The Englert Theater’s latest guests have truly been inspired by Iowa — through food, farming, family, and love. The Awful Purdies, all all-female quintet, embarked on a yearlong project with Sean...

Almost everyone is captivated by a good love story — especially when it has a dash of complexity and a whole lot of action. Riverside Theater, 213 N. Gilbert St., and artistic director Jody Hovland...

The blockbuster season has proven to be a mixed bag so far, as spiffed-up sequels and reboots of established franchises continue to reign. Avengers 2 burst onto the scene only to fade into the shadow of...

Hungry, territorial, or just plain murderous beasts have been a staple of filmgoers’ summer diets since Steven Spielberg’s mechanical shark made waves in 1975. Nothing lures audiences in like...

It is perhaps one of the most iconic sports movies in cinematic history. Remember the Titans, the story of an African-American football coach and his team during their first year after becoming racially...

Early on the morning of June 28, 1969, a small New York City gay bar was the epicenter of the start of a cultural revolution. Police violently raided the Stonewall Inn under murky intentions, not for the...

Jurassic World was the talk of the cinematic world this weekend. (Cinematic might be a … generous word.) The long-anticipated release broke world records. We, Brianna Jett and Rebecca Morin, saw the...

Iowa City music and literature lovers will have the chance to attend the fifth-annual MusicIC, a festival created under the Summer of the Arts umbrella.  The free music series, which runs from Wednesday through...

The Daily Iowan: How did you get involved in MusicIC? Fawcett: This is my second year working with MusicIC. Last year, Tricia Park and Judith Hurtig commissioned me to adapt Tolstoy’s novella, The...

When a well-known Olympian is injured and forced to retire, the world mourns. The person’s accomplishments are celebrated, and the public questions where he or she will go from here. But when you...

Stories can be told from the peaks of crescendos, fingers flying from one side of a keyboard to the other as notes and chords are overlaid by words. This is how Christopher Ford chooses to tell his stories. Friday...

While Iowa eagerly readies itself for Kris Kringle’s annual holiday visit,  Santa tows along a rambunctious talking dog named Toby, who finds himself stranded in Iowa City and forced into mischief. So...