This unseasonably warm weather has had me thinking about spring. And in my opinion, there's no better way to welcome a new season than with a tasty seasonal brew from a great brewery. That's why this...

As part of this year's Mission Creek Festival, the Magnetic Fields performed at the Englert on Wednesday. And to continue the 80 Hours's Mission Creek theme this week, the Magnetic Fields' three volume...

When Andre Perry arrived in Iowa City in the summer of 2005 from San Francisco, he wanted to be involved on the music scene in Iowa City. He met guitar player and native Iowan Tanner Illingworth. The two...

For Courtenay Bouvier, the food-program director for this year's Mission Creek Festival, getting people together to eat delicious food is one of the greatest gifts a person can give. For the first time,...

Snowboarding in the Iowa mountains, skydiving, and meeting bands and stealing their drugs are just a few things Derrick Brown said he looks forward to about the 2012 Mission Creek Festival. "I've...

Literature lovers will crowd into packed venues in Iowa City, excited by the prospect of seeing many of the local and visiting writers present their work during the Mission Creek Festival's second Lit...

Flat Black Studios is Misson Creek's partner for this year's Artist-in-Residence program, which was developed to give visiting musicians a more memorable experience of their time in Iowa City at the festival....

Seun Kuti is the youngest son of legendary Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, the pioneer of the Afrobeat genre. He remembers his touring with his father and his first time onstage. "I had to face the...

Vocalist and guitarist Peter Silberman will not celebrate his 26th birthday with his family and friends in his home state of New York. Rather, he will spend it in Iowa City, performing with his band, the...

UISG held its first diversity summit on March 25 in an attempt to address diversity issues pertaining to students at the University of Iowa. It was organized by students, for students, to ensure that...

Are you ready for the 99 percent spring? If you're not, you'd better start preparing — It's coming sooner than you think. The time Occupy Wall Street and the other major groups spent in hibernation...

The House Appropriations Committee has voted unanimously in favor of a tuition freeze at the University of Iowa, Iowa State University, and the University of Northern Iowa. The decision to implement a...