The Craft Critique Culture Conference marks its 10th year at the UI on Saturday. The event, “The Fringe, Or All Things Peripheral,” will begin at 9 a.m. with registration in the Adler Journalism...

Connie Mutel’s earliest memories are of plants. The historian and archivist of the UI’s IIHR-Hydroscience & Engineering institute said she is much happier when in nature, and she depends on the...

In a chilly warehouse practice space, nine young women often gather to transform into something their everyday images hide — burlesque performers. The six who attend this night’s dress rehearsal...

Imagine a place where everything is a shade of gray — literally. This idea represents only half of the world that playwright Tony Meneses imagined in his work The Boy in Black. In the musical, single...

He knew he wouldn’t have any peace in his life if he didn’t make a serious effort to become a writer. Originally set on the path to a law career, Ben Fountain left the world of real-estate litigation...

The cast members of Mary’s Wedding tapped into their childhoods while re-creating the script written by Stephen Massicotte. The director and actors had to use their imagination to create a horse and...

If there is not a textbook that suits his class, Don McLeese writes one himself. “If you develop critical instincts, you should be able to apply those critical instincts across the artistic spectrum,”...

The members of Camera Obscura make their living writing emotional songs about finding love, relationships gone wrong, and the fear of being alone. You would think the Glasgow, Scotland, musicians would...

“Hip-hop is dead.” Toward the end of 2006, rapper Nas released an album and a song with that title, contending that hip-hop had lost its focus and was as good as gone. “Went from turntables to...

Hip-hop group Public Enemy came under fire in 1989 for statements memberProfessor Griff made to the press that were considered anti-Semitic. As if that pressure weren’t enough, Public Enemy had to...

I am a registered Republican because the GOP supposedly shares the principles I hold most dear: upholding the Constitution, the principles of the Founding Fathers, limited government, and personal liberty...

For engaged college students, it’s a unique opportunity. After all, it’s not every day you get to question a Cabinet official. The Daily Iowan is participating in a forum sponsored by the Huffington...