It is truly an accomplishment for Lindsay Lohan to take one of the only commercials I actually pay attention to while watching TV and turn it into a lawsuit. An E-Trade commercial, which originally aired...

The great force of the universe, change, dictates whether humans succeed or fail, based on their ability to adapt. Changes from the cosmic to the mundane can come at any moment and alter the landscape...

Although 12 organizations stand on the Iowa City theater platform, a group of local entrepreneurial thespians have found a theatrical niche to fill in the Cultural Corridor. “I started the Red Door...

When she was young, Jennifer Fawcett lived on a goat farm. Then, at the age of 23, fresh out of the UI Playwrights’ Workshop, she wrote her first play based on those experiences, Goat Show. After writing...

The Linn Street Café wants to put some class into St. Patrick’s Day. Not that the Irish aren’t already classy. For its first time, the local gourmet eatery will create a five-course Guinness Dinner...

The term “sophomore slump” doesn’t faze Via Audio. Rather, the Brooklyn-based indie-pop quartet confidently released its second album, Animalore, as a “melting pot” of eccentric and varied sound,...

The lore of spring break’s mass student exodus depicts Iowa City as a one-week ghost town. However, the Englert Theatre, Yacht Club, and Dreamwell Theatre contend that the town celebrates when the university...

Local bands in Iowa City are uniting this evening to bring people together through music in the wake of a disaster. Hey Hello and Mother Culture will perform with opener Stubborn Tiny Lights VS Clustering...

Once the stuff of national tours, vaudeville acts and tricks are now often relegated to circuses and county-fair sideshows. Sword-swallowing, fire-juggling, and glass-eating will make their way out of...

Bud Forrest, the creator and producer of In The Mood, believes that the big-band sound of the 1940s is still a portrayal of the American spirit. “It is as patriotic now as it was back then,” he contends....

Spotlights of lime and indigo flash in various directions behind the band members of Papadosio as they enter an electronic state of music. The lighting incorporated into the group’s live shows highlights...

For Michael Roberts, art runs in the family. “I come from a family of seven boys, but my mother always gave us paper to sit and draw something,” Roberts said. His artwork is displayed for purchase...