Music Calendar
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Listed times represent show start time. Doors will open at least one hour before the listed time unless otherwise noted.
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| Sun 07.23 | Pub Quiz | Pub Quiz in | |
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Join us for Pub Quiz every Sunday at 9pm. Only $1 to play and the winner takes the whole Pot! Hosted by Abba.
Time: 9:00pm. Admission: $1. Age restrictions: 21+ After 10 pm. |
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| Mon 07.24 | Open Mic with J. Knight | Open Mic with J. Knight in | |
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An Iowa City institution. So many great acts have played their first show at the Mill’s Open Mic. Many seasoned pros test out new material before a live audience. Come check it out – you never know when you’ll catch the next great Iowa City songwriter. To sign your act up, call J. Knight in advance at 319.338.6713.
Time: 8:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Tue 07.25 | Dance with Center for Worker Justice | Dance with Center for Worker Justice in | |
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Doors open at 6:30pm Summer is finally here & CWJ would like to invite you to the first of a three-part series of events. We will have 3 fundraisers with Tropicante, an Iowa-based group that plays Salsa, Merengue, Bachata,Cumbia, Latin Jazz and much more… Join us at The Mill for a fun and relaxing time of socializing, food, and dancing, while supporting worker rights, minimum wage, community ID, immigrants rights, housing and other issues. Each event will have dinner or drink specials, which will be announced a day in advance. Tickets: $10 if you show your Community ID and $15 without Time: 7:00pm. Admission: $10 w. Community ID / $15 GA. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Wed 07.26 | Burlington Street Bluegrass Band | Burlington Street Bluegrass Band in | |
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The house band will typically include Al Murphy, Bob Black, Dale Thomas, Joe Petersen and other IC bluegrass giants. http://www.myspace.com/theburlingtonstreetbluegrassband Time: 7:00pm. Admission: $5. Age restrictions: All Ages. |
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| Sat 07.29 | J.E. Sunde | J.E. Sunde in | |
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w. Har-di-Har, Priorities JE Sunde’s sophomore LP is an exercise in careful subtraction. The first LP “Shapes that Kiss the Lips of God”, (which itself followed complex LPs with his former band The Daredevil Christopher Wright), was an exercise in layers of sound…built up and presented like a spinning fan seen through a kaleidoscope. This number two LP “Now I Feel Adored” strips away the slowed blades and peers through a clearer, but darker lens. Time: 9:00pm. Admission: $8. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Sun 07.30 | John Lake Studio Recital | John Lake Studio Recital in | |
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Doors: 1:30pm John Lake and his students will perform at the Mill. The John Lake Student Recital is a bi-annual event with musicians of many styles and levels. Free admission. Fun for the whole family! Time: 2:30pm. Admission: Free. Age restrictions: All Ages. |
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| Sun 07.30 | John Lake Studio Recital | John Lake Studio Recital in | |
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Doors: 1:30pm John Lake and his students will perform at the Mill. The John Lake Student Recital is a bi-annual event with musicians of many styles and levels. Free admission. Fun for the whole family! Time: 2:30pm. Admission: Free. Age restrictions: All Ages. |
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| Sun 07.30 | Lotería Night at The Mill: Presented by LULAC | Lotería Night at The Mill: Presented by LULAC in | |
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Join us for Lotería night at The Mill.
Lotería is a Latin game originated from Mexico game of chance, similar to bingo, but using images on a deck of cards instead of plain numbers on ping pong balls. Every image has a name and an assigned number, but the number is usually ignored. Each player has at least one tabla, a board with a randomly created 4 x 4 grid of pictures with their corresponding name and number. Players choose what tabla they want to play with, from a variety of previously created tablas. Each one presents a different selection of images. Time: 6:00pm. Admission: $5 Suggested Donation. Age restrictions: All Ages. |
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| Sun 07.30 | Pub Quiz | Pub Quiz in | |
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Join us for Pub Quiz every Sunday at 9pm. Only $1 to play and the winner takes the whole Pot! Hosted by Abba.
Time: 9:00pm. Admission: $1. Age restrictions: 21+ After 10 pm. |
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| Mon 07.31 | Open Mic with J. Knight | Open Mic with J. Knight in | |
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An Iowa City institution. So many great acts have played their first show at the Mill’s Open Mic. Many seasoned pros test out new material before a live audience. Come check it out – you never know when you’ll catch the next great Iowa City songwriter. To sign your act up, call J. Knight in advance at 319.338.6713.
Time: 8:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Tue 08.01 | Bob Schneider | Bob Schneider in | |
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w. Travis Linville Bob Schneider has reigned as a de facto king of the Austin music scene for a couple of decades now, and while no one stays on top forever, the man shows no signs of decay in quality or creativity. Schneider is the city’s genius chameleon, mixing pop, hip-hop, folk and biting humor with essential melodies and bloody brilliant lyrics. His joys and heartbreaks, laid bare in song, help us understand our own. Schneider has been a recording artist for 25 years, putting out his first record (“Party Till You’re Dead”) in 1991 as frontman for Joe Rockhead, a funk-rock combo in the vein of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. That band was followed by his best-known group, Ugly Americans, which toured with the Dave Matthews Band and Big Head Todd and the Monsters. Ugly Americans was a kind of alt-rock supergroup, with former members of Cracker, Poi Dog Pondering and Mojo Nixon’s band. Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $17 Advance / $20 Day of Show. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. Buy tickets |
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| Fri 08.04 | Eddie Ifft | Eddie Ifft in | |
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The Binge All the Way Tour Not your ordinary stand up show… part tailgate party, part stand-up & part podcast – come be a part of the show! Join comedian, Eddie Ifft and his entourage as they party across the country in The Bingle Bus performing and recording the very first season of a brand new show, unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. Eddie Ifft has been called one of the most underrated comics in America by The Onion and has proudly told jokes around the world to sold-out crowds in over 15 countries. Eddie is the host of one of the most successful podcasts in the comedy world called “Talkin’ Sh*t”. In 2014, his Kickstarter campaign to fund “The Bingle Bus” a mobile podcasting studio exceeded his fundraising goal and raised over $60,000! He is currently working on launching his new podcast “The Bingle Show, with Eddie Ifft” and taking it on tour across the country on the “Bingle All The Way Tour.” Time: 9:00pm. Admission: $12 Advance / $15 Day of Show. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. Buy tickets |
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| Sat 08.05 | Women in Blues: A Tribute to Legends | Women in Blues: A Tribute to Legends in | |
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Featuring: Gloria Hardiman, Demetria Taylor, Hollee Thee Maxwell, Tanya English, and Carlos Johnson’s All-Star Band An evening of amazing local and regional blues and soul singers paying tribute to music legends Koko Taylor, Etta James, and Big Time Sarah. Time: 9:30pm. Admission: $20. Buy tickets |
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| Sat 08.05 | Women in Blues: A Tribute to Legends | Women in Blues: A Tribute to Legends in | |
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Late Show Featuring: Gloria Hardiman, Demetria Taylor, Hollee Thee Maxwell, Tanya English, and Carlos Johnson’s All-Star Band An evening of amazing local and regional blues and soul singers paying tribute to music legends Koko Taylor, Etta James, and Big Time Sarah. Time: 11:00pm. Admission: $20. Buy tickets |
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| Mon 08.07 | Open Mic with J. Knight | Open Mic with J. Knight in | |
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An Iowa City institution. So many great acts have played their first show at the Mill’s Open Mic. Many seasoned pros test out new material before a live audience. Come check it out – you never know when you’ll catch the next great Iowa City songwriter. To sign your act up, call J. Knight in advance at 319.338.6713.
Time: 8:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Fri 08.11 | Nicole Atkins | Nicole Atkins in | |
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w. Elizabeth Moen Named Rolling Stone’s “Top 10 Artists To Watch” in 2007 for her debut album Neptune City, Nicole Atkins has appeared on numerous late night TV shows, including “The Late Show with David Letterman”, “Conan”, and “Later… with Jools Holland”, and featured in media outlets ranging from the New York Times to Time magazine. She has toured throughout the US and Europe, both headlining and also touring with The Black Keys, Mavis Staples, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Primal Scream, Chris Isaak and The Avett Brothers. Nicole is currently in the studio recording her 4th studio album with Austin Jenkins, Josh Block and Chris Vivion of Niles City Sound. She also recently performed one of her new songs, “A Little Crazy”, on the season finale of the new Showtime series “Roadies”, directed by Cameron Crowe. The recording of “A Little Crazy” is available via Stardog Records /Republic Records as part of the soundtrack album for the show. Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $12 Advance / $15 Day of Show. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. Buy tickets |
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| Mon 08.14 | Open Mic with J. Knight | Open Mic with J. Knight in | |
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An Iowa City institution. So many great acts have played their first show at the Mill’s Open Mic. Many seasoned pros test out new material before a live audience. Come check it out – you never know when you’ll catch the next great Iowa City songwriter. To sign your act up, call J. Knight in advance at 319.338.6713.
Time: 8:00pm. Admission: FREE. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Sat 08.19 | Brad and the Big Wave | Brad and the Big Wave in | |
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Singer-songwriter Brad Pouleson, formerly of The Beggarmen, has changed course with a new sound and a new band. Joined by Recliners band members John Kramer on bass and Paul McCray on guitar, plus veteran Doug Langbehn on keys and relative new-comer Connor Wade on drums, Pouleson leaves the Celtic world far behind to sing about life with his electric guitar in hand.
Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $8. Age restrictions: All Ages. |
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| Tue 08.22 | Dance with Center for Worker Justice | Dance with Center for Worker Justice in | |
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Doors open at 6:30pm Summer is finally here & CWJ would like to invite you to the first of a three-part series of events. We will have 3 fundraisers with Tropicante, an Iowa-based group that plays Salsa, Merengue, Bachata,Cumbia, Latin Jazz and much more… Join us at The Mill for a fun and relaxing time of socializing, food, and dancing, while supporting worker rights, minimum wage, community ID, immigrants rights, housing and other issues. Each event will have dinner or drink specials, which will be announced a day in advance. Tickets: $10 if you show your Community ID and $15 without Time: 7:00pm. Admission: $10 w. Community ID / $15 GA. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Fri 09.08 | Catfish Keith | Catfish Keith in | |
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Blues singer, songwriter and bottleneck slide guitarist Catfish Keith has established himself as one of the most exciting country blues performers of our time. Catfish’s innovative style of foot-stomping, deep delta blues and American roots music has spellbound audiences the world over. A two-time W. C. Handy Award nominee for BEST ACOUSTIC BLUES ALBUM, and an inductee into the BLUES HALL OF FAME, Catfish has twelve NUMBER ONE independent radio chart-topping albums to his credit, and packs houses all over the world with his dynamic stage show.
Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $15. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. Buy tickets |
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| Thu 09.14 | Downtown Boys | Downtown Boys in | |
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w. TBD The United States’ myriad inequalities, hatreds and phobias are painfully evident in 2017, offering proof that the age-old dichotomy of “political bands” versus “apolitical bands” simply doesn’t exist. Either you are comfortable and unfazed by the current reigning power structures, or you choose (or have no choice but) to use your music as a vehicle for the dismantling of oppression and the creation of something better. No matter what your songs are about, you are choosing a side. The position of Providence, RI’s Downtown Boys has been clear since they started storming through basements and DIY spaces with their radically-minded, indefatigable rock music: they are here to topple the white-cis-het hegemony and draft a new history. In the words of vocalist and lyricist Victoria Ruiz, they are “five unique and individual people who believe in the spectrum of people, experiences and emotions.” On their self-titled 2014 EP on Sister Polygon Records (run by their like-minded friends in Priests), they offered songs like “Slumlord Sal,” which strikes out against abusive landlords. Its accompanying video relays the idea that cops can be literally smacked out of their oppressive mindsets and into an exuberantly queer dance party. This is how Downtown Boys began, combining revolutionary ideals with boundless energy and contagious, inclusive fun, and their resolve has only strengthened as both their sound and audience have grown. Time: 9:00pm. Admission: $10 Advance / $12 Day of Show. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. Buy tickets |
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| Fri 09.15 | Good Morning Midnight | Good Morning Midnight in | |
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w. The Port Authority, Wood Chickens, Forever Nap Good Morning Midnight is the solo project of 19 year old Charlie Cacciatore. Cacciatore has spent much of the past year and a half playing shows around the Midwest in anticipation for Good Morning Midnight’s debut album, “Basket Of Flowers.” Recorded at Flat Black Studios with engineers Dana T and Luke Tweedy, “Basket Of Flowers” is a sprawling 60 minutes of literary guitar pop, giving nods to Alex G, Sparklehorse, and Paul Simon. Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $5. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Sun 09.17 | Rainer Maria | Rainer Maria in | |
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w. TBD If you happened upon the front page of the New York Times arts section on April 13th, 2006, you might likely have been taken by one of two reactions. Perhaps “Who?” Or maybe for the long devoted adherents, “Finally!” There they were, a trio who came up in the idealistic confines of Madison, WI, and the fertile incubator that was the Midwest’s ‘90s indie rock scene, now perched atop a Brooklyn warehouse with the sunset-drenched Manhattan skyline behind them. Momentary conquerors at what would turn out to be the tail end of a decade of trailblazing creativity, Rainer Maria had reached a mountaintop of sorts, and yet by the end of the year they’d be bidding farewell to sold out crowds at the Bowery Ballroom and Williamsburg Brooklyn’s now almost mythical DIY haunt, Northsix. Many years later, guided by their shared history as songwriters, and buoyed by their recent adventures and explorations in music and life as individuals, their new album S/T, fits like well worn boots with the spring of new soles. Intuitively written without much post-mortem intellectualization, the album benefits from its origin as an exercise in fun between old friends who didn’t necessarily have the intention of releasing a new record when they started down the path. The lyrics are full of natural imagery, influenced by the more pastoral setting outside De Marrais’ window—soil and greenery, weather patterns, and other markers of country life. While sonically, S/T retains and even amplifies the core grit and vigor that Rainer Maria has always had as a band. Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $15 Advance / $18 Day of Show. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. Buy tickets |
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| Fri 09.22 | Cedar County Cobras | Cedar County Cobras in | |
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w. Flash in a Pan Cedar County Cobras have been described as contagious, acoustic rockabilly, dancing bluegrass, or brand new old-time country with the gritty sound of soulful blues. It is almost impossible to box the sound of The Cobras into one musical genre. Just know that you should be prepared to bring your dancing shoes and party with this musical troupe made up by two blind brothers from the electric rock band Porch Builder and a woman mandolin player rooted in bluegrass and rock n’ roll. These folks come together from two musical families blending the sound of gravel road rock n’ roll with a mandolin and fiddle to bring you Iowa’s newest acoustic string band! Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $8. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Sun 09.24 | Lotería Night at The Mill: Presented by LULAC | Lotería Night at The Mill: Presented by LULAC in | |
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Join us for Lotería night at The Mill.
Lotería is a Latin game originated from Mexico game of chance, similar to bingo, but using images on a deck of cards instead of plain numbers on ping pong balls. Every image has a name and an assigned number, but the number is usually ignored. Each player has at least one tabla, a board with a randomly created 4 x 4 grid of pictures with their corresponding name and number. Players choose what tabla they want to play with, from a variety of previously created tablas. Each one presents a different selection of images. Time: 6:00pm. Admission: $5 Suggested Donation. Age restrictions: All Ages. |
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| Fri 09.29 | The Right Now + Diplomats of Solid Sound | The Right Now + Diplomats of Solid Sound in | |
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Two amazing soul/classic R&B-influenced artists join forces for a night of music. The Diplomats have been local mainstays for over a decade. The Right Now, from Chicago, are supporting their third full-length release Starlight. Branching out from their traditional soul-revivalist mode, Starlight pushes the bounds of The Right Now’s style. While soul and r&b undertones continue to lay the foundation for each arrangement, disco and pop elements emerge into a fresh, diverse sound. With some personal—and personnel—changes, the band took their time with the follow-up to 2012’s Gets Over You. They found that getting the right sound was more important than rushing out the music.
Time: 9:00pm. Admission: $10. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Thu 10.05 | Matt Pond PA | Matt Pond PA in | |
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w. J Fernandez Since its inception in Philadelphia in 1998, Matt Pond PA has traveled a road of perpetual transformation, a shifting cast of copilots and collaborators defining the band’s every season. On August 11, 2017, matt pond PA will release Still Summer, their twelfth full-length album and the second Pond is releasing under his independent label, 131 Records. “It’s not about reliving the past,” says Pond. “It’s about allowing the present to breathe. It’s about holding hands with ghosts and then letting go.” On this album Pond features the likes of Laura Stevenson, Laura Burhenn, Caroline Reese and Anya Marina. And of course there’s the copilots, Chris Hansen, Shawn Alpay, Mel Guerison and Kyle Kelly-Yahner, right there with him. Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $15. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. |
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| Fri 10.13 | Big Thief | Big Thief in | |
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w. Mega Bog The trails that Brooklyn’s Big Thief—Adrianne Lenker (guitar, vocals), Buck Meek (guitar), Max Oleartchik (bass), and James Krivchenia (drums)—take us down on Capacity, the band’s highly anticipated second record, are overgrown with the wilderness of pumping souls. After last year’s stunning Masterpiece, Capacity was recorded in a snowy winter nest in upstate New York at Outlier Studio with producer Andrew Sarlo. The album jumps right into lives marked up and nipped in surprisingly swift fashion. They are peopled and unpeopled, spooked and soothed, regenerating back into a state where they can once again be vulnerable. Lenker’s songs introduce us to a gallery of multifacted women and deal with the complicated matters of identity — at once dangerous and curious, though never unbelievable. Lenker shows us the gentle side of being ripped open. Tricked into love, done in and then witnessing the second act of pulling oneself back together to prepare for it to all happen again, but this time to a sturdier soul, one who is going to take the punches better than ever before and deal some jabs and roundhouses of their own. Time: 9:00pm. Admission: $15. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. Buy tickets |
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| Thu 11.09 | Dar Williams | Dar Williams in | |
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In concert including a reading and discussion from her new book, What I Found In A Thousand Towns Dar Williams has been called “one of America’s very best singer-songwriters” by The New Yorker. She’s released ten studio albums and authored four books including her latest, “What I Found In A Thousand Towns,” to be released in September. Known as much for her staunch progressive ideals as her raw acoustic energy, Williams has been captivating audiences with her sheer elegance and honesty in her folk-pop songwriting since the ’90s. Williams’ growth as an individual over her two-decade-long career has gone hand-in-hand with her evolution as an artist, touring along the way with such distinguished peers as Joan Baez, Patty Griffin, Ani DiFranco, Loudon Wainwright III and Shawn Colvin among others. Time: 8:00pm. Admission: $20 Advance / $25 Day of Show. Age restrictions: 19+ After 10 pm. Buy tickets |
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| Sun 11.26 | Lotería Night at The Mill: Presented by LULAC | Lotería Night at The Mill: Presented by LULAC in | |
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Join us for Lotería night at The Mill.
Lotería is a Latin game originated from Mexico game of chance, similar to bingo, but using images on a deck of cards instead of plain numbers on ping pong balls. Every image has a name and an assigned number, but the number is usually ignored. Each player has at least one tabla, a board with a randomly created 4 x 4 grid of pictures with their corresponding name and number. Players choose what tabla they want to play with, from a variety of previously created tablas. Each one presents a different selection of images. Time: 6:00pm. Admission: $5 Suggested Donation. Age restrictions: All Ages. |
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