Guitarist and vocalist Brad Van wants people to know that Droids Attack is more than just another band with a gimmick. The three-piece, which combines the high-energy genres of punk and metal, used to...

Randy “The Ram” Robinson: “God — they don't make ’em like they used to.” Cassidy: “F—’ ’80s man, best s— ever.” … Randy “The Ram” Robinson: “Then that Cobain p— had...

In the past several months, many UI students received Facebook invitations or messages from the group “Vote for Russell Brand and Jonah Hill at the University of Iowa.” While we may have lost this...

** 1/2 out of ***** Like many of the characters contained in its 117 minutes, the movie Kick-Ass has an identity crisis. Is it a comedy reminiscent of Superbad? Is it a graphic-novel-turned-movie similar...

When Saturday night rolls around, Arlene Freudenberg and Jacob Becicka won’t be found crossing the Pedestrian Mall, wandering through bars, or hitting up house parties. Instead, the two and members...

I may only be 22 years old, but something happens when I listen to a vinyl record. I pull out the disc, set it on the turntable, and place the needle. While holding the cover art in my hand, that familiar...

Taking the class Alternative Films in the cinema/comparative literature department has given UI junior Tim Emery an idea of what his future could be like as a film producer. “The great thing about...

Whether twin brothers Trevor and Christopher Wiitala are recording music for their début album, Bad Blood, or simply loading gear into a venue, tension can run high among the two 30-year-old shaggy-haired...

Writing can often come in cycles of productivity and inaction. For Iowa-native Peter Hedges, the cycles come in genres, novels, plays, and films. He will read from his latest novel, The Heights, at 7...

When Molly Golemo became the film director of the Campus Activities Board, the idea of having an official theater space seemed like a distant fantasy. However, after a bit of Internet research last semester,...

Katie Consamus faces a complicated process when dressing for her role in Jean Giraudoux’s The Madwoman of Chaillot. The first-year M.F.A. student’s character first washes her face with rose water. The...

The only thing more difficult than representing real people accurately in writing, for poet Camille Dungy, is making fictional characters seem as if they actually exist. This was the primary challenge...