Our KRUI Staff recommends some of our favorite releases from October, 2025!
The vast majority of Voters in Iowa City turned out on Nov 4th to adopt a 1 % local-option sales tax (LOST), setting the stage for a shift in how the city will raise and allocate funds beginning next summer.
Under the night sky of Iowa City, Ben McCollum’s first night leading the Hawkeyes felt like the dawn of something new. One game in, Iowa basketball looked and felt alive again.
Few words can describe this win. In spectacular fashion, the Bears somehow pulled off a last-minute win over the Bengals.
George’s Buffet is an unassuming dive bar sat just off of the one-way, westbound, Market Street. The small structure is saddled between an alley leading back to another side street and a modern imposing building housing The Webster (a high-end feature in Iowa City’s restaurant scene) on the corner of North Linn Street. Further up the road is the Bluebird’s parking lot, and its corresponding classic diner.
I sat down with Jordan Brown and Matt Wilson of Set Your Goals while at When We Were Young Festival. The California natives made their highly anticipated homecoming this past February, playing their first gig in 6 years. We spoke about their return to live performances, whats next for Set Your Goals, and how good “One Battle After Another” is.
Comedy Central writer and actor Jak Knight comes to The Mill for Iowa City’s Witching Hour Festival. Photo via: goldstar.com
The local electronica musician made a bold transformation from shy grad student to club DJ during his performance at the Witching Hour Festival. image via philiprabalais.com
Review of viola player Nadia Sirota’s unique performance at the Englert Theatre on October 21st, which incorporated interviews, music clips, and live performances into an engaging hour-long show. photo via: wikipedia.org
Read about another great Witching Hour Festival event here! photo via: Huffington Post
Witching Hour speaker Tymika Lawrence talks about her history and how how she got to where she is in life now, and how we can look back ourselves to see who we are. photo via: witchinghourfestival.com)
Click here to read more about the Witching Hour’s soul cleansing workshop! Photo retrieved via englert.org
Danez Smith guides festival-goers through the things that hold their creative minds captive.
Photo VIA: MythosLife (Twitter).
Political cartoonist Tom Tomorrow presents on the creation of This Modern World
Photo VIA: thismodernworld.com
Read about how bees are being threatened in Iowa and what we can do to save them here! (Image via BBC)
Invisible and Ignored no longer.
Photo VIA: Angelica Alzona
