Songwriters Ken Pomeroy and Loudon Wainwright III played at the James Thater for ICSF 2025. Seeing songwriters encouraging people to start and showing them how to begin is what makes art happen.
A celebration took place in Chicago this September. The 20th edition of Riot Fest has come and passed, and while still covered in a layer of dirt and sweat, next year’s edition can’t come soon enough.
Soldier Field finally had something to celebrate again, as the Chicago Bears snapped their eight-game losing streak to the New Orleans Saints with a 26-14 win. Powered by a dominant defense and resurgent run game, the Bears overcame offensive struggles to notch their fourth straight win and move to 4-2 on the season.
On October 1, 2025, I journeyed to Val Air Ballroom in Des Moines to see a performance from Father John Misty, and left with a disappointment most bitter and foul, great show though!
Iowa education’s system has embraced the arrival of artificial cal intelligence with no signs of slowing down. However, some have raised concerns that it may lead to its downfall while others see it as a successor to the internet and printing press.
This weekend, Las Vegas will host the fourth edition of When We Were Young. A festival celebrating the scene out in the desert holds more than you’ve bargained for as 53 bands take on 4 stages in 1 day. A whirlwind for every pair of vans and fishnets in the pit, it’s Christmas in October for many. Here is your stage by stage preview of When We Were Young 2025.
Join KRUI News as we talk about sexual assault awareness, bystander intervention and campus cultures. Host: Kris Yambao
Read all about Karen Meat, Quilt, and Caroline Smith’s performances at the Mill on the first day of Mission Creek Music Festival. (Image via: Elaine Irvine)
Read about Kembrew McLeod, resident prankster of the University of Iowa, and the reading of his newest book, PRANKSTER, at Prairie Lights!
Read what happened at Mark McGuire’s Mission Creek show, and what he told KRUI about his music.
Iowa Women’s Basketball loses to Penn State 81-69 making this their fifth loss in the row.
