Along with packing his ideas, Michael Billig realized he may also have to bring Wellington boots, long underwear, and a jumper for his trek across the pond to chilly Iowa City. Billig, a professor of...

Consumers may notice cans of pumpkin-pie mix are out of stock or that an average, ripe-for-carving pumpkin has become pricier. That seems to be the case on the East Coast and some parts of the Midwest,...

I remember the first time I had cheesecake like it was yesterday. I don’t really remember the cheesecake itself — it was probably some rather bland frozen thing. What I do remember, however, is the...

The Shaky Hands is not composed of jittery caffeine addicts. Nor are its members anxious, tightly wound, or generally unstable. Rather, the indie-rock band’s musicians are remarkably laid-back and even-keeled,...

The Flaming Lips: Embryonic Be cautious, these lips are flaming and fueling the fire one masterpiece after the next. The Flaming Lips’ 12th album and first double LP, Embryonic, is a screaming symphony...

Today at 7 p.m., Prairie Lights Books, 15 S. Dubuque St., will host a reading from award-winning author Cornelia Nixon. The Boston native has written two novels, a collection of several short stories,...

Cheese balls (def): spherical cheese rounds rolled in pecan, walnuts, and macademia nuts. Who knew an entire play could be centered on the joys and jealousy of making cheese balls? It’s only a feat...

The world has been splashed in pink. Cities are illuminating skyscrapers in hues of blush, and pink ribbons are being handed out on campus. Even sports have adopted the shade with Major League Baseball’s...

The achievements of Paul Engle continue to ripple through the Iowa City community. Some know him as a poet, others know him and his wife, Hualing Nieh Engle, as the founders of the International Writing...

The steep climb to the Picador’s second floor is no longer as precarious as it was when the venue was known as Gabe’s. That news will make Straylight Run drummer Will Noon very happy. The musician...

JBOT used to play with humans. Now, he shares a stage exclusively with six maniacal robots. Captured! By Robots started as a way for human guitarist JBOT to create rock music without having to deal with...

Before he is deported from the United States, Onofre Aguilar wants to tell his story. He wants to describe the frightful days he spent crossing the Arizona desert and the dozens of men who suffered from...