Breaking News The Grammy goes to Buckwheat In Los Angeles Sunday, Buckwheat Zydeco was
announced as winner in the Cajun-Zydeco category of the 52nd annual Grammy
Awards. The award in that category, like a number of others, are handed out
on Sunday afternoon ahead of the evening Grammy broadcast. Buckwheat won for
his new album Lay Your Burden Down, beating out Beausoleil avec
Michael Doucet, The Magnolia Sisters, The Pine Leaf Boys and Cedric Watson
et Bijou Créole. Buckwheat plays CSPS Feb 17.
Read more.
And that's not all. Another artist appearing at CSPS this
spring, Malian guitarist
Bassekou
Kouyate, is a featured player on Bela
Fleck's Throw Down Your Heart, which won the Grammy Award for Best
Contemporary World Music Album. He plays CSPS Apr 13. Read more
Feb 12Vance Gilbert A black
singer-songwriter in a notably white genre, a daring and remarkably clever
voice in contemporary acoustic music, Vance Gilbert never fails to amaze,
whether you're familiar with his talent or discovering it for the first
time. Read more.
Feb 19Carrie Newcomer Indiana's Carrie Newcomer is a
rare breed of singer-songwriter, illuminating life with startling depth,
humor and clarity.
Her latest Rounder release, Before and After,
is a multi-layered work that invites us to slow down and reflect on the
experiences that have changed and shaped our lives.
Read more.
Buckwheat Zydeco; Ben
Schmidt; Red Stick Ramblers; Vance Gilbert;
Crossroads;
Catie Curtis
Feb 28 The Red Stick Ramblers
Hard driving, witty, eclectic and honest, the music of the Red Stick
Ramblers is inseparable from their way of life and from the rich Louisiana
culture that inspires them. Read more.
You can check out the full calendar
here. Advance tickets for all Jan-Feb shows are now on sale at
IowaTIX.
Coming in MarchArts + Social Change Due to a variety of schedule conflicts in Jan, the
Hot House for Arts +
Social Change has been rescheduled for Fri-Sat Mar 5-6.
The Hot House is an intensive two-day seminar devised and led by the Crossroads Project,
a New Orleans outfit dedicated to education and activism through community based arts.
The New Orleans team, made up of three adults and four teens, will be leading the seminar
at CSPS. Read more.
A new era for CSPS
After a truly challenging twelve months, we begin the new year with
this inspiring news:
Gov. Culver's I-JOBS program has awarded Legion Arts $4.8 million for
the purchase and restoration of CSPS Hall. Continue reading.
You can
help Nate Morrison, Bill & Teddy
Shuttleworth, Greg Kanz, Gary & Susan Streit, Ellen Heywood, Glen &
Hanne Miska, and Laurie Haag are among those who recently made gifts
to Legion Arts.
You can join them by clicking the Donate
Now button to the left. It's quick, easy, safe and tax-deductible.
Alternately, send a check to Legion Arts, 1103 Third St SE,
Cedar Rapids, IA 52401. Your support is crucial, and deeply
appreciated.
Advance
tickets
Starting this fall, advance tickets for all CSPS shows are only available
through
IowaTIX,
an online service based in Des Moines.
While change
can be awkward, this is one change we feel pretty good about. IowaTIX
is small and local, a responsible, public-spirited company that keeps its
service charges low, gives back to the community, and is genuinely
supportive of artists and arts organizations.
This change also means that audience members can purchase tickets at their
convenience, day or night, 24-7. Advance-price tickets
may be purchased up to 5 pm the day of the show. And we'll
continue to monitor and tweak this arrangement so that it works for you— the audience on whom
we and our artists depend. Let us know
your thoughts.
Student rush
As long as seats are available, full-time
students 21 and under can see any show at CSPS for only $5. Just show up at
the box office with your student ID 30 minutes before the show. CSPS on Twitter and Facebook
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