**** 1/2 out of ***** As “Dora the Explorer” has taught legions of children and college students with free mornings, foxes are mischievous. But can a fox with a family give up his thieving ways and...

Imagine a world without children crying in a shopping cart as they wait for their mothers to choose a healthy kids’ cereal, or a world without nutrition facts and confusing labels, or even a world in...

Artistry will replace athleticism in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Nov. 22. Shoppers and craftsmen of all varieties will flock to the arena’s concourse at 9 a.m. for the Annual Fall Arts and Crafts show....

I share my bed with Tina Fey. When things get really crazy, I invite Steve Carell along for the action. Some nights, I cuddle up with as many as five or 10 media personalities. This companionship comes...

While the term “a novel” usually accompanies the title on the cover of a fiction book, a different phrase appears on Russian legend Vladimir Nabokov’s last work, The Original of Laura. It is a novel,...

There is no secret formula or process to local author Larry Baker’s writing. He wakes up in the morning, drinks some coffee, and sits down at his computer for a few hours every day. For him, consistency...

At midnight tonight, the sounds of shrieking women will resonate throughout Iowa City. No, the screaming isn’t because vampires are sinking their fangs into unsuspecting victims. The cries will come...

Sassy zebra couches, affordable couture, and a friendly, customer-oriented environment fill the space next to Java House. Once the home of Vortex, the store now houses trendy designer items. With its...

In a world with more than 6 billion people and nearly 200 hundred countries, there’s one thing we all have in common — the need to eat. “Food is the one common denominator to humans and the world,”...

In seven days, hundreds of millions of Americans will sit down and all eat the exact same food at roughly the same time. Such behavior would probably seem like one of the strangest cultural phenomenon...

Twilight makes me disappointed in America Make it stop. I don’t want to hear about Edward. I don’t want to hear about vampires. I don’t want to hear about werewolves. I don’t want to hear about...

I remember when my addiction began. Excited costumed patrons, debating intensely over the superior film. The packed, stuffy theater and the smell of buttered popcorn. And then it began at midnight. Everyone...