By Claire Dietz claire-dietz@uiowa.edu 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 girindra-selleck@uiowa.edu 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 jordan-ryder@uiowa.edu 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 cassandra-santiago@uiowa.edu 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 grace-pateras@uiowa.edu 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...

The Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn St., will kick off Music is the Word, nine months of special programming, on Sept. 20 with a musical revue at the Englert Theater, 221 E. Washington St. An...

By Jordan Ryder jordan-ryder@uiowa.edu 9.5 out of 10 I crouched behind a boulder, hoping the soldier would keep walking rather than investigate the shadow he saw as I took cover. The wind started whipping...

By Tessa Solomon tessa-solomon@uiowa.edu Screenings, readings, and now a wedding. Public Space One, 120 N. Dubuque St., has seen it all. Fabrics, paints, and patterns have been united in the gallery’s...

Company will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 20 at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts, 1301 Fifth St. The Stephen Sondheim musical follows the story of Robert, a bachelor on the night of...

By Jasmine Putney jasmine-putney@uiowa.edu Shred the script. Dim the lights. Erase the preconceptions that constrain the endless possibilities of theater. The liveliness of performing-arts teams up...