Grieves brings his fresh new sound to the Midwest rap scene while connecting with fans old and new. When hip-hop artist Grieves performs tonight at the Picador, it won’t be his first appearance in Iowa...

Do people ask Stuart Scott if he knows what an interception is? Nope. Question Jeremy Schaap on what team Albert Pujols plays for? Of course not. While I may not dominate ESPN’s airwaves, I am a sports...

Green Day’s latest release, 21st Century Breakdown, is a punk-pop testament to the power of the rock opera. From the Who’s tale of a deaf, dumb, and blind pinball wizard to David Bowie’s story...

Weapons of mass destruction come in small packages in Chuck Palahniuk’s Pygmy. Pygmy is a 13-year-old foreign-exchange student placed in the Midwest, with the caveat that he is secretly a terrorist...

Film Review: Star Trek Entertaining and self-referential in all the right ways, the latest Star Trek has something for everyone, including Vulcans. Star Trek’s success hinges on two key areas. First,...

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...