Witching Hour Festival Downtown Iowa City (various) — Nov. 4–5, 2016 There’s no better time than today to snag your tickets for the second annual Witching Hour Festival (two-day passes $50, one-day passes $30) — and while you’re at it, you can start scheduling your plans for the weekend. The two-day festival, presented by the […]
Witching Hour Festival
Synchronize watches: Witching Hour announces Jen Kirkman, Pussy Riot (in conversation) and more
Witching Hour Festival Downtown Iowa City (various) — Nov. 4–5, 2016 If you were on the fence over the past few days, wondering whether the Early Bird Passes (which dissipated into the nether realm as of midnight) were worth it, the wait is now over! The second annual Witching Hour Festival, a collaborative production of […]
The Witching Hour is nearly upon us! Second annual festival announces dates, early bird pricing
Last year, a new festival, co-presented by Little Village and the Englert Theatre, blazed an eerie trail through Iowa City and the festival-going world at large. Witching Hour bills itself as a festival that explores and engages the unknown, discusses creative process, and unveils new work in a range of disciplines and practices. The inaugural […]
Listen: Little Village Comedy Podcast featuring Tim Barnes
Comedian Tim Barnes discusses his stand-up comedy career, the right to be an absurd person of color, how Woody Allen’s delivery and his anxiety over ethnicity influenced his comedy, Ira Glass’s confounding fondness for ellipsis in evasive emails, the art of crafting an N-word joke for a white audience and much more. Barnes will […]
Interview: Hip-hop collective Doomtree on Midwestern living and the upcoming Witching Hour festival
Doomtree The Englert Theatre — Saturday, Nov. 7 at 9:30 Indie hip-hop collective Doomtree could be dubbed an artistic smorgasbord. Comprised of five emcees and two producers, the band has been active since 2002, though most of its members met earlier as high school classmates in Minneapolis. Despite each artist’s robust solo career, the group […]
Witching Hour Festival announces Doomtree, PHOX, Su Friedrich and more
Friends: The clock is set for Witching Hour — a new festival set to launch in Iowa City this fall. Presented by the Englert Theatre and Little Village…

