Fiction writer Allan Gurganus, an Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumnus and visiting faculty member, will present a fiction lecture at 8 p.m. today in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Dey House. The lecture...

Up-and-coming alternative-country rockers Crystal City will stop by the Blue Moose at 9 p.m. Friday along with opening acts Canby, Kodiac Flats, and Phil Ochs. Admission is $5, and age restrictions are...

Ben Bailey is good at multitasking. The host of Discovery Channel’s game show “Cash Cab” sits behind the wheel of a yellow van in New York City traffic while grilling his passengers about anything...

When it comes to performance art, audiences only see the finished product. For the University of Iowa Dance Department, many elements contribute to an entertaining concert: lighting, costumes, music. But...

A group of local bands if taking “will play for food” to a whole new level. For the first time, several local businesses and bands are helping the Johnson County Crisis Center Food Bank continue to...

A young man rolls across stage and pops up claiming he is a superhero. A young girl talks about her horrid experiences of being sexually assaulted. And a goofy character dressed in a furry costume turns...

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...

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...