For James Tutson, music is a lifelong thing. He told me in a telephone interview that growing up, “We had a 10-person congregation, and I had five siblings and my mom, and we were the whole church choir. From the minute you could talk, you were singing in our family and singing in church, you know, […]
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Review: Riverside ensures you’ll never see the ‘The Illiad’ the same way again with ‘The Cure at Troy,’ a tale of snakes and scruples
Iowa City’s Riverside Theatre is entering the final week of performances for their run of The Cure at Troy, a play featuring a lesser-known character detailed in Homer’s Iliad.
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Oliver Weilein wins almost 70% of the vote in Iowa City’s District C primary
Oliver Weilein won a decisive victory in Tuesday’s primary election for the open Iowa City Council seat in District C. According to the results published by the Johnson County Auditor’s Office, Weilein received 641 votes, which represents 69 percent of the votes cast in District C. Weilein will face second-place finisher Ross Nusser in the […]
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Review: Twyla Tharp brings 1999’s ‘Diabelli’ back to Hancher as the legendary choreographer celebrates her ‘Diamond Jubilee’
Despite two decades of dance training, most of my context for Twyla Tharp’s Diamond Jubilee at Hancher last Wednesday night was via an undergraduate dance history class on the choreographer and her eponymous company. That she was part of my dance curriculum speaks to how Tharp is one of the most well known names in American modern dance…
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Review: Sophie Mitchell brought CD stacks, Lana vibes, a Mitski cover and her mom to Gabe’s for a joyful album release show
Heading to Gabe’s in Iowa City in what felt like a positively balmy January night (every winter here makes me regret leaving London), I was pleasantly surprised by the early turnout for Sophie Mitchell’s album release show.
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Letter to the editor: Our house is on fire. We could use someone like Oliver Weilein on the city council.
By David Sterling, Iowa City Our house is on fire. Every day people have their security deposits stolen, struggle through the dangers of homes in disrepair, and even become priced out of the city. Many have no homes at all, while perfectly fine units sit empty. The fire I speak of is the ever-escalating threat […]
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Iowa’s indie theaters have a flurry of David Lynch screenings in store for February
“Believe it or not, the answer is yes, I do have a fondness for David Lynch,” begins Ben Godar, Executive Director of Varsity Cinema in Des Moines. Losing Lynch, who passed away on Jan. 15, 2025, has highlighted just how many people agree with this sentiment.
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Young actors soar in ‘The Lightning Thief,’ a mythic musical for Cedar Valley families
Waterloo Community Playhouse/Black Hawk Children’s Theatre’s newest musical production The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, adapts the popular fantasy series about a teenager who finds out the father he’s never met is one of the Greek gods…
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Caitlin Clark will play on the Carver court again for an Indiana Fever preseason game in May
The Indiana Fever announced on Thursday the team will play a preseason game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Caitlin Clark and her teammates will face the Brazilian National Team in the game schedule for May 4. “We couldn’t be more excited to play at Carver-Hawkeye Arena and we know Iowa fans will deliver an unforgettable homecoming for […]
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Woman faces hate crime charges in vandalism spree that defaced two Muscatine restaurants with swastikas
The Muscatine Police Department (MPD) has arrested a person for the acts of vandalism last weekend that included spraypainting swastikas on Guadalajara Mexican Restaurant and Jibaro, a restaurant specializing in authentic Puerto Rican cuisine. In addition to swastikas, Jibaro was also defaced with the spraypainted message, “We don’t want you here.” In its statement on […]
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Two candidates, two different approaches to Iowa City issues featured at Monday’s forum
The withdrawal of Sharon DeGraw from the race for Iowa City Council last week leaves two active candidates in the primary on Feb. 4, and then again in the special election to fill the District C seat on March 4. (Early voting was already underway when DeGraw withdrew, so the primary will be held even […]
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Review: The road to Hell runs through Hancher for ‘Hadestown,’ a grim but crackling musical tragedy
A haunting hymn to love, sacrifice and the inescapable grip of fate, Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown arrived at Hancher Auditorium with all the mythic grandness one would expect from a Tony Award-winning musical — though the production occasionally wrestled with the very myth it sought to reimagine. From the moment the orchestra’s brooding, blues-infused tones seeped into the […]
