On Feb. 28, Prairie Lights Books & Café hosted a gallery featuring work by Kirkwood Community College alum Marloe Spencer. The event drew community members, current and former students and college faculty and staff for an evening that celebrated both creative growth and the power of pursuing passion [Continue Reading »]
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One half of Kirkwood Community College’s Introduction to Glass students have already completed their work creating blown forms this semester. The class is one of many offered in this specialized medium and a required prerequisite for further advancement as a glass artist at Kirkwood. Although this semester saw [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]Forty years ago, the late great Jim Henson’s creation dominated pop culture. In recent years, however, the once most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, muppetational Muppets have become a forgotten ghost amongst a slew of IP acquisitions made by the Walt Disney Company. There was once a time when Muppets [Continue Reading »]
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Between classes and conversations, jazz filled the air at Iowa Hall as students came together for the first Jazz Jam of the semester on Jan. 27, blending creativity with community. The event gave students the opportunity to learn and practice jazz pieces before performing them for the Kirkwood [Continue Reading »]
[Continue Reading »]Brian Imbus, a professional mentalist and hypnotist, recently performed in front of a small crowd at Kirkwood Community College’s Iowa Hall stage on Jan. 29. His act included numerous mind-bending tricks, with one being able to seemingly read the minds of students, amazing his audience from start [Continue Reading »]
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The student musicians of Kirkwood Community College are often practicing their instruments, collaborating with fellow musicians, or performing in a campus event. Santiago Kaiz-Vera took time away from his artistry to provide insight into what drives him as a student musician. Can you tell me your name, year [Continue Reading »]
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Kirkwood Community College’s Respiratory Therapy Club gave visitors a lung-lasting scare as they transformed the Katz Family Simulation Center into a spine-chilling Haunted Hospital. Complete with a fog machine, bloodstained rooms and ghostly staff and patients, the annual event left people gasping for air as a way to [Continue Reading »]
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Upon entering the Iowa Hall Art Gallery on Oct. 9, guests were immediately drawn to the gorgeous, detailed and carefully crafted pieces that hung like a statement of how wide the spectrum of art and creativity really is. The event was an artist reception for Barbara Shultz-Hetrick, a [Continue Reading »]
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Faculty members from the music department took the stage Oct. 8 with the Standard Java session on Iowa Hall Stage. A new house band featuring choir director Fred Kiser, director of instrumental music Chris Navarrete and piano instructor Julia Andrews made its debut in front of a small [Continue Reading »]
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