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From a media release CORALVILLE — Sara Evans will headline the 2012 FRY fest — A Celebration of All that is Hawkeye, presented by The Eastern Iowa Airport on Sept. 7. Lee Brice will open the outdoor concert at 7 p.m., followed by Evans at 8:30 p.m., on ...
Chalk the Walk May 5 and 6, 2012 Mount Vernon’s main street will become a canvas for more than a half-ton of chalk in the hands of 200-plus artists this weekend. First Street, lined with restaurants and shops, will be filled with 7,000 artists and spectators for ...
By Diana Nollen/ SourceMedia IOWA CITY — Opie and Otis don't live in Working Group Theatre's "Mayberry," but plenty of Eastern Iowans do. This brilliant Hancher-commissioned play gives voice to the culture clash in Iowa City and neighboring communities undergoing ethnic transformations. The main focus is on the ...
From a media release Clamoring to get into Mayberry Hancher and Working Group Theatre add a second additional performance IOWA CITY -- Desire for tickets to see Mayberry—written by UI alum Sean Christopher Lewis, performed by Working Group Theatre, and commissioned by Hancher—continued to be substantial. The original ...
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,” ...
IOWA CITY — Playing house was not high on Sabrina Leung’s list of childhood games. “I always defined myself as ‘The Tomboy,’” Leung says. “I wanted to play sports with my male cousins instead of playing dress up.” Teased for not being “ladylike,” Leung set aside her ...
Zach Wahls - the Iowan whose personal testimony in support of marriage equality went viral last year - is now partnering with the state's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) advocacy group to spread his message of equality for all families. According to the advocacy ...
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 ...
CEDAR RAPIDS - More than 300 high school and middle school students converged on Coe College Saturday, launching bottle rockets, flying homemade helicopters, and operating robots. But although it sounds like a day of fun, it's a serious competition for these budding Iowa engineers, scientists, and ...
By Diana Nollen/ SourceMedia Group Jimmie Vaughan March 25, 2012 Whether a part of the Fabulous Thunderbirds or flying solo, Jimmie Vaughan has been rockin’ the blues for 40 years, including a stint working with his younger brother, Stevie Ray Vaughan, who was killed in a helicopter crash ...
