The Ayinger Oktoberfest is a Märzen from Aying, Germany. "It's the best Oktoberfest we have," said Joe Hotek of John's Grocery, 401 E. Market St. The Ayinger is an authentic Bavarian festival...

The Sierra Nevada Tumbler is a seasonal beer released every fall by the Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. in Chico, California. The brown ale has notes of slightly roasted malts and hints of caramel smoke. A...

Prairie Lights will host Granta magazine’s new issue, Granta 116: 10 Years Later, at 7 p.m. Sept. 6. Writers ZZ Packer, Horacio Castellanos Moya, Bina Shah, and Kevin Bloom will present their work regarding...

This weekend, Hancher Green will stage a bittersweet farewell to the University of Iowa’s Hancher Auditorium. Hubbard Street Dance Chicago will showcase four pieces to help the community bid adieu...

Stopping in Iowa City whenever possible is essential to Eufórquestra, because the town is the band’s birthplace. “It’s always like a big reunion,” percussionist Matt Grundstad said. “We have...

When Jenny Hoyston first came up with the band name Paradise Island, she didn’t know it was also the name of the birthplace of comic book hero Wonder Woman. Now, when she performs her one-woman show,...

Wearing such costumes as loin cloths, kung-fu outfits, and other attire to suit their moods, the members of Black Market Maven will return to Iowa City from Los Angeles for a crazy night of electro dub-step. Black...

The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ 10th studio album, I’m With You, dropped Monday. Fan’s confidence in the band’s direction will not. When listening to I’m With You, one needs to realize that John...

As the lights dim and the crowd’s chatter dies down, an air of excitement builds among viewers, their gazes transfixed on the screen. The magic of cinema has enthralled moviegoers for more than a century,...

Corn is an Iowa thing. This will come as a major surprise to those living in the asteroid belt, who have pretty much forgotten gravity, let alone corn. But corn is as ubiquitous as air in Iowa, and most...

Mixed emotions accompany the first days of college. Freshmen are excited about the independence of living on their own, but they also experience anxiety about leaving behind the ones they love. The first...

Eduardo Halfon thought his career would be in engineering, but when he returned to school to study philosophy, he was required to take a literature class. “It was immediate,” he said. “I immediately...