Jennifer Fawcett believes Working Group Theatre is a company with a conscience. The cofounder wants to produce works that are thought-provoking and create an effect in the Cultural Corridor. “We want...

Antigone 2.0 is not your grandmother’s Antigone. At least, that’s how dramaturge Christine Scarfuto describes it. Not quite the play written by Sophocles, Antigone 2.0 is more contemporary than what...

Technology continues to infuse the dance world. And this year, the University of Iowa’s Dancers in Company is no exception. For the first time, people from anywhere in the world can log on to the group’s...

What happens in Vegas stays in David Philip Mullins. In his new collection of short stories, Greetings From Below, the Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumnus breaks the TV ad’s tag line, because Vegas will...

When Tanna Frederick graduated from the University of Iowa, she took the next step, though she admits it was a risky one. The aspiring actor packed up and moved to Los Angeles, leaving behind everything...

Eileen Allen is the house mother of the Delta Zeta sorority. She tells us about her duties. The Daily Iowan: How long have you been a house mother? Eileen Allen: This is my second year. DI: How did...

After finishing the night shift at Gimme Coffee shop in Brooklyn, N.Y., baristas Seth Olinsky and Miles Seaton usually returned to their tiny apartment to write and record music. Friend and musician Dana...

Several high-school musicians sit on stage, instrument in hands. Taking cues from the director, they begin to play a piece, using techniques they have learned earlier that day. At the end of their performance,...

Lil Picard’s artwork is an autobiography. “Her art is very much about her life,” said Kathleen Edwards, the University of Iowa Museum of Art chief curator. “A lot of her collages include actual...

Daily Iowan: What’s new with KRUI this semester? Quinn: The new website launch for us has been huge; it’s something we wanted to do for a long time, and it puts us on a different plane as far as a...

Denmark may have created an American beer better than the U.S itself. Mikkeller Brewery, known for intensely flavored beverages, looked toward American beer manufacturers for inspiration. The result was...

University of Iowa alumna Katie Phillips’ poem “Driving Montana, Alone” will be read on public radio’s “The Writer’s Almanac” on Friday. Garrison Keillor will read the poem, which won the...