Novelist, journalist, would-be politician, and Iowa native Joseph Dobrian will read from his new novel, Ambitions, at 7 p.m. Friday at Prairie Lights, 15 S. Dubuque St. After graduating from the University...

The stage is dry, gray. But then there’s a lighting change. The characters transform from everyday, normal people to monsters. This is the beginning of the nightmare scene.  The Consul, an...

Jackson Pollock described one of his most distinctive murals as a scene out of the American West, a stampede of cows, horses, antelopes, and buffaloes: "Everything is charging across that goddamn...

Baseball-player-turned-pop-star Mike Stud will make Iowa City one of his first Closer Tour stops at 8 p.m. Friday, He will perform in the IMU Second-Floor Ballroom alongside Clinton Sparks and Austin Harris,...

In a country falling apart, three queer women flock together. thing with feathers, a University of Iowa Gallery Production written by graduate student Sam Collier, will open in Theater Building Theater...

Nintendo’s Wii U online store is now selling Pier Solar, a recent role-playing game made for a classic system. Pier Solar is a “home brew” game: consumer-developed software made for...

The 2014 election season is over, but tensions are still high on both sides of the aisle. Whether you're celebrating a political victory or mourning lost dreams — or simply want to repress the memories...

Tin cans, glass containers, and a cardboard box provide targets for University of Iowa percussion graduate student Andrew Thierauf's mallets. As microphones amplify the various sounds, he directs a room...

The greatest classical movie of our time, Mean Girls, gave us this gem about Halloween: “In the regular world, Halloween is when children dress up in costumes and beg for candy. In Girl World, Halloween...

Whether you love her, hate her, or can’t be bothered to form an opinion, I’m pretty sure you knew Taylor Swift’s new album, 1989, was coming out this week. The top-selling artist has been everywhere...

The Terrifying Kraken Hunter Shot Alcohol: Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of Kraken Black Spiced Caribbean Rum, 94 Proof Ahoy, Scallywags and Scurvy Dogs. With Halloween just over the horizon, it be time for...

Fear can be packaged in many forms: the pages of a scary book, an urban legend, a room adorned with fake cobwebs and strobe lights, even a mere bump in the night. From old medical school cadaver photos...