When Darius Bowie first started making videos in high school six years ago, performing comedy professionally wasn't a considered avenue. Sure, he wanted his own show like Dave Chappelle. But it's not like...

If you like your whiskey neat and your hands dirty, then the band Tallgrass may just be perfect for you. The Iowa City-based trio will perform in the Friday Night Concert Series on the Pedestrian Mall...

Jonathan Lethem, the bestselling author of nine novels, will read from his most recent, Dissident Gardens, at Prairie Lights, 15 S. Dubuque St., at 5 p.m. Saturday. In 2005, Lethem received a MacArthur...

2 out of 5 Stars There are, as anyone who watches enough movies can tell you, thousands of ways to make a horrible film: substandard dialogue, poor pacing, bland (or, even worse, offensive) characterization,...

4 out of 5 Stars On June 26, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that proponents defending Proposition 8, the California ballot initiative (passed in 2008) that banned same-sex marriages in the state of...

The magic: Short’s Whiskey, Grand Marnier, Orange Bitters What better drink to remind you that you live in Iowa than the Manhattan? This local spin on an old classic came as a random pick from the...

You can tell a lot about the state of a movement by its symbols. For the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender population, the rainbow flag has been an enduring emblem since the 1970s, when gay-pride...

Slow but steady wins the race. Like countless other children, a young Valerie Beck heard these words of wisdom every time she and her sister finished Aesop’s fable “The Hare and the Tortoise.” Even...

If I had to pick a reason I was nervously expecting disappointment entering 22 Jump Street, it would probably be that what made the original 21 Jump Street such a joy to watch isn’t exactly...

OBVIOUS CHILD 4.5 out of 5 Stars It seems it has become de rigueur to accompany any description or review of Obvious Child, the début film of writer/director Gillian Robespierre, with a pronouncement...

A man stood in front of the large projector screen, clutching a small, blue rectangular case. “This week’s Punishment Prize,” he announced, “is a DVD copy of Santa Clause 2, starring...

When MusicIC founders Judy Hurtig and Tricia Park conceived the idea of a summer chamber music festival in Iowa City, they knew they needed to make it unique to their hometown. “Our first question...