This craft beer comes straight out of Knoxville — no, not the gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the University of Tennessee, but a small town in Iowa (around 50 minutes outside of...

Mobile gaming is expected to take over the video-game market in the coming years, but the new Wii U game Tengami may delay this trend. A couple months ago, Hajime Tabata, codirector of the upcoming Final...

At 7 p.m. Saturday, Uptown Bill’s Coffeehouse, 730 S. Dubuque St., will present musicians Rick Vornbrock and Jake Ilika. Ilika was one of the performers at the 101st birthday of Bill Sackter, celebrated...

Attacking a variety of controversial issues such as race and religion in a seemingly fearless manner, sociopolitical comedian W. Kamau Bell says, “I tell jokes, but I’m not kidding.” Bell...

I was finally attempting to put my money where my mouth was — $19.44 at the Airliner, established in 1944. The restaurant’s Airbus is one of the few local food challenges I found listed online....

After moving to Iowa City, it doesn’t take long to hear of the Black Angel. The legend may be told more often in darkened dorm rooms than around campfires, but the Black Angel of Oakland Cemetery is...

Dancers drag themselves out of Halsey Hall sweaty, with their hair tied up in buns, donning sweatpants, walking slowly on sore legs. Meanwhile, writers saunter out of the English-Philosophy Building with...

As with somber TV commercials featuring little kids with cancer or abused animals, serious topics are often presented to people in ways that provoke emotion. However, Role Models, part of the University...

Rick Williams’ father served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Ron Clark’s uncle was stationed in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked in 1941. Still, the two Iowans grew up hearing...

A sign fills the Englert stage, a backdrop behind two lonely pianos and a drum set. The bass drum is adorned with mid-20th-century-looking text, giving the stage a big-band feel. The words on both the...

Net neutrality may be a term you’ve heard thrown around in the past few months. Here’s a little context. Net neutrality refers to the principle of keeping Internet access free of artificial...

Social networking and the Internet in general continue to redefine personal privacy and interpersonal boundaries. We can stay up-to-date on old friends we haven’t seen in years thanks to social media,...