Live performances can provide the ultimate connection between a fan and a musician — and the new “Intimate at the Englert” series will allow fans of Haley Bonar and Holcombe Waller to gain access...

His British accent flowed off the stage with words that opened the minds of audience members who came prepared to be inspired. The speaker, a poet, librettist, and lyricist, stood before a crowd of roughly...

The recent popularity of shows such as “America’s Next Top Model” and “Project Runway” seem to have started a trend with young women trying to start fashion careers. The Daily Iowan sat down...

Alex Versackas wants people to look beyond the wobble-wobble. The noise is a colloquial reference to the grinding, distorted bass sound heard in dubstep, a style of electronic dance music headling this...

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...

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...