By Diana Nollen/ SourceMedia Group CEDAR RAPIDS — Studies show that red stimulates the appetite. In this case, it whets artistic appetites. The moment he read “Red,” Coe College theater professor Steven Marc Weiss knew he had to stage it during his current sabbatical. The moment he read ...

By Diana Nollen/ SourceMedia Group Among Donald Glover’s many names and faces is Childish Gambino, who will be rapping a SCOPE concert Monday night (4/16/12) at the Iowa Memorial Union in Iowa City. Perhaps best known as college student Troy Barnes on the NBC hit sitcom “Community,” ...

By Diana Nollen/ SourceMedia Group CEDAR RAPIDS — A pizza guy gets caught in the middle of a casino heist on the Fourth of July in “The Wedge.” Fireworks explode over Fairfax in “Fire in the Sky.” George Washington the Pirate and his lifelong best friend set off ...

By Diana Nollen/ SourceMedia Group From the runway in Ames to the catwalks in New York, Paris, London and Milan, Fashion Week at Iowa State University provides not only a showcase, but a springboard for budding designers strutting their stuff. Fashionistas, families and friends will flock to ...

By Diana Nollen/ SourceMedia Group Hancher: Dave Pietro April 5, 2012 Jazz sax man Dave Pietro will debut his “Iowa Memoirs” tonight at the Englert in downtown Iowa City. Commissioned by Hancher, the piece has been inspired by Pietro’s trips around the state. Also through Hancher, this New ...

By Diana Nollen/ SourceMedia Group CEDAR RAPIDS — Orchestra Iowa is poised to blow the roof off the renovated Paramount Theatre with a season of celebration for 2012-2013. “Rhapsody in Blue” at Brucemore, Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” at the Paramount on Nov. 10, 2012, an “American ...

By Diana Nollen/ SourceMedia Group IOWA CITY -- "A Steady Rain" is theater at its most powerful. No fancy scenery, no bells and whistles. Just two chairs, two brilliant actors, deft direction and a script that takes your breath away. A rapt audience gasped, squirmed and exploded with ...

By Diana Nollen/ SourceMedia Group IOWA CITY — Seeing The Magnetic Fields in concert is a very different experience than hearing The Magnetic Fields on a CD. The audience attraction is strong from both experiences, even if they're polar opposites. The retro-poppy electronic soundscapes from the studio are all ...

By Diana Nollen/ SourceMedia Group Bela Fleck has been defying gravity his entire career. When everyone else was dancing to a disco beat or banging their heads to hair metal, he was bent over his banjo, coaxing a kaleidoscope of colors from its strings. The result is a ...

By Diana Nollen/ SourceMedia Group Riverside Theatre: ‘A Steady Rain’ March 30 to April 15, 2012 The gritty and complex 2009 Broadway thriller “A Steady Rain,” by Iowa Playwrights Workshop graduate Keith Huff, is making its area premiere on the Riverside stage. Martin Andrews and Jim Van Valen ...