The Englert Theatre will be hosting an event on Sunday, Feb. 28 for the 88th annual Academy Awards. Co-sponsored for the second year by FilmScene, the live broadcast is billed […]
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‘GRIT’ brings collaborative art to the Englert
GRIT The Englert Theatre — Sunday, Feb. 21 at 5 p.m. An interdisciplinary and collaborative experience will hit the stage at the Englert Theatre in a bold new performance on […]
Just announced: Natasha Leggero and more to headline Floodwater Comedy Festival
Floodwater Comedy Festival Iowa City — Apr. 22–24, 2016 Iowa City’s Floodwater Comedy Festival is back for its second year of bringing a wide array of comedy programming and workshops […]
Halfloves: fresh name, familiar sound
Halfloves album release party Englert Theatre — Friday, March 4 at 8 p.m. This March, a local band familiar to many will get a verbal makeover. Once known as The […]
Essay: On ‘The Nutcracker’ and ballet’s diversity problem
The Nutcracker The Englert Theatre ($16-$18) Fri., Dec. 4, 7:30 p.m. Sat., Dec. 5, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sun., Dec. 6, 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Paramount Theatre ($87-$128) […]
Iris DeMent brings new concept album ‘The Trackless Woods’ to the Englert Theatre
Iris DeMent The Englert Theatre — Saturday, Nov. 21 at 8 p.m. Touring off the release of her most recent album, The Trackless Woods, Iowa City-based folk musician Iris DeMent […]
Just announced: Marilynne Robinson to give free lecture at the Englert on Dec. 9
The University of Iowa announced today that Pulitzer prize winning novelist and Iowa Writer’s Workshop professor Marilynne Robinson will give a free lecture at the Englert Theatre on Dec. 9 […]
Get ready for some Blues & Boogie Woogie
Chase Garrett’s Blues & Boogie Woogie Piano Stomp Englert Theatre, Nolte Academy, Sheraton Hotel — Nov. 13-14 Chase Garrett’s 6th Annual Blues & Boogie Woogie Piano Stomp is back in […]
Interview: Matisyahu on the Torah, reggae and following the voice of God
Matisyahu The Englert Theatre — Saturday, Oct. 31 at 7 p.m. At the age of 36, the rapper Matisyahu has been in the game for over a decade. He has […]
Mary Louise Parker to perform debut book with IC actor Tim Budd
Mary Louise Parker The Englert Theatre — Sunday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. Prairie Lights Bookstore will bring actress Mary Louise Parker (Weeds, Fried Green Tomatoes) to the Englert Theatre […]
Sunday at the Englert: Spend an evening with the Edgar Winter Band
Edgar Winter Band Englert Theatre — Sunday, Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. Vocalist, producer, songwriter, pianist, keyboardist, saxophonist, marimba, timbale and clavinet player, synthesizer slayer, guitarist, (sort of) inventor of […]
Just Announced: Edward Snowden to join live lecture and Q&A via satellite at Englert Theatre
Intelligence not Mistaken but Fixed for War Englert Theatre — Monday, Sept. 28 at 7:30 p.m. The University of Iowa Lecture Committee and Veterans for Peace announced today that Edward […]