Rainbow lights and pulsing music filled the Theatre Building Jan. 31 in remembrance and in celebration of the Stonewall riots and LGBTQ pride. Following a performance of Hit the Wall, the University of...
For the first ever Kids Club Hancher event, the family-friendly singer Gina Chavez performed her bilingual, interactive music.
Tens of little inflatable ball-like seats sat before the stage that children...
After a psychedelic rock performance from the show’s onstage band, Hit The Wall opened with two of the actors in a documentary-style interview, complete with a screen that broadcasted the interviewee’s...
Plugging the Amp is an arts and entertainment podcast dedicated to local music fostered in Iowa City and other surrounding cities.
For our first episode, we've invited Cedar Rapids-based rock band...
Packed into the upstairs area of Prairie Lights, a large crowd of people waited for Hanif Abdurraqib, a visiting professor at the University of Iowa. Every inch of space was taken up, ready for the...
One University of Iowa alum is planning to bring Nashville’s live music flavors to the Iowa City music scene.
New music venue Elray’s Live and Dive is set to open in May at 211 Iowa Ave., the...
The University of Iowa Theatre Arts Department is bringing the story of the Stonewall riots to the stage.
After Hit the Wall’s first performance at 8 p.m. Jan. 31, a Stonewall celebration will...
Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the release of one of the most acclaimed hip hop albums of all time, founding member of the Wu Tang Clan Gary Grice, better known as GZA, is taking the album Liquid...
In the right-hand corner of the University of Iowa Visual Arts Building printing studio lies a desk covered with spray paint bottles, charcoal drawings of people pinned to the wall. Standing among it...
Recently, I discovered a beloved Iowa City restaurant called Bushnell’s Turtle. From 1976-1994, Bushnell’s graced the downtown area with its delicious deli food. The restaurant was named after...
In an interview before the show, one member of The Iceman Special jokingly named P-Diddy as the biggest influence for the group’s unique blend of funkadelia and metal sounds. At a performance at Gabe’s...
The Englert Theater welcomed duo Mandolin Orange Tuesday night, as well as opening act Kate Rhudy. They played out the evening with cool, ocean-wave folk vibes that echoed throughout the theater.
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