This weekend, high-school students will use theater to bring to the surface issues often ignored. City High students will tell stories about bigotry, hardship, and opinions in the Iowa City community...

For RAYGUN founder Mike Draper, the Midwest is the best name in the world because it’s not a real direction. In his illustrated book The Midwest: God’s Gift to Planet Earth, he writes, “It’s...

Vicki Ruiz knows Latino culture. “Latinos are the biggest minority group in the United States, but their contributions and legacies in the United States often remain invisible to the general public...

Trick or treat? StarLite Cinema presented by M.C. Ginsberg has both. Fans of the supernatural can join in on the festive spirit and watch Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind while sitting...

Home Movie Day is a worldwide celebration of amateur filmmaking, and this week marks the 10th anniversary. Iowa City area residents will have the opportunity to showcase their home movies 1 p.m. Saturday...

Name: Red Rambler Ale In taste and packaging, the Red Rambler is a simple but striking ale from a Knoxville, Iowa, brewery. Although the folks over at Peace Tree are arguably in Cyclone territory,...

The world’s first global film festival started on a side of a truck on Mulberry Street, Manhattan, in 1997, and this week, it is in Iowa City for the second time since its première. The Manhattan...

Released: Sept. 18 While blasting my way through a wave of bandits, I stumble across an odd character named Face McShooty. He has a frame around his neck with two arrows pointing at his face, and he pleads...

What do Jay-Z, the U.S. 1992 Dream Team, and a fresh pair of Air Jordans have in common? They’re all in NBA2K13 and looking fresh as ever, so try not to drool on the hardwood. I’ll admit...

To say that the firsthand account of the mission that killed Osama bin Laden is insightful is an understatement. The New York Times bestseller No Easy Day has sparked so much controversy over the past...

Name: Venture Series Madhaus Dunkelweizen Recently I stumbled across a map of the United States in which every state was colored in with the label of the best beer it produced. I doubt much science went...

High-quality acoustics, local musicians, and a historical venue in Iowa City is what the Iowa Opera House Project needs to put on a show. This weekend, Dave Moore, Dustin Busch, Megan Drollinger, Milk...