For Maggie Conroy and four of her friends, deciding what was trash and was treasure wasn’t a simple process. After holding a yard sale in June with items they narrowed down to be least important, Conroy,...

Ben Lerner investigates modern American society, one line at a time. The 30-year-old Topeka, Kan., native, who currently teaches writing at the University of Pittsburgh, has made a substantial name for...

Anxiety, panic, and stress -- you can smell them in the air. It’s almost finals week once again and thousands of students have begun the ritual colloquially known as “freaking out.” There are...

It’s 2009, which means it’s time to run down the 10 years from 2000-2009. The DI Arts staff gathered a list of our favorite movies, music, and other arts-related topics, and now we’re asking readers...

A YouTube video is all it took to bring a university a cappella group to national fame. Straight No Chaser, whose genesis occurred at Indiana University in 1996, will perform at 7 p.m. today in the IMU...

Magician David Casas will bring the magic of Las Vegas to Iowa City tonight with a show designed to benefit cancer patients. At 7 p.m. today, Casas will display his illusions for free at the Englert...

DVD Vault: Fargo (1996) Fargo is great, don’t-cha-know? Winner of two Oscars, Fargo is a dark comedy set in a bleak and freezing Midwestern town. The movie spins together a mess of unlikely genres...

Ladies, keep your pants on. Ever since the leaves fell and the nights grew colder, your apparel has shifted to a beloved ’80s classic: leggings. For those of you sporting a “volcanic ensemble” worthy...

** out of ***** One word to describe Antichrist? Uncomfortable. Divided into five parts, the film opens with an epilogue depicting a couple having sex as their little boy falls to his death out the window...

** out of ***** Movies with a message, from environmentally conscious documentaries to political thrillers, have dominated the Hollywood landscape recently, as moviegoers search for a little substance...

From the outside, the covered windows don’t give much to the imagination for those passing by. But that isn’t the case inside. Brightly painted walls of yellow and green, a crimson floor path that...

Ebaa El Melik just wants to thank Iowa City. The Qatar native has lived here for only four years, but in that time, she has developed a love for the town. So as her way of giving to the community, the...