Mike and Joe is a Chicago-based cover band specializing in popular alternative tunes. The group will perform at the Blue Moose Tap House, 211 Iowa Ave., at 9 p.m. Friday; admission is $5. Formed more...

Hailing from their home in Kansas, the members of Split Lip Rayfield will travel to Iowa City this weekend for a show in Iowa City. The group will play at 9 p.m. on Saturday at the Yacht Club, 13 S....

F*** Love. It's the sentiment heard throughout the world every Valentine's Day. A day that brings despair to those without a significant other and those with a significant other who has no idea what gifts...

You shouldn't need an excuse to play this week's tracks from the past, but because Valentine's Day is less than a week away, you should be bumping Marvin Gaye's 12th album, Let's Get It On, with the volume...

This week's beer of the week is the Sierra Nevada Bigfoot. The brew is a barley-wine ale. But despite its name, barley wines are very much beers and often strong and intense beers at that. The Bigfoot...

Six years ago, the first Darwin Day celebration was planned at the University of Iowa, but a blizzard forced all of the events to be canceled. Since then, the yearly tradition has grown larger, and this...

The phrase "gathe raho" means "keep on singing" in English, and that's exactly what these a cappella performers plan to do. Seven college teams from around the country will compete...

In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) tells the story of how the buzzing bedroom apparatus was first employed in 19th-century medical-exam rooms. The play, nominated for three Tony Awards in 2010,...

As the thunder rolls in, the storm begins and creates symphonies of deep reverberation. This music is not exactly the natural occurrence one might expect — it is the sound of performers in Iowa Percussion...

Around 1,500 opera houses dotted small towns around Iowa in the late-19th century. Now, some 300 remain and native Iowan Sam Knutson wants to keep that tradition alive with the help of local musicians....

There are a lot of people in the public and Iowa City government who are wondering what the hell is going on with Occupy Iowa City and the Occupation at College Green Park. As I am hereby just now deciding...

Mitt Romney just can't shake his difficulty attracting conservatives. And that reality is undercutting his effort to cast himself as the inevitable Republican presidential nominee and prolonging a race...