I stumbled into this beer as a result of half-priced tap brews at the Hy-Vee Market Café and a suggestion from the barkeep. How the story goes — I roughly recall — is that the bartender’s assistant...

North America will finally see a long-awaited Japanese title. Final Fantasy Type-0 HD will be released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox 1 over spring break. The 2011 PlayStation Portable title has remained...

“When Stanley came to a set of two open doors, he entered the door on his left.” I took the door on the right, defying the Narrator and his story. But even as I did, I wondered how much the...

Borders are a thing of the past. With the advent of the Internet, person-to-person interaction is measured in clicks rather than miles. An article published by a local newspaper can be read anywhere with...

This weekend I acted as a fly on the wall during Joffrey Ballet’s dress rehearsal and a guest in a home of ambiguous ownership for the play Luck of the Irish. Joffrey Ballet’s final run-through...

Iowa City will soon have a fresh source of laughs. Set to début April 16 through 19, the first Floodwater Comedy Festival recently received its necessary funding — and then some — via the Indie GoGo...

The Bolshoi Ballet will returning to Iowa City (through video, at least), this time with an adaption of William Shakespeare’s much-performed but rarely danced Romeo and Juliet. The Englert Theater,...

The Sun was shining and the weather warm on March 7, displaying the first signs of spring. Still, a handful of kids stay indoors, learning the rudiments of computer programing — one student works on...

For 15 years, Ukrainian musician Roman Turovsky has playing the music that settled deep in his heart many years before.  “My earliest childhood memories were of girls crossing the river to...

Instructor of the University of Iowa Honors course "Harry Potter and the Quest for Enlightenment." Daily Iowan: What do you think of the UI Lecture Committee's effort to bring J.K. Rowling to...

In an effort to woo Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling to speak in Iowa City, the University of Iowa Lecture Committee launched a letter-writing campaign on Feb. 24 inviting students, faculty, and the larger...

During the 1964-1965 school year, what came to be known as the Free Speech Movement began at the University of California, my alma mater. Students protested a variety of restrictions on their ability to...