The “Season of Inciting Theatre” is upon us. Dreamwell Theatre is dedicating its current season to banned plays or works that have caused riots when first produced. The company continues its run of...

Twilight. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Brave New World. These are few of many books that people have challenged over the past year in schools and local libraries. This week, the Iowa City Public Library,...

The Iowa City Community Theatre is the Broadway of Iowa City. Or so it hopes to be. The organization will perform the 1960s Broadway musical Camelot as the second production of the season. Camelot will...

For some of the 36 writers participating this fall in the International Writing Program, one of the most perplexing parts of the program is underway. That is, the time-consuming task of translating their...

Finding a stage with a pool is not easy, but neophyte Iowa City theater company Working Group proves anything is possible for a thespian. On Saturday and Sept. 27, Working Group will make its début with...

Music with a message — unity, bigotry, frustration — there’s no wonder Brother Ali is called a street preacher. He disagrees. “To preach, in my mind, is to tell you what you are supposed to be...

Chef Daniel Orr likes to dig in the dirt. From his childhood days in Indiana, he became accustomed to growing food on a family homestead and reaping the fruits of his labor. He described his parents as...

As I arrived in Chicago after a seven-day stint at the Toronto International Film Festival, I couldn’t stop thinking about one movie. I went into the festival with the intention of writing about the...

The simplest and most complex things can inspire poetry. A distinctive talent is necessary to craft a work that not only makes sense but has greater meaning. Two graduates of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop...

Hunter Sharpless is not a Band-Aide, nor is he a naïve rock groupie. For the UI sophomore, his three-month tour with Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers is just as much about him as it is about the band. Sharpless,...

Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle is one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time and that’s fo shizzle. Doggystyle kicks things off with the groovy “G Funk Intro.” The track features a driving...

The hand-sanitizer business must be booming. Alcohol-based antibacterial gels, sprays, foams, and lotions have become a staple accessory at every desk on campus. The UI has gone so far as to adopt a...