Moonrakers is the best new restaurant in Iowa City and is the city's first "gastro-pub." The restaurant is the newest addition to the One Twenty-Six family, joining One Twenty-Six and Hearth. The...

Two of Iowa City's most influential businessmen approach their investments in the arts through science, mathematics, and engineering, as well as the more traditional ventures. "Art runs through...

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...

SCOPE hosts several shows at the University of Iowa every semester. Here are the picks for shows that got the best response this fall. • Janelle Monae and Fun — Oct. 12 Monae visited Iowa City...

This semester Hancher had numbers of performing arts groups take the stage, but there were three in particular that made the community buzz with excitement. • Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra —...

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. ...

The rhythm of the conga drums radiates in all directions. It creeps across the floor to the audience members, vibrating through the soles of their shoes up to their chests. There it resides, pounding...