THE WEEKENDER Your weekly editor-curated arts compendium
This weekend’s starting early this evening with a gallery reception at CSPS, a reading at Prairie Lights and the opening of, well, ‘Open’ at Mirrorbox Theatre. And there’s a whole spectrum of exciting events to check out throughout the weekend, from the spectacular dance performance of Pilobolus at the Hancher Auditorium to a stand-up show over at Joystick Comedy, with Sasha Rosser headlining! Top pick: Pop into Gabe’s tomorrow night and get your feelings on with Emo Nite LA. If you can still quote a good chunk of Good Charlotte’s discography, this is the event for you.
The Weekender is sponsored by:
CSPS Hall
Open Gallery Reception
Feb 2 – 5:00pm
New exhibits open at CSPS Hall!
FilmScene—Chauncey
Jazz on a Summer’s Day
Feb 2 – 7:00pm
This documentary concert film captures the sounds and performances of some of the major jazz artists at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival.
Prairie Lights Bookstore
Tegan Nia Swanson
Feb 2 – 7:00pm
Tegan Nia Swanson will read from her Nordic eco-noir debut novel, Things We Found When the Water Went Down.
Mirrorbox Theatre
OPEN
Feb 2 – 7:30pm
OPEN is a magic act that reveals itself to be a resurrection. But is our faith in these illusions enough to rewrite the past?
Willow Creek Theatre Company
Love Stories: A Stand-Up Comedy Show
Feb 3 – 7:30pm
Stand-Up Comedy Showcase Featuring Local Comedians
Giving Tree Theater
Spoken Word and Blues: Caleb “the Negro Artist” Rainey and Kevin Burt
Feb 3 – 7:30pm
Join us for another night of Blues and Storytelling!
Iowa City Community Theatre
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Feb 3 – 7:30pm
Join ICCT for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike to see an eccentric set of family dynamics playing out across the stage! Directed by Barry Schreier, this is a show you won’t want to miss!
Gabe's
Emo Nite
Feb 3 – 9:00pm
Emo Nite LA presents: Emo Nite at Gabe’s
Cedar Falls Historical Society
Ice Harvest Festival
Feb 4 – 10:00am
Everyone is welcome to come out and enjoy STEM activities and outdoor fun, photo ops, ice fishing and blacksmith presentations, and more.
Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Center
Adventure Day Dialogue
Feb 4 – 11:00am
Break up winter and treat cabin fever with a day of tales and accounts of outdoor adventures!
The James Theater
Cedar County Cobras + Joe & Vicki Price
Feb 4 – 7:00pm
Cobras: Cedar County Cobras play American roots and blues music from the last century.
La wine bar & restaurant
The Wildwoods
Feb 4 – 7:00pm
The Wildwoods are an enchanting Folk/Americana trio based in Lincoln, Nebraska, whose flowing songwriting tandem has been praised by Paste Magazine as “focused and charmingly human”.
The Weekender is sponsored by:
Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center
WCF Symphony Concert: Création Du Monde
Feb 4 – 7:00pm
Experience jazz- and pop-influenced music for chamber orchestra by Copland, Milhaud, and young American composer Timo Andres.
The Englert Theatre
Gaelic Storm
Feb 4 – 7:30pm
Chart topping Celtic band: 7 times billboard #1 world music, on tour 200+ days a year for 20+ years! More fun than a barrel of drunken monkeys.
Hancher Auditorium
Pilobolus
Feb 4 – 7:30pm
Pilobolus—that feisty arts organism—is, like Hancher, celebrating 50 years!
Octopus College Hill
Salt Fox, Mr. Softheart and Odd Pets
Feb 4 – 8:00pm
Amazing triple bill with Salt Fox, Mr. Softheart and Odd Pets.
Gabe's
Aaron Kamm & The One Drops
Feb 4 – 8:00pm
Aaron Kamm & The One Drops at Gabe’s!
Joystick Comedy Bar & Arcade
Sasha Rosser
Feb 4 – 9:00pm
Sasha Rosser headlining with Jared Porter & guests
FilmScene—Chauncey
Medicine for Melancholy
Feb 4 – 10:00pm
Micah (Wyatt Cenac), a passionate social activist, meets affluent professional Joanne (Tracey Heggins) at a party.
Terry Trueblood Recreation Area
Freeze Fest
Feb 5 – 1:00pm
Don’t let freezing temperatures keep you from enjoying nature this winter.
Theatre B, UI Theatre Building
Braided Sorrow
Feb 5 – 2:00pm
Braided Sorrow
Prairie Lights Bookstore
Cornelia Mutel Tending Iowa’s Land Anthology Reading
Feb 5 – 2:00pm
Ecologist Cornelia Mutel will talk about her latest book, Tending Iowa’s Land: Pathways to a Sustainable Future.
Online
Writers Open Mic
Feb 5 – 4:00pm
Share 4-5 minutes of your original writing with an appreciative Zoom audience!
CSPS
Fellow Pynins
Feb 5 – 7:00pm
Fellow Pynins is an award winning contemporary folk duo with a keen and bucolic sense of vocal harmony and song craft.
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