ICCSO & Englert Art Contest
The Englert Theatre and Iowa City Community String Orchestra are sponsoring an art contest as part of their annual family concerts on Saturday, June 8 at 10am, 11am, and noon. Selected artwork will be used to illustrate the live performances of Biber's Sonata Representativa (orchestrated by Philip Wharton, with verses by Janet Burroway). All artwork may be displayed in the Englert during the Iowa Arts Festival. Click here to learn more.
Iowa City Song Project Album Now Available
Over the past year, The Englert Theatre commissioned 31 musicians and bands to write and record songs inspired by experiences or impressions of Iowa City. The songs were collected into a compilation album called the Iowa City Song Project. The album features new music from Greg Brown, Bo Ramsey, William Elliott Whitmore, Pieta Brown, Rene Hell, Caroline Smith, The Poison Control Center, Wet Hair, and many more.The album is available now via Maximum Ames on 2xLP, CD, and digital formats. Visit maximumamesrecords.com or stop by the Englert Box Office to purchase a copy.
Yo La Tengo
Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 8:00pm
Yo La Tengo is one of the most beloved and respected bands in America. For nearly thirty years, Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley and James McNew have enjoyed success entirely on their own terms – playing the world’s best concert halls, museums, and dives, dominating critics’ lists, doing a Simpsons theme, playing the Velvet Underground in “I Shot Andy Warhol,” sharing stages with some of the most important musicians of our time, and even creating a holiday tradition onto themselves with their yearly series of Hanukkah shows at Hoboken, New Jersey’s legendary club Maxwells, from which they’ve donated hundreds of thousands to charity.Read More...
Calexico
Friday, May 31, 2013 at 8:00pm
They call New Orleans a melting pot. When one thinks about it like that, it's hardly surprising that this is where Calexico reconvened to record their seventh full-length album, "Algiers". Joey Burns and John Convertino have long called upon an extended range of musical influences, blending them together so distinctly that the results have almost become a genre of their own. Nonetheless, the choice of New Orleans may still come as a surprise to many. Calexico are, after all, associated with a style that their name — borrowed from a small town of less than 40,000 inhabitants on the border between the US and Mexico — has always defined with an unusual precision. Their work has spoken of dusty deserts and the loners that inhabit them, mixing America's country music heritage with that of a Latin persuasion. In other words, it isn't obviously affiliated with the sounds that have made New Orleans one of the premiere tourist destinations in the US. What's emerged as a result of this decision, however, is arguably the most exciting and accessible record Calexico have made. It's a fact emphasized by the band's decision to name the album in tribute to the neighborhood where they worked: Algiers.Sponsored by Augusta Restaurant.
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They Might Be Giants
Sunday, June 2, 2013 at 7:00pm
Brooklyn originals They Might Be Giants are on tour with a new show. TMBG's boundless creativity, rowdy and spontaneous performance, combined with their vast repertoire of memorable songs has made their live shows the thing of legend. With a brand new album, DVD, and iPhone app, there is much for They Might Be Giants to celebrate. Don't miss this unforgettable show.Read More...
Son Volt
Monday, June 3, 2013 at 8:00pm
From his earliest recordings in the 1990s as a founding member of Uncle Tupelo, Jay Farrar has been a keen observer of the American landscape: its beauties and its tragedies, salvations and poisons.Read More...
The Tallest Man On Earth
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at 8:00pm
Kristian Matsson, aka the Tallest Man on Earth, is a 29-year-old songwriter from Dalarna, Sweden. The first recordings from the Tallest Man on Earth surfaced in 2006 via a self-titled EP released on the Swedish independent label Gravitation. Matsson followed this EP with his 2008 full length, "Shallow Grave", an album that drew accolades from the likes of NPR and Pitchfork. Many in North America were introduced to the Tallest Man on Earth on a tour with Bon Iver, including a stop for two shows at the legendary New York City venue Town Hall. The Tallest Man on Earth has won over audiences through powerful performances, taking the stage alone with his acoustic guitar and captivating the crowds night after night.Read More...
"The Space In Between" Opening Reception
Friday, June 7, 2013 from 5:00-8:00pm
The Englert Theatre’s Douglas & Linda Paul Gallery is pleased to host The Space in Between, an installation by Argentinian-born, Iowa City-based artist Isabel Barbuzza on display May 30th through June 25th in the Englert’s Douglas & Linda Paul Gallery. The Space in Between challenges notions of beauty and perceptions of nature, using thousands of suspended artificial flowers to create a mystifying, ethereal effect that will transcend the Englert’s Douglas and Linda Paul Gallery and move into the performance space itself. A free opening reception will be held in conjunction with the Iowa City Gallery Walk on Friday, June 7th from 5:00 to 8:00pm.Read More...
This House
Saturday, June 8, 2013 at 7:00pm
James Graham’s biting, energetic and critically-acclaimed new play strips politics down to the practical realities of those behind the scenes who roll up their sleeves, and on occasion bend the rules, to manoeuvre a diverse and conflicting chorus of MPs within the Mother of all Parliaments.Part of the National Theatre Live Series presented by M.C. Ginsberg.
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Iowa City Community String Orchestra Family Concert
Saturday, June 8, 2013
The Englert Theatre and the Iowa City Community String Orchestra will present their free 5th annual Family Concert on June 8. The thirty-minute concerts will include two works which combine words, music, and art. Composer Philip Wharton has teamed up with authors John Vernon Lord and Janet Burroway in presenting the new children’s book, The Giant Jam Sandwhich. In addition, Wharton has orchestrated Heinrich Biber’s Sonata Representativa, and Burroway has created verses which will foster student-created art inspired by the words and music.Sponsored by University of Iowa Community Credit Union.
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Isabel Barbuzza Artist Demonstration
Saturday, June 8, 2013 from 10am-6pm
The Englert Theatre will host artist demonstrations during Art Goes LIVE! at the Iowa Arts Festival on Saturday, June 8 from 10am - 6pm. The educational demonstration will be hosted by Iowa City-based artist Isabel Barbuzza. Barbuzza will demonstrate “flower making,” a technique of disassembling hundreds and hundreds of re-appropriated artificial flowers that had been ironed and flattened using glue and later placed between two sheets of kitchen wax paper. These are used in Barbuzza’s installation that will be on display inside the Englert. Between demonstrations Isabel and Englert volunteers will help participants employ her technique to create similar works.Read More...
Low Movie (How To Quit Smoking) - Film Screening
Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 8:00pm
Low Movie (How To Quit Smoking) follows the entire career of the iconic band Low and their relationship with director Philip Harder. For twenty years they made music videos and short films together, filming on ice, in railroad yards, and in rapidly disintegrating rooms.Co-presented by FilmScene & Mission Creek.
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Kelly Hogan
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 8:00pm
The Georgia native is a supremely talented and multi-faceted singer profoundly respected within the music world. She was recently touted "a national treasure" by colleague, friend and former Chicago neighbor, Andrew Bird. On her new album, I Like To Keep Myself In Pain, Hogan curates an ambitious and moving labor of love, mining the perfect intersection between classic pop, country and soul. She utilizes her incredible voice to interpret compositions penned for her by musical luminaries including M. Ward, Vic Chesnutt, Magnetic Fields, the Mekons' Jon Langford, the Handsome Family, Bird, Freakwater's Catherine Irwin, John Wesley Harding, Robbie Fulks, Gabriel Roth and Robyn Hitchcock.Part of the Intimate at the Englert Series presented by Hands Jewelers, with additional support from Little Village.
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Sonny & The Sunsets
Saturday, June 22, 2013 at 8:00pm
Sonny & The Sunsets are the energetic accompaniment to the dynamic workings of Sonny Smith. Adopting a range of sounds -- including '50s and '60s pop, old-time country, folk, and much more -- Smith's sardonic, laid-back style is interwoven throughout his compelling songwriting and vocals. What results is an ensemble stripped of superfluous noise that provides perfect accompaniment for Smith's vintage callbacks. While Sonny & The Sunsets draw on a variety of retro inspirations, their albums arguably stand as intangible classics of their own.Part of the Intimate at the Englert Series presented by Hands Jewelers, with additional support from Little Village.
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The Audience
Saturday, June 29, 2013 at 7:00pm
Helen Mirren reprises her Academy Award winning role as Queen Elizabeth II in the highly-anticipated West End production of The Audience. For sixty years Elizabeth II has met each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace – a meeting like no other in British public life – it is private. Both parties have an unspoken agreement never to repeat what is said. Not even to their spouses. The Audience breaks this contract of silence – and imagines a series of pivotal meetings between the Downing Street incumbents and their Queen.Part of the National Theatre Live Series presented by M.C. Ginsberg.
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Seldom Seen Festival 2013
Friday and Saturday June 28 & 29, 2013
Seldom Seen is a music, art and literature festival in the heart of rural Iowa. Currently in our third year, we’re taking our first stab at creating an all-sensory experience for our attendees. Our farm is 625 acres of glorious Iowa land, and we intend to fill every nook and cranny with amazing visual art, compelling literature performances and your new favorite band. We’ll start the day with yoga and explore creeks into the afternoon. Check it out for a day, or stay with us for two nights of camping. Seldom Seen strives to illuminate the unique beauty of Iowa’s countryside while placing a layer of culture on top.Read More...
Brandi Carlile
Friday, July 5, 2013 at 8:00pm
A singer/songwriter whose music splits the difference between pop/rock and folksy Americana, Brandi Carlile blends modern pop sensibilities with the honest country sound of years gone by. After breaking into the bar scene at age 17, Carlile teamed up with musical twin brothers Tim and Phil Hanseroth, and together the trio has released five acclaimed studio albums and toured with the likes of Dave Matthews, Shawn Colvin, and India.Arie. In 2012, Carlile returned with her most successful album to date, Bear Creek, which reached number 10 on the Billboard Top 200.Co-presented by True Endeavors.
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Arlo Guthrie
Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at 8:00pm
Folk music icon Arlo Guthrie is a legendary artist who shares timeless stories and unforgettable classic songs as he carries on the Guthrie family legacy. With his singular voice as both a singer-songwriter and social commentator, he has maintained a dedicated fan base that spans the globe. A celebrated figure in American music, Arlo connects with communities far and wide leaving a lasting impression of hope and inspiration. His artistic ventures help bridge an often-divided world through his powerful spirit of song, and his inimitable musical ingenuity forges to new creative heights as he continues to entertain generations.Read More...
Dawes
Sunday, July 14, 2013 at 7:00pm
Dawes returns to the Englert for a special show with Shovels & Rope. The four-piece bands is touring in support of their new album Stories Don’t End. The spotlights the group’s maturing skills as arrangers, performers and interpreters who shape the raw material supplied by chief songwriter and lead vocalist Taylor Goldsmith into an artfully concise and increasingly soulful sound.Read More...
Mavis Staples
Friday, July 19, 2013 at 8:00pm
A soul/gospel legend, Mavis Staples holds a special place in music history. With her bold, Grammy-winning album, You Are Not Alone, the legendary vocalist adds a remarkable new chapter to an historic career. Staples is a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner, and a National Heritage Fellowship Award recipient. VH1 named her one of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll, and Rolling Stone listed her as one of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.Read More...
Munch: Munch 150
Exhibition Series
Friday, July 26, 2013 at 7:00pm
This year, all of Norway celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of Edvard Munch (1863 - 1944), one of the towering figures of modern art. Munch 150, co-hosted by the National Museum and the Munch Museum (both in Oslo), is already being hailed a "once-in-a-lifetime show".The event film will be going behind-the-scenes to show some of the process of putting the exhibition together -- as well as touring Norway to provide an in-depth biography of a man who lived from the mid-19th century right through to the German occupation of Norway in the Second World War.Part of the Exhibition Series presented by M.C. Ginsberg & Chait Galleries Downtown.
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Don McLean
Saturday, July 27, 2013 at 8:00pm
Don McLean is one of America's most enduring singer-songwriters and is forever associated with his classic hits "American Pie" and "Vincent (Starry Starry Night)". Since first hitting the charts in 1971, McLean has amassed over 40 gold and platinum records world-wide and, in 2004, was inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame. His songs have been recorded by artists from every musical genre, most notably Madonna's No. 1 recording of "American Pie" in 2000 and George Michael's version of "The Grave" in 2003, sung in protest at the Iraq War.Read More...
John Hiatt & The Combo
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 at 8:00pm
John Hiatt is a powerful singer, guitarist & talented songwriter. The critically acclaimed artist has released twenty-four albums - including his latest Mystic Pinball. As one of music's most respected and influential singer-songwriters, Hiatt's songs have been covered by a variety of artists in multiple genres, including Bob Dylan, Ry Cooder, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Willie Nelson, and many more. The Los Angeles Times has called Hiatt "one of rock?s most astute singer-songwriters of the last 40 years".Co-presented with True Endeavors.
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The Official Blues Brothers Revue
Saturday, August 10, 2013 at 8:00pm
The Official Blues Brothers Revue, featuring Wayne Catania and Kieron Lafferty as Jake and Elwood, recreates the live concert experience, integrating the humor and songs from the original film and subsequent albums. Produced by Judy Belushi Pisano and Dan Aykroyd, the Revue pays homage to Chicago's rich history of blues, soul music and gospel in the true spirit of the original Blues Brothers. Under the musical direction of Paul Shaffer, Jake, Elwood and the high-energy eight-piece Intercontinental Rhythm & Blues Revue Band lay down a big sound, performed with the passion and precision of the original Blues Brothers. Fun for all ages, The Official Blues Brothers Revue strikes the right balance of humor, music and mayhem.Read More...
Bob Mould Band
Thursday, August 15, 2013 at 8:00pm
From his pioneering early ’80s work with Hüsker Dü to the pop sparkle of Sugar to his genre-blurring solo work, Bob Mould’s decade-spanning career has been celebrated by fellow musicians and fans alike. His latest album, 2012’s Silver Age, is an intense, concise ten-song blast reminiscent of Bob’s latter-day Hüsker Dü output that careens out of the speakers with a sense of exhilaration and power. With his live band, which consists of bassist Jason Narducy (Spl:t S:ngle, Verbow) and drummer Jon Wurster (Superchunk, The Mountain Goats), Bob Mould brings to the stage the energy and musicianship that has made him so renowned among fans and the music community as a whole.Read More...
Steel Magnolia
Thursday, August 22, 2013 at 8:00pm
96.5 Kiss Country welcomes Steel MagnoliaIn the years since winning season two of CMT's Can You Duet, Steel Magnolia have gone on to win over many more influential fans and supporters. Their bracing take of "Keep On Lovin' You" broke through as the highest charting debut single by a co-ed duo in Billboard history and climbed all the way to No. 5 on the Billboard Country Charts. The song has been downloaded more than a million times and landed in the major motion picture, “Valentine’s Day.” Steel Magnolia has shared the stage with Brad Paisley, Reba McEntire, and Blake Shelton and appeared on the Late Show With David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Lopez Tonight.
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Mary Gauthier & Ray Wylie Hubbard At The Mill
Friday, August 23, 2013 at 8:00pm
Note: This event takes place at The Mill (120 E Burlington St, Iowa City).Mary Gauthier and Ray Wylie Hubbard share the stage for a special Englert presents event at The Mill. Alt-country singer/songwriter Mary Gauthier exploded onto the scene in 1999 following the release of her classic album Drag Queens in Limousines. Ray Wylie Hubbard has been a leading figure of the progressive country movement since the 1970s.
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The John Scofield Überjam Band
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at 8pm
John Scofield’s guitar work has influenced jazz since the late 70’s and is going strong today. Possessor of a very distinctive sound and stylistic diversity, Scofield is a masterful jazz improviser whose music generally falls somewhere between post-bop, funk edged jazz, and R&B. The Überjam Band features Andy Hess, Avi Bortnick, and Tony Mason.Read More...
Master Class With Dweezil Zappa
Friday, September 6, 2013 at 2:00pm
Prior to the Zappa Plays Zappa concert, Dweezil Zappa will host a master class at 2pm. For the price of a fuzz pedal, learn techniques from the son of Frank Zappa. Dweezil has the motto "Learn and destroy." It refers to destroying the boundaries that confine music creativity. While on tour with Zappa Plays Zappa, Dweezil is previewing some of the guitar concepts during a special pre-show session.Read More...
Zappa Plays Zappa
Friday, September 6, 2013 at 8:00pm
Roxy & Elsewhere 40th Anniversary TourDweezil Zappa keeps alive the musical legacy of his legendary father, Frank Zappa, with the tribute Zappa Plays Zappa. The group is devoted to performing the music of Frank Zappa. In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the classic album "Roxy & Elsewhere", the band will play the entire album in sequence!
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The Stupid Economy
Friday, September 20, 2013 at 8:00pm
Award-winning actress Chrissy Hogue brings her comedic and dramatic tour de force to the stage in Robert Lynn’s, “The Stupid Economy.” Chrissy takes the audience on a dizzying ride through her roles as seven women struggling with their personal finances since the economic crisis of 2008 and into the present. From the bottom to the top of the economic ladder, Chrissy weaves a story that will make you laugh, cry and stomp your feet in frustration at our current economic condition.Part of the Intimate at the Englert Series presented by Hands Jewelers, with additional support from Little Village.
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Peter Yarrow
Saturday, October 26, 2013 at 8:00pm
Peter Yarrow’s talents as a creative artist—both with the legendary trio Peter, Paul & Mary and as a solo performer—are frequently directed at using music to convey a message of humanity and caring. His gift for songwriting has produced some of the most moving songs from Peter, Paul & Mary, including “Puff, the Magic Dragon,” “Day is Done”, “Light One Candle” and “The Great Mandala.” As a member of the renowned musical trio, Yarrow has earned multiple gold and platinum albums, as well as numerous GRAMMYs.Read More...
Vermeer: Vermeer And Music
Exhibition Series
Saturday, October 19, 2013 at 7:00pm
The National Gallery, London, is offering a major exhibition on one of the most startling and fascinating artists of all-time Johannes Vermeer, painter of the Girl with a Pearl Earring. Vermeer painted little more than 30 works that still exist, and the National Gallery has chosen to focus on his art in relation to music. Music was one of the most popular themes of Dutch painting and revealed an enormous amount about the sitter and the society. The event film goes beyond the exhibition to tell the entire story of Vermeer's life and, in doing so we show in detail many other of the artist's great works.Part of the Exhibition Series presented by M.C. Ginsberg & Chait Galleries Downtown.
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James Blake
Saturday, November 16, 2013 at 8:00pm
SCOPE Productions & The Englert Theatre are proud to host James Blake. Blake is an English electronic music producer and singer-songwriter. He is touring in support of his critically acclaimed new album "Overgrown".Co-presented by SCOPE Productions.
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Kathleen Madigan
Friday, November 22, 2013 at 8:00pm
In her 22 year career, Kathleen Madigan has never been hotter. With her new Showtime special, "Gone Madigan," in constant rotation and the DVD-CD of the special topping the Amazon and iTunes charts, Madigan has the entire year booked with over 100 theater gigs across the country and numerous television appearances. She's recently back from her second Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff's USO Holiday Tour of Iraq and Afghanistan. This year Madigan shared the stage with Robin Williams, Lewis Black, Lance Armstrong, Kix Brooks and Admiral Mike Mullen who hosted the tour. After the ten day tour, she returned home to tape appearances on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson," "The Green Room with Paul Provenza" and "The Joy Behar Show in New" York.Read More...
