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Mothers on ice

Judy White has five children and eight grandchildren.

For the last 28 years, however, a prison cell has been her home, and at times, she saw her young children fewer than one time a month. In 1979, the former Iowa City resident was convicted of first-degree murder and received a life sentence. (3) comments

When you think of ballroom dancing, do you see old people in a stuffy room desperately clinging to each other (and life)? Do you see men in white wigs and women with powdered faces dancing with an air of perceived superiority beneath giant crystal chandeliers?

If the above describes your attitude toward ballroom dancing, you may be in for some culture shock. (0) comments

No time of year is harder on television lovers than summer - when network television packs up its creativity and, like students, takes a three-month break. Network officials assume that viewers are doing the same, and there's some truth to that. Programs during the traditional television season, September to May, allure 30 million viewers during a typical broadcast. (0) comments

You want professional advice? Dear Abby sure doesn't have it. Does she even have a degree? A non-theater degree? Whatever - Abby's not even her real name. I'm Louis Virtel, the new Daily Iowan advice columnist. You can call me Louis. It's on my birth certificate. (0) comments

Rilo Kiley Under the Blacklight, Architecture in Helsinki Places Like This (0) comments

Today 8.23 MUSIC • Coalesce, with This Is My Condition and The Serpent Son, 6 p.m., Picador, 330 E. Washington • Escape the Floodwater Jug Band - See related story, 9 p.m., Picador • Mark Olson (former Jayhawks founder), 9 p.m., Mill, 120 E. Burlington • Run Side Down, with Independent Progress, 9 p. (0) comments


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