More than 30 events, mostly free, make up the literary track of this year’s Mission Creek Festival, which kicks off on Apr. 5. The emphasis is on “Literature Within & […]
Genevieve Trainor
Genevieve Trainor lives in Iowa City, Iowa. Passions include heavy music, hoppy beer, and hidden rooms.
Just announced: Lily & Madeleine at The Mill this May
Lily & Madeleine The Mill — Saturday, May 21 at 8 p.m. Folk duo Lily & Madeleine started out in music by uploading YouTube videos when they were in high […]
Just announced: Theatre Cedar Rapids’ 83rd season
New surprises, familiar traditions and beloved classics are all on the bill for Theatre Cedar Rapids, which announced its 2016-17 season tonight. For the second year in a row, they […]
Power trio Rangda plays Mill on Saturday
Rangda The Mill — Sat., Mar. 12, 8 p.m. A furiously explosive supergroup, Rangda, brings the combined power of its members’ decades of experience to The Mill in advance of […]
‘The Book Thief’ author Markus Zusak to speak in Cedar Rapids
Marcus Zusak The Hotel at Kirkwood Center — Sunday, Mar. 13 at 5 p.m. Each year, the Linn Area Reads program of the Metro Library Network (a coalition of the […]
Just announced: Floodwater Comedy Festival adds Jak Knight to the roster
Jak Knight The Mill — Sunday, Apr. 24 at 7 p.m. The Floodwater Comedy Festival is expanding its line-up today with the announcement of a new headliner to the mix: […]
Just announced: Black Mountain at The Mill
Black Mountain The Mill — Wednesday, Jun. 15 at 8 p.m. Formed in 2004, Vancouver band Black Mountain has released three albums and half a dozen EPs in their 12 […]
Multi-genre performer Dahlak Brathwaite visits Cedar Rapids for shows, workshops
Dahlak Brathwaite – Spiritrials CSPS — Thursday through Saturday, Mar. 10-12 at 8 p.m., with Q&A to follow There’s an intersection where poetry, theatre and music meet. The distinctions between […]
Album Review: Sweet Cacophony – Wind, Sand & Stars
The members of Iowa City-based folk quartet Sweet Cacophony have been playing music collectively for many decades. However, these lifelong musicians didn’t meet each other until recently. Life threw them together at the Hilltop Tavern’s Friends of Old Time Music jam sessions, which harmonica/accordion player Dennis Roseman has long organized. Peter Rolnick (guitars/mandolin), Jim Delaney (guitars/percussion) and Dave Parsons (bass/whistle) were the first to come together, in 2013. Roseman joined them soon after.
Rapper Vince Staples returns to Iowa City
Vince Staples Blue Moose Tap House — Monday, Mar. 7 at 6:30 p.m. “What is the ‘little village?’ ” Vince Staples asks. We’ve only just begun our interview, and he’s […]
St. Louis’ Foxing heads to Iowa City
Foxing Gabe’s — Saturday, Mar. 5 at 6:30 p.m. “Foxing is a band,” the bio on the St. Louis-based group’s Bandcamp page asserts. “Someday Foxing won’t be a band.” This […]
A fresh take on opera with ‘cmetq’
cmetq Riverside Theatre — Monday, Feb. 29 at 7:30 p.m. A brand new opera will receive its Iowa City premiere tonight, Feb. 29. Written by current University of Iowa Grant […]