Tyra Banks might be her own worst enemy. Why else is it so impossibly hard to cheer for her? Tyra Banks is SO hot. With her mouth closed. As a big, busty, and dare I say beautiful black woman, I want...

Controversial memoirist Augusten Burroughs will speak tonight on fact, fiction, and A Wolf at the Table. What’s next for an author who has topped the New York Times Best-Sellers list, been ranked as...

Film Review: Fast & Furious Fast & Furious fails to excite the viewers, despite trying with all the old parts. Since the 2001 opening of *The Fast and the Furious*, there have been two more installments...

Film Review: Adventureland It’s no roller coaster, but this theme-park flick is worth the ride.

“Just put your lips together and blow.” Enjoy decorated eggs year after year by hollowing out the shell. Easter is right around the corner, and that means several things: candy-induced stomach aches,...

Wet Hair use cassette tapes and various other electronics for a bizarre live show at the Cave of Spirits. Shawn Reed and Ryan Garbes, otherwise known as Wet Hair, first and foremost consider their act...

From the music to the venue, No Age likes to experiment in more ways than one. On Saturday at 6 p.m., when No Age takes the stage at the Picador as part of Iowa City’s Mission Creek Festival, the venue...

The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle leaves the herd and joins long-time collaborator John Vanderslice in Iowa City tonight as part of the Mission Creek Festival. The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle...

The men of America have spoken, and they demand a new language. It seems traditional nouns and syntax are not enough to fully encapsulate the surging testosterone that courses through the veins of the...

This week’s menu features a Mexican-influenced dinner. Cheesy quesadillas and a fabulous fresh salsa comingle and create slightly spicy deliciousness. A small twist on the classic quesadillas adds a...

The traditional gift for a 25th wedding anniversary is silver. But what kind of gift is appropriate to commemorate a radio station’s 25th anniversary? For KRUI, one of the UI’s homes on the airwaves,...

Since the June 2008 flood, the UI Arts Campus has been out of commission, and its students have been relocated to various locations. But the art students haven’t let that stop them from thriving. The...