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Established 2001 | Always free! If the current news cycle has you zapped, consider some of the events featured in today’s Weekender. For laughs, Lucky Cat comedy is holding prelims for its Funniest Person in Iowa competition, with an extensive list of shows throughout our reader regions this weekend. For a fresh music experience in […]

Established 2001 | Always free! We’re back with another Weekender of events throughout our reader regions. We know where one music super-fan will be this weekend. Jim Reiners, who attended close to 100 concerts last year, will be at the Englert to see A.J. Croce Thursday. Over in Cedar Falls, the third Lost Woods Festival hosts […]

Established 2001 | Always free! We’re back with another batch of events in today’s Weekender. The Infinite Dream festival takes place at Hancher Auditorium in Iowa City. Another IC highlight is the “cello-and-kazoo-metal” stylings of Rushadicus with Weapon X at the PS1 Close House. In Des Moines, the Goth Rockers Vision Video hit up Lefty’s […]

Established 2001 | Always free! Looking for local music and arts events? The Weekender has you covered. Morbid Saint plays Gabe’s with Frontal Assault, Traffic Death and Ill Omen. Roll into Hispanic Heritage Month with Festival Latino in Cedar Rapids or the opening of Aliza Nisenbaum’s “Dia de los Muertos” exhibit at the Des Moines […]

Established 2001 | Always free! From songwriting and horror lit festivals to comedy showcases, there is a lot to do this first weekend of September. The Stanley Museum of Art kicks off its exhibition of Hayward Oubre with an opening reception Thursday night. The Indian Creek Nature Center in Cedar Rapids is hosting Awfully Folkin’ […]

Established 2001 | Always free! Experts might call our recent weather a “false fall” but it’s real to us, dammit! Whatever it’s called, enjoy the cooler temps during the events in our Weekender. Jam band rockers Goose are at Hancher for a free outdoor concert tonight. Japanese art-rock trio TsuShiMaMiRe hit up two Iowa venues […]

Established 2001 | Always free! It’s the Weekender back to dispel the myth that there isn’t anything to do in our reader regions. “Team goilz,” a.k.a. Waterloo punk rock band the Rumours, hit up Octopus in Cedar Falls this Friday. They’re joined by 8 Foundead, Des Moines rockers Hazer and Guss Royall. Market After Dark, […]

Established 2001 | Always free! Today is the first day of the Alternating Currents festival in the Quad Cities, with events already underway this afternoon. On the festival schedule Friday night are the indie-rockers Hembree with Lauren Lovelle & The Midnight Spliffs. Monk’s in Dubuque has an album release for Dead Nerves, Numb Hands, the […]

Established 2001 | Always free! Not everything is all doom-and-gloom out there. Hinterland is healing, a Wisconsin bear that had his head stuck in a jar was freed, relocated and released and there are tons of events to check out in our Weekender. Joytrip, Joel Sires and One More Hour play Gabe’s in Iowa City […]