Warm summer weather may seem far away now, but the city of Iowa City’s Summer of the Arts is preparing for its 2014 festival season. Today at 11 a.m. in the Sheraton Hotel, 210 S. Dubuque St., the Summer...

With so much of the history of humankind taking place before records were kept, even the smallest tidbit information on our ancient ancestors and their way of life is highly coveted. On March 9, visitors...

Jameson & Ginger Ale Primary Alcohol: Jameson Irish Whiskey Taste: Just like ginger, except it makes you warm in the stomach and face. Garnished with a lime will help to make the drink have a bit...

I've had the same corkboard on my bedroom wall since first grade, and I haven't removed or replaced any of the items on it in years: not the junior-high dance pictures, Iowa basketball ticket stubs, or...

Many authors experience a sort of typecasting. Once they've gotten their start in a specific genre, they can allow that genre to define them, rarely, or never, dabbling in the unknown. This is a tendency...

With the excitement of spring around the corner (maybe) and extended hours of daylight comes the Spring Gallery Walk. The Gallery Walk will begin at 5 p.m. on Friday. The event will be held at 17 different...

For the funk band whysowhite, the ever-changing seasons of Chicago continually shape its sound. Vocalist D-Pop Fantastic said the summers play a huge part in inspiring the band. “There is nothing...

Standing on stage, gesticulating wildly, and flitting around may seem an actor's job, but that didn't stop director Eric Forsythe from climbing out of his seat in the audience and doing just that. Only...

Steve McGuire, a University of Iowa professor of 3D design and metal arts, has ridden his bike across the country three times. He said when he's riding, with the vast expanse of the sky stretched before...

I never quite understood that my brother had a learning disability until someone called him a retard within earshot. I swiveled around on the heels of my feet that one day many years ago, wanting to clock...

At the beginning of the 20th century, President Theodore Roosevelt uttered the phrase that shaped American foreign policy for decades to come: “Speak softly, and carry a big stick.” Roosevelt’s...

On college campuses, 90 percent of sexual assaults are committed by someone the victim knows, and at least 9 of every 10 rape victims are female, according to data from the U.S. Department of Justice’s...