Lee Walsh, or as he is more commonly known as, El Dub, wasn’t always a solo act. But it runs out that it was what he needed to kick-start his career. “I played in a band called Lunar Funk...

New York Times bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf (The Weight of Silence, One Breath Away) will read from her new book, Little Mercies, at 7 p.m. today at Prairie Lights, 15 S. Dubuque. Little Mercies...

The Magic: The beginning of August is upon us all, so before the sweet sand of summer slips through your fingers, we recommend something sweet, refreshing, and delicious. Today we have the Basil Flower,...

Every August, Grant Park in Chicago hosts a three-day music festival — a modern Woodstock, if you will. People across the country flock to the hub of Illinois for Lollapalooza to see some of the biggest...

3.5 out of 5 stars One of my favorite moments of “Siskel & Ebert,” thankfully available for any curious parties to watch on YouTube, was when they devoted an entire episode to discussing...

Friday will see the release of Luc Besson’s Lucy a science-fiction action film starring Scarlett Johansson as a woman who, upon being forced to ingest an experimental drug, is given abilities that...

I have never felt as though I belonged in Iowa — there was always a part of me that felt I needed to be elsewhere, be someone else. Last month, my dream of studying abroad came true in Madrid, Spain....

There are few art forms that inspire more devotion from their fans than anime. This entire weekend, local fans will get a chance to demonstrate that devotion at AnimeIowa, the annual anime convention held...

5 out of 5 Stars Snowpiercer is the dark prince of the summer movie season. It’s rogue, subverting every expectation associated with the action and sci-fi genres, from how the basic plot mechanisms...

3.5 out of 5 Stars Dan Bernstein, a Chicago radio host who is both smarter and snarkier than the average sports talker, was recently discussing the MLB All-Star Game when he remarked, “Baseball...

Just south of downtown Iowa City, a local café bustles with action and excitement. Mostly looking over scripts and reading lines, around 10 men and women sit in a circle of chairs surrounding a small...

Dozens of red plastic tubes hang like oversized Twizzlers from the walls of 30hop’s walk-in cooler, some stretching as far as two stories up through the walls. Soon, these tubes will assist in a...