Family — everybody has one: a tightly knit, complex unit of people who love one another unconditionally. Most of the time. The Iowa Summer Rep’s theme for the season examines the absurdities and dramatics...

Local artist Dave Zollo has two upcoming performances this weekend — the first for good music and the second for a good cause. Zollo, along with his band, the Body Electric, will play the Mill Friday...

Iowa City’s “Party in the Park” series returns to the area today. The series is designed to give locals the opportunity to meet in a neighborhood park for live music, games, arts and crafts, and...

Tom Grimes sat beneath a stoplight at dusk some 20 years ago, wondering how he ended up in Iowa City. Being accustomed to the thrills of New York City, the place he then called home, he was bewildered...

Forty years ago, musician Greg Brown was a cheap act to book. David Olive, who booked shows at a campus venue called the Wheel Room, said he brought Brown in for “10 bucks and free beer.” “He mostly...

Pack 18 self-proclaimed musical misfits into a converted school bus. Pick it up, turn it upside down, and shake until dizzy. Add glitter, remove clothes, and dump onto a stage. The result: Super Happy...

Six Grammy nominations, 35 albums, and more than 40 years of making music are just some of the impressive figures in folksinger John McCutcheon’s musical life. Coupled with a variety of instrumental...

We sat down with Rob Cline, the director of marketing and communications for Hancher, and spoke with him about the challenges of marketing the arts, upcoming events, and what he enjoys doing in his free...

The Beer of the Week is an unfiltered Belgian-style ale that was brewed for the first time last year right here in Iowa. Produced by Peace Tree Brewing Co. in Knoxville, Blonde Fatale was the brewery’s...

The time is near to say goodbye to Hancher Auditorium. Hancher, the University of Iowa performance hall, was left ruined by heavy Iowa River flooding in the summer of 2008. In order to give an official...

Violinist Tricia Park will perform a concert with pianist Conor Hanick at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Riverside Recital Hall. Admission is free. Park, a member of the Maia Quartet, the University of Iowa’s...

Daniel Crisp flips through the air effortlessly, soaring over five women who sit scrunched together on the stage. He finishes the trick with a perfect landing. But there’s no time to bask in the applause...