Mission Creek Festival has just announce the second wave of names for their April event. […]
Jaimie Branch returns to IC as Artist-in-Residence: Mission Creek second round announcement is out
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Mission Creek 2018: Built to Spill, Wye Oak, Jamila Woods and more
As Iowa City’s Mission Creek Festival hits lucky number 13 this year, they’re pulling out all the stops with a wide range of artists across genres and disciplines offering something for everyone. […]
Meet the choreographers behind Motley Cow’s epic sci-fi dinner theatre
Sci-Fi Colab Motley Cow — Wednesday, April 5 at 6 p.m. University of Iowa associate professor Eloy Barragán and junior dance major Angelia Mahaney created the dance portion of Motley Cow’s sold-out Mission Creek dinner. Mahaney, Barragán, Motley Cow chef David Wieseneck, chef/publisher Drew Burk of Spork Press, poet Richard Siken and local musician Brendan […]
Birds, Bees and Everything in Between: Isabella Rossellini comes to the Englert to put on ‘Green Porno’
FilmScene announced today that Isabella Rossellini will perform Green Porno, Live on Stage at the Englert Theatre… […]
‘The Last Illusion’ author Porochista Khakpour reads for Mission Creek
Porochista Khakpour, author of the critically acclaimed novel The Last Illusion and writer-in-residence at Bard College, reads Saturday… […]
Sir Richard Bishop headlines a night of experimental music at the Trumpet Blossom
Mission Creek has built a solid reputation for curating some of the best musicians in niche genres, and for this year’s festival there… […]
Interview: Ryley Walker talks about the far-out folk sound of his new album
Walker’s music has drawn comparisons to folk greats like Nick Drake and John Fahey, but he says he hopes to create a genre and sound… […]
Psyched for Mission Creek, gloomy on all else: Gloom Balloon play the Yacht Club
Known for their unique brand of sad psychedelia, the Des Moines duo Gloom Balloon opens for Chicago soul and hip-hop act Sidewalk Chalk tonight at the Yacht Club… […]
Interview: Cultural critic Jeff Chang discusses how race is (and isn’t) talked about in America
In his new book, Jeff Chang looks at how artists — everyone from Wee Pals cartoonist Morrie Turner to conceptual artist Glenn Ligon to street artist Shepard Fairey… […]
‘The Devil’s Highway’ author Luis Alberto Urrea reads for Mission Creek
Luis Alberto Urrea, a member of the Latino Literature Hall of Fame and a 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist for his nonfiction work The Devil’s Highway… […]
A Winged Victory for the Sullen bring the ambient sound of ‘harmonic Robitussin’ to the Englert
Neo-classical ambient duo known as A Winged Victory for the Sullen perform on Tuesday at the Englert as supporting to act to… […]
Interview: Steve Marion (Delicate Steve) discusses his many musical projects and working with Paul Simon
In one of the first memories I have of Steve Marion, I nearly take his head off with my bedroom door. It’s 2011 and his band, Delicate Steve, is on their first U.S. tour… […]
