It’s a Wonderful Life FilmScene — Thursday, Dec. 22 at 3 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 24 at 10 a.m. I remember being a wary, intransigent teenager the first time I saw It’s a Wonderful Life. I didn’t want to go to the small retro theatre a few towns over on a cold, snowy, winter’s night. […]
Genevieve Trainor
Genevieve Trainor lives in Iowa City, Iowa. Passions include heavy music, hoppy beer, and hidden rooms.
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X-Mas Escape offers a chance to dance off dinner on Christmas night
X-Mas Escape: Island of Misfit Toys Iowa Fusion and Mermaid Lounge — Sunday, Dec. 25 at 4 p.m. Looking for something to do on Christmas evening? Ready to get away from the press of familial duties? X-Mas Escape: Island of Misfit Toys is your way out. On Sunday, Dec. 25 at 4 p.m. at Iowa […]
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Hancher receives substantial grant from Association of Performing Arts Presenters
Iowa City’s newly reopened Hancher Auditorium announced today that it is one of four recipients of a Building Bridges: Arts, Culture and Identity Individual Grant. The Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) awarded five Building Bridges grants earlier this year: four to individual organizations and one to a consortium. The Building Bridges program, co-funded by […]
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Studio 13 serves up joy and community this weekend
Christmas Potluck/Fundraiser Studio 13 — Sunday, Dec. 18 at 7:30 p.m. Christmas Dinner Studio 13 — Sunday, Dec. 25 at 7 p.m. For the fifth year, Studio 13 (13 S Linn St., Iowa City) will host a holiday potluck and fundraiser on the Sunday before Christmas, which falls this year on Dec. 18. The tradition […]
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Shane Mauss promises Iowa City a ‘Good Trip’ this weekend
Shane Mauss Presents: A Good Trip w/ Arish Singh The Mill — Saturday, Dec. 17 at 9 p.m. Wisconsin-born comedian Shane Mauss brings his Good Trip tour to The Mill this Saturday, Dec. 17 for a 9 p.m. show. Mauss is host and creator of the Here We Are podcast, which features weekly interviews with […]
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Jack Lion CD release party at The Mill to celebrate third EP
Jack Lion w/ Tires and Alex Body The Mill — Friday, Dec. 16 at 9 p.m. Iowa City’s Jack Lion is releasing their third EP, Ion, and celebrating, as they did for their last, at The Mill. The party kicks off at 9 p.m. (doors at 8 p.m.) on Friday, Dec. 16 with opening acts […]
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A benefit for Jerime ‘Danky’ Mitchell to be held Sunday night at Gabe’s
Justice for Danky Gabe’s — Sunday, Dec. 18 at 6 p.m. A fundraiser for Cedar Rapids resident Jerime “Danky” Mitchell will be held this Sunday, Dec. 18 at 6 p.m. at Gabe’s in Iowa City. Mitchell was paralyzed last month after being shot by a Cedar Rapids police officer during a traffic stop. This benefit […]
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Dave Zollo headlines Crisis Center fundraiser at Trumpet Blossom Cafe
Benefit for Crisis Center of Johnson County Trumpet Blossom Cafe — Saturday, Dec. 17 at 5 p.m. The yearly benefit show for the Crisis Center of Johnson County has a new home this year, at the Trumpet Blossom Cafe (310 E Prentiss St, Iowa City). The event takes place on Saturday, Dec. 17 at 5 […]
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Fight off the cold in an ugly sweater for fun and prizes!
Holiday Cocktail Ugly Sweater Party Black Hawk Mini Park — Saturday, Dec. 10 at 8 p.m. Don we now our most flagrant fashion faux pas — it’s time for an ugly sweater party! Hosted by the Iowa City Downtown District and the Iowa Fashion Project, this free event is a chance to gather with friends […]
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Mount Vernon’s Dan Bern to play two nights at CSPS Hall
Dan Bern CSPS Hall — Friday and Saturday, Dec. 9 and 10 at 8 p.m. Mount Vernon’s own Dan Bern settles in to CSPS Hall in Cedar Rapids this Friday and Saturday, Dec. 9 and 10, for a two-night stint of lyrical folk delight. Earlier this year, the extremely prolific Bern released Adderal Holiday, his […]
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Mission Creek announces Margaret Cho, Rufus Wainwright, Andrew Bird and more for 2017
Mission Creek Festival 2017 Various venues — Tuesday-Sunday, April 4-9, 2017 Announced Performers • Andrew Bird • Margaret Cho • Saeed Jones • Rufus Wainwright • DIIV • The Cool Kids • Cole Swensen • Tennis • My Brightest Diamond • The Bad Plus • Alice Sola Kim • Jlin • Bridget Kearney • HEXA […]
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New Year celebrations abound in Iowa City
This has, for many of us, has been a long, troubling, frustrating year. There’s been near-universal grief and heartache as one after another, beloved cultural icons passed away: David Bowie and Alan Rickman nearly back-to-back in January, Umberto Eco and Harper Lee in February, Phife Dawg in March, Prince in April, Morley Safer in May, […]
