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.
Andrea Lawlor and Deb Olin Unferth stopped by Prarie Lights for this year’s Mission Creek Festival (Image via Prarie Lights)!
Elizabeth Moen graced us with her presence during this year’s Mission Creek Festival! (photo via Far Out Midwest)
Review of Hot Tang’s performance at Gabe’s Oasis on April 4th, 2018 as a part of Mission Creek Festival (image via: Facebook)!
Current Joys was at Mission Creek Festival! Read more here (image via Bandcamp)!
Sarah Viren and Lina Maria Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas read from their nonfiction collections. Via Prairie Lights
The all-girl trio Younger stopped over at Gabe’s on April 4th for the Mission Creek Festival. Check out my review! image via facebook.com/youngertheband
Dessa came to the Mission Creek Festival. Read about it here! IMAGE VIA BELLA VOLFSON PHOTOGRAPHY
Don’t miss the methodical Squirrel Flower performing at Gabe’s on April 7th. (Image via Last.fm)
This is a promo for Gordi’s performance at Mission Creek Music Festival in Iowa City (Image via Gordimusic)!
Read the promo for Ryan Joseph Anderson who will be here for the Mission Creek Festival. Image via: Youtube.com
