FilmScene’s Rooftop Series presents: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pizza Party FilmScene — Sun., Sept 20 at 8 pm, $15 For the uninitiated, here is the IMDB synopsis: Teenage Mutant […]
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Black Uhuru headline Linn Street Block Party this Friday
Black Uhuru at the Linn Street Block Party Fri., Sept. 18 — Update: This event has been moved inside to the Englert. Catch the last drops of summer at the Linn […]
Lineup: Landfall Festival of World Music returns to Cedar Rapids, adds a few Des Moines shows
Musicians from around the world will descend upon Iowa for the eighth annual Landfall Festival of World Music Sept. 15 – 19 at various venues in Cedar Rapids and even […]
Interview: Iranian novelist-in-exile Shahriar Mandanipour on love, censorship and wearing religiosity like a hijab
Shahriar Mandanipour Prairie Lights Bookstore — Monday, Sep. 14 at 7 p.m. Iranian novelist-in-exile Shahriar Mandanipour published Censoring an Iranian Love Story in 2009, while a writer-in-residence at Boston College. […]
Album Review: Mick Jenkins’ ‘Wave[s]’ gives teeth to revolutionary love
Mick Jenkins Blue Moose Tap House — Sunday, Oct. 4 at 9 p.m. Chicago emcee Mick Jenkins is everything rap needs in a spiritually ailing world. His latest release, Wave[s] […]
Interview: The Claudettes play blues music like rock stars
The Claudettes Club Hancher at The Mill — Wednesday, Sep. 16 at 8 p.m. Originally a piano-drums duo, the Claudettes recently became a three-piece band after adding vocals to the […]
Revisiting Howard Zinn’s ‘A People’s History of the United States’
Howard Zinn’s most famous book, A People’s History of the United States, was first published in 1980. Zinn intended it to be an overview of American history, but with a […]
Hang ten, my undead dudes! Surf Zombies head to CSPS for vinyl release show
Surf Zombies Vinyl Release Party Cedar Rapids Legion Arts Hall — Friday, Sep. 11 at 8 p.m. After a studio hiatus, Surf Zombies are at it again with their new […]
Beaux Arts Ball: a benefit for local arts organizations
Beaux Arts Ball Old Brick — Thursday, Oct. 1 at 6 p.m. The South East Iowa section of the American Institute of Architects just announced that they will host a […]
Mother-daughter duo Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright at The Mill
The Roches The Mill — Suday, Sep. 13 at 7 p.m. Mother-daughter duo Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright Roche will perform live at The Mill this Sunday. The duo’s debut […]
The Task of the Translator: Aviya Kushner to read from ‘The Grammar of God’ at Prairie Lights
It’s hard to care about a single vowel. If I changed an “ah” to an “eh,” it’s a typo, a slip of the tongue that only two people would care to notice: a copy editor, who must care, and Aviya Kushner, who’s always been deeply attuned to the power of sound.
Drew Barrymore to visit Iowa City, read from forthcoming memoir
Drew Barrymore reads from ‘Wildflower’ First United Methodist Church — Thursday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. Drew Barrymore, E.T. actress and author of the drug-drenched teeny-bopper autobiography Little Girl Lost, […]