Long Live the Preacher: Model/Actriz and KL!NG Show Review

November 3, 2023

Model/Actriz and KL!NG bring down the house at Gabe’s in Iowa City, in a phenomenal rocker of a performance, Hancher Auditorium’s Infinite Dream Festival.

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An Introspection on the Cosmos in “NOWISWHENWEARE (the stars)”

October 28, 2023

By John Mumm

Hancher Auditorium’s Infinite Dream festival ended with Andrew Schneider’s NOWISWHENWEARE (the stars) art installation. The piece itself brings reflections on grief, and our place in the universe using strings of lights, and surrounding audio.

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Bandcamp and its Quick Plunge Into Decline: The End of an Era

October 26, 2023

By Anika Maculangan

Bandcamp’s recent acquisition to Songtradr sees half of its staff laid off, and likely changes that would greatly change the music service.

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Tennis, The Calm After the Storm

October 24, 2023

By Anika Maculangan

Tennis headlines a show with Sam Evian for the Englert Theatre’s Track Zero series, bringing in breezy, light-rock tonalities alongside psychedelic pop and hypnagogic soul. Upon the night’s show, both acts exemplify what is evocative of what is carefree and serenely casual.

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Frustrations of the Student Body, and Chloe Cole’s Awkward Position Among Conservatives

October 21, 2023

By Amman Hassan

Protester demonstrated outside of the Iowa Memorial Union to express their frustrations over anti-trans rhetoric being platformed by the University of Iowa, and the YAF.

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Track Zero Interview: Tennis on Sound, the Sea, and Disco

October 16, 2023

By Anika Maculangan

An interview with Alaina Moore of the pop band Tennis, ahead of their performance as a part of the Track Zero concert series.

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Birdlabs and Tengger Bewitch and Transfix

October 15, 2023

By Evan Raefield

Artists Tengger and Birdlabs deliver an one-two punch of electronic bliss in a lowkey concert at the Trumpet blossom.

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Label Lookout – Fall ’23

October 12, 2023

By Evan Raefield

Label Lookout brings you some our favorite releases from some of our favorite record labels here at KRUI. The debut Fall ’23 edition covers labels like Saddle Creek, Geometric Lullaby, and more.

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Protesters Place Trash On City Hall Over Environmental Concerns

October 11, 2023

By Amman Hassan

Iowa City environmentalists unloaded trash they had gathered from Ralston Creek onto the steps of city hall. The demonstration was to show their frustration with how the city allocated its funds, and the amount of pollution in the area.

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Photos From Swae Lee Live On the Pentacrest

October 10, 2023

By John Glab

Photos from Swae Lee’s performance on the University of Iowa’s Pentacrest. The show was the latest iteration of SCOPE Production’s annual Homecoming concert.

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Stop/Time Festival 2026 Preview, a new festival celebrating music and the arts across Iowa City

A new festival produced by Hancher Auditorium is taking place in Iowa City this weekend. Stop/Time Festival celebrates contemporary musicians and interdisciplinary arts this Friday and Saturday, April 3-4.

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Film still from the 1965 Newport Folk Festival footage, filmed by Murray Lerner

Bob Dylan: Rough and Rowdy in Iowa City, March 25th, 2026

KRUI’s Logan Melia reviews Bob Dylan’s Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour as it stopped in Iowa City on March 25th, 2026.

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Iowa City Starbucks Keeps Fighting Back with Open Doors

A series of strikes against the coffee conglomerate’s treatment of workers are currently underway. The current strikes follow Starbucks’s refusal to honor the years-long demands of workers.

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First Person POV of NASW “Legislative Day on the Hill,” February 24, 2026

Take a look inside the National Association of Social Worker’s 2026 “Legislative Day on the Hill” at the Iowa Capitol building through Carson’s eyes and ears.

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Stop/Time Festival 2026 Preview, a new festival celebrating music and the arts across Iowa City

Bob Dylan: Rough and Rowdy in Iowa City, March 25th, 2026

Dead to Me, reminiscing on Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead

A Team of Dreamers

The Price of a Miracle, Women’s Basketball Iowa v. Virginia

Jason Isbell’s Loud Return to Hancher, and His Bronze Medal in Trivia

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Long Live the Preacher: Model/Actriz and KL!NG Show Review

An Introspection on the Cosmos in “NOWISWHENWEARE (the stars)”

Bandcamp and its Quick Plunge Into Decline: The End of an Era

Tennis, The Calm After the Storm

Frustrations of the Student Body, and Chloe Cole’s Awkward Position Among Conservatives

Track Zero Interview: Tennis on Sound, the Sea, and Disco

Birdlabs and Tengger Bewitch and Transfix

Label Lookout – Fall ’23

Protesters Place Trash On City Hall Over Environmental Concerns

Photos From Swae Lee Live On the Pentacrest

Stop/Time Festival 2026 Preview, a new festival celebrating music and the arts across Iowa City

Bob Dylan: Rough and Rowdy in Iowa City, March 25th, 2026

Iowa City Starbucks Keeps Fighting Back with Open Doors

A Team of Dreamers

The Price of a Miracle, Women’s Basketball Iowa v. Virginia

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