Scott Miller leader/song-writer for Game Theory and The Loud Family died Wednesday, his website announced. Even though he was never a widely known artist, he had enough fans among music journalists and critics to rate obituaries in Rolling Stone, USA Today, and The Guardian. Miller’s bands had some passionate local fans; Game Theory played Gabe’s […]
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Saturday’s Riverside Jam fest to raise hunger awareness
Here’s the bad news. Iowa City is expected to see near-perpetual precipitation (including a chance of snow on Friday) until early next week. The good news? Saturday is the one day where this is not the case, according to numerous corroborated forecasts.
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Iowa City Weekender: April 18-21
Welcome to the latest edition of the Weekender, a weekly rundown of our top picks for weekend entertainment in and around the Iowa City area. There’s a lot to cover this week, so lets get to it!
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Hair design and environmental conservation join forces
You have a vested interest in the improvement of local waterways, right? Sure you do.
But what about your deep-seated–and perhaps unexplored–passion for groovy hair, live music and thematic revelry?
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Greg Ginn of Black Flag to grace Gabe’s tonight
Throughout the last three decades, Ginn has played a vital role in shaping the West Coast punk scene. Perhaps most commonly recognized as the front man for the iconic hardcore punk group Black Flag, Ginn is also the founder and proprietor of Solid State Transmitters, an independent record label–created in 1978–that would go on to feature such influential bands as Hüsker Dü, The Minutement and Meat Puppets.
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Watch: Pujol, Future Rock, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Pallbearer and Détective at Mission Creek 2013
Check out some of video highlights from last week’s Mission Creek Festival.
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Will the real Top Chef please stand up?
On Tuesday, March 26 foodies and local chefs came together to celebrate food and friendly competition at the Third Annual Top Chef Iowa City event held at Hotel Vetro. Fourteen restaurants and four breweries from the north side, downtown and beyond each took the preparation of food and drink to the highest level of the culinary arts. The event attracted foodies eager to try the culinary delights of many of Iowa City’s most notable chefs, mixologists and breweries.
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Crafty: Life in a jar
Now that April is here, it’s time to get some green back in our lives. Up until St. Patrick’s Day, I forgot that the color green even existed. Now I’m seeing things like leaves and grass and sprouts, and I want more of it. I’m getting green greedy. My crafty solution? Terrariums.
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Iowa City Weekender: April 11-14
Welcome to the latest edition of the Iowa City Weekender, wherein we acknowledge that it is indeed the weekend (nearly), and celebrate accordingly. There are lots of things going on over the next few days, so let’s get right to it.
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Art City: Exploring place at the Art Faculty Biennial
I find the opening question in David Dunlap’s Artist Statement to be the most promising guide for a consideration of what the faculty show shows us. He asks, “Who are we here?” The question makes a suggestive distinction, supposing, as it does, that there could be a difference between “who we are” and “who we are here.”
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Mission Creek Night Cap: Weekend Photos
I hope you’ve all had time to recover from last week’s festivities and that you’re now counting the days until Mission Creek ’14. I wanted to leave you all with one last set of photos. In this post you’ll find photos of Deerhoof, Wet Hair, Love Songs for Lonely Monsters, Brooks Strause and the Gory […]
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Complete Schedule: IC DOCS 2013
The 11th annual Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival (IC DOCS) kicks off Thursday, offering Iowa City film-lovers the chance to catch dozens of 30-minute-or-less productions shot both locally and around the world. We’ve highlighted a few productions in particular, but don’t be afraid to dive in blind. Soaking in many of these cinema experiences […]
