Intrigue, mystery, and questions of sanity arise in Ten Small Beds, fiction writer Kate Kasten's newest novel. Kasten will read from the book today at 7 p.m. at Prairie Lights Books, 15 S. Dubuque today. The...

Human Aftertaste is one of the most bizarre bands to tour the Midwest. The group claims to be the only meat canning company and live band in-one. The group's shows feature performances by strange characters...

When filmmaker Kristian Day decided to create a documentary about a piece of Iowa's culture, he turned to Templeton, Iowa, and its famous drink — Templeton Rye whiskey. After all, it was rumored to...

The painting Endless Flight uses the bright, vivid colors of the Caribbean as it articulates shapes and forms across the surface of the canvas, infusing the piece with life and meaning. Haitian-born artist...

Bill Kanengiser's first performance was an impromptu solo show. When he was 4 or 5 years old, the now-professional guitarist played a rudimentary bass built by his father from a cigar box, a broom, and...

Pirouetting across the stage, dancers blur into a flurry of movement as they articulate the message of the piece through their bodies. A myriad of styles will be presented when the University of Iowa's...

Forty-five minutes before the rehearsal of Gigi is set to begin, there is chaos in the Englert Theatre. Musicians take their seats in the makeshift orchestra pit as they start to tune their instruments. During...

The play Sidewinders deals with how defining something can only get one so far and that acceptance is important. University of Iowa graduate student Basil Kreimendahl wrote the play, which follows the...

In the final minutes before a show starts, the 10 members of Tower of Power gather to pray, because they believe they are "making music for the glory of God." In 1988, when the musicians had...

Surrealistic Pillow is Jefferson Airplane's second studio album, and this week's Tracks from the Past. The album is just under 35 minutes long and falls into a few genres: folk rock, psychedelic rock,...

South of the bars, businesses, and banks that line Clinton Street is a massive old house. Upstairs, a window facing the street is propped open with a 2x4, allowing music to pour outside. But unlike...

For Jennifer Fawcett, the horror of war is magnified and complicated when it arises between people of the same country who turn against each other. So, during a writing exercise in a playwriting class...