Since the June 2008 flood, the UI Arts Campus has been out of commission, and its students have been relocated to various locations. But the art students haven’t let that stop them from thriving. The...

“Love, Loss, & Empire.” No, it’s not the title of Josh Schwartz’s latest teen drama, but rather the theme for this year’s Craft Critique Culture Conference. The event, hosted by the UI this...

Often, when someone utters the word “dance,” it triggers a narrow assembly of images. Yet no single style defines dance, just as no one model fits all women. Graduate students in dance Elizabeth...

Mixing popular indie and rap tunes is what it’s all about for successful duo the Hood Internet. Half of the Hood Internet will return to Iowa City to play the Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn St., at 10 p.m....

Decades before the age of the Internet and iPods, before the age of television, people spent their time listening to the big-band sounds of Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, and Benny Goodman. On Friday night,...

Let’s think geometrically for a minute. If the entire American playwriting canon existed in a giant circle, Oklahoma would be smack-dab in the center. It’s clean and happy, the embodiment of “wholesome...

Media assassin and self-proclaimed hip-hop student Harry Allen will lecture tonight about his days spent immersed in legendary group Public Enemy’s world. The title media assassin is more intimidating...

Judge, jury, executioner, or all-out bitch? Two staffers debate the virtues of public frenemy No. 1: Nancy Grace. I love Nancy Grace. And yes, I already know what you’re thinking: That woman is a rancid...

The Mission Creek Music Festival kicks off with the worldly lyrics of Matt and his harmoniously melancholic band Brighton, MA. A chorus of insistent voices swirl in the background of Matt Kerstein’s...

Film Review: Monsters and Aliens One glance at the cast list for Monsters vs. Aliens is enough to make anyone with a shard of pop-culture literacy go apeshit. While America’s sweetheart Reese Witherspoon...

Film Review: Wendy and Lucy For roughly 80 minutes, Wendy Carroll (Michelle Williams) seems on the verge of weeping yet refuses to show the world her sorrow. Even though she manages to hold back her tears,...

Trail mix with a twist. The time of year is finally approaching when people are ready to shed the winter blues and pursue more outdoor endeavors. Trail mix is a staple of outside activities, because it...