Combined Efforts Theatre, the Iowa City company that welcomes performers with and without disabilities, opens its winter holiday show on Friday, Dec. 14. Zwicky’s Air runs one weekend only
Genevieve Trainor
Genevieve Trainor lives in Iowa City, Iowa. Passions include heavy music, hoppy beer, and hidden rooms.
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Five questions with: Dan Tedesco
Dan Tedesco w/ Jason Walsmith The Mill — Saturday, Dec. 15 at 8 p.m. Born in the Chicago suburbs, guitarist Dan Tedesco made his way to Iowa several years ago, landing in Des Moines and becoming a key contributor to the Iowa music scene. But his art keeps pulling him away. Ever the rambler, Tedesco […]
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Mission Creek Festival to bring Mitski, Jenny Lewis, Kevin Young and more to IC
Mission Creek Festival is back for its 14th year, with a new tagline, new pass options and, as always, a top-notch lineup. Top of the bill is Purchase grad and indie superstar Mitski, whose fifth release, Be the Cowboy, scored the second place slot on NPR’s just announced 50 Best Albums of 2018.
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Album Review: Chuck Henderson — Christmas
Chuck Henderson Christmas Dear readers: For the purposes of this review, I broke one of my personal cardinal rules. I listened to Christmas music before Dec. 1. And then I listened again, and again, and again. And I liked it. Chuck Henderson’s Christmas, despite the name of the holiday gracing the title of the disc […]
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Something to sing about: Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre receives NEA grant
Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre announced earlier this month that it had received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The $15,000 grant supports the company’s April world premiere of a commissioned work titled ‘The Grant Wood Operas: Strokes of Genius.’ The piece consists of three 30-minute operas each inspired by the work of Cedar Rapids artist Grant Wood.
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Video premiere: Good Morning Midnight, ‘Josie’s Experiment’
Little Village is pleased today to premiere the video for Good Morning Midnight’s “Josie’s Experiment,” a driving, melodic tune that’s the perfect capper to sophomore album ‘Both Neither and Both.’
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Former Iowa Citian Matthew Grimm drops new song with Get Out the Vote vid
Musician Matthew Grimm, a longtime Iowa City fixture now based in Madison, Wisconsin, recently released a video intended to assist in Get Out the Vote efforts. “The Whirlwind” is a no-holds-barred indictment of the current administration.
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The deadline has been extended to submit works for the Bicultural Iowa Writers Fellowship
Over the course of six months in 2019, the fellows chosen for the program will develop a collection of five pieces. The fellowship will culminate in the publication of the next volume of the We the Interwoven anthology.
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Ticket sales close Friday for CRMA Gala
The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art closes out ticket sales on Friday, Oct. 26 for its third annual fundraising gala. The fundraiser — the only one the museum holds each year — supports the CRMA’s educational programs and outreach.
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Five questions with: Aric Chase Damm of the Brevet
The Brevet brings their relentless energy from the West coast to The Mill on Thursday, Oct. 25 when they open for Virginia’s Melodime. Damm, who injects a steady dose of SoCal soul into his vocals, answered some questions for Little Village via email ahead of the band’s visit.
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Track Premiere: Kelly Pardekooper’s “Long Goodbye”
Next Friday, Oct. 26, former Iowa Citian Kelly Pardekooper releases his ninth studio album, 50-Weight (available for pre-order). And, as the title implies, he’s come back to the beginning: his very first demo, 30-Weight, was recorded 20 years ago in his Iowa City basement.
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Cedar Rapids’ newest haunt attracts all levels of fear aficionados
Nevermoor 4444 1st St NE, Suite 3001, Cedar Rapids — Open Thursday-Sunday through October, as well as Monday-Wednesday, Oct. 29-31 Thursday, Oct. 4 saw the opening of the newest haunted attraction to grace the Cedar Rapids area: Nevermoor, an ambitious new take on the genre, located alongside Lindale Mall in the former Planet X location […]
