Diana Nollen

The Gazette’s Diana Nollen and Spencer Willems will provide analysis and take your questions during a live online chat during …

The fashions, the foibles, the speeches, the stumbles — don’t miss a minute of the action as we celebrate the …

Being an Inglourious Basterd has been a glorious experience for University of Iowa graduate Paul Rust. Just being in an …

By Roger Ebert Universal UClick As a young reader, I found “Alice in Wonderland” creepy and rather distasteful.  Alice’s adventures …

By Diana Nollen Chicago’s Henhouse Prowlers have crafty a foxy CD, building “A Dark Rumor” on solid bluegrass. Eastern Iowans …

By Diana Nollen It’s not too early to don your green, grab your spoons and dancing shoes and head to …

By Diana Nollen Gazette readers have crowned James Cameron king of the world. Those who cast Oscar prediction ballots online …

By Diana Nollen Being an Inglourious Basterd has been a glorious experience for University of Iowa graduate Paul Rust. Just …

By Roger Ebert Universal UClick “The Crazies” is a perfectly competent genre film in a genre that has exhausted its …

By George C. Ford CEDAR RAPIDS – Antonin Dvorak and Leos Janacek were both Czech composers, but that’s where the …

By Diana Nollen When a crime wave turned Philadelphia into Killadelphia over the past decade, the city’s Mural Arts project …

By Diana Nollen A twirling spotlight, a spiffy state-of-the-art marquee and at least one limo Friday night, Feb. 26, heralded …

By Diana Nollen CEDAR RAPIDS – “Great” isn’t good enough. Neither is “terrific,” “outstanding,” “excellent” or “remarkable.” “Grand” comes close. …

By Diana Nollen CEDAR RAPIDS – Comedian Jeff Dunham is a guilty pleasure. The wildly popular ventriloquist packed the U.S. …

By Diana Nollen Frankie Valli’s biggest fan is taking the Jersey boy’s music on the road, mixing in his own …