Singer Ezra Furman’s pink and white shirt is named “The Pigeon Brigade.” Titling his band’s many songs could be a bother — but Furman titles just about everything in life. With more than 100...

As musical genres become increasingly more specific — especially in metal, which can range from thrash and speed to grindcore and even rap metal — it can be difficult for a band to find its own niche. Des...

Angels — usually portrayed as holy creatures with light coming out of their smiles, butterflies swirling around their bodies, and bright yellow halos hovering above their heads. But in Anne Rice’s...

Regional string players have immersed themselves in the work of the “Father of the String Quartet” to pull off the largest cooperative performance of string musicians Iowa City has ever seen. Musicians...

Gretel Ehrlich’s prose is electrifying. Despite being struck by lightning on her ranch in 1991, the author has remained a powerful force in the literary world. Ehrlich is the last visiting writer...

In a matter of seconds, Between the Buried and Me vocalist Tommy Rogers can switch from the sweetest of melodic crooning to the most brutal death growling around. “I don’t want things to be easy,...

Military women are moving to the frontline to face missiles — something uncommon a decade ago. Cameras caught this transition in a documentary titled Lioness, which will be shown today at 5 p.m. in...

* out of ***** A million dollars or a human life? This is the problem facing the young couple in Richard Kelly’s (Donnie Darko, Southland Tales) latest film. The Box stars Cameron Diaz (My Sister’s...

** out of ***** Years ago, Miss Cleo, a self-proclaimed psychic, starred in her own infomercial. Supposedly, in the ’80s, the U.S. Army was full of “Miss Cleos” — training and developing a division...

Simon Joyner takes musical influence from one of Iowa City’s greatest literary figures. “I am interested in what Flannery O’Conner called a ‘moment of grace,’ ” Joyner said. “The point where...

It’s certainly a different version of the ABCs — each letter soulfully drawn out to an R&B melody by an expressive and poignant choir. This is the warm-up for UI’s gospel choir, Voices of Soul. The...

Nashville indie-electro band Paper Route is like the JuiceMan Plus. “Because you can take something natural and get delicious juice out of it and it’s still natural — but different,” Paper Route...