Welcome to the archived blog of the Donna Reed Foundation for the Performing Arts in Denison, IA, a non-profit organization to memorialize Donna Reed's accomplishments and perpetuate her deep commitment to youth, education, and the performing arts.
Fourth program of “American Icon Series” is February 9 at
7:00 PM
The Donna Reed Foundation is offering Johnny Carson fans a chance to re-live a live version of the Carson show.
Celebrity impersonator, Jim Malmberg, has been performing his tribute to “The King of
Late Night” from coast-to-coast for over twenty years. Just as
Johnny did back in the day, Jim does a monologue and interviews with
guests, and re-creates some of Carson’s unforgettable characters,
including the role of Carnac the Magnificent.
Malmberg’s resemblance to Johnny Carson, in both sight and
sound, led him to give up an award winning career as a television
reporter and news anchorman to pursue a career impersonating Johnny
Carson.
The performance is part of The Donna Reed Foundation's “2012-13
American Icon Series – Focus On Iowa” and will take place at the
Donna Reed Theater in downtown Denison. Tickets are $15 for adults
and $5 for youths under 18. Tickets can be obtained by calling the
Donna Reed Theater Box Office at 712-263-3334, or by e-mail at
info@donnareed.org.
Purchasing tickets in advance is recommended for this event. More
information on the “American Icon Series” is available on The
Donna Reed Foundation for the Performing Arts website,
www.donnareed.org.
Film screenings free to the public on the last Sunday of each month.
The Donna Reed Foundation has been
approved as a venue for the Community Cinema Program, a national
documentary screening series sponsored by the Independent Television
Service (ITVS). The program will run at the Donna Reed Theatre on the
final Sunday of each month at 1PM. Film running times are around one
hour and will include an audience discussion following the screening.
All events are free to the public. Concession stand with soft drinks,
popcorn, and candy will be available for purchase.
Our
first screening will be the film Soul
Food Junkies
on Sunday, January 27th at 1PM. In Soul
Food Junkies
filmmaker Bryon
Hurt sets out on a historical and culinary journey to learn more
about the soul food tradition and its relevance to black cultural
identity. Hurt’s exploration was inspired by his father’s
lifelong love affair with the high-fat, calorie-rich traditional soul
food diet and his unwillingness to give it up even in the face of a
life-threatening health crisis. Hurt discovers that the relationship
between African Americans and culinary dishes like ribs, grits, and
fried chicken is culturally based, deep-rooted, complex, and often
deadly.
