When Tanna Frederick graduated from the University of Iowa, she took the next step, though she admits it was a risky one. The aspiring actor packed up and moved to Los Angeles, leaving behind everything...

Eileen Allen is the house mother of the Delta Zeta sorority. She tells us about her duties. The Daily Iowan: How long have you been a house mother? Eileen Allen: This is my second year. DI: How did...

David Fix will try any dish once. The University of Iowa junior prefers the sweet flavor of duck to the bland taste of ostrich. Yet neither item was so obscure as the cow tongue or plate of prairie oysters. At...

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...

Tim Unger and Josh Hanesack face a tough deadline. The pair have 48 hours to write, film, and edit a five- to seven-minute movie. And they aren’t alone — 16 other teams are attempting the challenge,...

Andrew Saito wanted to be original when deciding upon a career. Growing up in Los Angeles, he developed the idea of becoming a screenwriter. But that soon faded. “I thought that was a very original...

Many tales of people finding their “one true love” exist only in films, books, and television shows. And the City Circle Acting Company of Coralville is here to show that theater productions can be...

Erin Jackson has been professionally providing laughter to audiences since her standup début seven years ago. But it took one humbling experience three years ago in her hometown of Washington, D.C., to...

After finishing the night shift at Gimme Coffee shop in Brooklyn, N.Y., baristas Seth Olinsky and Miles Seaton usually returned to their tiny apartment to write and record music. Friend and musician Dana...

Several high-school musicians sit on stage, instrument in hands. Taking cues from the director, they begin to play a piece, using techniques they have learned earlier that day. At the end of their performance,...

Lil Picard’s artwork is an autobiography. “Her art is very much about her life,” said Kathleen Edwards, the University of Iowa Museum of Art chief curator. “A lot of her collages include actual...