Over the course of the next few days, one stage in the Theater Building will be transformed from a play set in the 1930s, complete with bottles of Jack Daniel's and euphoric guitar riffs, to a one-man...

For Richard Tiegs, directing House of Wonders is more than an opportunity to produce a new play for the community — it's a chance for him to bond with his son. Fourteen-year-old Noah Tiegs has worked...

Best-selling fiction writer Andrew Greer takes great inspiration from poets because, he said, they "do all the heavy lifting" for writers in other areas, including him. "They drag words...

The Shins released Port of Morrow, its first album in five years, on Tuesday. And despite some changes in the group's lineup, fans will be pleased with what was created. The Shins was an American indie...

The Daily Iowan spoke with Tim Duggan, vice president and executive editor at HarperCollins Publishing, to talk about his visit to Iowa City today. He plans to present a lecture at 11 a.m. in the Dey House...

Musical groups Home-Grown, Mitch Moylan and the Cedars of Lebanon, Smooth Money Gesture, Gone South, and Velco Moxie will perform in a benefit concert for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Iowa at 8...

Mansions on the Moon will bring its electronic-rock style to Iowa City for the first time this weekend. The group will perform at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Mill, 120 E. Burlington St. Admission is $10 in...

It was a glorious day in the late-1960s when David Crosby of the Byrds, Stephen Stills of Buffalo Springfield, and Graham Nash of the Hollies joined forces and created the folk-rock supergroup Crosby,...

I'll be honest with you; I first tried Delirium Tremens because the bottle looked so cool. Produced by the Huyghe Brewery in Melle, Belgium, the brew is packaged in a bottle painted to resemble cologne...

When he was young, Chris Otepka was obsessed with the idea of a fictional movie theater staffed by animals. The goats were kept out front in a parking lot with helicopter blades strapped to their backs....

For more than 50 years, musicians Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady have performed together. As members of the rock band Jefferson Airplane, the pair performed at now legendary music festivals, including...

The St. Louis Brewery's seasonal, the Schafly Irish-Style Extra Stout, is this week's beer of the week. The brew is a fuller bodied Irish dry stout. It goes down smoothly despite its 8 percent alcohol...