I've had the same corkboard on my bedroom wall since first grade, and I haven't removed or replaced any of the items on it in years: not the junior-high dance pictures, Iowa basketball ticket stubs, or...

Jameson & Ginger Ale Primary Alcohol: Jameson Irish Whiskey Taste: Just like ginger, except it makes you warm in the stomach and face. Garnished with a lime will help to make the drink have a bit...

With so much of the history of humankind taking place before records were kept, even the smallest tidbit information on our ancient ancestors and their way of life is highly coveted. On March 9, visitors...

Warm summer weather may seem far away now, but the city of Iowa City’s Summer of the Arts is preparing for its 2014 festival season. Today at 11 a.m. in the Sheraton Hotel, 210 S. Dubuque St., the Summer...

Steve McGuire, a University of Iowa professor of 3D design and metal arts, has ridden his bike across the country three times. He said when he's riding, with the vast expanse of the sky stretched before...

Standing on stage, gesticulating wildly, and flitting around may seem an actor's job, but that didn't stop director Eric Forsythe from climbing out of his seat in the audience and doing just that. Only...

For the funk band whysowhite, the ever-changing seasons of Chicago continually shape its sound. Vocalist D-Pop Fantastic said the summers play a huge part in inspiring the band. “There is nothing...

Everyone knows the first rule of fight club is you don't talk about fight club. Yet Fight Club is being advertised all around Iowa City. A new business, Game Geeks, 114½ E. College St., will host the...

Upon hearing the word “monologue,” it would not be unseemly for one to conjure images of overly dressed actors waltzing about on stage, throwing about “thee” and “thy,” managing to finish just...

Around 50 years ago, a group of men joined to create a barbershop chorus — the Iowa City Melody Hawks. Now, that group, which has changed its named to the Old Capitol Chorus, will celebrate a 50th anniversary...

The lights are dim, and there is a haze of fog floating over the stage. In one corner, a bath tub is covered in shrubbery, and near the back is a tree branch. It is unclear if the setting is outside...

The Academy Awards are upon us again and, as usual, some in America are preparing as if it's a national holiday. But this year's Oscars might be worth all the pomp and circumstance — 2013 was a fabulous...