Trevor Sensor Texas Girls and Jesus Christ www.trevorsensor.com Illinois-born Trevor Sensor, recently seen opening for the Halfloves at the Englert Theatre in Iowa City, has spun his songwriting skill — honed and perfected while studying English at Central College in Pella, IA — into an EP, Texas Girls and Jesus Christ. It dropped Mar. 25 […]
Genevieve Trainor
Genevieve Trainor lives in Iowa City, Iowa. Passions include heavy music, hoppy beer, and hidden rooms.
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Generifus and friends to perform DIY music showcase at Trumpet Blossom Cafe
Generifus/Us-mode/Liv Carrow Trumpet Blossom Cafe — Thu., Apr. 7 at 8 p.m. The Mission Creek Festival may seem to have swept through the entirety of Iowa City this week, but there are still some other great shows going on outside of its auspices. Tonight at 8 p.m., Trumpet Blossom Cafe will host Washington’s Generifus (touring […]
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‘Dancing Lessons’ makes it a point not to
Dancing Lessons Riverside Theatre — through Apr. 17 Ever and Senga are an unlikely pair. He is a geoscientist who lectures on the immediacy of the demise of our way of life, but who nevertheless looks forward each day with something resembling hope. She is a dancer, with an artist’s impulse to give hope to […]
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Sage Francis an exciting late addition to the Mission Creek lineup
Sage Francis with AWTHNTKTS Blue Moose Tap House — Thu., Apr. 7 at 9 p.m. Rapper and spoken word artist Sage Francis played Iowa City last summer, to a packed house at Gabe’s, and Mission Creek is bringing him back this year to perform at Blue Moose Tap House. Francis slides into the spot recently […]
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Just announced: 80/35 brings Nas and the Decemberists to Des Moines
80/35 music festival Various — Fri., Jul. 8 and Sat., Jul. 9 Des Moines music festival 80/35, coming into its ninth year, has announced the first list of acts for its summer event, running Jul. 8 and 9. Headlining the festival are rapper Nas (Friday) and indie folk rockers the Decemberists (Saturday). The full lineup […]
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Floodwater Comedy Festival reveals final line-up
Floodwater Comedy Festival Various Venues — Thu., Apr. 21–Sun., Apr. 24 The Floodwater Comedy Festival has announced its full line-up for later this month. Some exciting additions have been made; see the full schedule below. In addition to the already announced headliners, two other main acts have been added. In partnership with the University of […]
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Novelist Angela Flournoy to read in Cedar Rapids
Angela Flournoy Cedar Rapids Barnes & Noble — Sun., Apr. 3 at 4 p.m. The African American Museum of Iowa is sponsoring a visit from novelist Angela Flournoy on Sunday, Apr. 3. The Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate will be reading from her debut novel, The Turner House, and engaging in a discussion of the book. […]
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Just released: a new single from Iowa City’s Younger
Iowa City band Younger, who got a delightful bump to national fame in December when their self-titled debut album made ABC News’ list of the top 50 albums of the year, have certainly not been resting on those well-earned laurels. Instead, they’ve been back in the studio, making musical magic together again — and they’ve […]
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‘Dancing Lessons’ waltzes into Riverside Theatre
Dancing Lessons Riverside Theatre — opens Fri., Apr. 1 at 7:30 p.m. Riverside Theatre wraps up its 35th season with Mark St. Germain’s 2014 play Dancing Lessons. The play, which centers on a man with Asperger syndrome, opens today, Apr. 1 — fittingly, the start to Autism Awareness Month. Sam Osheroff, who took over as […]
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Just announced: St. Lucia is coming to the Iowa Memorial Union in April
St. Lucia IMU Ballroom — Tue., Apr. 26 at 8 p.m. The University of Iowa’s Scope Productions has just announced that, for its final show of the spring semester, it will be bringing synthpop darling St. Lucia to campus in April. The South African (Brooklyn-based) Jean-Philip Grobler has been recording and performing as St. Lucia […]
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Old Creamery opens first children’s show of 2016
The Frog and The Princess Old Creamery Theatre — Sat., Mar. 26 at 1 p.m. A recent series of articles on the American Theatre magazine website assures us that “the kids are alright.” Theatre for young people, they proclaim, is “as enriching as it is entertaining, as high-stakes as it is low-barrier.” Old Creamery has […]
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“An Evening at the Ecopolis” comes home to Iowa City
An Evening at the Ecopolis Old Capitol Senate Chambers — Fri., Mar. 25 at 7:30 p.m. Music, literature and a deep passion for the world in which we live — what more could you ask of your Friday night? Iowa City’s The Awful Purdies are joining with author Jeff Biggers in a revamp of the […]
