**** 1/2 out of ***** In a crowded yet quiet theater, the audience members barely moved as they held their breath, watching the engrossing Shutter Island. Martin Scorsese, the famed director of such...

When people think about bluegrass, images of gray-haired men in collared shirts and ties plucking away at banjos might come to mind. However, the guys in Split Lip Rayfield prefer wearing T-shirts and...

For its 20th anniversary, the Celebrating Cultural Diversity Festival isn’t ordering fireworks or lining up Lady Gaga to throw it down on the main stage. It doesn’t need to. “Every year is special,”...

This winter, there has been a lot of buzz about viruses, particularly the flu, sweeping the country. At least when people weren’t talking about the weather. In his upcoming play Stegosaurus (Or) Our...

UI dance faculty and graduate students will perform this weekend, disproving the “those who can’t do, teach” cliché. The untitled show will be performed in North Hall’s Space/Place at 8 p.m....

All it took was two short stories. What began as works about three people in a broken-down car in New Mexico and the acquaintances of an overweight, lovesick man living in Baltimore provided a portion...

Barnes & Noble chose UI alum and writer Jerry Gabriel as the 2010 Discover Great New Writers Award finalist for his collection of short stories titled Drowned Boy. “It’s a great honor,” Gabriel...

In a world in which photographers work in the digital fortress of computers, Kelli Connell enjoys working in a darkroom. “Sitting at a computer [editing photos] holds a little less magic,” she said. The...

Think of a singing penis, a Heisman Trophy, and a comb phone. Think Poona the F*ckdog. “It’s so over the top,” codirector and actor Brian Tanner said, describing the play. “But it seemed like...

The experience of being on tour has definitely been interesting for Velvet Davenport — even if it hasn’t been the most hygienic. “You just have to get to a place, play music, and have fun,” said...

Watching porn has never been on my list of things to do before I die. However, when the UI put its foot down on the Bijou last week for its scheduled Disco Dolls in Hot Skin in 3-D, I was actually a wee...

For writer Karen Leona Anderson, poetry and science go hand-in-hand. She wrote her dissertation at Cornell University on the two subjects and researched bees for her latest collection of poems, titled...