1+ hour, 17+ min ago  (304+ words) by Matt Kelley | Jun 9, 2026 Two recent Iowa high school graduates are leaving this week on an all-expenses-paid trip to New York City after being named the state's Triple Threat Award winners at last month's Iowa High School Musical Theater Awards…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (221+ words) by Matt Kelley | May 21, 2026 A southeast Iowa community is hosting a free concert event this weekend where there'll be something to satisfy virtually everyone's musical tastes. Organizer Joyce Glasscock says the Keokuk Back Alley Bandfest draws musicians and music lovers…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (234+ words) by Matt Kelley | May 14, 2026 A fully-interactive, internationally-touring show that turns the entire audience into performers is making its first-ever Iowa stop on Friday night, focusing on the music of the British rock band Queen. It's called "Choir! Choir! Choir!" and…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (475+ words) by Matt Kelley | May 1, 2026 The actress who is portraying a famed suffragist with Iowa roots in the national touring Broadway production of "SUFFS" is visiting the Iowa State University campus today and the building that bears her character's name. Marya…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (374+ words) by Radio Iowa Contributor | Apr 20, 2026 The Art Center of Burlington will host a one-day exhibit this week that will feature reproductions of artwork that was considered degenerate and banned by the Nazi Party in Germany in the 1930s. Art center executive…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (172+ words) by Radio Iowa Contributor | Mar 24, 2026 The Iowa Community Theater Association is holding its annual state conference this coming weekend in Webster City. Loween Getter is organizing the event for actors, stage hands, playwrights and other Iowans who are involved in…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (509+ words) by Matt Kelley | Mar 13, 2026 One of modern country's biggest stars is making two concert stops in Iowa this month. Jake Owen has had ten number-one singles, his records have gone platinum 11 times, and he's logged more than six-billion streams online....

3+ mon, 3+ day ago  (358+ words) by Radio Iowa Contributor | Mar 5, 2026 Cast members of the national touring company performing "The Music Man" stopped at Music Man Square and the Meredith Willson Boyhood Home on Wednesday prior to their final performance of the Mason City native's musical…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (349+ words) by Matt Kelley | Feb 17, 2026 The Putnam Museum in Davenport is hosting an event tonight featuring music played on fragile, decades-old violins that were once owned and played by Jewish musicians before and during the Holocaust. Christina Kastell, the museum's curator…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (390+ words) by Matt Kelley | Jan 30, 2026 An Iowa-born actress, writer, teacher and director with more than five decades of stage experience is starring in the title role of a touring Broadway production that will make a one-week stop in Iowa next week....