Red Cedar Chamber Music is closing out its current season with an eye toward developing a new season that may continue in a virtual world. Based in Marion, it’s also one of three Corridor organizations charting uncertain waters with help from the National Endowment for the Arts. Hancher Auditorium in Iowa City and the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in Cedar Rapids also have received the highly competitive NEA grants.
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The Gazette - Tuesday, June 23, 2020
The Daily Iowan - Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Hancher Auditorium has received an Art Works award of $50,000, which will be used toward ongoing projects with Step Afrika! and the Kronos Quartet.
Performing arts center delays season announcement, announces family-friendly online content
The Daily Iowan - Friday, March 13, 2020
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hancher Auditorium has announced it will be canceling events through April 3.
The Daily Iowan - Monday, March 9, 2020
Bright lights will shine through the darkness of Hancher Auditorium’s Hadley Stage to show the clinically precise movements of the dancers of Alvin Ailey American Dance Company tonight.
The Daily Iowan - Thursday, March 5, 2020
This Saturday, eight Bollywood fusion dance teams will come to Iowa City for the 18th annual Nachte Raho competition.
The Daily Iowan - Wednesday, March 4, 2020
A pitch from Paddy Maloney’s small tin whistle filled Hancher auditorium, light and fluttery, as his seat was lit by an overhead light on stage. One by one, instruments joined Maloney in his tune, and Grammy Award-winning Irish folk band The Chieftains made their presence known.
The Daily Iowan - Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Grammy Award-winning Irish folk band The Chieftains lit up Hancher on Wednesday night with traditional Irish music and dancing.
The Gazette - Monday, March 2, 2020
The traditional Irish band has sold millions of albums, won six Grammy Awards and an Oscar for the soundtrack of Stanley Kubrick’s “Barry Lyndon.” Ireland’s musical ambassadors are among the most well-respected bands of the past century.
The Daily Iowan - Thursday, February 27, 2020
The Actors’ Gang, a Los Angeles-based theatre company known for its contemporary pieces and unique acting techniques, returns to Hancher for the first time since 2006 to share American immigrant stories through their original play, The New Colossus.