By Levi Wright [email protected] Today, the world mourns the passing of renowned jazz/R&B/pop talent Al Jarreau. Jarreau, 76, won seven Grammy Award-winning songs from a career that spanned...

By Austin Henderson [email protected] In the midst of a cinematic world inundated by the thoughtless action and explosions of movie franchises such as Fast and Furious, writer and director...

Ying Quartet By Lily Goodman [email protected] Longtime favorites of the university’s Hancher Auditorium, the Ying Quartet along with pianist and composer, Billy Childs, concluded their...

2017 Oscar-Nominated Shorts: DI’s Chosen Three By Lily Goodman [email protected]   There’s something to be said about a film that has a runtime of forty minutes or less and utilizes...

By Brett Shaw [email protected] Avert your eyes from this column, as it will lead you to viewing a hopeless tragedy complete with murder, child abuse, suicide, and being eaten alive. Even though...

By Brett Shaw [email protected] Spawning celebrities such as Tina Fey, Bill Murray, and Joan Rivers, Second City - a comedy enterprise based in Chicago - has built its reputation as the ultimate...

By Hannah Crooks [email protected] This weekend will see the annual Ten-Minute Play Festival grace the stages of the Theater Building as students come together to produce and direct original work....

By Claire Dietz  [email protected] How hard is it to sit and practice an instrument for an hour? If an hour is daunting, how does the prospect of playing for eight hours seem in comparison? English...

By Levi Wright [email protected] “Trembling heart of the gods, the central active energy of humanity emerges from the core of collective life. The city is a motor. Its core is dynamo-electric,”...

By Isaac Hamlet [email protected] Soil, a comprehensive new work set to take the stage at Hancher this evening, was originally imagined a year ago by Michael Sakamoto, a University of Iowa assistant...

By Isaac Hamlet [email protected] There aren’t many places in which you could see Gandalf singing Billy Joel’s “Piano Man,” or Willy Loman singing “Still Alive” by Jonathan Colton. Yet...

A local artist collects hopes to inspire a new art installation in Iowa City. By Brett Shaw [email protected] Black tea in hand, surrounded by half-completed paintings and old T-shirts dappled...