Instructor of the University of Iowa Honors course "Harry Potter and the Quest for Enlightenment." Daily Iowan: What do you think of the UI Lecture Committee's effort to bring J.K. Rowling to...

For 15 years, Ukrainian musician Roman Turovsky has playing the music that settled deep in his heart many years before.  “My earliest childhood memories were of girls crossing the river to...

The Sun was shining and the weather warm on March 7, displaying the first signs of spring. Still, a handful of kids stay indoors, learning the rudiments of computer programing — one student works on...

The Bolshoi Ballet will returning to Iowa City (through video, at least), this time with an adaption of William Shakespeare’s much-performed but rarely danced Romeo and Juliet. The Englert Theater,...

Iowa City will soon have a fresh source of laughs. Set to début April 16 through 19, the first Floodwater Comedy Festival recently received its necessary funding — and then some — via the Indie GoGo...

This weekend I acted as a fly on the wall during Joffrey Ballet’s dress rehearsal and a guest in a home of ambiguous ownership for the play Luck of the Irish. Joffrey Ballet’s final run-through...

Borders are a thing of the past. With the advent of the Internet, person-to-person interaction is measured in clicks rather than miles. An article published by a local newspaper can be read anywhere with...

“When Stanley came to a set of two open doors, he entered the door on his left.” I took the door on the right, defying the Narrator and his story. But even as I did, I wondered how much the...

North America will finally see a long-awaited Japanese title. Final Fantasy Type-0 HD will be released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox 1 over spring break. The 2011 PlayStation Portable title has remained...

I stumbled into this beer as a result of half-priced tap brews at the Hy-Vee Market Café and a suggestion from the barkeep. How the story goes — I roughly recall — is that the bartender’s assistant...

Professional jazz musicians will often admit their education is never over, that the intricate genre continues to present challenges. This is true of many musical styles, not all of which taught at Julliard...

Most people think of operas with large, moving sets, extravagant costumes, and perhaps even a “fat lady” with a horned helmet reciting “Figaro, Figaro, Figaro …” However, this...