ARTS and CULTURE
Live music abounds with local venues
Iowa City boasts a vast array of music venues, sure to entertain all college rockers.
The original Workshop writes on
While the Writers’ Workshop is a famous graduate program, it also offers undergraduate classes in fiction and poetry writing.
Lighting up the prairie for 30 years
This gem of a bookstore offers way more than Shakespeare classics. It’s well known for its reading series, “Live from Prairie Lights,” bringing popular authors in to read from their works.
There’s likely to be big-name acts coming up this fall, organized by the UI’s SCOPE organization.
A place for everyone in the UI act
Leaders in the theater department don’t hate on underclassmen — they say there’s a spot for everyone, and no one person gets a monopoly on the roles.
More than 200 UI students are involved in KRUI, a student-run radio station.
Far from the blockbuster lemmings
Sick of the typical action or romantic comedy? The IMU’s Bijou theater is right up the independent-film alley, and it won’t cost you much, either.
Continually evolving, the UI dance department is known for an intense arts involvement and diversity.
Craving some off-campus drama? Check out the arts offering the area outside of the UI offers.
Chicago has Lollapalooza. Indio, Calif. has Coachella. Four years ago, Iowa City added its own festival to the list — the Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival.
Englert/Hancher alliance continues
The vaudeville performing space Englert offers is uniquely Iowa City. Built in 1912, the theater is still going strong today.
Iowa City filled with treasures
Think walking through the immediate downtown area is going to give you an idea of everything Iowa City has to offer? There’s a lot there, but branch out a little further and explore some little-known treasures.
