By Madison Lotenschtein [email protected] Think coffins. Think cobwebs and fear. Think Count Dracula. Stop. Eric Adjetey Anang, a Ghanaian-born artist, begs to differ. He constructs...

Minnesota brothers Page Burkum and Jack Torrey didn’t have much of a plan when they started playing music together as the singer/songwriter duo The Cactus Blossoms. They mostly just wanted to play...

Sandra Cisneros held a reading Monday night in Macbride Auditorium, and she will join Jorge Guerra at 5 p.m. Tuesday for another discussion with the Iowa City community. “On Sept. 12 at 5 p.m. in...

By Natalie Betz [email protected] Shakespeare isn’t only for English majors. Over the years, the Bard has become something for the public, as opposed to “high-brow” society. In fact,...

Americans have heard a lot recently about the various hate groups around the United States, and whether they label themselves as neo-Nazis, white supremacists, or skinheads, one thing is certain: they...

The Solace of Trees, by Robert Madrygin, is a novel about Bosnian war orphan Amir, who navigates his way through the horrors of war, the ever-present effects of PTSD, the loss of his family, post-9/11...

The former African-art curator at the UI Museum of Art (1995-2004), Professor Victoria Rovine loves to study clothing, and she also loves to study African art. “Fashion is the fine-art version of...

It is often the hero of the story who risks her or his life in order to save somebody, but the roles are reversed in Z.P. Dala’s new book. She has risked her life in order to publish The Architecture...

Think dance. Unthink. Think buttery popcorn. Unthink. Fall into slap-a-doodle dandy. Unfall. You’re getting closer. Maybe. Today and Friday, Monica Bill Barnes & Company will produce...

Charlie Liu, a 16-year-old piano prodigy, was once featured alongside then-19-year-old Taylor Swift on the “Oprah Winfrey Show” at 8 years old. Now he is coming to perform in Iowa, where he was born...

Jimmy O. Yang’s Twitter handle encompasses his personality in three words: “Funny Asian Dude.” Known for his most recent role in Patriot’s Day and in HBO’s Emmy-nominated series “Silicon...

Bob Dorr & the Blue Band will play in the Uptown Getdown in the first of a series performing through August. By Levi Wright [email protected] Today, the Marion Chamber of Commerce, 1225 Sixth...