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...

Connie Mutel’s earliest memories are of plants. The historian and archivist of the UI’s IIHR-Hydroscience & Engineering institute said she is much happier when in nature, and she depends on the...

The Craft Critique Culture Conference marks its 10th year at the UI on Saturday. The event, “The Fringe, Or All Things Peripheral,” will begin at 9 a.m. with registration in the Adler Journalism...

Booker T. Jones knows how to take the church marm out of the organ and put in the funk. Nearly half a century after his first hit, “Green Onions” with his band Booker T. and the MGs, Jones creates...

Alan Bradley couldn’t have imagined a character like Flavia de Luce. The precocious 11-year-old was first realized in another book he was writing. Flavia “demanded a book of her own, and [he] finally...

The only other time the Cave Singers stopped in Iowa City, it wasn’t for a music festival. It wasn’t to play music. It wasn’t even to see a concert. The band members were just hungry. “Yeah, we...

César Chávez ranks with Martin Luther King Jr. in his efforts to secure agricultural laborers’ rights. His pacifist leadership achieved wage increases for farm workers and better field-sanitation,...