Retrospective of genre-defining printmaker, inventor, and longtime University of Iowa Art and Art History professor Virgina A. Myer  runs through September at the Levitt Gallery. By Tessa Solomon  | ...

By Claire Dietz [email protected] Texas-based band Mike and the Moonpies may be used to performing in the dance halls of the Lone Star State, not the bars of Iowa, but with a performance scheduled...

By Quentin Yarolem [email protected] On Friday, a comedy show and silent auction to raise money for Pat Pybril, who is in Stage 5 kidney failure, will take place at the Mill, 120 E. Burlington...

By Girindra Selleck [email protected] James Alan McPherson, a professor emeritus at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the first black author to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, passed away...

On August 14 dream-pop duo Beach House will cast their signature eerie atmosphere in the Englert Theatre. By Tessa Solomon  |  [email protected] n the Friday night of 2016‘s Pitchfork Music...

By Gracey Murphy [email protected]     Speakers buzz as a group of men’s men strut on stage. Bushy beards, slick sideburns, and burly outfits reveal this group’s true identity: the IC Kings. The...

By Gracey Murphy [email protected]     The ’80s: a time full of teased hair, neon clothing, and lots of rock ’n’ roll bands. I — and many others — however, was too young to experience...

By Claire Dietz [email protected]     James Magruder began his career as a translator of French plays before switching to dramaturgy. His focus — for the last 15 years — however, has been...

By Claire Dietz [email protected]     With the intention of bringing underrepresented voices into the literary spotlight, Prairie Lights, 15 S. Dubuque St., will host a reading of Shifts: An Anthology...

By Tessa Solomon [email protected] On Sunday, author, activist, and conservationist Terry Tempest Williams took her editor from New York City to Yellowstone National Park. “She [was] standing...

By Quentin Yarolem [email protected] Anna Laube is coming home. At 8 p.m. today, the Iowa City-born singer/songwriter/producer will perform at the Mill, 120 E. Burlington St. “I love playing...

By Tessa Solomon [email protected] In a country in which the scars of colonialism are still gradually fading, Sri Lankan author Ameena Hussein highlights forgotten history and quiet humanity....