Nashville superstar Dolly Parton will grace the stage of the U.S. Cellular Center on Tuesday, July 19 at 7:30 p.m. in Cedar Rapids as part of her Pure & Simple Tour. Tickets for tomorrow’s show are still available and range from $49-$125. In addition to being my mom’s favorite celebrity, Dolly has won eight Grammy […]
Tim Taranto
Tim Taranto is a writer and artist from New York. He is a graduate of Cornell University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He advocates taking ones bloated nothingness out of the path of the divine circuits.
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LV coverage at the 2016 RNC
Today, the city of Cleveland, Ohio will welcome Republican delegates from around the country to choose the party’s presidential and vice presidential nominees for the 2016 race for the White House. Reporters Jon Winet, David Levi Strauss and Allen Spore will be providing on-the-floor coverage of the event on behalf of Little Village and Power2016.net. […]
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All aboard the bandwagon: Hawkeyes named to pretty much every preseason football award list
Every summer before the start of the college football season, sports media and award organizations put out their preseason watch lists — an overview of teams and players primed to make a splash — and this year nearly every list has representation from our hometown Hawkeyes. Coach Kirk Ferentz, a 2016 Bobby Dodd Coach of […]
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Magic the Gathering Pre-release Weekend: Eldritch Moon rises over eastern Iowa
Magic the Gathering players of eastern Iowa will be celebrating the global pre-release of the expansion set, Eldritch Moon, with sealed-deck and two-headed giant tournaments being held at their local gaming stores. If you’re a seasoned planeswalker or necromancer, then that preceding sentence made total sense, and if you’re unfamiliar with the game, allow me […]
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Grammy-nominated songstress Sarah Jarosz to play at Englert
Sarah Jarosz Englert Theatre — Thursday, July 14 at 8 p.m. http://www.sarahjarosz.com Singer-songwriter Sarah Jarosz will play at the Englert Theater Thursday, July 14 as part of her national tour. The tour is in promotion of her most recent album, Undercurrent. The Wall Street Journal remarked that the record’s “country-flavored folk songs” were “simple” and “intimate” […]
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Iowa City doom trio Aseethe signs with Thrill Jockey
Iowa City doom metal trio Aseethe have signed with Chicago-based record label Thrill Jockey to produce their upcoming 2017 record. Guitarist Brain Barr, bassist Danny Barr and drummer Eric Diercks have been cutting records and performing their ambient sludge metal in the Midwest for nearly ten years. This is a big deal right? From a […]
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Chain & the Gang to headline all-ages show at Trumpet Blossom Cafe
The prolific Ian Svenonius returns to Iowa City this weekend — he’ll be taking the stage with his current musical project Chain & the Gang, Sunday at 10 p.m. at the Trumpet Blossom Cafe. Svenonius previously served as the Mission Creek Festival’s artist-in-residence. Is there a cover? Yes. $8, but doesn’t it feel good to […]
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Free summer admission at Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art (CRMA) is excited to treat the community to another summer of free admission until Sept. 6. The CRMA houses the world’s largest collection of regionalist master Grant Wood’s work and is located smack-dab in the thick of downtown Cedar Rapids (410 Third Avenue SE). What’s on exhibit? There are […]
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Council approves first reading of inclusionary housing ordinance
On Tuesday, June 21, the Iowa City Council, in a unanimous vote, approved the first reading of an inclusionary housing ordinance amendment. This zoning code amendment would ensure that a minimum percentage of rental units available at the forthcoming Riverfront Crossings District be made affordable. The Iowa City Planning and Zoning Commission recommended this amendment […]
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Authors Anna Noyes and Brian Booker return to Iowa
Anna Noyes and Brian Booker Prairie Lights Bookstore — Saturday, June 14 at 7 p.m. Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduates and rookie authors Anna Noyes and Brian Booker will be sharing the stage tonight at 7 p.m. at Prairie Lights Bookstore. Noyes will read from her collection Goodnight, Beautiful Women (Grove 2016) and Booker will share […]
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Orlando
I was sitting in silence at Quaker Meeting this Sunday when I heard the news that 49 people were killed and 53 were injured in a mass shooting in a gay nightclub in Florida. The woman who shared the message was queer and a life-time peace advocate; she urged her fellow Friends to recognize that […]
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WRAC hosting evening vigil for Orlando
The Women’s Resource and Action Center (WRAC) will be hosting a candlelight vigil in light of the mass shooting that claimed the lives of 49 people and injured 53 others at a gay nightclub in Orlando, FL Sunday. The vigil will commence at 7 p.m. in the Ped Mall in downtown Iowa City. This tragedy […]
