At a rehearsal Tuesday night, the Space/Place stage featured nothing but two stools in the dark, as if it were set for a pair of stand-up comedians or cellists. But as the lights came up and...

Standup comedy is not just fun and games, at least for Barry Rothbart. In his latest comedy album, Streets on Fire, the actor, writer, and comic draws material from his insecurities, while masking some...

Like many musicians — especially those raised in Iowa City — Pieta Brown grew up "feeling, hearing, and playing music." It wasn't until she graduated from high school, moved to New York City,...

At 118 E. College St., a chalkboard perched behind a long counter lists the food and beverages on sale, including craft beers, wine, and sandwiches. Patrons sit on couches and at tables, chatting or celebrating...

It is not uncommon to have strangers knocking on your door around the holidays, pleading for donations, singing carols, or preaching a gospel. It is rather unusual, however, for a solicitor to be wrapped...

Angels, soldiers, and the always adorable sugarplum fairies will take the stage numerous times this weekend for a festive performance of The Nutcracker ballet. Put on by Coralville’s Nolte Academy...

A section of the world’s largest community folk-art piece — and one of the most important HIV/AIDS memorials — has made a stop in Iowa City, arriving Monday for Worlds AIDS Day and staying for the...

It’s a familiar setting to most in the American Midwest: slipping from the cold blanket of white peacefully covering the world into a warm department store adorned for the holidays — often with...

The world has seen A Christmas Carolin many ways: novels, animated series, staged, movies, and, most recently, at the Riverside Theater as a one-man production. Through Dec. 14, A Christmas Carolwill...

By the time the semester comes to a close and you head home for the holidays, there aren’t a lot of prime shopping days left. So what better way to thank your parents for the tuition money or remind...

The air outside the Mill on a Sunday night smells like perfectly charred cheeseburgers, and in the front portion of the establishment,couples and groups of friends sit lightly chatting, a timid...

The stragglers of 2014 are inching across the finish line to make a little bank this holiday season. Kingdom Hearts is a series of games that crosses over classic Disney movies such as The Lion King,...