At the age of 18, Griffin House made a decision that would change his life forever. The now-29-year-old musician turned down a golf scholarship at Ohio University and went to Miami University, where...

The thought had been pressing Iowa City restaurateur Derek Perez’s mind for a long time — the opportunity to do something different, offering locals an option that would usually require a drive. The...

*** 1/2 out of ***** Canadian indie-pop sisters Tegan and Sara show signs of maturity on the duo’s sixth album, Sainthood. Coproduced by Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie, the album is an attempt...

**** 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...

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...

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...

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...