When William Elliott Whitmore steps onto an Iowa City stage, toting tattoo covered arms, a banjo, and a bottle of Jack Daniel’s, he feels at home. “The shows, man, they are always just so damn fun,”...

Usually a home for music, theater, and film, the Englert is about to play host to a new type of performer: the acrobat. The Peking Acrobats will flip, tumble, and skate their way into the Englert Theatre,...

In 2000, St. Raphael Orthodox Christian Chapel found fertile soil in Iowa City. Over 10 years, the chapel has matured and attracted a congregation of more than 100 Syrians, Russians, Romanians, Greeks,...

When he was working on the book By Myself: An Autobiography with longtime friend David Trinidad, one could say that D.A. Powell heard music. Powell, a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, mentioned...

After singer/songwriter Rosanne Cash paid tribute to her family, including father and country mega-legend Johnny Cash, with the 20-song album Black Cadillac and a subsequent tour, she is now seeking to...

Dear Brian Johnson, Leave Bono alone. Just because you and the rest of the AC/DC members don’t mesh music with humanitarian acts doesn’t mean other celebrities can’t. During your recent interview...

Anna Vogelzang and Annie Palmer are traveling with more instruments in their ’98 Nissan than clothes. “The lifestyle of touring is awesome,” Vogelzang said. “You’re out there doing exactly...

**** out of ***** Since hitting the indie-music scene in a big way in 2006 with a partnership with Rilo Kiley’s Jenny Lewis on Rabbit Fur Coat, the Watson Twins has been all over the map musically —...

* out of ***** Sitting in a crowded theater waiting for Dear John to appear on the silver screen, a man asked, “Why are we seeing this?” After viewing Nicholas Sparks’ latest book-to-film adaptation,...

The Grateful Dead is a band that spawns countless tribute and cover acts. While each shares an abiding love for the Dead, Dark Star Orchestra takes it one step further. Dark Star performs its shows based...

“Like artists, we look hard at our subjects,” a doctor says in Rinde Eckert’s new play, Eye Piece. “And, like artists, we are trying to make sense of the world.” A UI graduate and playwright,...

In 2004, Oceanic 815 flight crash-landed on a remote island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The survivors not only faced the typical elements of distress you’d expect with a plane crash (you know,...