**** out of ***** It’s Halloween, which means one thing — another Saw movie. Six films into the franchise, it would be easy to pass off the latest installment as more of the same (i.e., just another...

Art is evolutional, a creative extension of the mind that grows and adapts as the artist does. Jason Briggs, a visiting artist in ceramics, will lecture today at 6 p.m. in Van Allen Lecture Room 2, where...

Eyes Set to Kill vocalist Alexia Rodriguez has always been shy. That’s why it was such a shock when she stepped up as a lead vocalist in the band. “At first, I didn’t even talk to the crowd, like...

A play honoring one of Iowa City’s greatest literary figures will finally be staged to the extent it was originally intended. Oct. 12, 2008, marked not only Paul Engle’s 100th birthday but also the...

It’s nearing midnight when you and your friends get the inebriated urge to enter a karaoke bar. You stumble on stage to show off your staggering vocals and give the audience the performance they deserve....

Jump to the left and step to the right — another Halloween approaches, meaning it’s time for Iowa City to do “The Time Warp” again. The Bijou will present its annual midnight showings of the cult-classic...

Garth Brooks: Double Live Before heading into “retirement” like an old pair of dusty cowboy boots, Garth Brooks was a standard artist on any bona fide country-music lover’s cassette tape. The crooner’s...

At the age of 75, poet and now Ivy League Professor Mark Strand still manages to travel for readings across the country and muster through unexpected questions from fans and critics. However, after 50...

Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Fever to Tell Once upon a time, Karen O had raw, grinding vocal power. Yeah Yeah Yeah’s 2003 album Fever to Tell is one of the last standing examples of gritty, modern indie punk....

The members of the Black Dahlia Murder — producers of blindingly fast metal music and dark lyrics — are nerds at heart, lead vocalist Trevor Strnad said. “World of Warcraft has kind of taken over...

Today • Take advantage of the week’s warmer temperatures and falling leaves — make a leaf pile. Grab a rake and some friends, and gather all of the foliage you can find. Then, release your inner...

Everyone has a different, stress-relieving outlet. For some, it may be reading a novel. For others, it may be working out. For Misty Boyce, the outlet is music. “I think as a kid [music] is always...