North Liberty Blues & BBQ Saturday, July 9, Centennial Park, Free After a two-year hiatus, North Liberty’s Blues & BBQ festival is making its return in July for its 14th event. Get ready to indulge in your favorite barbecue and […]
Editors’ Pick: Abbie Sawyer w/Annalibera, D. Smith, xBk Live, Saturday, April 23 at 5 p.m., $15-18 Des Moines musician Abbie Sawyer is celebrating the release of her first solo album this weekend with a top-notch lineup of support. Love is […]
The first issue of Iowa City DIY fashion zine Fashion Is Murder is about to drop, and it’s got the party of the season to back it up. Before tonight’s release party, I asked DJ CEO of Fashion is Murder, […]
The Summer of the Arts’ Iowa Arts Festival is back for its 40th year and will take place the first weekend in June in downtown Iowa City. Yesterday, festival organizers announced that they’re hosting roughly 90 visual artists and bringing in […]
Camp Euforia (CE), one of Iowa’s longest-running independent music festivals, has announced the acts performing in its final festival this summer. After 17 years, the festival is being discontinued, and the last celebration will be held this July 14-16 in […]
Snow’s still on the ground here in Iowa City, but we’d like to believe that summer is just around the corner. Yesterday, Iowa City’s Summer of the Arts (SOA) organization dropped the schedule for the 2022 Friday Night and Northside […]
Film editor and Iowa alum Erin Casper returns to Iowa City on Sunday to participate in the Vino Vérité series at FilmScene. She will be sharing the film Fire of Love, which recently won her the Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award […]
Willow Creek Theatre Company’s newest production, The Kornilov Affair, opens on Friday, March 4 in Iowa City. Tickets are $20; student tickets can be purchased in person for $12 with ID. The Kornilov Affair runs through March 13. Over the […]
Get ready to explore new, unique sounds from a widely diverse group of musicians. Feed Me Weird Things (FMWT), Iowa City’s listening series highlighting rare, esoteric music, will return this spring and summer with eight performances from a mix of […]
John’s Grocery began serving customers freshly prepared food in the 1950s, a few years after the family-owned store opened in 1948. John Alberhasky’s wife Erma “couldn’t stand seeing all of the junior high kids eating penny candy for lunch, so […]
Happy February, readers! It’s time to begin celebrating Black History Month in the CRANDIC. Throughout the month, you’ll find numerous events to take part in as we celebrate Black culture and the achievements and legacies of Black Americans. Editor’s Pick: […]
Mission Creek, Iowa City’s beloved annual celebration of music and literature, is officially back in person after two years. Festival organizers are calling this year “a return to normalcy.” The local festival was one of the first events to be […]
