Seun Kuti is the youngest son of legendary Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, the pioneer of the Afrobeat genre. He remembers his touring with his father and his first time onstage. "I had to face the...

Flat Black Studios is Misson Creek's partner for this year's Artist-in-Residence program, which was developed to give visiting musicians a more memorable experience of their time in Iowa City at the festival....

Literature lovers will crowd into packed venues in Iowa City, excited by the prospect of seeing many of the local and visiting writers present their work during the Mission Creek Festival's second Lit...

Over the course of the next few days, one stage in the Theater Building will be transformed from a play set in the 1930s, complete with bottles of Jack Daniel's and euphoric guitar riffs, to a one-man...

For Richard Tiegs, directing House of Wonders is more than an opportunity to produce a new play for the community — it's a chance for him to bond with his son. Fourteen-year-old Noah Tiegs has worked...

Best-selling fiction writer Andrew Greer takes great inspiration from poets because, he said, they "do all the heavy lifting" for writers in other areas, including him. "They drag words...

The Shins released Port of Morrow, its first album in five years, on Tuesday. And despite some changes in the group's lineup, fans will be pleased with what was created. The Shins was an American indie...

The Daily Iowan spoke with Tim Duggan, vice president and executive editor at HarperCollins Publishing, to talk about his visit to Iowa City today. He plans to present a lecture at 11 a.m. in the Dey House...

Musical groups Home-Grown, Mitch Moylan and the Cedars of Lebanon, Smooth Money Gesture, Gone South, and Velco Moxie will perform in a benefit concert for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Iowa at 8...

Mansions on the Moon will bring its electronic-rock style to Iowa City for the first time this weekend. The group will perform at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Mill, 120 E. Burlington St. Admission is $10 in...

It was a glorious day in the late-1960s when David Crosby of the Byrds, Stephen Stills of Buffalo Springfield, and Graham Nash of the Hollies joined forces and created the folk-rock supergroup Crosby,...

I'll be honest with you; I first tried Delirium Tremens because the bottle looked so cool. Produced by the Huyghe Brewery in Melle, Belgium, the brew is packaged in a bottle painted to resemble cologne...