Mission Creek Festival
The Mission Creek Festival returns to the Englert Theatre! Festival events include The Magnetic Fields on Wednesday, March 28, David Cross on Friday, March 30, & Seun Kuti & Egypt 80. Festival Passes are available for purchase at the Englert Box Office and online via Midwestix. More information on the festival can be found at missionfreak.com.
The Second City: Laugh Out Loud Tour
Friday & Saturday, February 3-4, 2012
America's famed comedy troupe, The Second City, is coming to town in its one of a kind Laugh Out Loud Tour. From the company that launched the careers of Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray and more, comes the next generation of the comedy world's best and brightest in an evening of hilarious sketch comedy and Second City’s trademark improvisation.Read More...
Intimate At The Englert: I Hear IC
Monday February 6, 2012 at 8:00pm
Downtown Iowa City’s grandest performing arts venue has also just become one of its smallest, most intimate rooms. Intimate at the Englert Series (approx. 75-100 audience members) features both the audience and the performers onstage together: the connection between artist and audience will be direct and electrifying. The cozy atmosphere of this series allows for performances by the exciting new talent being developed in Iowa City everyday: musicians, writers, actors, and more.Sponsored by: Little Village.
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Iowa Opera House Project
Featuring Sam Knutson
Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 8:00pm
The Iowa Opera House Project is a concert series featuring Iowa singer songwriters performing in various historic venues (opera houses, theaters, etc...) throughout the state. Sam Knutson, a longtime Iowa City fixture and musician, leads the charge in bringing talented songwriters from around Iowa to the many historic venues in the state. Knutson, who formed and led the rock band Shame Train, is currently writing a new record and performing songs solo. John Waite will open.Read More...
Chucho Valdés And The Afro-Cuban Messengers
Friday February 10, 2012 at 7:30pm
Presented by Hancher. Renowned Cuban pianist Chucho Valdés sizzles across U.S. stages in a triumphant touring return following a seven-year absence.Read More...
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Gathe Raho 2012
Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 7:00pm
Hosted by renowned comedian Vidur Kapur! The University of Iowa Indian Student Alliance presents the 4th annual South Asian A'cappella Competition at the Englert Theatre.Read More...
Midnight Movie Series: Casablanca
Saturday, Feburary 11, 2012 at Midnight
The Englert Theatre, the University of Iowa Campus Activities Board, & the Bijou Theater are partnering to present the Midnight Movies Series. Come watch your favorite films on the big screen at the historic Englert Theatre! Co-presented by M.C. Ginsberg.Read More...
The Rap Guide To Evolution
Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 7:00pm
Baba Brinkman is a Canadian rap artist, best known for his award-winning performances: The Rap Canterbury Tales and Rap Guide to Evolution. Mr. Brinkman will be preforming as part of the Iowa City Darwin Day, a celebration of science and its benefits to humanity. Brinkman’s Rap guide to evolution uses Darwinian Theory and DNA to not only examine the origin of hip-hop and the nature of his own show but also explore gender relations and inner-city violence.Presented by Iowa City Darwin Day in collaboration with the University of Iowa Pentacrest Museums, University College, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University Libraries, and the Englert.
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Zoe Keating
Monday, February 13, 2012 at 8:00pm
Zoë Keating is a one-woman orchestra. She uses a cello and a foot-controlled laptop to record layer upon layer of cello, creating intricate, haunting and compelling music. Zoë is known for both her use of technology - which she uses to sample her cello onstage - and for her DIY ethic which has resulted in the sale of over 40,000 copies of her self-released albums and a devoted social media following.Read More...
Talkdemonic
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 8:00pm
In Portland, Oregon, Kevin O'Connor began his pursuit in 2004 for new frontiers in percussion and analog sounds. What was he looking for? Something entirely new in something old. And so he began collecting. Dusty Italian Crumar synths and pristine Moogs, rickety Baldwins and warbly Wurlitzers, pure-sounding Rhodes and cranky old Korgs. Sounds upon floating, gritty and gorgeous sounds, with a muscular backbone of beats alongside a brainy live drumkit. Talkdemonic was born. While Kevin was beating out a new path in the already innovative music community of Portland, his friend and violist Lisa Molinaro joined him shortly thereafter to lend her string skills to further texturize Talkdemonic's alluring sounds. The duo became unstoppable.Read More...
Gaelic Storm
Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 8:00pm
Gaelic Storm are a "whirlwind ruckus" (Village Voice) who tour worldwide for at least two hundred days out of every year. The band interlaces high-energy, foot-stomping performances of original interpretations of Celtic classics and well-crafted originals with endearing stage banter and story-telling that have earned them life-long fans. Gaelic Storm has released 7 albums, all of which have charted on the Billboard World Music Charts including their most recent album, Cabbage which earned the band a #1 hit on both the Billboard and iTunes World Album charts.Read More...
The Capitol Steps - Election Year
Friday, February 17, 2012 at 8:00pm
Experience political satire at its funniest - and most musical! – with the singing troupe that puts the “mock” in Democracy. Selecting from a repertoire of albums developed over the past thirty years, The Capitol Steps offer a hilarious evening of parody that plays no favorites as they scrutinize our favorite political issues and the scandal of the day.Read More...
The Tree Of Life (Film Screening)
Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 8:00pm
From Terrence Malick, the acclaimed director of such classic films as Badlands, Days of Heaven and The Thin Red Line, The Tree of Life is the impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950's. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father (Brad Pitt). Jack (played as an adult by Sean Penn) finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. Through Malick's signature imagery, we see how both brute nature and spiritual grace shape not only our lives as individuals and families, but all life.Read More...
Intimate At The Englert: Was The Word
Sunday February 19, 2012 at 7:00pm
Was the Word is Working Group's traveling spoken word, storytelling and music event. The proceeds from each show benefit a non-profit organization.Read More...
L.A. Theatre Works, The Rivalry
Thursday February 23, 2012 at 7:30pm
Presented by Hancher. In The Rivalry, Norman Corwin uses dialogue taken from historical transcripts to illustrate the gravity and passion on display in the 1858 Illinois Senate Race debates, in which Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas's clash of ideology and oratory forever changed our country.Read More...
National Theatre Live: Travelling Light
Friday, February 24, 2012 at 7:00pm
Following Vincent in Brixton and The Reporter, Nicholas Wright’s new play is a funny and fascinating tribute to the Eastern European immigrants who became major players in Hollywood’s golden age. The award-winning Antony Sher – whose previous work with the National Theatre includes Primo and Stanley – returns to play Jacob. Presented by M.C. Ginsberg.Read More...
Old Capitol Chorus 2012
Saturday February 25, 2012 at 7:30pm
The Old Capitol Chorus is......a barbershop (a cappella) chorus composed of men of all ages and interests. We perform multiple public concerts, large and small, every year and compete once a year.
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Midnight Movie Series: Ghostbusters
Saturday, February 25, 2012 at Midnight
The Englert Theatre, the University of Iowa Campus Activities Board, & the Bijou Theater are partnering to present the Midnight Movies Series. Come watch your favorite films on the big screen at the historic Englert Theatre! Co-presented by M.C. Ginsberg.Read More...
Gigi
Thursday - Sunday, March 1 - 4, 2012
Presented by The Iowa City Community Theatre. Based on Colette’s novel and the 1959 motion picture with a score by Lerner and Loewe (My Fair Lady, Camelot), GIGI transports the audience to the elegant atmosphere of turn-of-the (twentieth) -century Paris.Read More...
Hot Tuna (Acoustic Show)
Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 8:00pm
Hot Tuna is a blues-rock band featuring bassist Jack Casady and guitarist Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane. The pair started as teenagers playing acoustic and electric blues in their hometown of Washington D.C. As Jefferson Airplane was putting together the soundtrack of the 60s, the pair remained loyal to their blues, jazz, bluegrass, and folk influences. While in San Francisco and even in hotel rooms on the road, they would play together and worked up a set of songs that they would often play at clubs in the Bay Area and while on the road. This led to a record contract, and they launched on a musical odyssey which has itself continued for more than 35 years.Read More...
The Fez
Friday, March 9, 2012 at 8:00pm
Playing Aja and Gaucho in their entirety!A 15-piece "all-star" tribute to the music of Steely Dan. Recreating the 'Aja' and 'Gaucho' albums in their entirety. If you are a Steely Dan fan, The Fez is going to knock your socks off! The Fez is a 15-piece band composed of some of the finest musicians in Eastern Iowa dedicated to faithfully reproducing the jazz/rock fusion masterpieces of Steely Dan. Featuring a 4-piece horn section, 3 backup singers, 2 keyboardists (including a genuine Rhodes 88), 2 guitarists, and one of the best rhythm sections around, The Fez captures the magic of Steely Dan's glory days. The band is comprised of veteran players from notable Iowa bands, such as Public Property, OSG, Dr. Z's Experiment, Jumbies, Insectoid, We Funk, and Big Funk Guarantee.
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Lúnasa
Saturday, March 10, 2012 at 8:00pm
Named for an ancient Celtic harvest festival in honor of the Irish god Lugh, patron of the arts, Lúnasa is a gathering of some of the top musical talents in Ireland. Its members have helped formed the backbone of some of the greatest Irish groups of the decade. Folk Roots magazine has rightly described Lúnasa as an “Irish music dream team.”Read More...
Midnight Movie Series: Monty Python & The Holy Grail
Saturday, March 10, 2012 at Midnight
The Englert Theatre, the University of Iowa Campus Activities Board, & the Bijou Theater are partnering to present the Midnight Movies Series. Come watch your favorite films on the big screen at the historic Englert Theatre! Co-presented by M.C. Ginsberg.Read More...
Intimate At The Englert: Was The Word
Sunday March 18, 2012 at 7:00pm
Was the Word is Working Group's traveling spoken word, storytelling and music event. The proceeds from each show benefit a non-profit organization.Read More...
Strange Powers: Magnetic Fields Documentary
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 8:00pm
Ten years in the making, Strange Powers is an intimate documentary portrait of songwriter Stephin Merritt and his band the Magnetic Fields. With his unique gift for memorable melodies, lovelorn lyrics and wry musical stylings that blend classic Tin Pan Alley with modern sounds, Stephin Merritt has distinguished himself as one of contemporary pop’s most beloved and influential artists. Strange Powers explores Merritt’s songwriting and recording process, and focuses on his relationships with his bandmates and his longtime manager, Claudia Gonson revealing an artist who has produced one of the most engaging and confounding bodies of work in the contemporary American songbook.Read More...
National Theatre Live: The Comedy Of Errors
Saturday, March 24, 2012 at 7:00pm
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE performances are filmed live at the National Theatre in London in high definition and will be re-broadcast at the Englert Theatre. The Englert will broadcast every play/performance from the National Theatre's 2011 - 2012 season. Presented by M.C. Ginsberg.Read More...
Midnight Movie Series: Hook
Saturday, March 24, 2012 at Midnight
The Englert Theatre, the University of Iowa Campus Activities Board, & the Bijou Theater are partnering to present the Midnight Movies Series. Come watch your favorite films on the big screen at the historic Englert Theatre! Co-presented by M.C. Ginsberg.Read More...
The Magnetic Fields
Mission Creek Festival
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at 8:00pm
Songwriter Stephin Merritt is known as "the Cole Porter of his generation" for his memorable melodies, lovelorn lyrics, and wry musical stylings. With his band The Magnetic Fields, Merritt has written, produced and recorded ten albums to date. The Magnetic Fields' 1999 album, 69 Love Songs, was a 3-disc masterwork which garnered Merritt widespread acclaim, including "best of" year-end lists in Spin, Rolling Stone, The New York Times, LA Times, and Washington Post.Part of the Mission Creek Festival. Sponsored by West Music.
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An Evening Of Comedy With David Cross
Mission Creek Fest.
Friday, March 30, 2012 at 7:00pm
David Cross is an actor, writer, and stand-up comedian. During his illustrious career, Cross has played recurring roles on the TV programs Arrested Development and The Colbert Report, and won an Emmy Award for his contributions to The Ben Stiller Show. He has also starred in such films as Waiting for Guffman, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the Bob Dylan fantasy I’m Not There (in which he portrayed Allen Ginsberg), and Kung Fu Panda.Part of the Mission Creek Festival. Sponsored by the Moen Group.
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Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
Mission Creek Festival
Saturday, March 31, 2012 at 8:00pm
27-year-old Seun Anikulapo Kuti, the son of afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, heads Egypt 80, the extraordinary combo first fronted by his renowned father. Touring in support of the new album From Africa With Fury: Rise, Kuti finding his own idiosyncratic voice as songwriter, singer, and band leader, its songs and sonic approach marked by provocative edge and mature self-assurance. The second full-length album, produced by Brian Eno, captures Seun and Egypt 80’s extraordinary power, fraught with the scorching rhythms and kinetic funk energy that has earned the band worldwide acclaim as one of today’s most incendiary live acts.Part of the Mission Creek Festival. Co-presented by Hancher Auditorium.
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Intimate At The Englert: Was The Word
Sunday April 1, 2012 at 7:00pm
Was the Word is Working Group's traveling spoken word, storytelling and music event. The proceeds from each show benefit a non-profit organization.Read More...
Dave Pietro
Thursday April 5, 2012 at 7:30pm
Presented by Hancher. Swing along with Dave Pietro, whose warm tone and lyrical sensibility have garnered him critical accolades as "a radiant soloist"Read More...
Mason Jennings
Friday, April 6, 2012 at 8:00pm
Singer-songwriter Mason Jennings returns to The Englert Theatre for an unforgettable night of music. Touring in supporting of his new, highly introspective album “Minnesota”. The Pines will open the evening.Read More...
Midnight Movie Series: Moulin Rouge
Saturday, April 7, 2012 at Midnight
The Englert Theatre, the University of Iowa Campus Activities Board, & the Bijou Theater are partnering to present the Midnight Movies Series. Come watch your favorite films on the big screen at the historic Englert Theatre! Co-presented by M.C. Ginsberg.Read More...
National Theatre Live: She Stoops To Conquer
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 7:00pm
One of the great, generous-hearted and ingenious comedies of the English language, Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer offers a celebration of chaos, courtship and the dysfunctional family. Presented by M.C. Ginsberg.Read More...
Nerdist Podcast Live! Chris Hardwick, Jonah Ray & Matt Mira
Saturday April 14, 2012 at 8:00pm
The Nerdist Podcast Live show includes both a live taping of the popular podcast and, before the taping, standup comedy performances by hosts Chris Hardwick (“Talking Dead,” “Web Soup,” Conan, Craig Ferguson, Jimmy Fallon), Jonah Ray (“The Soup,” “Web Soup”), and Matt Mira (“Attack of the Show”).Read More...
Midnight Movie Series: The Room
Saturday, April 14, 2012 at Midnight
The Englert Theatre, the University of Iowa Campus Activities Board, & the Bijou Theater are partnering to present the Midnight Movies Series. Come watch your favorite films on the big screen at the historic Englert Theatre! Co-presented by M.C. Ginsberg.Read More...
Romeo & Juliet
Thursday - Sunday, April 26 - 29, 2012
Experience one of the world's most enduring love stories:Over the centuries, Romeo and Juliet has inspired all kinds of music from songs and symphonic poems to Broadway musicals and film scores. Shakespeare's timeless tale of impetuous, young lovers thwarted by their feuding Veronese families is propelled to the stage by Charles Gounod's sumptuous music.
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Midnight Movie Series: Memento
Saturday, May 5, 2012 at Midnight
The Englert Theatre, the University of Iowa Campus Activities Board, & the Bijou Theater are partnering to present the Midnight Movies Series. Come watch your favorite films on the big screen at the historic Englert Theatre! Co-presented by M.C. Ginsberg.Read More...
