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The Englert Theatre announced its first new concert series since 2014, Track Zero, in September. The series will introduce audiences to the next generation of alternative-music talent. Track Zero will spotlight up-and-coming independent artists from various genres such as indie, pop, folk, R&B, and alternative. Shows are slated for year-round performances at downtown Iowa City...

The University of Iowa’s Hancher Auditorium has partnered with the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, the University of Iowa Stanley Museum, and the Iowa City Public Library among many others to bring us the “Infinite Dream Festival”, a two-week festival that celebrates music and culture, this fall. The announcement was made by the Office of...

Dozens of protesters gathered in Hubbard Green Park at 4 pm on Wednesday, April 19, to protest the University of Iowa’s decision to allow the Young Americans for Freedom to host anti-trans conservative commentator Matt Walsh. This lecture followed a screening of his documentary film “What is a Woman?” which was held at the Iowa...

University of Iowa students gathered at the University of Iowa Pentacrest in Iowa City for the Kick ’em off campus: Chalk-A-Ganza event on Monday, April 17, 2023. The event was held in support of the transgender community leading up to right-wing political commentator, Matt Walsh, arriving on campus to deliver a speech at the Iowa...

The 2023 Major League Baseball season is upon us, and I’ll once again be left without a way to legally watch my favorite team — the Chicago Cubs. This problem is not unique to me or Cubs fans, for that matter. Every year, MLB’s blackout restrictions leave millions of people without a practical way to...

Iowa City has been a go-to location for renowned authors as an UNESCO City of Literature, but a new book-banning bill proposed by the Iowa Legislature may restrict some books from landing in Iowa City Community School District libraries. The initial piece of legislation was introduced on Feb. 9 and gives parents more authority over...

Roughly thirty people gathered on Saturday, April 8, 2023 to march for gun safety and for an end to gun violence on the Pentacrest in Iowa city, Iowa. University of Iowa sophomore Melissa Alvarez kicked off the march with a speech that honored and recognized victims of gun violence. When asked for comment on the...

More than 50 Iowa City residents and University of Iowa students marched from the Iowa City Pedestrian Mall to the Pentacrest on Saturday to protest gun violence. The nonprofit, the Gun Violence Archive, reported 143 mass shootings in the U.S. four months into the new year. UI second-year student Melissa Alvarez, who organized the event,...

The Gilbert Street Bridge construction project may see a later start date after not receiving any  bids from construction companies. A memo from the City of Iowa City Engineer Jason Havel in the April 4 city council meeting agenda states that a bid was held March 21 at the Iowa Department of Transportation, and no...

Former Vice President Mike Pence called for more Republican leadership on the national and state level at the Johnson County Republican Reagan Dinner in Coralville. “The ideals of the republican party is the pathway to American renewal in 2024,” Pence said to about 50 supporters While Pence has not announced a presidential bid, Wednesday’s visit...