Mission Creek Preview: Soccer Mommy

April 4, 2022

Soccer Mommy returns to the Englert Theatre this weekend as an established indie rock artist whose sound recalls the 90’s and 00’s guitar dominated rock-era, this time as Mission Creek’s headliner.

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Mission Creek Preview: Ramona & the Sometimes

April 4, 2022

By Nick Layeux

Ramona & the Sometimes is a five-piece pop rock band with sunny melodies and clever lyricism performing at Iowa City’s Mission Creek Festival.

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Mission Creek Preview: OHMME harmonizes as a dynamic duo

April 4, 2022

By Elisabeth Oster

OHMME will perform April 9th at Trumpet Blossom Cafe as a part of Mission Creek Festival.

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Mission Creek Underground: Caleb Rainey 10/4

April 5, 2020

By Elisabeth Oster

Caleb Rainey gives an electrifying spoken word performance for Mission Creek Underground.

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Hurray for the Riff Raff @ The Englert Theatre 4/6/2019

April 7, 2019

By Lauren Arzbaecher

Hurray for the Riff Raff brought a powerful political voice to The Englert Theatre on Saturday, taking a stance through music. (Featured image via Reddit)

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Mission Creek: Noura Mint Seymali @ The Mill 4/2/2019

April 3, 2019

By Ella Heckman

Descriptions of Noura Mint Seymali’s music show its incredible diversity and visionary blend of Moorish psychedelic rock, Saharan funk, and future pop. There is no better way of describing their music than to simply hear and feel it. (image via caramba.fr)

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Mission Creek Festival: Built to Spill @ Gabe’s 4/7/18

April 9, 2018

By Matthew Kinney

Review of legendary 90’s indie rock band Built to Spill’s performance at Mission Creek Festival 2018.

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Mission Creek Festival: Jamila Woods @ The Englert Theatre 4/8/18

April 9, 2018

By Lauren Arzbaecher

Escape the April snow (@Iowa, why?) with the infectious singing of Jamila Woods. She performed at The Englert Theatre on April 8th to close out the 2018 Mission Creek Festival. Image via www.jamila-woods.com

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Mission Creek Festival: Tristen @ Big Grove Brewery 4/7/18

April 9, 2018

By Haley Bean

Tristen performs at Mission Creek Festival at Big Groves first ever Big Free Show. Featured Image: Haley Bean

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Mission Creek Festival: Psalm One @ The Englert 4/8/2018

April 9, 2018

By Elaine Irvine

Psalm One performed in Iowa City on the last day of Mission Creek Festival 2018. Read about it here! (Image via: MIDWESTIX)

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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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Mission Creek Preview: Soccer Mommy

Mission Creek Preview: Ramona & the Sometimes

Mission Creek Preview: OHMME harmonizes as a dynamic duo

Mission Creek Underground: Caleb Rainey 10/4

Hurray for the Riff Raff @ The Englert Theatre 4/6/2019

Mission Creek: Noura Mint Seymali @ The Mill 4/2/2019

Mission Creek Festival: Built to Spill @ Gabe’s 4/7/18

Mission Creek Festival: Jamila Woods @ The Englert Theatre 4/8/18

Mission Creek Festival: Tristen @ Big Grove Brewery 4/7/18

Mission Creek Festival: Psalm One @ The Englert 4/8/2018

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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