Top-five albums of 2011 Watch the Throne, Jay-Z and Kanye West This dynamic-duo released the collaborative studio album Watch the Throne in August. The album has the soul of Kanye and the swagger...

Deep in Halsey Hall sits Jason Schadt's office, the artistic coordinator for the University of Iowa Youth Ballet. In the tiny space, four of his students come to eat their bag lunches, sandwiches...

Johnny Solomon believes that if he weren't a musician, he would be a truck driver. The lead singer of Communist Daughter loves driving on the road, and touring with his band allows him to do that while...

A filmmaker shoots four pages of script per day on average. The film Aaseamah's Journey shot twice that number on average for 22 days in the sticky Iowa summer of 2009. The movie will première at 8 p.m....

This weekend, the Brewgrass Festival featuring four Midwestern bluegrass bands and beer tasting will come to the Yacht Club honoring a new brew and great music. In the spirit of the holiday season,...

This weekend, local performers will gather to bring the holiday spirit to families in Iowa City. The Festival of Carols will take place at 7 p.m. today in the Englert, 221 E. Washington St. "The...

Playwright Janet Schlapkohl doesn't discriminate. In a world in which people are constantly labeled because of how they look or act, all of that seems to disappear in her play Vaudeville Dreams. The...

The Daily Iowan sat down with Chloe Metzger of Paperback Rhino, Iowa City's longest-running improvisational group to discuss the group's recent success at the Upper Midwest Regional Champions in Minneapolis...

This week's beer of the week is one of the strongest lagers in the world, at 14 percent alcohol by volume. And the Samichlaus (Swiss-German for Santa Clause) is as strong as it is rare. The beer is...

The Chamber Singers of Iowa City will perform "A Service of Lessons and Carols" featuring songs from the group's recently released Christmas album, On Christmas Day. It will give a concert...

The musical Company, created by George Furth and Stephen Sondheim, opened on Broadway in 1970. It was nominated for 14 Tony Awards and won six. Now, it will be brought to life once more on the stage...

As J.J. Jungle slaps his bass, Go-Go Ray makes beats, and Mike D provides the electric vibraphone sound, the Yacht Club audience will feel the musical pleasure from the psychedelic funk-rock show. ...