The Swampland Jewels by The Swampland Jewels Swampland Jewels, led by Iowa City music veteran Nate Basinger, is a band that’s found its niche, combining music from Louisiana’s musical traditi...
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The Iowa City Public Art Advisory Committee (PAAC) is accepting applications for this year’s Sculptor’s Showcase, which will display eight works of art in three public parks around the city...
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Established 2001 | Always free, thanks to you! Enjoy the final weekend of April in Eastern and Central Iowa with a wide array of events to make you feel, think
Backbone Bluegrass Festival 1358 110th St, Strawberry PointThe Backbone Bluegrass Festival has been around since 1981 and brings a mix of bluegrass, country and gospel acts to the northeast corne...
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Public Space One (PS1) unveiled a new grant program on Monday, which will “support publicly-engaged experimental, collaborative, and connective visual arts projects in eastern Iowa.” The Big ...
Established 2001 | Always free, thanks to you! Get out for one of the many exciting events happening this weekend in Eastern and Central Iowa. On Thursday evening, consider stopping
Established 2001 | Always free, thanks to you! We’ve got a gorgeous April weekend ahead of us! Stop by the Des Moines Art Center tonight for a Poetry Takeover in
In “The Obvious Child” — the lead single from Paul Simon’s 1990 Rhythm of the Saints album — the iconic songwriter sings “The cross is in the ballpark.” It’s a
On Monday, a federal judge in Des Moines issued a temporary restraining order stopping the Des Moines Art Center from dismantling and removing a work of public art that has
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Originally launched in April 1996, National Poetry Month celebrates the contributions of poets and their art. Poetry can be especially meaningful for youth as a tool of self-expression, of making...
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“A period recourse into the wilds is not a retreat into secret silent sanctums to escape a wicked world, it is to take breath amid effort to forge a better
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Established 2001 | Always free, thanks to you! Mission Creek Festival (MCF) is taking over downtown Iowa City this weekend in Eastern Iowa, not to mention the big game Friday
Austin Frerick’s captivating and necessary book Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry (March 2024, Island Press), is a road trip through America’s heartland �...
Iowa City's Mission Creek Festival (which just kicked off its 19th year) has always fundamentally been about two things: creative place-making and wild moments of synchronicity. As such, it could...
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This is a scrappy story of young folks bum-rushing the airwaves through sheer force of will. With humble origins that can be traced back to a University of Iowa dormitory
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An obituary by Andre Perry Christopher (Chris) Wiersema of Iowa City died on Wednesday, March 13, unexpectedly, but peacefully in his sleep. A public memorial will take place on Sunday,
Established 2001 | Always free, thanks to you! It’s the final weekend of March and a busy one! When you take a break from the March Madness, indulge in a
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Y La Bamba, an electric indie folk pop band from Portland, performed for Club Hancher on Friday, March 22. Led by Luz Elena Mendoza, a singer-songwriter, guitarist, and first generation