For some kids, going to the library was looked forward to with anticipation, but age brings dwindling trips to public spaces. Journalist, author, and former DI staffer Jay Walljasper said it shouldn’t...

Almost a year to the day, the anniversary of the 2008 flood will be celebrated by the frolicking fairies and lovelorn ladies of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, one of the featured productions in this year’s...

Do you wish you could redo, revamp, or rework key moments of your past? Our lives are peppered with heartbreaking, horrifying, and humbling experiences, and if we had the chance, many of us would choose...

“What we’re really trying to do is get the funk out to people so they don’t forget what it’s about,” said Ben Soltau, the bassist for local band Big Funk Guarantee. “Getting the funk out”...

Matchmakers are an elusive breed of meddlesome women, seeking to insert their self-proclaimed superior expertise in love upon unsuspecting strangers. The most notable matchmakers include Yente in Fiddler...

Some artists need only mundane objects to create a masterpiece. Kimberlee Rocca is one of them, and she uses foil. Rocca, a local artist, uses a novel printmaking technique — foil imaging — that requires...

Aaron “Heatbox” Heaton isn’t trying to write the instruction manual for ventriloquism or Kamasutra foreplay. “You just force your lips not to pay attention to what the back of your mouth is doing,”...

Ready for a fitter, happier, and healthier you? The DI is here to help. Each week, we’ll feature a new tip you can easily incorporate into your daily regimen to promote oneness of body, mind, and spirit. Ancient...

Each Thursday, the snarky Arts reporters at the DI will rip apart the upcoming trends that the masses will undoubtedly be talking about in favor of promoting the brilliant innovations everyone should be...

A place for us to reminisce about the movies we loved, lost, and still live for to this day. Better Off Dead, 1985 Directed by Savage Steve Holland. Starring John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, and Kim...

I miss the Masturbating Bear. In 2004, when NBC announced Conan O’Brien would take over as host of “The Tonight Show,” many of us “Late Night” diehards worried if he’d soften up his image...

You may have seen Nathan Musser’s work before — his art has appeared in several downtown businesses, including the Buzz and Revival. It is fitting, then, that his first formal gallery exhibition opened...