Midwestern artists in a variety of media will converge on Iowa City this weekend for the Riverbank Art Fair. The annual free event will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m....

This week's Beer of the Week is the Farmer John from Davenport's Great River Brewery. It is an American-style brown ale with a medium body. This classic style brown ale stands apart from most other craft...

Before becoming a world-renowned ukulele player, Eddie Vedder had a life in music as the front man for Pearl Jam. The band has released nine studio albums to date. Its second, Vs., is this week's tracks...

Mayberry opens with the actors of the play portraying themselves, rather than their characters. They stand behind a chainlink fence and tell the audience about their life in Iowa City. The set then transforms...

The members of Grace Potter & the Nocturnals met at a small university in northern New York about 10 minutes from the Canadian border. With few places to practice and many other bands in the town,...

The living dead, dressed in bloody tuxedos and ripped dresses, will invade Iowa City's RiverFest and groove to the tunes of local artists at the Zombie Prom. The second Zombie Prom will take place at...

From time to time, community members in Oxford, Iowa, can hear pounding coming from the restaurant Augusta, where Chef Ben Halperin is hard at work pounding tenderloins for his signature dish, a fried...

Mayberry opens with the actors of the play portraying themselves, rather than their characters. They stand behind a chainlink fence and tell the audience about their life in Iowa City. The set then transforms...

University of Iowa Visiting Associate Professor Kevin Brockmeier walks around every day with a multitude of amazing story ideas floating around his head. Earlier this week, the Iowa Writers' Workshop...

Before becoming a world-renowned ukulele player, Eddie Vedder had a life in music as the front man for Pearl Jam. The band has released nine studio albums to date. Its second, Vs., is this week's tracks...

RiverFest will join with the Campus Activities Board to bring comedian Josh Gondelman to the University of Iowa campus. Gondelman will perform at 10 p.m. today in the IMU River Terrace. Admission is free. The...

My friend Mark bought Weezer's début album at a garage sale in 1997. I stole it from him a few weeks later and have enjoyed listening to it since. Weezer's Weezer is this week's Tracks from the Past. As...