is Victorian England, but the tale is timeless. That’s the beauty of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” revisiting Theatre Cedar Rapids from Nov. 25 to Dec. 17, 2011. City Circle is staging the classic in Coralville from Dec. 9 to 18, ...

By Diana Nollen/ SourceMedia Group AMANA -- Watching a whodunit unfold when anyone could have done it is just so delicious. And nobody writes a cat-and-mouse game as well as Agatha Christie. Her masterpiece, "The Mousetrap," has been playing continuously in London since 1952. Deemed the world's longest ...

By Diana Nollen/ SourceMedia Group AMANA -- "Boeing Boeing" features more tap dancing and juggling than "The Ed Sullivan Show," more zingers than "Laugh-In" and more sight-gags than "The Carol Burnett Show."  This comedy of errors, which won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play, launched the Old ...

Bomba Estereo Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011 Hancher and SCOPE are teaming up to kick off the school year off with a bombastic party, starring the electro-Colombian beats of Bomba Estereo. The band merges the explosive dance-fusion of electronic dub and hip-hop made popular by artists like M.I.A. ...

By Diana Nollen/ SourceMedia Group Sand in the City Aug. 12 to 14, 2011 Downtown Iowa City will be tons of fun this weekend, thanks to 200 tons of sand. In just seven hours Friday, 13 teams will shape, mold and sculpt their sand piles into bookish works ...

By Diana Nollen/ SourceMedia Group AMANA -- Heavenly harmonies are the hallmark of "Suds," a frothy bit of fluff spinning through the summer at the Old Creamery Theatre. Billed as "the rocking '60s musical soap opera," the show looks at the young and the restless Cindy, who is having the worst birthday ...