With 12 studio albums in less than two decades, of Montreal frontman Kevin Barnes could easily be named one of the hardest-working musicians in the…
Randal O'Wain
O’Wain is a fiction writer and essayist from Memphis Tennessee whose work appears, or is forthcoming, in The Oxford American, Crazyhorse, Redivider, and Hobart: another literary journal. He now lives in Iowa City where he is an MFA candidate in the Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa.
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The Moth brings its storytelling charms to the Englert Theatre this weekend
Out of a longing for Georgia nights, trading stories on the screened-in porch and moths slipping through ripped mesh to get at the light, George…
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Les Dames du Burlesque and IC Kings putting on salacious holiday spectacular
With a certain vaudeville flare, Burlesque brings to mind images of the naughty-nightie, the sheer stocking and the tightly drawn bustier. And with a stack of epithets…
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Writer, poet Margaret Atwood reads tonight at the Englert Theatre
On Monday, Nov. 18, The Englert Theater and University of Iowa Lecture Committee welcome Margaret Atwood as part of the Dr. Cassandra S. Foens lecture series…
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Long live pie: Prairie Lights welcomes Kate Lebo this Friday
Have you ever considered what pie best represents you? Are you the tart, but sweet combination of strawberry and rhubarb? Are you the whipped whites or the zest of a Lemon Merengue? And if you can claim a pie as your own, what does that say about you as a person? Does strawberry rhubarb reflect your search for daily balance? Or do you embrace the simple delicacy of Apple Pie?
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I’m a Stranger Here Just Like You: An Interview with Pete Bernhard of The Devil Makes Three
Rarely do I run across a band whose sound is so unique that it’s hard to describe their music, but any attempt at defining The Devil Makes Three leaves me stumbling…
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Wednesday at Gabe’s: The return of Viva L’American Death Ray Music
After fifteen years, and six full-length albums, Viva L’American Death Ray Music (aka VLADRM), has cultivated a sound that defies expectation. VLADRM engages…
