Imagine crossing the finish line of a marathon. You just finished running 26 miles under the hot Hawaiian sun, your skin continues to pour rivers of sweat, and your legs feel as if they’re made of JELL-O....

Maureen Mondanaro is to yoga as Richard Simmons is to aerobics. The studio owner said she wants Iowa City residents to participate in and feel the benefits of the ancient practice of hot yoga. First...

The UI Museum of Arts collection in the IMU will open to Iowa City’s general public today during its regular Tuesday hours, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and will be available for viewing through the rest of the...

Though the two members of Experimental Dental School may have grown up on opposite sides of the world, their common musical interests brought them together with one goal in mind — to break any musical...

Architecture has meaning outside of its function — a well-designed building becomes a space that leaves the beholder a personal and psychological impression. In particular, governmental institutions...

There is a long-standing misconception about art galleries that implies it takes a certain snobby, pretentious, elitist individual to fully appreciate artwork. Devon Wootten, a doctoral candidate and co-curator...

Playwright, novelist, and screenwriter Marius Ivaskevicius said he sees himself as a storyteller before anything else. “I don’t think about my position as a writer,” he said. “I don’t really...

Have you ever wanted to just pack up and leave, and start a new life? Owen McCabe (Paul Schneider), a down on his luck ghostwriter of pseudo-celebrity autobiographies, does just that in How to Lose Your...

Reality TV newcomer Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein’s alleged suicide and a TLC family announcing another child — it’s been an interesting week. Death of a Disc Jockey Goldstein’s Aug. 8 alleged suicide...

As the academic year begins, many students have yet to decide their majors; they seem not to be able to figure out what they want to do with their lives. The problem may be that they don’t know what...

Beer and studio time. What better incentive for Iowa City’s best local bands to battle it out in a month long test of musical prowess and popularity? Every Thursday in September, the Yacht Club, 13...

The break up of indie-rock band Hockey Night led to success for Free Energy. Frontman Paul Sprangers and guitarist Scott Wells formed Free Energy in the wake of their former band’s demise. Then the...