Performing Arts

During this Talk of Iowa segment, hypnotist Doug Thompson talks with host Charity Nebbe about life on the road, the power of suggestion, and how hypnosis works. 

On this episode of Talk of Iowa we’re going to the theater. The Des Moines Community Playhouse hosts summer camps every year, usually inviting young…

As a method for processing the end of a nine-year marriage with a gay man, Kellie Kramer has channeled her energy and emotions into a one-woman cabaret…

A big dream is coming true for film lovers in Downtown Iowa City this week. For the last three years, people have watched the construction of the Chauncey…

Julia Child is famed for her ground-breaking cooking show that brought French cuisine to everyday Americans in an accessible and approachable way. Now,…

  This program origionally aired on 09-05-2017.Bruce Campbell has been producing and starring in films since the 1970s, and through work largely with…

The work of Grant Wood has inspired countless imitators, parodies, books, a symphony, and now - an opera.In this edition of Talk of Iowa, host Charity…

 Church can be a place of solitude, reflection, and community. For Joe Jennison, writer and director of the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Community Development…

Have you ever felt like you have an alter ego? A version of yourself that is most authentic, but also most often hidden? On Thursday, March 29, an…

Motivated by the Me Too movement, FilmScene in Iowa City is hosting "Women's March," a month-long series celebrating films directed by women filmmakers.…