On Friday, the second to last Friday Night Concert Series performance of the 2014 season will feature the local soul group BF Burt and Big Medicine at 6:30 p.m. at the Pedestrian Mall’s Weatherdance...

At a party or a small gathering of friends, there are the hard drinks, there are the REALLY hard drinks, and there are the gentler drinks that make your gathering a bit more comfortable. Cayman Jack —...

Hold on a second; this isn’t Mega Man. Azure Striker: Gunvolt is close enough, though. In fact, it’s produced by Keiji Inafune, the man who created Mega Man in 1987. Inafune had a falling out with...

One failed “Go Hawks” attempt was followed by a more successful command, leading the entire mob next door to roar for the University of Iowa. A girl on the sidewalk — 19, maybe 20 years old,...

High Ground Café, a large, open coffee shop featuring local artists’ work on the walls, large seating areas, and the smell of freshly brewed coffee, works to remind people what it means to be involved...

Known as part of Iowa’s “Creative Corridor,” Iowa City’s imagination is expressed through everything from readings at Prairie Lights to concerts at Blue Moose Tap House and gallery...

Sweaty palms and butterflies, two symptoms that are essentially unavoidable when dealing with the sometimes nerve-racking experience of meeting new people. However, the ultimate reward of these new interactions...

With such a wide variety of genres and subgenres coloring the music scene, it can be difficult to decide on a favorite sound when posed the question, “what’s your favorite kind of music?”...

A bride covered in blood may create a gory and unpleasant image. However, the mind of an art lover may naturally drift to printmaker, and former University of Iowa Professor Mauricio Lasansky and his color...

Somewhere between American folk and roots, bluegrass music is known for its jazzy jams and country tones. Commonly incorporating a mixture of instruments, including fiddle, upright bass, and banjo, this...

Surging forward as one, the two men attack, striking, sparring, and creating. In perfect synchronization, one moves down as the other moves up, left balanced by right, as the music keeps time. Though...

Two of 119 same-sex colleges in the United States have recently updated their admissions policies to be more transgender-inclusive. Mills College, a liberal-arts institution located in Oakland, California,...