On Dec. 16, the community can support an entertaining cause. The nonprofit organization Working Theater Group, which has brought actors and local musicians together to benefit local causes several times,...

People can join a yearly celebration of Yuletide cheer at 7 p.m. today at the Englert Theater, 221 E. Washington St. This years’ Festival of Carols will include people singing about good tidings...

Last week, Oprah Winfrey chose the novel Twelve Tribes of Hattie, written by 39-year-old Iowa Writers’ Workshop alum Ayana Mathis, as the next book on the list of her newly launched Book Club 2.0. According...

Iowa City’s local rock and roll band Item 9 & the Mad Hatters will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington St. The concert will be a celebration of the band’s second...

The band members of Euforquestra travel all over the country, but they keep Iowa City close to their hearts. The guys will return home for their annual benefit show, Home for the Holidays III Benefit,...

Choreographers and dancers look within themselves, overcome self-doubt, and step out of their comfort zones to discover something beautiful. They spend hours perfecting movements with hopes of getting...

Take away the grand stage, the sharply dressed conductor, and the sheet music. Now add some horns and drums, a dash of style, and a whole lot of chemistry, and you’ll get jazz — a complex genre...

Champagne Gods will be on stage at 8 p.m. today through Saturday in the Theater Building’s Theater B. Both said they are excited for everyone to see what has become of the play since it first appeared...

A wood panel lay on a flat table in an art studio in which NPR can be heard among the swift movement of a paintbrush and the clanking of paint bottles. Artist Heidi Van Wieren works on the wooden surface...

Luke Millington-Drake is nothing if not dedicated to performing. The native of London traveled to Iowa City in March to present a three-minute audition for the Iowa Center for the Arts selection committee. “It...

“It all started with a cow,” reads the mission statement of Heifer International. Heifer is a nonprofit organization that began in the mid-1940s, donating cows to European countries to aid...

Want to win a DVD copy of Ted? Send us a tweet with your answers for the following questions to @DrDaily by 11:59 p.m. Dec. 9, and you’ll be entered in the contest. Follow @unipicturesiowa for hints...