*** out of ***** Before beginning this review I have to admit two things — I have never seen the original Clash of the Titans and I didn’t watch this one in 3D. Through a little research, I found...

Sequels tend to suck. So do remakes. There’s not much of a surprise there. Sequels and remakes come at times when Hollywood has run out of original characters or is just trying to cash in on major trends....

As the end of Mission Creek draws near, the Iowa City literati can still look forward a book fair, free beer, and a day of entertainment. The Mission Creek Festival will present a star-studded literary...

Combat boots, B-boy shorts, and most surprising of all, a dose of cultural knowledge, might not be what people expect from a student-run fashion show. The Indian Student Alliance, Asian American Coalition,...

Hip-hop group Public Enemy came under fire in 1989 for statements memberProfessor Griff made to the press that were considered anti-Semitic. As if that pressure weren’t enough, Public Enemy had to...

“Hip-hop is dead.” Toward the end of 2006, rapper Nas released an album and a song with that title, contending that hip-hop had lost its focus and was as good as gone. “Went from turntables to...

The members of Camera Obscura make their living writing emotional songs about finding love, relationships gone wrong, and the fear of being alone. You would think the Glasgow, Scotland, musicians would...

If there is not a textbook that suits his class, Don McLeese writes one himself. “If you develop critical instincts, you should be able to apply those critical instincts across the artistic spectrum,”...

The cast members of Mary’s Wedding tapped into their childhoods while re-creating the script written by Stephen Massicotte. The director and actors had to use their imagination to create a horse and...

He knew he wouldn’t have any peace in his life if he didn’t make a serious effort to become a writer. Originally set on the path to a law career, Ben Fountain left the world of real-estate litigation...

Imagine a place where everything is a shade of gray — literally. This idea represents only half of the world that playwright Tony Meneses imagined in his work The Boy in Black. In the musical, single...

In a chilly warehouse practice space, nine young women often gather to transform into something their everyday images hide — burlesque performers. The six who attend this night’s dress rehearsal...