Two Iowa City-based bands will find ways to twist up classic genres for the Friday Night Concert Series’ show this week, the program’s first since the return of the University of Iowa’s...

Grace Rosauer lived for five days. Because of a fatal condition called trisomy 18, she was born 3½ weeks premature, weighing 4 pounds, 0.9 ounces, 16½ inches tall. Doctors at the University of Iowa...

A hypothetical guy wearing an Iowa football flat-bill walks up to a woman at a bar and boasts, “I’ve won six-straight national titles in my NCAA Football Dynasty; can I buy you a drink?” Why...

Are you a Hunger Games fan? A Pinterest junkie? Well, then you may have come across the “pin” of the “25 Series to Read if you Love the Hunger Games.” This list has exploded on...

Shonda Ryken was checking out, making friendly conversation with her cashier at the Coralville Costco, when she noticed his tattoo peeping out from under a sleeve. “I just thought it was interesting...

Twenty-three years ago, when she was tired of her acting career in Los Angeles, “California girl” Sands Hall headed to Iowa City for the Writers’ Workshop. Since then, she has had her...

“Omigod you guys!” The sorority-girl antics and fast-paced energy of Legally Blonde the Musical will fill the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts stage as a part of the City Circle Acting...

In the Trumpet Blossom Café, plants and trinkets sit in the windows, a cozy couch in a corner asks to be read on, and the silverware comes wrapped in homemade cloth napkins. “My grandma makes those...

As the local community continues to reach out to the world, a group of professors and students have traveled from China to Iowa to experience what Iowa City has to offer. Paul Donaldson, the coordinator...

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...