The mundane mingling with the bizarre — that is the idea author Rachel Yoder aimed for in her debut novel “Nightbitch.”
A graduate from the Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program, Yoder is celebrating...
Generally, the Midwest is not considered a hub for diverse music. If an artist is looking to make a career out of their craft, the east or west coasts are generally where to go. Yet, this year’s...
The album “Toast,” a collaboration between legendary rockstar Neil Young and the band Crazy Horse, has gone unreleased since 2001 — until now.
It was originally shelved because Young found...
Artists such as Jamila Woods, Future Islands, Charli XCX, James Tutson and the Rollback, Alyx Rush, and Anthony Worden performed at the second and final day of the 80/35 music festival in downtown Des...
The Des Moines Music Coalition presented the 80/35 music festival in Des Moines on Friday, with notable artists Guided by Voices, Japanese Breakfast, and Father John Misty performing at the Hy-Vee Main...
Katie Runde knows the inner workings of the Jersey Shore well, thanks to an adolescence spent in Seaside Heights, New Jersey — and her family, who owned a boardwalk business.
Seaside Heights,...
Paimon Alipour was fired from his first job as a DJ. He said the owner of the bar he worked at did not like how much hip-hop he played.
Today, Alipour has produced films, created his own album,...
About 10 minutes into the Stranger Things: Season 4, Volume 2 premiere, I had to pause the episode. In the moment, I chalked it up to the late-night release — midnight of July 1 — Netflix’s most...
Imagine Dragons’ album, “Mercury, Act 1 & 2” reminded me why I consider Imagine Dragons one of my favorite bands. Bold and imaginative, this album is actually two albums in one — the first...
I arrived at the Iowa City Jazz Festival a little after 5:00 p.m., greeted by the sounds of the Crystal Rebone Trio — a band consisting of upright bass, saxophone, and guitar — and the site of...
If absolutely nothing else, "The Umbrella Academy" knows how to leave viewers wanting more.
Following the first two seasons, the sci-fi Netflix original series had a great deal to live up to. With...
As June comes to a close, and Pride Month concludes, the LGBTQ community of Iowa City will continue to exist, whether or not they choose to outwardly celebrate it. Local cinema FilmScene intends to...
