International travel is implicit in Henry Fairs’ job description. Field trips for the professional organist’s music students consist of excursions to such places as France, Germany, the Netherlands,...

Synonymous with scandal and debauchery, MTV’s television series “The Real World” is a title instantly recognized by most college students. Tonight, fans will get a chance to come face-to-face with...

Everyone’s a little bit racist — sometimes. The Internet is for porn. You can be as loud as the hell you want when you’re making love. These are the lessons that the musical Avenue Q, an at-times...

While the revelry of Brazilian Carnaval may have passed, the celebration is just getting started on the UI campus. Carnaval generally occurs in late winter and early spring, in the days leading up to...

For Thalia Field, her inspiration to write begins with a question. These questions can’t be answered with a simple “yes” or “no.” In fact, these are the kind of questions that may not even possess...

When he was 15, some friends asked Eric Johnson to be the singer in their band. He was terrified — but not about singing. “Was I just supposed to dance [onstage] or what?” he said. Rather than...

Lin Foulk and Deanna Swoboda are rare breeds — and not just because they perform in a male-dominated musical field. “This pair is unique because it’s the only tuba and [French] horn duet around,”...

“You’ve got your Kum & Go, your KwikTrip, the Stop-N-Go … I’m no expert, but it sounds like they don’t really want you to stay here in Iowa.” Comedian Bob Zany enjoys touring around the...

Emily Larson isn’t afraid of a challenge. The UI senior was initially set to direct the play Burning Bright as her Honors thesis. However, after studying performance at the Moscow Art Theatre last...

When Goes Cube scoots into Iowa City today on tour, the group members will need to make one stop before they take the stage — the bowling alley. And hopefully, they will knock ’em all down. “We...

The writing of a novel, compared with short stories and essays, proved to be a completely different experience for Adam Haslett. Haslett, 39, can hold all of the contents of a short story in his head...

Writer Diana Joseph should’ve been a comedian. “She’s not just funny, she’s hysterical,” Prairie Lights book buyer Paul Ingram said. “Her humor is reminiscent of David Sedaris, of Chelsea...