Entertainment Venues and Acts in Eastern Iowa Scene
The Gazette lists Cedar Rapids Marion venues with weekly and weekend acts from Redwing and Mark Pence to Shreveport and the Coast. Clubs include Roosevelt Hotel lounge, Centurion Lounge, Dark Horse, Dillon's Dance Hall, Donovan's, Evy's Upstairs, Garfield's, Ground Round, Hemingway's, Holiday Inn, Hopp's Ranch, King Tut, L'll Napoleon's, MeGlynn's, Mike's Lounge, OK Lounge, Old Ironsides, Osgood Shepherd towers nights, Papa Juan's, Pink Elephant, Rain Tree Lounge, Roadhouse, Showboat Lounge, Venture In, Stouffer's Seasons Hotel lounges, Top of the Seasons, Unique Motel, Watering Hole, Crow's Nest Iowa City, Gabe and Walker's, Maxwells, Mill, Red Stallion, Sanctuary, and many small towns list bands weekly. Several Open mike and bluegrass sessions listed, with acts ranging from Top 40 to country, folk, rock, and exotic dance shows noted. The paper promises ongoing listings for local music across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Alles Smith and Jones Country Club
First Ave
Redwing
Variety
Roosevelt Hotel
Mark Pence
B.j.'s
Third Ave
Shreveport
Centurion
Sheraton Inn
33Rd Ave
Footloose
Dark Horse
Rampage
Dillon's Dance Hall
Third St
Art Young Band
the Coast
Duke Tomato
The
All- Star Frogs
Donovan's
Sixth St
Upshot
Evy's
Escorts
Garfield's
Fifth St. SE
Hostage
Rattler
Sterling
Diver
First Ave. SE
J. Knight
Hemingway's
Town and Country
Jasmine
Fresh Start
Holiday Inn
Williams Bivd
Christopher Jon
Glenn Lonsdale
Hopp
Springfield
Cedar Junction
King Tut Lounge
Center Point Road
String Dusters
L'll Napoleon's
Collins Road
Sterling Silver
Happy Bright
the Organ
Twixt
Town Road
MecGlynn
Pink Elephant
Spice
Rain Tree Lounge
Grand Ave
Marion
Silver Eagle
Roadhouse
Center Point Rd
Hiawatha
Wakefield County
Showboat
Venture In
Prairie Fliers
Stouffer’s
Five Seasons
Glass Parrot
Banana Patch
Greg Reese
Unique
A Ave
Odile
Katrina
Watering Hole
12Th Ave
Iowa City
Coralville
Mariel Hemingway recalls 800 meters as obstacle in pentathlon
The actress notes her hatred for the 800 meters in pentathlon, explaining it sits between sprint and distance events and is not favored by most pentathletes. She trained herself to run 10 miles daily but found the event challenging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mariel Hemingway
Margaux Hemingway
Black acts struggle for airplay on white radio
Industry leaders denounce the reluctance of white stations to program black music, noting the need for black acts to prove themselves on black stations first. They cite limited black formatted stations, lingering racism, and a cycle that harms American popular music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ware
Black Music Association
Rick James
Rolling Stones
James
Cameo
The
Gap Band
Maze
Luther Vandross
Stevie Woods
Rockie Robbins
Diana Ross
George Benson
Commodores
Earth, Wind & Fire
al Jarreau
Bill Broomzy
United States
Nielsen Reflects On Career and Family Ties
Leslie Nielsen discusses his work with a Vancouver charity group and the involvement of stars like Lorne Greene. He praises the performers as pros who have performed at Radio City and Liberace’s Las Vegas show. Nielsen also shares family stories, noting his brothers’ varied paths and his own TV work on Police Squad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Theater
Vancouver
Lorne Greene
Brenda
Radio City Music Hall
Liberace
Las Vegas
Vegas
Nielsen
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Regina
Saskatchewan
Call to reinstate draft to fix military troubles
In Parade, Jack Anderson argues that an all volunteer force is inept and proposes bringing back universal conscription to improve training education and readiness for national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Jack Anderson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mike's
16Th Ave
Whiskey Bent
Sixth Ave
Waubeek Trackers
Old Ironsides
Second Ave
Shy Band
Osgood Shepherd
Iowa
Electric Tower
First St. SE
Echo Mountain Boys
Clay Riness
Papa Juan's
Dave Rowley
Crow's Nest
Son Seals
Gabe
Tronmen Inn
TNT
Maxwell's
Champ
the Mill
John Locke
Greg Brown
Red Stallion
New Relations
Lone Star
Sanctuary
Lee Murdock
St. Athanasius-Jesup
Ray Alto
Jolly Coppersmith
Center Point
New Leaf
Borderline Fever
Colony Village
Paul and
Gary Glaser
Swisher
Old Gold
Dave Dighton
Frank's
Springville
Rippling Waters
Knight Life
Shueyville
Country Crusaders Fcountry
Vinton
Country Good Guys
Legion Club
Anamosa
Murphy's Law
Lisbon
Loop Ballroom
Southern Comfort
Ponderosa
Walford
Math Sladky
Ken Paulsen
Prairiemoon
Prairieburg
Linn County
Stone City
J.W Everitt
Westwind
Watkins
Jim Dutton
Mariel
Woody Allen
Manhattan
Hemingway
Bob Fosse
Dorothy Stratton
Leslie Nielsen
Eric
Gordon
Cincinnati
Charles Graham
New York City
Mount McKinley National Park
Alaska
Yellowstone
FBI
Valentine
Jom
Country Crusaders
Sip
STIR
1St Ave
Cedar
Lonsdale
Cedar Rapids
St. Valentine's Weekend Massacre
Dennis McMurrin
McGlynn
Canton Restaurant
3Rd Ave
3Rd St. S.E
Papa Juan
Papa Juan’s ‘Mexican Restaurant
Mexico
2Nd Ave
Motor Inn
Amalgamated Spirité5 Provision Company
Jim. H
Ken John
Terry
Ralph
Jim K. Cliff
Bob
J.W
Stephen Stills
Herbie Mann
Leo Kotke
Shawn Phillips
Willie Dixon
Richie Havens
Jerry Jeff Walker
Joan Armatrading
Willie Nelson
Carlos Montoya
L.P
Will Frey
Rock-N-Roll News
Hancher Auditorium
St. SE Mon
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