The Lord of the Rings trilogy clearly has its fanatics, but instead of dressing up for the movies or naming their children after various characters, a small group of these devotees did much more. But...

Bitch Please is a place where two DI staffers argue about all that is wonderful in the entertainment world. Bring on the sequels The recent successful releases Fast and Furious and X-Men Origins:...

A long-standing relationship is tested in The Decline of the Front Porch. At 5:30 and 9 p.m. today, the Theatre Building will host Mary Hamilton’s The Decline of the Front Porch. Each of the four plays...

Chicago band Bumpus, best known for its ’70s funk-influenced tunes, will bring the noise to the Yacht Club Saturday night. Bring your pet rock to the Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn St., at 9 p.m. for the show,...

Jen Silverman, a first-year student in the UI Playwrights’ Workshop, will début her piece Akarui on stage as a part of the theater department’s Iowa New Play Festival. Silverman’s play Akarui will...

Former Metro reporter Lauren Sieben crosses over to arts to discuss the reality TV show that gets her pants wet. Not like that. I bet you are, too — maybe about the end of the semester or the start...

Deep roots Many people probably don’t keep in close contact with their elementary-school friends. Brother Trucker’s Andy Fleming (vocals/guitar) is an exception. It could be said that Brother Trucker...

With a reading of The Boy in Black, UI playwright Tony Meneses illustrates a different kind of existence as part of the Iowa New Play Festival. Today’s staged reading of The Boy in Black is part of...

Nobody move, but everybody read Literary icon Denis Johnson pays homage to the American crime novel in his latest book, Nobody Move. The book has a plot that may surprise his fans, but his devotion to...

Bitch Please is a place where two DI staffers argue about all that is wonderful in the entertainment world. Jon and Kate are Great So here’s the thing: I love “Jon and Kate Plus 8.” The TLC...

The debate over breastfeeding takes on new dimensions in the Iowa New Play Festival’s opening production. “It’s not that I’ve been wasting my time, but there’s so much in the world to know,”...