Nancy Westvig remembers the time when a young couple stopped in her pottery store, Fired Up Iowa City Inc., for a weekly date night. “People got mad at them for talking in the theater, so they would...

It’s hard to picture a scene of young people picketing the streets of Iowa City, throwing stones through Iowa Book windows, and screaming chants, while police try to remain in control. This picture...

Fans who fell in love with the sunny, short-short-sporting band in Hellogoodbye’s early music videos will be happy to hear that singer Forrest Kline hasn’t lost his sense of humor. “It’s not very...

University of Iowa TA Dylan Nice uses his writing to put a creative spin on real-life events and helps his students do the same in his creative nonfiction writing class. The Daily Iowan: How would you...

There appears to be more to Flava Flav than meets the eye. On first impression, one may be put off by the gold-encrusted Viking helmet and oversized clock chain, and even when you get past those, there...

Mark Ginsberg, owner of M.C. Ginsberg, discusses his involvement with the cultural and artistic aspects of the community, in addition to the music he listens to while introducing new projects. The Daily...

Iowa City musician and Public Property frontman Dave Bess is just beginning his career as a solo artist. Without a drummer, rhythm guitarist, and bass player, one could imagine Bess’ one-man show features...

The feeling of being on stage and the camaraderie among cast members is hard to let go of and easy to miss, even after 36 years of being involved in theater. An attachment to the art is something 70-year-old...

For John Reimringer, living in Iowa City marked a pivotal point in his life. From 1989 to 1994,he spent time working as a library clerk, reading lots of Hemingway, dabbling in a few undergraduate English...

Hallucinations, mimicry, and uncontrolled body movement are all effects of taking lysergic acid diethylamide, more commonly known as LSD. Kyle Niemer and his fellow cast members spent a full day of rehearsal...

Two actors. That’s all it takes to put on a production of two lovers during World War II. They may rehearse in the attic of a church with low ceilings and a draft, but thatdoesn’t stop the two actors...

The punk-rock veterans of Against Me are known for addressing the state of their band in their albums, so the group’s titling a song “We’re Breaking Up” may not seem like a good sign. Despite...