Greetings Weekenders!
Welcome to the calm before the storm. As Iowa City waits with open arms for her many thousands of children to return, there are but 2 weekends left to enjoy the peace, quiet and parking spaces of Iowa City in the Summer time.
So, what to do, what to do?
Friday
Deathships w/ 5 In A Hand, [...]
In honor of the end of the month, and those of you waiting for payday, this weekend’s Weekender is all about the freebies, with one, sort-of exception.
Thursday, July 30
Johnson County Fair | County Fairgrounds, Iowa City | 7am-8pm | Free
Last day of the 2009 Johnson County Fair. I’ve never understood why all the fun contests [...]
In the beginning was High Fidelity, at least as far as I’m concerned. An actor I’d never noticed before by the name of Jack Black was channeling Generation X energies like nobody else on the silver screen. His Barry, the record-store slacker-snob, stole the show and left me with the firm conviction that a new [...]
The IC Weekender is sponsored by the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, July 2-4, 2009
Ah, just when we’ve started to recover from Arts Fest, the weekend is here again! Big thanks to Andre Perry and The Mill for bringing yet another world-class band to Iowa City–Last night’s Rock Plaza Central (http://www.rockplazacentral.com/) show was definitely one to [...]
Jody Hill’s Observe and Report is one weird movie. I’m pretty sure this dark comedy is meant to provoke reflection: The title suggests that the movie is holding the mirror up to our reality. In a sense, it is; the worst parts of the movie are the most interesting, and the best parts are pretty bad. [...]
The Iowa City Documentary Film Festival brings nonfiction gems out of the shadows.
Wake up. Make coffee. Out the door by 7:45. Work. Eat lunch. Chat with a co-worker. More work. Traffic. Home. Pet the dog. Dinner. Bed. Reset.
So often, one day is like the rest. We often forget to open our eyes to the world [...]
With Mission Creek coming to a close this weekend you’re probably in one of two mindsets: a) “I’m heading for an intentional music overdose” b) “no more music, I’m getting a headache”.
Quick Hits: The Mountain Goats, Copyright Criminals, No Age, The Cool Kids, Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival, Raising Medusa, Augusten Burroughs
Friday, April 3
MCMW: The [...]
February’s almost over, but before it is, celebrate Black History Month and catch some musical battles.
Friday, February 27
Summercamp Battle of the Bands | The Yacht Club | 8pm | $5
One of two battles going on this weekend (the other being Saturday’s Dollars for Scholars battle at the IMU). Friday night, Uniphonics, Dead Larry, Five in [...]
Sydney Smith once observed, “I never read a book before reviewing it; it prejudices one so.” As a rule, I do watch the movies before reviewing them; though when it comes to the big Hollywood productions anymore, I wonder how necessary my principle is. So many of them have been made to order according to [...]
Appaloosa
Narrative, 108 min
Directed by Ed Harris
Once upon a time in the American cinema, the western was king. Between the silent era and the late 1970’s, the U.S. film industry churned out thousands of western movies, most of them toward the end of that time starring Clint Eastwood. Not so today, when fans [...]
