Cramped spaces, bodies pushed up against each other, hiding in dark corners of an attic — this is the environment Anne Frank lived in for two and a half years. The young girl logged her experiences of...

Cheesy science-fiction flicks such as Armageddon, The Day After Tomorrow, and 2012 probably don’t catch the attention of any expert in global climate change. The Age of Stupid, a 2009 film from the...

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...

Next spring, Jerry Bruckheimer will release Prince of Persia: Sands of Time starring Jake Gyllenhaal as the title character (and Ben “Gandhi” Kingsley as the ethnically ambiguous villain). The movie...

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...

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”...

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...

**** 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...