*** out of ***** “Smack his ass” — possibly the best line to come out of Betty White since her stupidly stellar persona in the “Golden Girls.” Playing “Gammy,” the grandma of Andrew Paxton...

There used to be a sort of inverse hierarchy as to which gooey, moldable substances were allowed in a household. Mothers could rely on the packaging in order to rate the acceptability of such malleable...

The June 19 stormy weather chased off some of the opening-night patrons, but Richard III, the second show of the Riverside Theatre Shakespeare Festival, went on as planned, with the full cast taking the...

0 out of ***** Year One — Hollywood’s latest excuse for a comedy — hit theatres this past weekend. The film stars Jack Black and Michael Cera, who have both come off a fairly successful 2008, with...

Writer Simon Van Booy claims that most of what he says is drivel, but his avid readers would beg to differ. After a successful reading at Prairie Lights Books two years ago, he will return to Iowa City...

Day one of North Carolina band Black Skies’ 18-show national tour launched with a scenic drive in Pittsburgh — kicking off the group’s largest musical expedition in its nearly four-year history....

Years ago, celebrities carried bejeweled rodents in their handbags. In a more recent time, celebrities adopted Benetton babies. Nowadays, celebrities write books. Some celebrities’ books are readable,...

College students tend to like their wine like they like their “Pokey Stix” — in a big-ass box (Franzia style). But for those classier folk who enjoy downing the liquid from a bottle — yet continually...

The cast members of Dreamwell Theatre’s The Drag sweated and sang their way through rehearsal in the cramped quarters at the First Baptist Church on June 10, utilizing the borrowed attic to the best...

The UI theater department’s Iowa Summer Rep began 88 years ago, and it has undergone numerous changes since then, thanks to the artistic direction of Eric Forsythe. For the past two decades, the department...

All things have an inside and an outside. Whether a physical object (such as a building) or an abstraction (such as a relationship), one is either on the inside or the outside. Then (to get really philosophical),...

People are much better when they’re naked. Well, not really, but that’s what Norwegian rock goddess Ida Maria thinks. She will take the stage today at 9:30 p.m. at the Picador, 330 E. Washington...