In the halls of the Studio Arts Building, sculptures built out of wood chips, mannequins clad in costumes, and jewelry-welding machines sit among artists who fall into one or more of the 10 areas of art...

The members of Elsinore came together with the ambition to be more than a typical college band. Somewhat hindered in the beginning by course schedules and exams, the band survived the demands of academia...

At the age of 22, Mike Posner has released two well-received mix tapes, traveled across the United States playing soldout shows, and signed a major contract with RCA/Sony Records. On top of that, the...

The City of Literature is getting visual, combining the written word with the painted picture. The Poetry in Public program, now in its eighth year, is accepting submissions of visual art to accompany...

For Chicago native Matthew C.J. Rudolph, faraway places like India and China aren’t considered “foreign.” In fact, one might even be able to call these countries his home away from home. As an elementary...

In an age in which sex and gender debates are still brewing, Harry Brod hopes to be a guiding light. The professor of philosophy and humanities at the University of Northern Iowa has run the lecture circuit...

Faith and family are often difficult enough for people to manage on their own. Add in raising a special-needs child and a call to a priesthood not allowed by her church, and Mary Kay Kusner, a chaplain...

Sandra Doller refers to herself as a wanderer. The poet hasn’t lived any place longer than three years since she was 17 — and that place was Iowa City. She attended the Iowa Writers’ Workshop from...

** out of ***** When I think about a female rock star — stilettos, tattoos, tight jeans — no other woman fits the description more than Hole’s Courtney Love. And she even has the story to go with...

** 1/2 out of ***** When thinking about the film The Backup Plan, one good thing can be said: It was better than expected. Is this a compliment? Well … maybe. Considering some of Jennifer Lopez’s...

Anchee Min, a writer from Shanghai, uses the history of the Communist China she grew up in as the starting point in all seven of her books, the latest of which is a work of historical fiction titled Pearl...

Grant Wood spent most of his life painting explorations into the lives of others — rural Midwesterners in particular. This weekend, a group of scholars will turn this dynamic around, using Wood’s...