2008 Woodie Awards
The door into Critical Hit Games serves as much more than an entrance into a typical store. Inside those walls, located at 89 Second St. No. 5 in Coralville, reality is suspended. The store is one of the few places where a miniature soldier can topple a tank with his psychic powers. A dice roll can determine your fate. (0) comments
If you watch A Christmas Story 12-consecutive times on TNT this Christmas Eve, TiVo it for New Year's, and replay it an additional 20 times for a Groundhog Day encore, it turns out you'll still doomed to miss some stuff.
It's only until you visit the theater and witness A Christmas Story live onstage that you learn the full scoop behind 8-year-old Ralphie Parker's nostalgic Christmas misadventures in the '40s.
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When walking into an opera practice, laughter is not the first thing one expects to hear - but apparently, Mozart had quite the sense of humor when writing Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) only days before his death. An "essentials" performance of the piece will take the stage in the Opera Room in the Voxman Music Building on Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. (0) comments
Dear Louis,
This past weekend, I attended Afterdark, a concert at the IMU advertised as a free concert by Jon McLaughlin and Joe White, "a speaker to the MLB and NFL." After watching McLaughlin perform, White came out, and soon he began building a cross onstage and started talking about how "Jesus can be your daddy." He also played video footage of Jesus being whipped.
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The biggest problem with "A Shot at Love" is that I keep watching it. I have no delusions about the issue. Unfortunately, that's not interesting to read about - luckily, the star of the show, Tila Tequila, behaves so despicably that I've already found plenty of other problems to drag up. (1) comment
The man in the Santa suit with a candy-cane baton, directing tubas and euphoniums on the steps of the Old Capitol, wanted to spread holiday spirit to more than just listeners on the Pentacrest this year. UI Assistant Professor John Manning decided to use the annual "Holiday Tubas" concert on Friday to benefit children in need by pairing with Toys for Tots. (0) comments
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