This Saturday, in Walcott, Iowa, even local sports are getting into the holiday spirit! Scott County Wrestling (SCWPro) offers up a smash of a program: Season’s Beatings. All wrestlers are either students and graduates of The Black and the Brave Wrestling Academy or have been participating in this pageantry since the beginning…
Singer Joshua James brings powerful folk soundscapes to the Yacht Club
Show update: Due to illness, Joshua James has canceled his Yacht Club performance. Openers Field Division and Elizabeth Moen will perform as scheduled. The admission price is expected to change, […]
Rising hip-hop star Vince Staples performs Saturday at the Iowa Memorial Union
On June 30, the day rapper Vince Staples put out his Summertime ’06, Wired magazine wrote that “It sounds dystopian, but not futuristic—because we’re living in a dystopia right now.”
This weekend: Iowa City hosts more craft fairs and holiday markets than you can shake a (beautifully decorated) stick at
Each year, the season of conspicuous consumption reaches its inevitable anticlimax when we gather around and, regardless of our individual traditions, realize in unison that all our gifts look the […]
Radkey returns to Gabe’s for another night of hard-hitting garage rock
Missouri garage-rockers Radkey are swinging back into Iowa City for another round at Gabe’s on Saturday, Dec. 12. With hints of the Melvins mixed with a bit of a John Doe vibe, these home-schooled brothers sound like the best version of everyone’s 20s…
New Public Space One exhibit explores the relationship between art and work
Public Space One will host a new gallery exhibition, opening Dec. 11, titled Maintenance Mode. The pieces explore the often tense relationship between art and work, and the ways in which artists interact with the “maintenance work” that is a necessary part of their lives…
Zombie Burger marches toward Iowa City
Zombie Burger, the popular Des Moines-based franchise known for its exotic sandwiches and shakes, may soon be heading to Iowa City, according to co-owner Paul Rottenberg. The Des Moines Register […]
Mission Creek announces Saul Williams, Marc Maron, Alison Bechdel and more
Mission Creek Festival has made its first lineup announcement for the eleventh annual event, set for April 5–10, 2016. Festival passes ($135/$350 — see below for details) will go on sale Dec. 11 at noon, online at Midwestix…
LV Recommends: Chef David Burt’s Four Square Meals
If you’re one of the long-time Iowa City residents who fondly remembers the now-defunct Red Avocado, you’re in luck: Chef David Burt’s succulent vegan fare is still around, and you […]
LV Recommends: The Humpty
I think I was twelve the first time I ever got “tight.” The culprit was eggnog. It was a holiday party, and my brother, some friends and I snuck out […]
School Safety: ICCSD struggles to find transparency sweet spot
You guys, I have a landline. And it rang. I was darting between tasks, my mind occupied, my hands filled, when I answered the phone, not bothering to check the […]
Taylor Mac to perform at E.C. Mabie Theatre
Taylor Mac E.C. Mabie Theatre (200 N. Riverside Dr.) — Saturday, Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m. Theater artist Taylor Mac — whose preferred pronoun is “judy” — has performed numerous […]