At the Theater Department’s Global Express event, writers in the International Writing Program see their works on stage in ways they never anticipated. By Claire Dietz  |  [email protected] Three...

Distinguished poets Jane Mead and James Galvin will read in the Dey House Frank Conroy Reading Room this evening. By Tessa Solomon [email protected] In the wild of the American West, a coyote...

By Alex Kramer [email protected] The unflinching realism of some poetry harbors little room for the light-minded individual. In this sense, poet Kim Addonizio’s work holds a classical fixation...

By Gracey Murphy [email protected] @graceyelyssa Construction takes up streets, requires patience, and often causes more headaches than many people can handle. But once the product finished, it...

By Tessa Solomon [email protected] This week, Iowa City’s Center for Afrofuturist Studies — an ever-expanding project in its inaugural year — will welcome its September artist-in-residence,...

By Quentin Yarolem [email protected] The music of the band Dead Horses — whose members hail from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, of Oshkosh, B’Gosh fame — displays a healthy combination of gospel and...

Sean Lewis’ new play, Black and Blue, explores the subject of police brutality and opens Friday at Riverside Theatre. By Isaac Hamlet  [email protected] Rage is a bubbling, righteous feeling....

By Gracey Murphy [email protected] @graceyelyssa Construction takes up streets, requires patience, and often causes more headaches than many people can handle. But once the product finished, it...

By Quentin Yarolem [email protected] The scene was the Coralville Marriott Hotel Conference Center, where thousands of people flooded the space, forming a sea of black and gold as the eighth-annual...

By Isaac Hamlet [email protected] The 1985 Japanese movie Ran — based on Shakespeare’s  King Leer — will play at FilmScene on Sept. 9. The screening is one of the many Iowa City events celebrating...

By Isaac Hamlet, Gracey Murphy, and Quentin Yarolem [email protected],[email protected]@uiowa.edu Music With the recent appearance of the Blake Shelton-led Back Porch Revival...

How one gym-class fib set folk musician Brian Johannesen on the path to his future career. By Isaac Hamlet [email protected] Many people get into music because of a lifelong passion. Some know...