Mayday Parade took on Gallagher Way with the help of The Summer Set on May 17th.
Seattle based drone metal band sunn O))) performed at Iowa City’s Englert Theater last week, April 18th.
During the new Stop/Time Festival on April 4th, I had the pleasure of attending a reading by acclaimed poet Danez Smith at the Englert Theatre.
Continuing to find inspiration in Iowa City’s arts community. KRUI’s Tarik took a little day trip to Hancher’s new Stop/Time Festival, losing himself in two incredible performances from Evicshen and Sharp Pins.
Logan Melia sits down with Eve 6 at Innings Festival in Tempe, Arizona. Eve 6 took some time after their slot to discuss their early days playing gigs at small cafes all the way to a racetrack.
Luke Combs came to Ames, Iowa with his My Kinda Saturday Night Tour on April 11th, 2026
Read about the complex, sharp, but gentle poetry of Nayyirah Waheed!
About Him: The Boy Who Loves to Love About Him: The Boy Who Loves to Love He loves to feel like he’s in love. He loves to feel fingertips brush his bones and every lip lock an “I do.” He loves, and that’s the problem. He never likes, he loves. He never fancies, he loves. He’s fallen in love with the moments that feel like mini eternities. A hotel room rendezvous is a honeymoon and drunk eskimo kisses are wedding vows rubbing against his skin. The dark is her soul and he lies in it, he drowns in it, he … Continued
Read about how many things can be classified as art and how this can create a new open-mindedness.
Saul Williams shared an intimate night at The Mill on the fifth night of Mission Creek
Black Ocean Press celebrated 10 years last night at the Yacht Club, with Yonatan Gat and some poets from the press.
This month’s installment of Diary of a Wallflower reflects on the power of music in an essayistic, poetic manner.
Are you always stuntin’ and never frontin’? Then read this poem about what stunting is really like.
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Like dogs? Read this poem about a young pup finding a family.
This month’s column features poetry straight from the journal.
