Songwriters Ken Pomeroy and Loudon Wainwright III played at the James Thater for ICSF 2025. Seeing songwriters encouraging people to start and showing them how to begin is what makes art happen.
A celebration took place in Chicago this September. The 20th edition of Riot Fest has come and passed, and while still covered in a layer of dirt and sweat, next year’s edition can’t come soon enough.
Soldier Field finally had something to celebrate again, as the Chicago Bears snapped their eight-game losing streak to the New Orleans Saints with a 26-14 win. Powered by a dominant defense and resurgent run game, the Bears overcame offensive struggles to notch their fourth straight win and move to 4-2 on the season.
On October 1, 2025, I journeyed to Val Air Ballroom in Des Moines to see a performance from Father John Misty, and left with a disappointment most bitter and foul, great show though!
Iowa education’s system has embraced the arrival of artificial cal intelligence with no signs of slowing down. However, some have raised concerns that it may lead to its downfall while others see it as a successor to the internet and printing press.
This weekend, Las Vegas will host the fourth edition of When We Were Young. A festival celebrating the scene out in the desert holds more than you’ve bargained for as 53 bands take on 4 stages in 1 day. A whirlwind for every pair of vans and fishnets in the pit, it’s Christmas in October for many. Here is your stage by stage preview of When We Were Young 2025.
A wild ride that hits some high notes, misses others, but always manages to be entertaining. (photo via: TheGuardian)
As part of the Mission Creek Festival, FilmScene showcased the experimental films Memphis, Dragonslayer, and Who Is Bozo Texino? (Photo credit: icfilmscene.org)
SQURL provides a live and exciting soundtrack to classic avant-garde filmmaker Man Ray at FilmScene. (Photo via New York Times)
Check out the Track of the Week with “Nights in the Dark” by California X
Mission Creek: Burning Hands, Chris Forsyth and the Solar Motel Band, and White Mystery made for an excellent night of rock n’ roll at The Mill.
The Iowa Screendance Festival, part of the Mission Creek Festival, explores the intersection of dance and film through eight unique short films from local and national filmmakers.
This week’s Track of the Week is by Triple Crown Records indie rockers, From Indian Lakes.
Ghost in the Shell is a masterpiece of animation that interweaves evolution, technology, and religion into a Sci-fi action thriller.
Shaun of the Dead is an original and unique zombie comedy that is able to use basic cinematic techniques to improve on the modern comedy film form.
Alt-J’s second album This Is All Yours blends elements of electronic, post-rock, and alternative.
(Photo Cred: Gabriel Green)
