The play Écoute: pieces of Reynaldo Hahn is not a history lesson audience members can access on Wikipedia. Rather, it is an intimate meeting with an influential French mélodie composer. “Sometimes...

Taking Back Sunday Everyone who has ever been dumped needs this album. Taking Back Sunday’s debut, Tell All Your Friends, is a piece of hard-core brilliance — 45 minutes of relentless melodic wailing...

Justice = punching some dude in the back of the head and his eyeballs pop out. Well, maybe not. But that’s how kung-fu artist Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba takes care of business. This weekend, Chiba...

An upcoming film festival plans to bring a taste of New York — and the world — to Iowa City in an effort to connect moviegoers from most continents. The Manhattan Short Film Festival will showcase...

The NFL season has begun, and I know who I am rooting for. Michael Vick. Once the highest-paid and perhaps most dynamic player in professional football, Vick has paid one of the highest prices in the...

College costs are going up, but students may soon have some help in making it more affordable. The U.S. House is expected to vote today on a bill that could greatly increase financial aid for students....

In our first 100 days, the Obama administration has presented a comprehensive education agenda — from the cradle through college — that protects children and jobs in the short term and invests in...

While the mosquitos drew first blood Wednesday night at the Hawkeye Recreational Fields, Team America quickly followed with an opening drive touchdown en route to a 26-0 win over Celtic Force. Led by...

Officials released the first installment of UI Recreational Services’ version of the AP poll on Wednesday. There are no computer rankings, no combining of polls, and no mathematical formulas. The intramural...

Serena Williams has many people talking tennis. Fans of the U.S. Open, which aired worldwide, caught Williams’ tirade. The female American tennis star threatened an official who called Williams for...

Rachel Blakesley wears No. 13 for the Iowa soccer team. She came close to not wearing a number at all for the Hawkeyes — or any other team, for that matter. The No. 13 has donned Blakesley’s soccer...

The first event in a college athlete’s career is often the most nerve-racking. In basketball, it can lead to clanging iron or maybe even whiffing air on the first couple shot attempts. In golf, the...