You know the tune. You just don't know the words. Wake up / Something something something something makeup / Something something something something shake-up / Something something something something...

The electronica/hip-hop/alternative rock band Limbs will perform at the Blue Moose Tap House, 211 Iowa Ave., at 9 p.m. Friday. The band — featuring Ty James, Nick Jenkins, Alex Fischels, Travis Patten,...

Music and beer are two of life's simple pleasures. Why not combine the two? The Yeastie Boys are a pair of New Zealand brewers with a hilarious moniker (I'm a sucker for awful puns) and a serious talent...

The Birds of Chicago will perform at the Mill, 120 E. Burlington St., at 6:30 p.m. Friday. The group features J.T. Nero and Allison Russell and their respective bands. According to the band's official...

The third "City of Witerature" comedic reading series event will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at the Haunted Bookshop, 203 N. Linn St. Local TV host Yale Cohn came up with the idea of "City...

You know the tune. You just don't know the words. Wake up / Something something something something makeup / Something something something something shake-up / Something something something something...

Classic opera isn't just for 19th-century aristocrats — as the University of Iowa Summer Opera program can demonstrate. On Friday, the program will open its production of H.M.S. Pinafore, a comic opera...

Grammy award winning singer/songwriter Marc Cohn will perform at the Englert Theater, 221 E. Washington St., at 8 p.m. today. Iowa City will be the second stop on the performer's nationwide tour ending...

The fourth-annual Iowa City Book Festival, presented by the University of Iowa Libraries, will kick off Friday with the Literary Carnival at 7 p.m. More than 80 events will take place over the weekend...

The Summer of the Arts' Free Movie Series will show the film Hugo on Saturday on the Macbride lawn. Pre-film activities will be in conjunction with the Iowa Book Festival. The 2011 family film Hugo was...

Late last night and the night before, tommyknockers, tommyknockers, knockin' at the door. What is a tommyknocker? Some say they're mischievous little leprechaun-like creatures that pester unfortunate...

A jam session broke out at a friend's house over the weekend and led to a discussion about the greatest guitar solos of all time. I suggested the closing solo of Dire Strait's "Sultans Of Swing,"...