By the time they are 18, many budding musicians spend time performing in garage bands covering the music of Fall Out Boy or Blink-182. Not Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He didn’t spend his time at that age...

Corrine Smith thinks each day is an aesthetic surprise. Smith, a resident of Rock Island, Ill., works as an abstract artist creating work that evolves on a daily basis. Her work can be viewed at the Chait...

Alex Scott will gladly talk about the play he has directed, but don’t even dream about asking him how it ends. “It’s a wild ride, that’s for sure,” he said a week before the show’s opening...

Artist Cathy Patterson doesn’t have to look very far for inspiration. “[I] just look at the world around me for the things that seem beautiful,” she said. Patterson has countless colors in...

While some bands defy categorization, others outright refuse it. When asked about his band’s music, Craig Miller, the bassist for Danger Is My Middle Name, was reluctant to dive into categories. The...

Raise the Red Lantern has one simple goal: sweetness. The metal band plans to showcase this when it plays at the Picador, 330 E. Washington St., at 9 p.m. Saturday in a 19-and-over show. Iowa City-based...

Tim Johnston’s bookshelf may be filled with such literary classics as Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita and Halldór Laxness’ Independent People, but his original inspiration to write stems from his childhood...

Events in recent years on the local, state, and even national level have hardly been music to the UI band department’s ears. First, the flood in the summer of 2008 irreparably damaged Voxman Music Building...

Lady Antebellum: Need You Now Crossover appeal has become a key factor in the success of numerous country acts in the last decade. Finding the perfect blend of country’s heart, pop’s vocal sensibility,...

Despite a rough year and a half, the UI orchestra department is in high spirits. Over that time, UI music students and faculty have made plenty of adjustments as they grappled with the aftermath of the...

Jeffery Meyer’s interest in music began in fourth grade when he heard a peer play the Star Wars theme song on the violin. Growing from lightsabers to drums and keyboards, his musical influences changed....

Matt Bovard, like many recent college graduates, doesn’t know what to do with his life. Since graduating in the summer, the 23-year-old native of Fairfield has extended his residency in Iowa City to...