In many ways, my experience watching the second season of “Severance” made me feel just as disconnected from reality as the main characters. Don’t get me wrong, I think the show is pretty...

 “May the odds be ever in your favor.” This infamous phrase from “The Hunger Games” follows and taunts a tribute throughout the Games. But are the odds ever truly in their favor? For Haymitch...

The 2025 Mission Creek Festival is almost upon us, featuring a host of exciting acts to commemorate the long-running dynamic arts celebration. Spanning several venues around Iowa City, it can be hard...

Tickets are the keys to the doors of the arts, whether it be to see a blockbuster movie or a highly anticipated theater production. However, these keys can eventually run out. When this happens, the...

The most noticeable features of Cielo, an Iowa City store owned by Monica Berry, are the bright fairy lights and clothes decorated with fun phrases. Shirts and sweaters reading “Literally just a...

Around 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Hancher Auditorium and the Mission Creek Festival broke the news that Julien Baker & TORRES have cancelled their headlining performance at this year's festival.  In...

“The Last of Us.” “WALL-E.” “The Mitchells v.s. the Machines.” “Ready Player One.” These are just a handful of post-apocalyptic stories more worth your time than “The Electric...

In his 2012 TED Talk, Pixar veteran Andrew Stanton referenced a quote that television host Fred Rogers liked to keep in his wallet. “Frankly, there isn’t anyone you couldn’t learn to love...

Joe Goodkin is a Chicago-based singer and songwriter who has spent much of his career reimagining Homeric stories through original songs and playing his music internationally in the bardic tradition....

While walking through the Ped Mall on a bustling Saturday morning, many book readers found their way to the Iowa City Public Library for its used book sale. Sponsored by the ICPL Friends Foundation,...

“The Odyssey” is a story that has been told many times, rewritten throughout history to remark on the brave and treacherous exploits of the Greek hero Odysseus. The hero’s wife, Penelope, is...

Spring Break is approaching fast. Excited murmurs fill lecture halls as students look forward to visiting family, flying away to a beautiful beach vacation, and more. Then, there are the less excited...