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‘Is There Life After High School’ features lovely performances but faces challenges

Posted on Jan 18, 2019 by Victoria Vaughn

Presented by Iowa City Community Theatre, Is There Life After High School? is a musical of carefully woven monologues told from the perspective of adults that both loved and hated high school. This production marks the second time that ICCT has brought the show to the stage. The first was in 1995 as a contest production — Jeff Mead, who was in the band of the 1995 production, returns as director, actor and musical director. […]

Hot Cocoa Crawl to bring winter shoppers downtown

Posted on Jan 17, 2019 by Talitha Ford

Many of Iowa City’s downtown businesses are keeping doors open late this Friday, Jan. 18 for the second annual Hot Cocoa Crawl. They’ll be offering drinks, treats and special sales for ticket-holding shoppers. […]

Laura Gibson’s surreal narrative truths

Posted on Jan 16, 2019 by Daniel Boscaljon

Laura Gibson looks forward to visiting Iowa City, saying she thinks it would be “a good place to live — the literary history, and so many brains and spirits have been cracked open at The Mill at different points in time.” […]

Five questions with: Parker Millsap

Posted on Jan 7, 2019 by Daniel Boscaljon

Parker Millsap returns to Iowa City on Friday, Jan. 11, to play The Mill with Dave Zollo starting at 8 p.m. Tickets for the event, which will feature Millsap’s full band in support of 2018’s ‘Other Arrangements,’ are $20. […]

Animated comedy short ‘Sea Dogs’ sets sail for The Mill

Posted on Dec 28, 2018 by Genevieve Trainor

If you’re part of the expansive Venn diagram of folks who enjoy comedy, cartoons, pirates and pups, then you won’t want to miss the world premiere of Sea Dogs this weekend. […]

Combined Efforts explores the cosmos in holiday show ‘Zwicky’s Air’

Posted on Dec 14, 2018 by Genevieve Trainor

Combined Efforts Theatre, the Iowa City company that welcomes performers with and without disabilities, opens its winter holiday show on Friday, Dec. 14. Zwicky’s Air runs one weekend only […]

Five questions with: Dan Tedesco

Posted on Dec 11, 2018 by Genevieve Trainor

Dan Tedesco w/ Jason Walsmith The Mill — Saturday, Dec. 15 at 8 p.m. Born in the Chicago suburbs, guitarist Dan Tedesco made his way to Iowa several years ago, landing in Des Moines and becoming a key contributor to the Iowa music scene. But his art keeps pulling him away. Ever the rambler, Tedesco […]

Mission Creek Festival to bring Mitski, Jenny Lewis, Kevin Young and more to IC

Posted on Dec 7, 2018 by Genevieve Trainor

Mission Creek Festival is back for its 14th year, with a new tagline, new pass options and, as always, a top-notch lineup. Top of the bill is Purchase grad and indie superstar Mitski, whose fifth release, Be the Cowboy, scored the second place slot on NPR’s just announced 50 Best Albums of 2018. […]

‘Les Misérables’ — An Iowa City favorite returns to the Hancher stage

Posted on Dec 6, 2018 by Colleen Kennedy

‘Les Misérables,’ the epic musical based on Victor Hugo’s expansive 1862 novel, returns to Hancher this week. The play has a long and popular history in Iowa City. Now, after almost 18 years (just shy of Jean Valjean’s 19 year imprisonment for stealing a loaf of bread), ‘Les Miz’ is back. […]

Des Moines folkwave duo Field Division talks dreamscapes and the road

Posted on Dec 5, 2018 by Talitha Ford

Hot off the heels of a European tour, Field Division will bring songs from their highly acclaimed debut album ‘Dark Matter Dreams’ and successful 2014 EP ‘Reverie State’ to the Trumpet Blossom Cafe on Dec. 9 at 8 p.m. […]

Expect the unexpected at ICCT’s ‘Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge’

Posted on Dec 3, 2018 by Laura Johnson

If you’re tired of Christmas cliches and traditional holiday theater fare, you will want see Iowa City Community Theatre’s production of Christopher Durang’s ‘Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge.’ […]

Brash and jocular, ‘Rotten Eggnog’ is the perfect play for Christmas malcontents

Posted on Dec 3, 2018 by Colleen Kennedy

Set in a dive karaoke bar adorned with tacky decorations on Christmas Eve, ‘Rotten Eggnog’ opens on Tori as she awaits her two best friends, Rebecca and Addie. For the last ten years, the three women have met on the holiday to exchange gifts, tell their worst Christmas stories and share intimate details of their lives to each other. […]

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