Welcome to this fresh edition of the Weekender. With the exception of Thursday night’s Alloy Orchestra show at the Englert, everything is local this week. With a couple of eerie film screenings and a new Samuel Locke Ward release called Double Nightmare, the season of spookiness is officially upon us. Hold on tight. THURSDAY Alloy […]
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On The Beat: In Defense of Homework
I’ve been sitting on this for awhile, but with some of the people I’ve seen getting deals recently, I think it has to be said. I believe that the internet is killing hip hop. It’s fundamentally changed the game in a way that I’m not sure it can fully recover from. It was the $3 […]
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Iowa City Weekender: October 4-7
Welcome to another edition of the Weekender, and oh, is it an exciting one this week! This weekend you can pick and choose from world class comedy to world music and a whole lot in between. Mission Creek makes sure to stay on our radar with a killer indie show, the Barnstormer crew in Maquoketa […]
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Iowa City Weekender: September 27-29
Welcome to another edition of the Weekender. There’s not much to lead in with this week, except that it’s a music-heavy one! THURSDAY The Dirty Three w. Dark Dark Dark // Gabe’s // 8:30 PM // $15 In 1994, Australian post-rock pioneers, The Dirty Three set off on a string of U.S. tours with a […]
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LVTV | Zoe Boekbinder on Little Village Live! // 8/22/2012
———————————————————————————————————————————————————————- ——————————-  LITTLE VILLAGE LIVE ——————————– –   8.22.2012   –   Zoe Boekbinder    ===== “Paralyzing” “Antarctica” “Sister Scarecrow” “Salt Water” ===== |Zoe Boekbinder http://www.facebook.com/ZoeBoekbinderMusic/ — |Facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/LittleVillageLive — |Public Space One @ http://publicspaceone.com/ |KRUI @ http://krui.fm/
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Iowa City Weekender: September 20-23
Iowa City has plenty to offer this weekend, but we’ll get to that in a minute. As it turns out, some of our neighbors have pretty exciting things happening too. This is why I deem it necessary to implement an urgent… FESTIVAL WATCH! Maximum Ames Festival // Ames, IA // September 20-23 // $100 All […]
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Iowa City Weekender: September 13-15
Hello dear Weekender readers. A new weekend is once again upon us. Pull out your planners. Mark your calendars. Tell Siri to remind you about the following: THURSDAY True West // Riverside Theatre // 7:30 PM // 18 & Under $18, Over 60/Under 30 $25, Adult $28 True West follows the story of two bitterly […]
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LVTV | Paleo on Little Village Live! // 8/08/2012
———————————————————————————————————————————————————————- ——————————-  LITTLE VILLAGE LIVE ——————————– –   8.8.2012   –   Paleo    ===== 1/2 2/2 ===== |Paleo http://www.facebook.com/schmaleo/ — |Facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/LittleVillageLive — |Public Space One @ http://publicspaceone.com/ |KRUI @ http://krui.fm/
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Iowa City Weekender: September 7-9
Yes, that is T-Pain’s big silly portrait inviting you to come on in and read the Little Village Weekender column. This week we have hip hop superstars, some local literature, an indie band and oh yeah – the President of the United States. Let’s begin. THURSDAY T-Pain // Hubbard Park // 8:30 PM // Free […]
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On The Beat: September 5-19, 2012
Whenever I travel, I find music ends up being a very large part of my trip because I am frequently thinking about the connection between music and geography. Wherever I am, I am on the lookout for different ways the flow, pulse and vibe of that place comes out in its music. Take Washington, D.C., […]
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Iowa City Weekender: August 30 – September 2
At the bottom of every Weekender column there is a little blurb about submitting events to be covered here. I bring this up because there were more than usual this week (I might get one, maybe two on a good week), and this is awesome! There are always events that slip off my radar, so […]
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Iowa City Weekender: August 23-25
Hello and welcome to another edition of the Weekender. A new school year started this week. This means there are a heck of a lot more people in town, and more people tends to mean that more things happen. The Bijou is back and open for business this weekend, the SCOPE folks are starting to […]
