An Iraqi poet and International Writing Program resident breaks through silence and writes her way to Iowa City and environs. By Joshua Balicki [email protected] As the oldest and largest multinational...

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...

We won’t make it out alive, the guide said And tumbled down the shaft. What remains? A shred of plastic flapping in the nest The birds left in the hedge, a speckled egg That never hatched, a file...

Barber steps on stage with tires encircling his entire body. The tires are burdensome and clunky. That is the point. The Englert will host a group of artists who have come together to create a piece...

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 Middle of Nowhere Festival resonated with the sonorous echoes of DJs all over the city. By Travis Coltrain [email protected] Sparks flew as electronic artists illuminated Iowa City’s...

Iowa City will experience an electrifying renaissance of art and history this weekend. Decades ago, when James Van Allen helped create one of the first analog synthesizers, he probably never imagined...