Indie artists Squirrel Flower and Soccer Mommy played a sold-out show at The Mill on Wednesday night.
The show opened with Ella Williams, known as Squirrel Flower, who captured the audience with moody...
Emily Wolfe plans to bring intense lyrics, in-your-face vocals, and “sticky” guitar riffs— as she calls them — to the Mill tonight at 7 p.m. The journey to her sound hasn’t always been hers,...
Pen pals – the epitome of childhood cultural friendships. Children all over the world wrote letters to send to other countries for domestic kids to read and reply to. In grade school and high school,...
Last night, five bands took to the IMU River Amphitheater to compete in SCOPE’s annual Battle of the Bands competition. Meet the bands that fought it out with musical style for first and second place...
The University of Iowa’s Museum of Natural History has continued to prove Iowa City’s worthy of the title “City of Literature” by hosting a series of writer’s workshops in an unexpected place:...
After two hot yet blissful days of music, St. Charles finally reached the last day of the Hinterland music fest. This year was the first in the festival’s history that the programming extended across...
Two Iowa-based bands opened the second day of the Hinterland Music Festival.
Des Moines native Adam Bruce kicked off the afternoon with an energizing bluegrass set. Bruce described living in the Midwest...
Some 14,000 people, alight with anticipation, thronged into a sun-drenched field in St. Charles, Iowa, on Aug. 2 for the Hinterland Music Festival.
With the festival kicking off the first day of the...
For four years now, 14,000 people have gathered in St. Charles, Iowa, to not only see musicians but to have a unique music festival experience. Hinterland will bring several acts to those gathered Aug....
Though superheroes currently command the movie screen, the majority of the stories started on paper. The printed origin of these caped crusaders and many new comics will be showcased at Lib Con 2, the...
It’s hot, it’s sticky, the rain has finally cleared off. I can see the steam from the ground rising around the seating. My best friend and I are waiting for a concert that is not just an almost four-and-a-half-hour...
Summer camps and filmmaking are two things many might not think go together, but each summer for the past four years, FilmScene has hosted weeklong filmmaking camps for Iowa City children.
The first...
