Monday at 6 p.m., UI Nonfiction Writing Program faculty member John D’Agata spent five minutes ordering pizza for his night class before rushing to the airport to pick up literary legend John McPhee. McPhee...

Although Jacob Bannon of Converge has played around the world, the vocalist distinctly remembers the shows he’s played at the Picador in Iowa City. “It’s the perfect venue,” he said. “I mean...

*** out of ***** The machines will get you. At least, that’s the message cinema has sent us with its semi-apocalyptic tales of man’s industrial enslavement. Surrogates, a film from the makers of...

I am seriously obsessed with the SIRIUS’s indie rock radio, SIRIUS XMU. I was introduced to SIRIUS XMU about two years ago, when I explored my car’s radio stations and stumbled upon a song by Radiohead...

The “Season of Inciting Theatre” is upon us. Dreamwell Theatre is dedicating its current season to banned plays or works that have caused riots when first produced. The company continues its run of...

Twilight. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Brave New World. These are few of many books that people have challenged over the past year in schools and local libraries. This week, the Iowa City Public Library,...

The Iowa City Community Theatre is the Broadway of Iowa City. Or so it hopes to be. The organization will perform the 1960s Broadway musical Camelot as the second production of the season. Camelot will...

For some of the 36 writers participating this fall in the International Writing Program, one of the most perplexing parts of the program is underway. That is, the time-consuming task of translating their...

Finding a stage with a pool is not easy, but neophyte Iowa City theater company Working Group proves anything is possible for a thespian. On Saturday and Sept. 27, Working Group will make its début with...

Music with a message — unity, bigotry, frustration — there’s no wonder Brother Ali is called a street preacher. He disagrees. “To preach, in my mind, is to tell you what you are supposed to be...

Chef Daniel Orr likes to dig in the dirt. From his childhood days in Indiana, he became accustomed to growing food on a family homestead and reaping the fruits of his labor. He described his parents as...

As I arrived in Chicago after a seven-day stint at the Toronto International Film Festival, I couldn’t stop thinking about one movie. I went into the festival with the intention of writing about the...