Writer and teacher Charles Holdefer will return to Iowa City next week with his latest novel in tow. "I'm trying to make what I see intelligible," Holdefer said. "I think that's what everyone...

Since 2004, Christine Hemp has traveled from Port Townsend, Wash., to teach poetry and nonfiction writing at the Iowa Summer Writing Festival. "I really love teaching at the Writers' Festival,"...

Mike Mangione & the Union will perform at the CSPS Hall, 1103 Third Street S.E., Cedar Rapids, on July 24. The band, which features a mix of folk rock and orchestrated strings, sets out to create...

A group of young writers traveled to China recently to discuss literature with their international counterparts. "Our goal really is to help Americans know more about international literature and...

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...