Have you heard: You don’t even need to read or play music anymore to be a musician. Woodstock-era adults often use this sentiment to disparage modern music. But just because many of today’s...

Artists, crafters, and musicians will come together this weekend for a Labor Day celebration. The annual Uptown Bill’s Ralston Creek Fair & Flea Market will begin at 8 a.m. on Monday at Uptown...

It took Sally Ooms roughly four years to amass the 50-plus interviews recorded in Finding a Home: How Americans Prevail. Her new book offers an eye into the world of Katrina survivors, immigrants, single...

Hot temperatures won’t stop the 4-H Hoe-down Throwdown from welcoming students back on campus. Celebrating its second year, the Hoe-down is back with an obstacle course including but not limited...

Forty restaurants, two hours, one name — the Taste of Iowa City. This adventure into the culinary scene of my favorite college town held a variety of venues and cuisine, one that would imply there are...

This week, 34 writers from 21 countries and territories traveled to Iowa City in an effort to prove that borders don’t matter in this literary city. All the writers will participate in the International...

When street-side trees don yarn sweaters and the surface of Pedestrian Mall benches seem to transform overnight, downtown Iowa City strollers take notice. But there is more to Iowa City’s outdoor...

The University of Iowa has its own wealth of public art, including the enigmatic boulder on the Anne Cleary walkway, affectionately called "the brain" by some UI students. Here are some facts...

Some of the most influential albums of the year have been released in the last couple months. With that in mind, and with its being the last few weeks of summer, I thought I would walk through some of...

A two-day, independent- and art-house-film festival, housed in an historic and prestigious old movie theater. An event such as this is bread and butter for the Iowa City arts community. But this festival...

The Steel Wheels will bring a mixture of mountain sound and old-time musical tradition to the Mill, 120 E. Burlington St., this evening with four men, four instruments, and one microphone. Formed in Harrisonburg,...

Rising local group the Jesse White Band will perform in the Friday Night Concert Series after Chasing Shade tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. in the Pedestrian Mall Weatherdance Fountain Stage. “I am a big...