Even if we try our best to be politically correct, it is inevitable that “proper” terms change, ideals shift, and our cultural understanding evolves. Today at 10 p.m. in the IMU Second-Floor Ballroom,...

To commemorate this week’s Iowa City Book Festival, the *Daily Iowan* has gone behind the scenes with a couple of the featured writers, in an attempt to provide readers with a look at their creative...

An authorial voice with wit, an audience, and a message is something many strive for but few possess.One of those few is writer, editor, and Purdue University Professor Roxane Gay, whose social commentary...

The boundary-breaking Book of Mormon, winner of 9 Tony Awards including Best Musical, will be playing at the new Hancher Auditorium Oct. 11-16. By Claire Dietz  [email protected] Hello. My name...

Legendary operatic soprano Renée Fleming will perform on Hancher’s stage Saturday night. By Tessa Solomon [email protected] From Carnegie Hall to the Vienna Philharmonic, lyric soprano Renée...

By Tessa Solomon [email protected] Absurdist genius Eric André is set to take the Englert’s stage Saturday at 8 p.m. for a standup show. In a famous segment on the cult Adult Swim series “The...

By Isaac Hamlet [email protected] Rick Riordan, most famous for the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, will appear as part of this year’s Iowa City Book Festival on Friday at the Englert,...

By Claire Dietz [email protected] This morning, the Book Festival opened with something truly fitting of a UNESCO City of Literature: a public, open-air reading of one of literature’s classic...

The Book Festival, which begins today, promises many great authors and events aimed at the book-lovers of Iowa City. By Claire Dietz [email protected] The Iowa City Book Festival will kick off...

Were we expecting Simple Plan? No. Not really. But that doesn’t mean that SCOPE’s Homecoming Simple Plan concert wasn’t entirely what we all needed. With songs unapologetic and loud, catchy...

By Alex Kramer [email protected] The names of ther performers in this article have been changed to their stage pseudonyms in order to preserve privacy. Auralie Wilde, a burlesque dancer and...

Basil Twist, a MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant-winning puppeteer, will speak today as part of the Creative Matters Lecture Series. By Claire Dietz   [email protected] When the 2015 MacArthur Foundation...