Guitarist and composer Mary Halvorson has been named as one of this year’s fellows of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, as The New York Times notes. The fellowship, popularly known as the “genius” grant, awards recipients with $625,000 to be used over five years.
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Pitchfork - Wednesday, September 25, 2019
The Daily Iowan - Sunday, September 22, 2019
With their performance entitled Hair, and Other Stories, on Sept. 21 at Hancher Auditorium, Urban Bush Women brought challenges to the forefront of the stage, leaving an experience that can only be summarized by an expression: to each their own.
Iowa City Press-Citizen - Friday, September 20, 2019
Set to appear in Hancher Auditorium on Saturday, Sept.
The Iowa Source - Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Drawn from personal and public narratives centered on individual identity in a collective culture, Hair & Other Stories will be presented at Hancher Auditorium on Saturday, September 12, investigating issues of body image, race, gender identity, and economic inequity.
The Gazette - Thursday, September 12, 2019
She’s won six Tonys, two Grammys and an Emmy for her work on stage and screen, but Audra McDonald still gets little flutters before stepping onstage. Her congregation will be worshipping her at Hancher Auditorium in Iowa City on Saturday night (9/14), as they gather to hear “Songs from the Americ
The Daily Iowan - Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Award-winning singer and actress Audra McDonald will be giving a performance at Hancher Auditorium this upcoming weekend. McDonald’s extensive career — which has included acting and singing — has earned her six Tonys, two Grammys, and an Emmy.
Little Village Magazine - Friday, September 6, 2019
Hair & Other Stories, which focuses in on the experiences of black women — including those of body image, gender identity, sexism and economic inequity — with spoken word, dance, movement and song.
The Gazette - Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Storm Large can’t be contained. After nearly blowing the roof off the intimate Club Hancher setting in October 2018, she’s coming back to the wide open spaces of Hancher’s front lawn, known as the Hancher Green.
The Gazette - Friday, July 19, 2019
Hancher launches its new season as part of a yearlong 2019 Diamond Diana Celebration, marking the 75th birthday of Diana Ross. From her early days leading The Supremes to her landmark solo career, she helped shape the sound of popular music, changing the landscape and paving the way for contemporary music. The singer, actress and record producer, born in Detroit on March 26, 1944, won Grammy’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012, and an Oscar nomination for her star turn in “Lady Sings the Blues.” Ain’t no mountain high enough for this superstar.
Iowa City Press-Citizen - Monday, June 10, 2019
You have to be pretty big time to get the schedulers at Hancher Auditorium to move shows around to accommodate your needs. They did it for Diana Ross. Then Kristin Chenoweth. And now, the Big Splash.
"It’s outside our standard practice to present during the summer for a variety of reasons," Rob Cline, Hancher's director of marketing and communication told the Press-Citizen for a previous article. "We like to present when there are as many students as possible here, but we didn’t want to pass up this opportunity."
Cline was referring to Diana Ross's upcoming July appearance, which was squeezed in on an atypical date, just like Kristin Chenoweth's New Year's Eve performance was.. A big time performance can make the theater more flexible with its booking, and though many haven't heard of it yet, the Big Splash is destined to become a big name.
The idea for The Big Splash has been years in the works, and there remains more than a year of preparation to come.