Kyle Kinane, a prolific stand up who has made his mark in comedy weaving together hilariously absurd stories of everyday life with a whiskey-soaked sense of wisdom and wonder, or as he once self-deprecatingly summed up his act, “Uncle Barbeque and his dum-dum stories,” headlines the Turnbuckle Comedy and Music Festival at the Codfish Hollow in Maquoketa May 26 and 27.
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Interview: For Jen Kirkman, the stigma of child-free singledom is a hell of a joke
Though the title of Jen Kirkman’s recently released Netflix special I’m Going to Die Alone (And I Feel Fine) might read as triumphant, her stand…
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Mining the medieval for a modern sound: Dagmar plays the Yacht Club
Indie music act Dagmar, based in Fairfield, IA, plays the Yacht Club this Thursday in support of their new album Afterlight, released just this past week. …
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Interview: Poet Daniel Khalastchi on his new book ‘Tradition’ and his Jewish identity
In May, McSweeney’s press published the poetry collection ‘Tradition’ by Daniel Khalastchi, a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop…
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The ambient, electronic jazz of Jack Lion heads to The Mill
Iowa City-based electronic jazz trio Jack Lion performs tonight at The Mill. Consisting of drummer Justin LeDuc, bassist and vocalist Drew Morton, and trumpet player and producer Brian Lewis Smith, Jack Lion is routinely praised…
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Interview: Lewis Black on the state of today’s political satire, where Bill Maher went wrong on Islam and more
With his bulging eyes, gritted teeth and skin quaking with so much tension that the blood literally seems to be boiling beneath it, comedian Lewis Black’s…
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Boston pop-punk act Drunken Logic play the Yacht Club
Boston-based band Drunken Logic head to the Yacht Club this Thursday to perform its smart, pop-heavy brand. Sounding at times like a cross between…
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The hypnotic post-punk of L.A. Witch comes to Gabe’s
L.A. Witch play Gabe’s this Friday, and their music makes a fair case that they may actually be a groups of witches from Los Angeles…
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Dance scholar celebrates Michael Jackson with Dance Party at Public Space One
A night of dance and appreciation dedicated to the King of Pop takes place at Public Space One this Friday, courtesy of local…
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Six Organs of Admittance takes its heady experimental music to The Mill
Ben Chasny, the experimental guitarist behind Six Organs of Admittance, brings his music and an entirely new system of musical composition to The Mill this…
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Speedy Ortiz plays Gabe’s this weekend
Frequently compared to bands like Pavement and Dinosaur Jr., it’s fitting that Speedy Ortiz is performing this Sunday at Gabe’s, the go-to spot in Iowa City for all indie rock acts during the ’90s. The band will no doubt evoke…
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Inside ‘Comedy Bang! Bang!’: Writer Neil Campbell on the alt-comedy hit, improv and his time at Iowa
Neil Campbell is the head writer for IFC’s Comedy Bang! Bang!, the surreal comedy talk show hosted by Scott Aukerman with comedic and musical…
