In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the UI Museum of Natural History, the rarely viewed Philippine Collection will be showcased at the Old Capitol. The exhibit, called The Museum Goes to the Fair:...

Getting hypnotized is a mysterious concept on par with love potions and fortune telling. CBS’s The Mentalist has depicted hypnotism as an ultimate form of manipulation to carry out evil deeds or to reveal...

Think back to the moment of your first kiss. If it happened before you were 16, you have more experience than Kate, the romantically inexperienced character of the independent-flick 16 to Life, who finds...

Andreas Kapsalis knows no boundaries on his guitar. Slapping and hitting the wood of the acoustic, he treats it like a percussive instrument. He uses his “10-finger-tapping” technique to hit every...

I’m not going to pretend that I was the only person that had my September ruined by the cancellation of VH1’s “Megan Wants a Millionaire.” As a corollary, I’m not going to pretend to be the only...

As KRUI gears up for the new semester, several changes have been made that the station hopes will increase coverage and expand its capabilities, as well as provide better training for aspiring DJs. The...

Silverware scraping, glasses clinging, people chatting — the typical restaurant scene. Now, throw it on the sidewalk, add some music, a dash of salt and pepper, a few freshmen, and voilà — the Taste...

Cooking in college sucks. You make the same cheap food over and over — mac and cheese, pizza, popcorn, and of course, ramen noodles. The college-student diet gets old faster than a mail-order Russian...

A leader in the ’80s blues revival, shows with Diana Ross and Tina Turner, 18 albums to his name, and numerous awards — Robert Cray is a legend. The Robert Cray Band will wield guitar and soul at...

** out of ***** Imogen Heap first graced my ears my freshman year of college, when I heard “Hide and Seek” for the first time. Unsurprisingly, it was like nothing I’d ever heard before, and I loved...

Ha Ha Tonka’s new album, Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South, opens with lead singer Brian Roberts’ distinctly trilling voice paired with gentle guitar picking on the dramatically titled “Close Every...

Everyone has a dirty little secret — something that maybe only one person in the entire world knows. It could be something frightening, courageous, or downright inappropriate (what happens at the neighborhood...