Novelist Laura Moriarty planned to use her degree in social work from the University of Kansas to go to medical school. "I had really liked to do something useful and pragmatic," she said. When...

Two Iowa natives are turning the song "My Grandma's Song" into a picture book for children. "[When] two creative people come together, it's a meeting of the mind, hearts, and souls,"...

Perhaps the most famous fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes has been portrayed in dozens of books, TV shows, and movies — and now, on a University of Iowa stage. Members of the Iowa Summer Rep said...

"I want people to feel like they're sitting down with the person telling a story,"New York Times bestseller author Robert Goolrick said. "I love a novel that sounds like you're being told...

Classic opera isn't just for 19th-century aristocrats — as the University of Iowa Summer Opera program can demonstrate. On Friday, the program will open its production of H.M.S. Pinafore, a comic opera...

Perhaps the most famous fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes has been portrayed in dozens of books, TV shows, and movies — and now, on a University of Iowa stage. Members of the Iowa Summer Rep said...

Classic opera isn't just for 19th-century aristocrats — as the University of Iowa Summer Opera program can demonstrate. On Friday, the program will open its production of H.M.S. Pinafore, a comic opera...

Grammy award winning singer/songwriter Marc Cohn will perform at the Englert Theater, 221 E. Washington St., at 8 p.m. today. Iowa City will be the second stop on the performer's nationwide tour ending...

The fourth-annual Iowa City Book Festival, presented by the University of Iowa Libraries, will kick off Friday with the Literary Carnival at 7 p.m. More than 80 events will take place over the weekend...

The Summer of the Arts' Free Movie Series will show the film Hugo on Saturday on the Macbride lawn. Pre-film activities will be in conjunction with the Iowa Book Festival. The 2011 family film Hugo was...

Late last night and the night before, tommyknockers, tommyknockers, knockin' at the door. What is a tommyknocker? Some say they're mischievous little leprechaun-like creatures that pester unfortunate...

A jam session broke out at a friend's house over the weekend and led to a discussion about the greatest guitar solos of all time. I suggested the closing solo of Dire Strait's "Sultans Of Swing,"...