Ivory & Gold features piano, flute, and vocal music by Jeff and Anne Barhart. L.A. Jazz Scene praises them as a duo that can “draw out the beauty in the rich melodies and play the music with taste, sensitivity, and a real affection for the idiom.”
Every year the Muscatine Arts Council hold the Eagles and Ivories Ragtime Weekend, giving visitors a chance to fight the winter blues with some lively music mixed with some bird watching! This year’s event run from Friday 24th through Sunday 26th and the lineup features music by Ivory & Gold, Daniel Souvigny, the Madcreek Mudcats, Martin Spitznagle, Brian Wright, and Faye Ballard. Attendees will also have the opportunity to view and learn about the bald eagles that winter every year by the locks and dams of the Mississippi River. There will also be a showing of silent films on Saturday and a ragtime jazz and gospel worship service on Sunday.
Friday 24th
Free Concert. Featuring Ivory & Gold and Daniel Souvigny at 9 a.m., Sunnybrook, 3515 Diana Queen Drive.
Lunch with a Free Ragtime Show. With Jeff and Anne Barnhart. 11:30 a.m.– 1 p.m., Muscatine History and Industry Center, 117 W. 2nd Street.
Soup Supper. With music by the Madcreek Mudcats. 5–7 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, 400 Iowa Avenue.
Ivory & Gold. With Jeff and Anne Barnhart, Martin Spitznagle, Brian Wright, Faye Ballard, and Daniel Souvigny. 7 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, 400 Iowa Avenue.
Madcreek Mudcats After Hours. 10 p.m., Muscatine History and Industry Center, 117 W. 2nd Street.
Saturday 25th
Eagle Watch. With presentation by Corps of Engineers Park Rangers and Naturalist Dave Bakke. 9 a.m.–3 p.m., Pearl City Station, 200 W. Riverfront.
Silent Movies. 12 p.m., Muscatine Art Center, 1314 Mulberry Avenue.
Martin Spitznagle and Brian Wright. 2 p.m., Muscatine Art Center, 1314 Mulberry Avenue.
Syncopation Supper. Music by the Locust Street Boys. 5–7 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, 400 Iowa Avenue.
Ivory & Gold Concert. 7 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, 400 Iowa Avenue.
The Locust Street Boys After Hours. 10 p.m., Muscatine History and Industry Center, 117 W. 2nd Street.
Sunday 26th
Ragtime and Jazz Gospel Worship Service. 10:45 a.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, 400 Iowa Avenue.
Ivory & Gold. 2 p.m., Muscatine Art Center, 1314 Mulberry Avenue.