The Mission Creek Festival announced today that Jad Abumrad, creator and cohost of NPR’s Radiolab, has joined the festival’s 2015 lineup. …
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Isabella Rossellini cancels Mission Creek performance
The Mission Creek Festival announced today that actress and artist Isabella Rossellini has canceled her appearance at this year’s festival due to a personal conflict. According to festival organizers, Rossellini […]
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Former MTV funnyman Tom Green performs stand-up at Penguin’s
Tom Green performs stand up at Penguin’s Comedy Club tonight, and his comedy hasn’t mellowed a bit with age. “It’s scaled up. I never hold back,” Green…
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Ben Kronberg performs his tastefully crafted tasteless jokes at The Mill
Ben Kronberg brings his artful, one-liner comedy act to The Mill tonight for a performance filled with jokes that will make you laugh, groan and, as with this…
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Blair Christian of ‘Wild N’ Out’ performs comedy at Gabe’s
Blair Christian, a member of MTV’s revived Wild ’N Out comedy series, headlines a showcase of comedy and hip hop at Gabe’s this Saturday at 9 p.m. Though she’s worked successfully in the entertainment industry for years as a dancer and choreographer, Christian began performing stand-up comedy in 2012. Christian has done well for herself in the mean time, most recently being cast in the sixth season of Wild ‘N Out, where she has had a chance to regularly show off her improv and comedy chops.
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Comedian Gabriel Rutledge performs stand up at Penguin’s
Much of Gabriel Rutledge’s stand up revolves around family life, but the comedian’s savage honesty and quick wit keeps his material from veering into any stale “dad humor” territory. Rutledge, performing at Penguin’s this…
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Just Announced: Neutral Milk Hotel to play the IMU
SCOPE Productions announced today that legendary indie rock band Neutral Milk Hotel will perform in the Iowa Memorial Union Main Lounge on Monday, April 27. The show starts at 8 p.m., with doors opening at 7 p.m.
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Yelawolf brings hardcore southern rap to the Blue Moose
Featured prominently on Eminem’s just-released Shady XV album, rapper Yelawolf takes his “Slumerican Made” tour to the Blue Moose Tap House on…
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Emo Philips brings his wide-eyed, oddball stand-up to Penguin’s
The singular stand-up style of Emo Philips — delivering bizarre yet undeniably funny one-liners as a wide-eyed man child whose vocal cords seem to be…
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Lorna Landvik reads from ‘Best to Laugh,’ a novel account of ’80s stand-up
Minnesota novelist Lorna Landvik reads tonight at Prairie Lights from Best to Laugh, a book which tells the story of Candy Pekkala, a young woman who uproots…
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W. Kamau Bell, host of ‘Totally Biased,’ performs stand-up at The Mill for ‘Oh Everything’ tour
The ‘Oh, Everything’ title refers to Bell’s approach to comedy where he brings his humor and progressive outlook to bear on a whole range of issues…
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Green Gravel Comedy Fest: ‘Too Many Cooks’ creator heading to Iowa City, more announcements to follow
Lee Keeler, organizer of The Green Gravel Comedy Festival, an Iowa alternative comedy festival that began last year, announced today that the 2015 festival…
