The Free Movie Series, sponsored by the Summer of the Arts, will start Saturday between 8:20 and 9 p.m. on the Macbride Hall lawn. The event will kick off with a showing of the film Night at the Museum,...

The Summer of the Arts' 2012 Saturday Night Concert Series will kick off at 6:30 p.m. Saturday on the Pedestrian Mall. Natty Nation, a Wisconsin-based band with a blend of hard-roots rock, reggae, and...

Weezer will perform June 10 at Alliant Energy, 200 First St. S.E. Cedar Rapids, as a part of the "Rock the Rapids with Weezer" show. The show is set to begin at 6 p.m. Weezer will take the stage...

The mellow acoustic duo Hymn For Her, rising from the City of Brotherly Love, has rocked its unique flavor of rock from coast to coast since 2008. Jamming with soapbox guitars and harmonicas, the Philadelphia-based...

Concerts, crafts, outdoor activities, ice-cream eating, family time, and socialization are summer paradigms for the Iowa City community. The Party in the Park series offers all of those things. The...

Zach Wahls felt at ease as he prepared to address his hometown fans in Iowa City. "I've been told by a ton of kids that I'm a role model," the 20-year-old said. "And that's something I...

When crowds requested a mixture of Latin American music from the Des Moines based high-energy band Salsa Vibe, the band members knew it was time for a side project. Their spin off of Salsa Vibe, Parranderos...

Participatory. Engaging. Perception shifting. These elements are part of what drive Hideous Beast's desire to dive further into the meaning of art while engaging people to do so as well. Hideous Beast...

After a decade of working to make it into the music industry, Bayside, a New York-based rock band, is making a fresh start. Bayside will pass through Iowa City on June 13 as a part of its national tour....

There should be no such thing as hunger in Iowa. Sadly, Gov. Terry Branstad recently vetoed a $500,000 investment in our statewide Food Bank system that would have put us on a path to get closer to that...

Here's a seemingly noncontroversial topic: student-loan rates. Keeping the federal rates on student loans low purportedly has bipartisan support: Republicans and Democrats both want lower rates. Libertarians...

The Landfill fire is not a problem to be ignored. It is dangerous and expensive and is causing a reasonable amount of concern in the Iowa City area. By now, many are already aware that the reason this...