Ragers for Charity event on June 12 benefiting UI Immigrant Legal Clinic and Immigrant Welcome Network of Johnson County

The next Ragers for Charity event will be on Friday, June 12 at Willow Creek Theatre benefiting UI Immigrant Legal Clinic and Immigrant Welcome Network of Johnson County, as part of Immigrant Heritage Month. $10 advance tickets or $12 cash at door, + fees for card. Vendor artists selling merch with a portion going to… Read More Ragers for Charity event on June 12 benefiting UI Immigrant Legal Clinic and Immigrant Welcome Network of Johnson County

May 31, 2026 Tara McGovernLeave a comment

2025 Irish Christmas Ceili

doras nua had the best time sharing music for the Champagne Academy of Irish Dance 2025 Irish Christmas Ceili at Coralville Center for the Performing Arts. Irish dancers are by definition also athletes and musicians. Their instruments are their bodies. Many of the Champagne dancers are also multi-instrumentalists! What a joy to share the stage… Read More 2025 Irish Christmas Ceili

December 21, 2025January 8, 2026 Tara McGovernLeave a comment

Irish Christmas Ceili by Champagne Academy of Irish Dance and doras nua

doras nua is preparing for the Irish Christmas Ceili by Champagne Academy of Irish Dance just one week from tomorrow at Coralville Center for the Performing Arts! 🗓️ Saturday, December 20⏰ 3:30 pm🎟️ bit.ly/Ceili_2025 An afternoon of dance by the Champagne Academy of Irish Dance and music by doras nua (Tara McGovern on fiddle and… Read More Irish Christmas Ceili by Champagne Academy of Irish Dance and doras nua

December 14, 2025 Tara McGovernLeave a comment

Christmas 2023

I’m looking forward to two more twinkly bits of holiday magic before we leave this year behind. ✨ December 14 and 15 at 7:30 pm at Riverside Theatre ✨ Get out of the cold and enjoy an evening of heart-warming holiday storytelling with Small Miracles, a collection of tales written and performed by Riverside co-founder… Read More Christmas 2023

December 3, 2023December 3, 2023 Tara McGovernLeave a comment

Theater Review: ‘Dancing at Lughnasa’ from Coralville’s City Circle Theatre Company by Saunia Powell

A million thanks to Little Village and to Saunia Powell in particular for this thoughtful and beautifully articulated review of City Circle’s DANCING AT LUGHNASA. To be seen so fully for all that we have been working to bring forward in this production is a gift that we don’t take for granted. Every detail of… Read More Theater Review: ‘Dancing at Lughnasa’ from Coralville’s City Circle Theatre Company by Saunia Powell

May 11, 2023 Tara McGovernLeave a comment

Brian Friel’s DANCING AT LUGHNASA

Widely regarded as playwright Brian Friel’s masterpiece, Tony Award-winning DANCING AT LUGHNASA is a haunting play about five unmarried sisters making a living in 1930s rural Ireland. I’ve loved this play for decades since I saw it as a teenager and I’m so happy to be serving as music consultant on this project and also… Read More Brian Friel’s DANCING AT LUGHNASA

March 25, 2023April 2, 2023 Tara McGovernLeave a comment

St Paddy’s Celebration Program

March 17, 2023 Tara McGovernLeave a comment

Road ending for Coppers & Brass with St. Patrick’s Day concert in Iowa City

by Diana Nollen Published in The Gazette March 9, 2023. Eastern Iowa’s traditional Irish music will lose a big part of its mettle when Coppers & Brass plays its final concert — fittingly — on St. Patrick’s Day, at The James Theater in Iowa City. But the heart of the music will continue pulsating through… Read More Road ending for Coppers & Brass with St. Patrick’s Day concert in Iowa City

March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 Tara McGovernLeave a comment

Friday, March 3 at the CCPA

I’m told we will have a couple of Irish beers at the concession stand as well as some nonalcoholic because ALL ARE WELCOME when Irish music plays. Come one, come all! Get your tickets at Coralville Center for the Performing Arts 🇮🇪

February 28, 2023 Tara McGovernLeave a comment

Coppers & Brass Farewell

After eighteen joyous years of making music together, we are wishing our guitarist Keith Reins the fondest of farewells as he and his family move to Tucson, Arizona. Coppers & Brass has two final concerts together before we gratefully part. Please join us to celebrate and to thank Keith for his incomparable musicianship and friendship.… Read More Coppers & Brass Farewell

February 12, 2023February 12, 2023 Tara McGovernLeave a comment

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