Last weekend’s weather had me dreaming. Sunday’s sunny, cool breeze made me dread the impending winter and thirsting for one last camping trip. Camping always makes me think of two kinds of food —...

Nothing like some good ol’ rock ’n’ roll to plug in your CD player as you cruise down I-80 on your next trip home. • Wilco, “I Must Be High” Jeff Tweedy’s voice does something others just...

Lindsay Mac has gracefully turned her classical orchestral training sideways. “I’ve seen cellists do some wild stuff,” she said. “But no strumming and singing.” In essence, Mac plays her cello...

The Avett Brothers can’t be classified into a single musical genre. The three-member ensemble is a rock band, but not really. The group sports a banjo, but its members definitely do not sing folk. The...

Every time This Providence has trekked to Iowa City, it has always been a performer, never a headliner. Until now. This Providence will play the Picador, 330 E. Washington St., at 6 p.m. today with Inept...

It is of little surprise that the UI, famous for its Writers’ Workshop, and Iowa City, a UNESCO City of Literature, are playing an important role in a new national initiative that celebrates writing. The...

**** out of ***** A few years ago, the comedy folk duo Flight of the Conchords hit HBO, and people went crazy. It was hard to not hear people singing “if you were into it” or rapping about the “rhymenocerous”...

**** 1/2 out of ***** When I was young, I dreamed to be Max, king of the Wild Things. I wanted to wild rumpus through the forest. To tear down trees. To howl. To build forts. To throw dirt clods at my...

Avery Brooks’ cavernous bass voice is reminiscent of a nature documentary voice-over or a self-discovery audiocassette. His deep vocal resonance is indicative of his life philosophy and further reflects...

Another satisfying crunch as the plastic wheels grind against each other. Another moment captured. The disposable camera — there’s no other quite like it. In a digital age filled with camera phones,...

FernGully: The Last Rain Forest Every child has her or his favorite cartoon. For those of us growing up in the early ’90s, FernGully: The Last Rain Forest was that movie. The 1992 release is not only...

Bill Witt sees beauty in scenery that other people pass by every day. He travels to prairies across Iowa, snapping shots of colorful plants to find the perfect picture. “Going out into nature has always...