The nation’s “most successful Dave Matthews Tribute Band” will perform in Iowa City this weekend. Originally from Chicago, Trippin Billies first started as an acoustic duo in the early...

Coming from more than 100 countries, the University of Iowa has nearly 4,000 international students as well as students from virtually every state in America. Given such far-reaching demographics, it...

A constant stream of music, instrument dealers, and food vendors will fill the Johnson County Fairgrounds in celebration of Old Time Music. Here, Iowans will be immersed in bluegrass, Celtic, American...

Every once in a while, lucky college kids have the opportunity to score a free meal in Iowa City. For my female peers down here, it isn’t that hard to come upon. For me, it took turning 21. I had to...

With Chicago’s Riot Fest on this weekend’s horizon, fans of ’80s, ’90s, and early 2000s punk rock are granted an opportunity to once again bask in the sounds orchestrated by the...

Like most international students, I came to the United States after finishing high school, when I was 18 years old. Now I am 21 — and like most of my American peers, I love meeting new friends, experiencing...

Mobb Deep, a hip-hop duo from Queens, N.Y., will take the Englert Theater stage this weekend. The group consists of Prodigy and Havoc, both of whom contribute verses to the songs, and Havoc is also a...

“Fresh” is an ongoing obsession for foodies, and when it comes to apples, there’s nothing fresher than right off the branch. Wilson’s Orchard, 2924 Orchard Lane N.E., has thousands...

Plunged into darkness and silence as the lights cut out and the air conditioner stopped whirling, Riverside Theater seemed to be an ominous place. Huge, dim, and empty, the theater, 213 N. Gilbert...

Walt Steadman is a Harvard dropout who just survived a shooting in a Boston café. He is one of the main characters in Douglas Trevor’s new novel, Girls I Know, from which he will read at 7 p.m....

Ayy, Mami. Just in case I end up on the wrong side of the Pedestrian Mall, I felt as if a new late-night food venue would be a good idea to locate. I feel that this weekend will be spent with more time...

Grammy-Award-winner Dweezil Zappa will bring his show “Zappa Plays Zappa” to the Englert stage this weekend. The American rock guitarist and occasional actor hopes to use music as a tool to...