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...

Coldplay Have you ever listened to a song that perfectly described how you were feeling at that given moment? For me, the song was “Fix You,” by Coldplay. I had spent years playing volleyball, and...

Sharing a musical experience with Naomi Wilder is to enter an Age of Aquarius. She dedicates her old-school funk to sore souls in need of an escape into peace and harmony. “I pray that the people who...

Think back to the Outback Bowl in Tampa Bay, Fla.: You’re sipping a Bud Light on the beach surrounded by the Hawkeye fans and taking pictures with your besties in front of the game display created in...

Iowa City’s Studio 13 is a bar and night club most famously known for its tri-weekly drag shows and pulsing Top-40 dance hits audible from around the block. Having undergone an almost unrecognizable...

One needn’t look any further than Catfish Keith to find a prime example of diligence, honest work, and keeping true to oneself. A staple on the Midwestern blues scene, he has been able to make a living...

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...

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...