When you’re outside on a hot summer day, grilling hamburgers or hot dogs for dinner, a good beverage to think about matching with the meal is the Bavik Premium Pilsner. This light beer, which contains...

The Lexicon Collective is hosting a green-theme runway show titled Beyond the Hemline at 8 p.m. Saturday at the White Lightning Wherehouse, 700 S. Dubuque St. Admission is $8. A silent auction and door...

Jam band Wookiefoot will play at 10 p.m. at Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington, with Insectoid. Admission is $10. The Minneapolis-based ensemble, composed of more than 10 members and described on its website...

Mike Stanley will perform standup comedy at 10 p.m. today at Public Space One, 129 E. Washington St. Admission is free. The UI Campus Activities Board will host the event. Originally from the metro Detroit...

Local Iowa City writing programs and businesses will celebrate the UNESCO World Book and Copyright Day on Friday and Saturday. UNESCO, the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization,...

Sharing the same romantic interest can often lead to bad blood, but for Rooney vocalist Robert Schwartzman and guitarist Taylor Locke, it led to a band. “This girl whom we both had a huge, huge crush...

Born and raised in Chicago’s tough South Side, Jerald Walker spent his formative years following the same troubled path as many others in his neighborhood. By the age of 17, Walker was a dropout, a druggie,...

A hammering of drums opens No Joy’s music video “Hawaii.” As layered voices and guitar parts begin to play, the camera settles on a small group of friends sitting on the back of a pickup truck. They...

In a futuristic town in which water is at a premium, the characters of Urinetown can only go to the bathroom if they pay for the use of a public amenity. Each character faces the struggle of what they...

We sat down with University of Iowa junior Elle Kaiser, who represents Victoria’s Secret PINK. We asked her about the responsibilities of her job, the current competition among schools across the nation,...

The prom queen looks like living hell. A ghost-white foundation covers her face, and blue and black shadows highlight her sleep-deprived eyes. Dark red lipstick is smeared along her cheeks and neck, giving...

Poet Michele Glazer began writing creatively when she was young and took a path toward poetry partly out of necessity. “I’m a failed fiction writer,” she said. “I can’t sustain a narrative.”...