After 20 years, the internationally-known Japanese dance troupe Sankai Juku is returning to Hancher Auditorium on Oct. 22, performing “Utsushi,” a carefully planned collage of the group’s previous...
An age-old technique with thousands of years behind its practice, the Pakistani Students Association brought the vibrant art of henna came to Iowa City on Oct. 11 at the Iowa Memorial Union.
Lasting...
With their performance entitled Hair, and Other Stories, on Sept. 21 at Hancher Auditorium, Urban Bush Women brought challenges to the forefront of the stage, leaving an experience that can only be summarized...
From Sept. 20 to 28 at Public Space One, the Dreamwell Theater team will explore perhaps one of the wackiest, albeit entertaining, performances to be brought to an Iowa City stage. The show, Hand to God,...
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...
