Orange City

Silence, suppression and shame—Mike Goll knows them well.Goll is gay in a conservative corner of the state where homosexuality is viewed as a choice, at…

He claimed hundreds of undocumented immigrants from Mexico have “calves the size of cantaloupes because they’re hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the…

Bonne Finken is a pop artist from Des Moines who broke through as the first female Iowa artist to crack the charts on a Top 40 radio station. She recently…

Two women wearing hijabs appear on a projection screen. Through a video call, Jasmine Smith is joined by another Northwestern College graduate, Marly…

Herenicia de Timbiqui perform music from the crossroads. Rhythms passed down from the slaves support merengue and salsa as well as rock 'n roll. The…

In Ted Swartz's Listening for Grace, the cello is the voice of a son who has told his father that he is gay. This reflects the Christian tradition in…

Live at the Old Factory is Field Division, tonight, a folkwave duo from Des Moines. Their songs rise up around you like a warm seltzer, and in the midst…

Live at the Old Factory is a series of concerts featuring Iowa artists. It includes a concert, a recording, and an interview. Tonight, we’re going to…

For musicians, Iowa is often a place to begin, but not a place to end. This has been true for a long time, and it has left us in the difficult position of…