The story of a Burundian man who escapes from Africa and travels to the United States with nothing to his name has been chosen as the "must-read" book this year by the All Iowa Reads project. Strength...

As Jim Heynen sat at a table toward the back of Capanna Coffee with a cup of black coffee in front of him, he stared out a window facing a playground on which children hurriedly climbed up the stairs of...

The New Wave post-punk band Datagun will perform at the Englert Theater, 221 E. Washington St., from 8 to 10 p.m. Saturday as a part of the Intimate at the Englert Series. Rather than filling the theater's...

"I would see ideas in dreams. In dreams, I would see grand visions of sushi," 86-year-old Japanese sushi master Jiro Ono said in David Gelb's 2011 documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi. The film...

When Oleg Timofeyev first came to America 23 years ago, he was the third Russian native to choose Iowa City as his home. Now, almost a quarter of a decade later, he will bring the seventh Russian Guitar...

The suspense, drama, and intrigue of detective mysteries have attracted audiences for centuries, and they prompted the University of Iowa Theater Department's 92nd Summer Rep program to perform three plays...

"Nom de plume," meaning "pen name" in French, is a term many are unfamiliar with today — as are many of the writers who have used one. Author Carmela Ciuraru hoped to inform readers...

Since 1987, Iowa City has played host to 26 Iowa Summer Writing Festivals, welcoming people from all over the world and across a variety of genres. As a part of the festival, the Eleventh Hour, a program...

The self-described "swamp rock" trio the White Elephant will perform at the Blue Moose Tap House at 9 p.m. Saturday. White Elephant, which formed in 2010, is named after an old, now closed,...

"I don't know what it is, man, but I really enjoy watching you suffer." At least that's what Jared thinks. In the new feature film Month to Month, written and directed by Wes Hopper, a group...

Dawn McGuire, who is also a neurologist, will read from her new book of poetry, The Aphasia Café, at Prairie Lights on Friday. The Aphasia Café contains nearly 50 poems she wrote inspired by her patients...

The Iowa City Community Band will perform at the Saturday Night Movie Series event at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The performance will take place on the Pentacrest and will be followed by the film, Men in Black....