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

April 2, 2026

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.

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

March 31, 2026

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

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

March 29, 2026

Logan Melia discusses his connection with the Grateful Dead, and what made them so impactful on someone born forty years after their inception

A Team of Dreamers

March 29, 2026

For nine days, an unlikely cast of Hawkeyes made the world believe. They made themselves believe. The team of dreamers, and an unforgettable run in March.

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

March 25, 2026

This is not the way it was supposed to go. Not with this team. But such is life. Grief and glee. The dichotomy of college sports.

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

March 24, 2026

Jason Isbell returned to Hancher Auditorium on March 4th with a 22-song set spanning his sweeping discography with The 400 Unit, Drive-By Truckers, and his solo career

Old Soul: What Makes a Love Song?

February 14, 2019

By Lauren Arzbaecher

With Valentine’s Day almost at hand, love songs are increasingly played over the radio. But what really makes any particular song a love song? Featured Image via singingmachine.com

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Album Review: “The Home Inside My Head” by Real Friends

June 15, 2016

Real Friends, a pop punk band from Tinley Park, Illinois, released their sophomore LP to Fearless Records on May 27th, 2016.

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Album Review: “PersonA” by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

May 23, 2016

By Elaine Irvine

Read my personal take on Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros’ newest album, “PersonA.”

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Diary of a Wallflower: The Lyrical Epigraph

November 10, 2015

By Alyssa O'Brenski

This month’s collection of poems includes a selection of verse accompanied and centered around epigraphs–all of which drawn from songs. Check it out!

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Album Review: My Favourite Faded Fantasy by Damien Rice

February 24, 2015

By Natalie Himmel

KRUI’s Natalie Himmel gives a review and picks her favorite lyrics from Damien Rice’s new album, My Favourite Faded Fantasy.

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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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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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