By Joshua Balicki [email protected] The a cappella ensemble Straight No Chaser formed at the Indiana University in 1996. More than a decade after its music video of “The 12 Days of Christmas”...

Biographer Caroline Fraser has released her new book, Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder, which explores the real life of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the author of the *Little House...

Poets seem to be flocking to Iowa City like birds lately, but what better way to kick off the Christmas season than with literature? Poets Alessandra Lynch and Michael Tyrell will come to Prairie Lights,...

It all comes back to our childhood. Playing airplane with our dad. Watching our mother practicing Chopin. Growing up. Going to college. Coming out to our parents. It all comes back, until now gives way...

The annual Holiday Thieves’ Market will take place this weekend, with Midwestern artists speaking of their experience with the event. By Sarah Stortz [email protected] Holiday shopping is being...

Point.0 combines different art forms to achieve a performance with different artistic expressions. By Rhiana Chickering [email protected] This weekend, audiences will have the opportunity...

Alessandra Lynch and Michael Tyrell, graduates of the Writers’ Workshop, will read from their new poetry at Prairie Lights. By Salma Rios [email protected] Poets seem to be flocking to Iowa City...

Terence Blanchard, a Grammy-Award winner on trumpet, and his band, the E-Collective, have created a groove-infused R&B album titled Breathless. The musicians will shine at Hancher at 7:30 p.m. Friday. A...

Agnes in Green focuses on a transgender male who struggles with his parents bickering, has a crush on his best friend, and worries about how he will afford college. By Madison Lotenschtein [email protected] A...

The eighth-annual Blues and Boogie-Woogie Piano Stomp performs to a packed house. By Salma Rios [email protected] Downtown Iowa City was filled with the sounds of blues and boogie-woogie on Nov....

Roomful of Teeth reimagines the human voice by pushing the boundaries of vocal music. By Joshua Balicki [email protected] Founder and artistic director of Roomful of Teeth Brad Wells set out...

A Far Cry, with its unique dynamic in music, brings its latest project to Iowa City. By Sarah Stortz [email protected] Hailing from Boston, chamber orchestra A Far Cry operates as an “artistic...