Forty 40-year-old photographs, printed on vinyl and hung by giant safety pins, cover the white walls of the Englert Theater’s second floor gallery. Black and white faces smile, smirk, and smize from...
Art can draw from an unending palettte of sights and textures to color our emotions. Artists use tempered talents to express thoughts and truths unrestrained by the limitations of spoken syllables.
On...
Riding in the Volvo XC90 that will be used as a demonstration was alarming but exhilarating. The number of tasks the car can perform is amazing. Sensors scan every direction for cars and pedestrians, allowing...
Alison Bechdel partook in an informal Q&A, book signing, and lecture on Tuesday, April 5, as part of the Mission Creek Festival.
By Tessa Solomon | [email protected]
On the Englert’s...
Downtown Iowa City repaints the public benches every spring. This year, the theme has changed.
"It's meant [to] encourage ideas about metamorphosis and evolution," BenchMarks coordinator Thomas Agran...
Glass was found in the public swimming pool at the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center, which caused the facility to close for a week.
The pool is being drained and refilled after all the glass is removed.
"Glass...
Iowa City’s Mission Creek Festival commences today, and artists from all media and all areas — ranging from Kurt Vile to Marc Maron and Kevin Smith, Son Lux to Deer Tick — have poured into Iowa...
The legendary krautrockers that make up the band Faust are being pulled straight from the pages of myth for a performance as part of Mission Creek at Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington St., at 8 p.m. today, marking...
Starbucks Coffee recently partnered with Feeding America to spread out a campaign across America. Over 7,000 stores nationwide donate their unused and wasted food.
Locally, the Starbucks' in Coralville...
Hamburg Inn, an Iowa City favorite lunch destination, sells a pie shake that has been a phenomenon since its opening in the late 1940's.
The beloved pie shake is made through various steps.
First,...
