Old Capitol Opera is back with a packed summer season. First up is a weekend perfect for people who are curious about opera, but hesitant to devote…
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Interview: Mary Roach discusses the finer (and grosser) points of writing about the human body
In an event sponsored by the University of Iowa’s Nonfiction Writing Program, author Mary Roach will read tonight at 8 p.m. at the Englert Theatre. Over the last…
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How Cameron Esposito is using queer comedy to conquer the mainstream
Cameron Esposito might be one of the busiest young comedians working in Los Angeles today. A driven, fiercely candid writer and stand up, Esposito performs…
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Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy performs with son at the Englert
Jeff Tweedy, founder and lead member of legendary band Wilco, and his son Spencer Tweedy head to the Englert tonight. Billing themselves as “Tweedy,” the duo will perform songs from their album, Sukierae, which debuted in 2014.
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Kids takeover the Englert to celebrate Iowa Rock City and the release of ‘For Kids and By Kids’ album
A celebration of kids, community and local music takes place this Saturday at the Englert to mark the release of the album For Kids and By Kids. The album i…
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Join the club: Celebration to honor ’80s cult classic film
Attention brains, athletes, basket cases, princesses and criminals: In celebration of the film’s thirtieth anniversary, the Englert Theatre will host a costume contest and screening of John Hughes’s The Breakfast Club this Saturday, March 28 beginning 6 p.m.
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Iowa City to be renamed Iowa Rock City
By order of a special “rocklamation,” the City of Iowa City will officially change its name to “Iowa Rock City” on March 28, 2015. The one-day name change was approved at tonight’s Iowa City Council meeting. The rocking initiative is the brainchild of University of Iowa communications professor and Little Village columunist Kembrew McLeod, who […]
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Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates delivers “A Deeper Black” lecture at Englert on Wednesday
Ta-Nehisi Coates, national correspondent for The Atlantic, author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle and a writer whom The New Yorker has described as…
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Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn, along with Girls Rock! performers, play the Englert
Two of the country’s best banjo players, Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn, play the Englert Theatre tonight. The husband-and-wife duo have been…
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Mission Creek offering seminar about the art of food writing
Mission Creek Festival is offering a free, four-week community course on food culture and writing during the month of March entitled The Melting Pot….
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Distinguished Kronos Quartet to Perform Multimedia Project this Saturday
The world-renowned Kronos Quartet comes to the Englert Theatre on , Feb. 7 to perform their new multimedia project Beyond Zero: 1914-1918…
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Dinner and a show, and then some: Eleven Tiny Performances heads to the Trumpet Blossom Cafe
Who doesn’t love a dinner and a show? Well, how about dinner and 11 shows? The Englert Theatre and Trumpet Blossom Cafe are teaming up to present…
