By Jasmine Putney [email protected]  With soul and rhythm that carries from the ears down to the dancing feet, music has the inexplicable ability to transcend social and economic barriers. But...

By Tessa Soloman [email protected] When I was young, my mother chanted a special rhyme to heal any injury. Caressing a burnt finger or scraped knee, she sang, Sana, sana, colita de rana, si no...

Given that there will be upcoming battles in baseball’s postseason culminating in the MLB World Series, the Iowa City Community Theater opened the play Damn Yankees, based on the novel The Year the Yankees...

Gin, orange juice, and syrup compose this sweet treat. EXPERIENCE: The alcohol is not at all an overwhelming taste in this martini. That’s quite possibly because there wasn’t much in it, but either...

Being a college student is hard. With 8 a.m. lectures, group projects, and assignments that keep you working into the moonlit hours when you’d much rather be sleeping, sometimes the only motivation to...

By Claire Dietz [email protected] By the time you’re celebrating your 400th birthday, you know a lot of people. And it’s all about who you know. Don Quixote has connections to Huckleberry Finn,...

Des Moines native Taylor Mills’ music has taken her all over the world. As a singer, she’s released two critically acclaimed solo albums and performed on Brian Wilson’s Grammy-winning Smile project. The...

By Girindra Selleck [email protected] Don Quixote needs no introduction. Miguel de Cervantes’s iconic piece of metafiction is widely recognized as the first novel ever written. This year marks...

By Jordan Ryder [email protected] 7 out of 10     Playing “Destiny” for the last year is similar to how I imagine Stockholm Syndrome would work. I enjoyed playing it but kept thinking “there...

By Cassandra Santiago [email protected] One airport. One dying man. Seven characters. And too many unlikely links to one another. The Queue, a dance-theater performance, transforms the passive...

By Grace Pateras [email protected] Matt Ribakow grew up in Maryland, went to college in California, and settled in Iowa City to build a family with his wife. Ribakow and wife Dori own Brush and...

ORANGE MOSCATO SANGRIA Belle Sera Moscato mixed with Cointreau. The drink came served in a tall white wine glass, contrasted by a typical clear plastic straw. The diced strawberries on top were a nice...