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...

The simplest and most complex things can inspire poetry. A distinctive talent is necessary to craft a work that not only makes sense but has greater meaning. Two graduates of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop...

Hunter Sharpless is not a Band-Aide, nor is he a naïve rock groupie. For the UI sophomore, his three-month tour with Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers is just as much about him as it is about the band. Sharpless,...

Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle is one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time and that’s fo shizzle. Doggystyle kicks things off with the groovy “G Funk Intro.” The track features a driving...

The hand-sanitizer business must be booming. Alcohol-based antibacterial gels, sprays, foams, and lotions have become a staple accessory at every desk on campus. The UI has gone so far as to adopt a...

Let’s face it — we’ve all had moments when, upon hearing a delicious power chord, we decide to strap on our invisible guitar straps and cut loose. Before we had Guitar Hero, we had our own imaginations...

Rude behavior is overwhelming us. By “us,” I don’t mean some type of colloquial umbrella term for Western society. I also don’t mean musical artists, politicians, athletes, or even recently released...

Instant ramen — the cornerstone of the college diet. Take the following scenario, in a world where instant ramen was never invented, as an illustration: A graduate student is trying to write a thesis...

Trying to move the UI Museum of Art into the IMU is like trying to fit the Figge Art Museum in the Englert Theatre. A difficult process, but that’s exactly what the museum did. People are often unaware...