• Vigil in Iowa City

    Your Town Now: ICE in Iowa

    It may have been just another Iowa City arrest for some, but in the minds of several community members it was a call to the picket line. Toting young children and clutching homemade signs, protesters made their way to the Joh...

  • MLB

    The new crop: Midwest League baseball

    Witness! Players with incredible names like Colton Cain, Damien Magnifico and Rock Shoulders (really!) as they fight for their baseball lives! (And to avoid an alternative career or another plan B they don’t even want to cons...

  • 4onthefloor

    Live music preview: May 23-29

    The band name “4onthefloor” is a reference to the band’s onstage schtick; every member of the band has a kick drum in front of them at all times (and they never deviate from the 4/4 time signature). The Minneapolis four piece...

  • Tallest Man on Earth

    Tallest Man on Earth heads to the Englert on June 4

    I’ll start with addressing the obvious point: Kristian Mattson is not the tallest man on Earth. While he is only of average height, Mattson’s shadow looms large. Armed with one acoustic guitar, slight backup instrumentation a...

  • Ostracized

    The time I found out I was a whore

    Comedy is a field historically dominated by men. As many comedians profess, there is an ever-present, underlying need for attention and approval that often drives them to the stage. Many of these men balance the nuance of a n...