Keri Noble
Monday, November 16
Minneapolis singer/songwriter Keri Noble swings by CSPS on Monday night to showcase music from her latest, self-titled release. Noble, who got her start playing in small coffeehouses in Detroit, has certainly made a name for herself of late. Her music has been featured on “Grey’s Anatomy” and she’s performed live on CBS Saturday morning “The Early Show.” So spend your Monday night enjoying her intense and personal vocals and see yet another up-and-coming star in CSPS’ intimate setting.
Keri Noble
8 p.m. Monday (11/16), CSPS/Legion Arts, 1103 Third Street SE, Cedar Rapids, $9 to $11,
(319) 364-1580, www.legionarts.org
“Flood Them With Love” with Aeroroot
Saturday, November 14
his weekend’s “Flood Them With Love” fundraising event puts together a great band, free concert and a great cause. Fortune Magazine’s Corporate Battle of the Bands finalist Aeroroot will take the stage to help “Flood Them With Love” assist area flood victims. All you need to get in to the concert is a free will donation or a gift card to a local store (say Target, Kmart, Walmart, Hy-Vee, Fareway, Home Depot or Menards.)
“Flood Them With Love”
7 to 10 p.m. Saturday (11/14), Chrome Horse Saloon,
Free will donation, must be at least 21
Iowa’s Premier Wine & Food Expo
Friday and Saturday, Nov. 13 and 14
If you make the trek to Des Moines for Iowa’s Premier Wine & Food Expo your stomach won’t be sorry. Sample dishes from area chefs and rub elbows with celebrity chefs Duff Goldman
of Food Network’s “Ace of Cakes” and Andrew Zimmern of Travel Channel’s “Bizarre Foods.” Organizers promise 38 food booths and more than 270 different beers, wines and spirits.
Iowa’s Premier Wine & Food Expo
Noon to 10 p.m. Friday (11/13) and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday (11/14), Hy-Vee Hall, Iowa Events Center, Des Moines, $20 for one day or $35 for a two-day pass, www.wineandfoodexpoiowa.com
Three other things
Paula Poundstone
8 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday
Englert Theatre, 221 East
Washington Street, Iowa City, $30 to $40, 319.688.2653, www.englert.org
Sight and Sound Gala
6:30 p.m. Saturday
Cedar Rapids Country Club,
550 27th Street Drive SE,
Cedar Rapids, $100, 319.366.7503, www.crma.org
“Reefer Madness,
The Musical”
2 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday
University of Iowa E. C. Mabie Theatre, Iowa City, $15 to $20, 319.335.3213, www.uiowa.edu/~dpa/about.htm
