When the Iowa River rose to unprededented levels on June 16, 2008, the National Weather…
Remember the floods of 1993? I had just bought a house in the country north…
Traditionally, Indian women wear their wealth in the form of gold necklaces, bejeweled nose rings,…
Does Iowa have more film festivals per capita that any other state? Sure seems like…
Iowa City artist Marcia Wegman traveled to Lithuania and Latvia with Heifer International, the organization…
BY DAN COFFEY The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between…
BY DAN COFFEY In a Seattle bar, I sang karaoke with the band Heart in…
BY DAN COFFEY What is a midlife crisis, anyway? If I had one, it was…
BY DAN COFFEY Students always want the teacher to tell them what parts of the…
BY SONIA GUNDERSON ArtCirq, a troupe of Inuit circus performers, has traveled to Mexico, Africa,…
BY MARK PAUL PETRICK A still from Robert Wilson’s high-definition video of Salma Hayek, 2006.…
BY EVA NORLYK-HERRIOTT In early January, the FDA issued health warnings for the popular osteoporosis…
BY NEIL FAUERSO In an astounding performance, Daniel Day-Lewis plays wildcatter Daniel Plainview (with Dillion…
BY MEGAN CARNEY Although he left Uganda in the 1970s, Peter Nazareth brings his multi-cultural…
BY LADAWN SMITH Trilby Sedlacek of Green Angels Herbs in Cedar Rapids believes in the…