He set his eyes on a Bob Marley record when he was 10-years-old. The boy spotted it on a road trip with his parents, but knew nothing about the Jamaican legend or the genre to which he belonged. Yet Andrew...

John Rapson needed seven years to complete his latest album. He transcribed. He composed. He recorded. Yet everyone involved had the chance to contribute a significant idea. “They’re not just realizing...

Organizers from 80/35 recently released their final acts for Wellmark Main Stage at the Des Moines music festival. Saturday Noon — The Chatty Cathy’s *Play-In Addition Noon — Rebel Creek *Play-In...

The beer of the week is Goose Island’s Sofie, a Belgian Style Farmhouse Ale. Bottled in Chicago, the saison brew is aged in oak barrels with orange peels and fermented with wild yeasts. Because of...

It was a beautiful day. People were out and about. The chirping birds were not enough to drown out the constant drumming or the playful music coming from the humble stage nestled in Lower City Park. Four...

University of Iowa alum Craig Moreau will return to Iowa City after almost three years this weekend. And with him he’s bringing more than 50 poems — “Love Letter Never Written,” “Trinidad and...

There’s only one place in Iowa City to find go-go dancers, drag queens, and disc jockeys spinning for dance parties any day of the week — Studio 13. The vibrant downtown establishment, the city’s...

As teenagers, Sam Locke-Ward and future wife Grace were huge fans of the punk band Dead Milkmen and its frontman, Joseph Genaro. Or, as he was otherwise known, Joe Jack Talcum. Years later, the three...

The Beer of the Week is a citrus-flavored, medium-bodied India Pale Ale bottled in Frederick, Maryland. Snake Dog IPA, a brew available year-round, is concocted by Flying Dog Brewery and described on...

A brawl broke out among a dozen teenage boys last week. Punches were thrown, switch blades were pulled — yet not a drop of blood hit the ground. Just three minutes later, the boys busted out a song-and...

Family — everybody has one: a tightly knit, complex unit of people who love one another unconditionally. Most of the time. The Iowa Summer Rep’s theme for the season examines the absurdities and dramatics...

Local artist Dave Zollo has two upcoming performances this weekend — the first for good music and the second for a good cause. Zollo, along with his band, the Body Electric, will play the Mill Friday...