Hancher Auditorium’s 53rd season features over 70 performances ranging from the grand to the personal, from the familiar to the new. The schedule includes a Broadway series, traditional performing arts events, cutting-edge multidisciplinary arts, contemporary touring music and comedy, and special events like the Infinite Dream festival.
The nonprofit cinema in Iowa City is focused on presenting both relevant and entertaining cinematic programming to a community whose support is helping it maintain its footing amid federal funding cuts.
There are a number of reasons to catch the Feralings, who will perform Saturday as part of the Northside Summer Nights series. One of them is the group's lush harmonies.
The daughter of a church organist earned raves for her debut album, 2017's "Hard Won." The follow-up, 2019's "Vanity," scored college radio play and cracked the North American College and Community Top Adds Chart. "Halfsies," No's latest album, is an uncompromising and inventive release that showcases her talents as a harp playing singer-songwriter.
Also in this week’s Government Notes, beginning Monday, the Boyson Road bridge over I-380 and all four ramps will close for 20 working days.
The announcement to close the building by June 2026, community members say, was poorly handled while the state argues necessary budgetary action
The Center for Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa, an Iowa City-based nonprofit, has announced it is permanently closing its doors after it was unable to resolve conflicts with its union staff members.
Johnson County’s three most populous cities are moving forward with plans to put a 1 percent local-option sales tax on the ballot for the November general election in an effort to diversify revenue sources in light of property tax reform at the state level.
Ali Younes, accused of robbing and assaulting a woman in 2022 on the University of Iowa campus, initially told police a man he couldn’t identify assaulted the woman. He only came upon the woman after she was unconscious, he said, and stole her diamond earrings.
Staying hydrated, fitting in all the macronutrients, fueling the body and staying fit can be time consuming, confusing and pricey. But with her expansion to Iowa City, Marion’s NutriSport & Smoothie owner Julie Carfagna hopes to make it more accessible.
Nearly 50 people are set to be laid off from CommUnity Crisis Services in Iowa City later this month after federal funding was canceled for the LGBTQ+ youth suicide prevention hotline, part of the national 988 suicide and crisis hotline.
This free concert series, curated by the Englert Theatre, features local bands through Sept. 27, 2025.
Also in this week’s Government Notes, meet the Marion police chief finalists at Wednesday open house
When photojournalist Nick Rohlman, of The Gazette, ventured down into Iowa City’s beer caves, he found a light that made him contemplate “the parallels between photography, journalism, and the casting of shadows”.
Movie audiences next summer will be able to watch a historic drama of the bloody fight over alcohol sales in Iowa City. They may even watch “Death of a Brewer” over a cold beer at their local brewery.
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