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...

With an upbeat, atypical jazz sound and a heavy emphasis on improvisation, the SpokFrevo Orquestra has all the ingredients of a great Brazilian street band. However, this 18-piece ensemble has taken the...

Roller derby: The cliché of crazy, barbaric, mindless women skating around, driving their elbows into their opponents while some violent ’90s rock chugs along in the background? Nah. The revival...

As a blossoming wino, I'm always looking for ways to incorporate wine into a more familiar, sweeter package.  The Texas Frozen Sangria Swirl — crafted at Cheddar's restaurant out by the Coralville...

"Here we are now; entertain us." These familiar lyrics likely conjure an image of either a guitar player with long, dirty blond hair or a yellow smiley face with a dangling tongue and Xs for...

Halloween will undoubtedly be an excuse for University of Iowa students to don Nicki Minaj spandex, Orange is the New Black scrubs, or Ebola HAZMAT suits — speculated to be the most popular costume this...

All is calm. The screen is filled with a bright blue sky, clouds drifting across it. The audience members sit in eerie silence as the sky begins to darken. The camera shakes as the wind picks up speed....

Australian singer/songwriter Lucie Thorne spent six weeks jumping among Romania, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and other parts of Europe, before deciding to take her Americana sound to, well, America. "Once...

If December is characterized by Christmas music, the "Time Warp," "Sweet Transvestite," and "Science Fiction/Double Feature" are the anthems of October — at least for one...