Caroline Smith & The Good Night Sleeps opened the Leslie & The Lys show at the Englert during the Mission Creek Festival, and while they were not as outre as Bitch or as goofy as Leslie Hall, they were some quality music. Caroline Smith has an unconventional voice, recalling Billy Holiday’s fragile, intimate delivery, but […]
December 2010
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Iowa City Weekender: New Year's Special
This is the only thing you will need to navigate New Year’s Eve in Iowa City.
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The Times Club: Interview with Manager and Curator Pete Schulte
Pete Schulte came on board as manager and curator at the Times Club over the summer with hopes of changing how a social space such as a coffee shop can be activated and perceived anew through thoughtful curation and mediation. Since Pete’s first show Gone to the Other Side in September, The Times Club has […]
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Mission Creek's Best of 2010
Year-end lists from the staffers at Mission Creek.
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Show Photos: Santafest at the Wherehouse, 18 Bands, One Night – 12/18
I spent somewhere between 9 and 10 hours at the Wherehouse yesterday for their holiday art and music extravaganza. I showed up for the potluck at 5pm and finally called it a night after the last band played which was sometime after 2am, but I don’t remember exactly what time it was… There was something […]
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Show Photos: Englert Theater's Festival of Carols – 12/16
Last night the Englert Theater held their annual Festival of Carols. This free, family-friendly show drew a full theater of folks eager to kick their holiday spirit into high gear. This event was one of the most diverse I’ve seen here, in relation to age. Families with kids, college students, couples and seniors sat side […]
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Iowa City Weekend: December 16-18
This is a brief version of the weekender. It also contains nothing but free events. Save your money for a snuggie. Iowa City will give you entertainment for free.
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Chef Brings Love of Design, Food to his Crepe Creations
The batter sizzles as Chef Hicham Chehouani pours a pale mixture onto a round black grill. With a quick twist of the wrist, he takes a wooden dowel and smoothes the batter into a thin layer — the base for one of his crêpe creations. The crêpe bubbles slightly. He gives it a quick series […]
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Show Photos: Langhorne Slim, Brooks Strause & the Gory Details, Ryan Lauder @ the Blue Moose – 12/10
My blogging catch up frenzy continues…this time with a show from last week instead of digging back into last month. Bear with me, as I am obsessively posting things before the sun has begun to rise. These three acts were well worth venturing out into a spitting wintery evening to get to the Blue Moose. […]
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Show Photos: Pauly Shore at the Englert, 11/14
Ok, so when I told people I was going to photograph Pauly Shore, the two most common reactions I got were “Who?” and “He’s still doing stuff?” To the latter, I can now say, “Yes, and his standup is damn good, believe it or not. I measure this by the amount of pain in my […]
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Show Photos: Olivia Rose Muzzy, Stephanie Rearick, Alex Body @ the Mill – 11/13
I managed to pull a double show night, hurrying my tail through the cold of the Ped Mall between sets to shoot this lovely show at the Mill, while simultaneously shooting a show at Gabe’s (Featuring Coyote Grace and Sam Knutson — see those photos here). Not to toot my own horn, but I didn’t […]
