“Homecoming King” with Hasan Minhaj The Englert Theatre — Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017 at 8 p.m. KRUI and the Englert Theatre had planned on bringing Hasan Minhaj and his one-man comedy show Homecoming King to Iowa City this Friday, Sept. 9 at 8 p.m. but due to professional obligations, the comedian and the theater have […]
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IC producer brings Sundance-selected documentary ‘Gleason’ to Englert in benefit for UI Hospitals
GLEASON Englert Theater — Friday Aug. 26 8:00 p.m. $20-25 FilmScene, Scheels and the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics are teaming up to host a benefit screening of the acclaimed documentary Gleason tonight at 8 p.m. at the Englert Theatre. The film follows the journey of former NFL defensive back Steve Gleason, who was […]
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Interview: Lake Street Dive’s Bridget Kearney on the musical influences of ‘Side Pony’ and signing to a record label
Lake Street Dive The Englert Theatre — Monday, Aug. 22 at 7 p.m. Lake Street Dive saw a mercurial rise to fame after their mellowed-out, soulful cover of the Jackson Five’s “I Want You Back” went viral. They continued to earn critical acclaim with their seamless vocal melodies and throwback style. They are a nationally-known […]
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Beach House treats Iowa City concert-goers to a spectacular light show, but fails to fully connect
I enjoy seeing opening acts, especially ones that accompany a band across a tour. Entrance, a solo singer-songwriter, was worth seeing. He seemed steeped in a folk tradition, and most of the melodies felt like memories with words I had not heard. The songs seemed to haunt the edges of what I already knew without […]
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Comedian Eric Andre is coming to the Englert
Comedian Eric Andre will be bringing his provocative brand of shock comedy and nihilistic satire to the Englert Theatre, Oct. 8 at 8 p.m. Andre is the host of The Eric Andre Show on Adult Swim with co-host comedian Hannibal Buress. Tickets are $26.50 and are now available for purchase online and at the Englert […]
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Interview: A chat with Jorma Kaukonen ahead of Hot Tuna’s return to the Englert
Hot Tuna Englert Theatre — Friday, Aug. 12 at 8 p.m. For more than 50 years, Jorma Kaukonen has been making the sort of music that shakes the world. It’s obvious, in talking to him, that this comes from simply living in it. When we spoke, he had just returned from a motorcycle ride with […]
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Les Claypool and Sean Lennon bring their Delirium to Iowa City
The Claypool Lennon Delirium Englert Theatre — Tuesday, Aug. 9 at 8 p.m. On Tuesday, Aug. 9, the Englert Theatre welcomes two great tastes that taste great together! Musicians Les Claypool (Primus) and Sean Lennon came together as individuals after touring together one summer with their respective musical projects. The resulting album, a sonorous slice […]
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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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Review of Dis/Unity: A Service
These United States have never been united. Riven by racism, haunted by homophobia, policed by patriarchy and pervaded with violence, the divisive history of this country perpetually belies the unity it claims to represent. This tragic irony initially seemed the central message of the remarkable performance-based installation I witnessed in the cavernous (and un-air conditioned!) […]
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The Origins of Works of Art: Rich Opportunities for the Thrifty Aesthete
The upcoming week offers an unusually rich trove of aesthetic encounters for the inhabitants of Iowa City, many of which are intentionally transparent about the nature of the creative process as something nurtured by art itself. Much art — whether music, literature, painting, sculpture, or theater — springs from the artist’s attempt to communicate or […]
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Comedy, family and Bruce Springsteen: Stephen King shares a lighter side at the Englert
The man, the myth, the legend. The dad, the rock ‘n’ roller, the garbage puller. On Monday night, America’s most prolific horror writer, Stephen King, spoke to a sold-out house at The Englert Theatre. King selected Iowa City as one of only twelve stops on his tour for End of Watch (Scribner, 2016), the final […]
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Gregory Alan Isakov back in Iowa City
Gregory Alan Isakov The Englert Theatre — Saturday, June 11 at 8 p.m. Singer-songwriter Gregory Alan Isakov is returning to Iowa, back again at the Englert for the first time since his visit in February 2014, and this time he’s bringing a symphony. Isakov’s soft and dreamy indie-folk music is bolstered by layers of classical […]
