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 Sunday (tickets are $10). GRIT is the brainchild of choreographer Rebekah Chappell, composer Joshua Marquez and visual artist Dana O’Malley. The name, as well as […]
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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 to Iowa City. This year, comedian Natasha Leggero comes to town as the stand-up headliner. Known for her Comedy Central show Another Period (with Garfunkel […]
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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 Olympics (and, prior to that, The Happy Chromosomes), the newly-minted Halfloves are set to make some noise in 2016. The band, which has four albums […]
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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) Sat., Dec. 5, 2:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. Sun., Dec. 6, 2:30 p.m. The Nutcracker has a wild and complicated history. The original creepy tale by […]
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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 will play The Englert Theatre this Saturday, Nov. 21. at 8 p.m. The Trackless Woods is a concept album that utilizes the English translations (by […]
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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 at 5:30 pm. The lecture, dubbed “The American Scholar Now,” is a late addition to the UI’s Creative Matters series. Robinson recently drew national attention […]
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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 Iowa City with two days full of blues, jazz big band performances and a new boogie woogie dance workshop at Nolte Academy. The festival will […]
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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 undergone many transformations physically and artistically throughout his career and will be bringing his distinct brand of Judaic- and Reggae-inspired hip hop to the Englert […]
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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 to read from her first book, Dear Mr. You on Nov. 15. Dear Mr. You is a semi-fictional collection of letters to men — real […]
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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 the “keytar,” Scientologist, Miller-Lite enthusiast and possible long lost brother of George Hamilton, Edgar Winter, is rolling into Iowa City this Sunday, Oct. 18 to […]
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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 Snowden will be participating live in next Monday’s lecture, “Intelligence not Mistaken but Fixed for War,” featuring former CIA anlayst Ray McGovern and FBI whistle […]
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Interview: Comedian John Hodgman brings ‘Vacationland’ to the Englert Theatre
Comedian John Hodgman Englert Theatre — Friday, Sept. 25 at 8 p.m. The characters of “John Hodgman” include resident expert, deranged millionaire, and stockpiler of mayonnaise and urine for the impending apocalypse. He has appeared on The Daily Show, Bored to Death, Parks and Rec, Community, Married and a slew of other awesome television shows, […]
