Earth Day has yet to gain the revered status Valentine’s Day, Halloween, and other secular holidays have in American society. This is understandable, given the populace’s love for Farmers’ Markets...

Artists may go to great lengths to complete their works. Writer A.J. Jacobs took the Bible literally for a year. Magician David Blaine entombed himself in cases both above and below ground for at least...

One thing music fans may first notice about French Kicks is the band’s slightly peculiar name. To that, vocalist Nick Stumpf had to say, “We basically chose the name we hated the least.” Hailing...

Cutter Wood feels safe in Iowa. This is mostly because it resembles his home state of Pennsylvania. Wood’s home may not have mind-numbingly vast fields of corn resulting in a gigantic mass of edible...

Some people wish to avoid the stigma associated with being singled out as “That Guy.” Berkeley, Calif.-based musician Mike Silverman is not one of those people. “It started as a joke, but it’s...

Talking to Alpin Hong is like having a conversation with a friend: He’s funny, grounded, and quite entertaining. It’s easy to forget he played piano with the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra at age 10. Or...

From organizing worker-to-worker poetry dialogues between American and international trade unions to being asked to speak at a Ford plant, poet Mark Nowak has taken an on active role in labor relations. He...

Matt Skinner learned well in kindergarten; he’s all about sharing. Any chance he can show and tell, he takes the stage to strum on his acoustic guitar and engage his audience in his imaginative stories. After...

Those who would like an intimate encounter with Dierks Bentley need go no farther than the IMU; he will play his honky-tonk, bluegrass, and rock tunes for his eager country-loving fans tonight. The concert...

The Iowa women’s tennis team got what it wished for. Exactly 12 days ago, the Hawkeyes lost to Wisconsin by a point at home, 4-3. After falling behind 3-1, the Hawks never quit, but they were devastated...

The night before what could be the last match for the Hawkeyes, seniors Greg Holm and Christian Bierich spent it they way their time at Iowa began — together. The Big Ten men’s tennis tourney will...

The feeling of being right at home is an odd one for women’s track and field head coach Layne Anderson. Having rarely spent more than three or four years in any one place his whole life, the six years...