Swing, the biggest dance and music craze of the 1920s and ’30s, will swoop through the UI campus this weekend. The Hawkeye Swing Festival will return for its fourth year of lindy-hopping mania Friday...

Going home for Easter was great, wasn’t it? Your grandma made her famous cheesy mashed potatoes, your dad carved up a mouth-watering ham, and some rabbit left you so much chocolate that the average individual...

Tonight, author Eula Biss extends an ‘invitation to thought’ with a reading at Prairie Lights. With an undeniable passion for writing and the drive to improve her craft, author Eula Biss is making...

Any fan of the undead ought to give Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith’s collaborative effort, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, a shot (aiming for the head, of course). “I haven’t any right to criticise...

Beer and Loathing in Panama City is dedicated to Doug Stanhope. Yes, that Doug Stanhope, of “The Man Show” and “Girls Gone Wild” fame. Dedicating a book to someone of Stanhope’s ilk sets the...

Film Review: Observe and Report Observe and Report is a movie for audiences who appreciate a little vulgar comedy. For those of you wanting another dose of the surprisingly popular Paul Blart: Mall Cop,...

10,000 Hours and SCOPE Productions celebrate this year’s student volunteers with an IMU concert featuring hip-hop and lots of Girl Talk. Gregg Gillis, also known as hip-hop mashup DJ Girl Talk, said...

Just because the weak economy put your piggy bank on a diet doesn’t mean you have to budget on fun. As the age-old saying goes, “When life gives you lemons, make Japanese food.” When all you can...

Lez Zeppelin: redefining rock as we know it. In one of the rare moments of downtime in Lez Zeppelin’s scorching set, a guy in the audience threw up devil horns and screamed, “I think I love you.” The...

The Academy Is gives fans a roller-coaster ride through an acoustic performance. The Academy Is gave the crowd a plentiful mix of songs from the past and present when it performed to a sold-out crowd...

Bromance is not just a show on MTV. Over the last year or so, the term “bromance” has gained a good deal of popularity, although the term was actually coined by the editor the skateboard magazine Big...

It’s time for Easter dinner, and Grandma’s making her famous roast ham. Isn’t it about time you started pulling your weight around the dinner table? Here’s an easy side dish and a simple dessert...