The Iowa men’s and women’s basketball teams will make their first public appearance of the season on Oct. 19 in the Black and Gold Blowout, which will take place in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The event begins at 8 p.m.; doors open at 7 p.m. More details on the season-opening appearance were released Wednesday by the UI Athletics Department. The Black and Gold Blowout — which will include full team introductions — will showcase scrimmages by both teams at some point during the night. Additionally, the men’s team will be holding a dunk contest and the women’s team will participate in a … Continued
Iowa City Songwriters Festival 2025, Saturday in Review
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.










