The DI Arts staff reminisces about holiday film highlights of the past and describes how the flicks put them in the mood for the holiday season as December unfolds, snow begins to fall, and everyone...

This week's beer of the week is the Anchor's Merry Christmas and Happy New Year ale. The beer is brewed in San Francisco at the Anchor Brewing Co. The historic brewery has been making beer since 1896. With...

Composer and pianist Dan Knight said his composition The Christmas Oratorio is the best work he's ever done. "It's one of the few times in my life where I've had that kind of thing happen where...

Lydia Loveless uses punk influences to add style to her country sound, making her anything but a conventional songwriter. Her rich and powerful voice can be heard at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Mill, 120...

Tonight, Yacht Club will rock out when the "reggae-tronic" dub group Jon Wayne and the Pain return for a show. The group has established a distinguished sound combining elements of reggae,...

University of Iowa senior Zach Spindler uses jazz as an outlet to express his personality. The Jazz Repertory Ensemble trombone player said his love for the instrument dates back to the fifth grade,...

SCOPE's concert featuring Ra Ra Riot and Mates of State will only feature the second band's performance tonight. Ra Ra Riot backed out of the show becuase of "vocal issues and illness among the...

Scott Leonard, a member of the a cappella group Rockapella, remembers when he was a kid looking forward to watching the Boston Pops Christmas Special every year on TV. Now, for the first time, Leonard,...

Two violins, a cello, and a viola come together to create a masterpiece of flowing notes, with glissandi and crescendos. These sounds will be heard in Iowa City on Friday as the American String Quartet...

Thanksgiving has been an annual tradition in the United States of American since the 17th century. And in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln made it an official. Millions look forward to it every year...

The Daily Iowan sat down with University of Iowa student Tom Garland, a journalism major, and asked him about the upcoming Campus Activities Board Student Comedy Showcase, in which he will be the host,...

On June 1, 1989, 28 days before I was born, the Pixies released the album Doolittle, which featured the gem "Here Comes Your Man." Today, the song is just as accessible as it was when it came...