Many musicians aspire to pack up their instruments and move to faraway places that, seemingly, promise fame and fortune. Ed Gray found the music scene he was hoping for right here in Iowa City. “It’s...

Can we ever be free of fate? Joe Luis Cedillo asks this question in his new play, Dry. The piece covers a variety of topics ranging from Hiroshima and the Enola Gay to Greek mythology and family dysfunction. Dry...

Kevin González started writing what he called songs in seventh grade. “They were pretty terrible,” he said. “But I liked writing song lyrics, and that kind of merged into poetry.” The poet will...

Trampled By Turtles is more than first meets the ear and anything but formulaic. Trying to tag the band with various genre labels proves to be futile, because the band has transcended the bluegrass/roots...

Honor Moore is no prima donna. She is excited to work with new talent. “I’m very interested in a series that combines faculty and student reading,” said the Bedell Visiting Writer in Nonfiction....

That time of the year again: The women of Salt Lines are calling everyone with a uterus to throw up their hands, be proud of their childbearing hips, and embrace their oscillating emotions. It’s National...

D. Fairchild Ruggles thinks studying art is like time travel. The art historian will give a lecture titled “The Alhambra: Real and Imagined” at 5:15 p.m. today in the Main Library’s Shambaugh Auditorium....

Providing opportunities for young people to show off their classical-music talent is a goal of the “From the Top” radio program. Hosted by Christopher O’Riley, it will air from Iowa City tonight...

Matthew Davis is hard-pressed to remember a time when he didn’t want to write. When his desire to do so was met with praise and encouragement from college professors, it made him think this was not...

Justin Townes Earle will play in Iowa City for the first time today — maybe. For several reasons, the 28-year-old musician was unable to recall if he had ever visited before. “I’m actually not sure,”...

**** out of ***** Jamie Cullum is a rebellious jazz-pop singer and songwriter known to break a grand piano or two in his concerts — which leads to slight chaos in his new album. The Pursuit builds...

For Sarah Smelser, art pieces with opposing values converse with each other. And lecturers and their audiences should, too. So while Smelser will be the focal point of a discussion at 7 p.m. today in...