Riverside Theater searches for new home, plans ‘virtual performances’ amid COVID-19
Charles Peckman, Senior Reporter
May 29, 2020
Riverside Theater, which is known for its locally produced plays, is looking for a new home. According to a press release from the playhouse’s website, Riverside will move from its current location, 213 N. Gilbert Street, upon the expiration of its current lease. Despite the 2019 Novel Coron...
Mission Creek Festival canceled for 2020
Josie Fischels, Summer Editor
May 22, 2020
After originally postponing for the fall, Englert Theater’s Mission Creek Festival has been canceled entirely for 2020, according to an announcement on Englert’s website Friday. The theater had previously postponed the annual Mission Creek Festival until September back in March in order to help mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus. In April, Englert released Mission Creek Underground, a virtual preq...
Movie theaters get green light from Reynolds to reopen, but FilmScene will remain closed for now
Josie Fischels, Arts Editor
May 20, 2020
Movie theaters made the list of Iowa businesses included in Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds' Wednesday announcement that will allow more businesses to reopen beginning May 22, but Iowa City's FilmScene won't be firing up its popcorn machines for movie-goers just yet. The nonprofit theater announced on thei...
Loud and proud: IC Speaks gives students a new voice
Megan Conroy, Arts Reporter
May 14, 2020
When IC Speaks founder Caleb Rainey was a high school student in Missouri, he lacked a comfortable space to be creative through poetry. His experience inspired him to create a group for high school-aged poets to further develop their voice. Rainey founded the spoken word poetry group, in 2019,...
Accomplished artist and painting and drawing program head Susan Chrysler White retires
Madison Lotenschtein, Arts Editor
May 13, 2020
From sweeping, 80-foot long installments to vibrant and colorful sculptures popping from the walls, Susan Chrysler White’s artwork featured in University of Iowa campus buildings is hard to miss. The painting and drawing program head will retire from the UI School of Art and Art History at the e...
New quarantine-inspired literary magazine aims to find expression in isolation
Roxanna Barbulescu, Arts Reporter
May 12, 2020
Poetry, art, and works that “break boundaries” — all of these types of art and more will be found in the first publication of The Quarantine Magazine, a new literary magazine that is in the process of being published by three University of Iowa English students. The idea for a magazine tha...
Student Spotlight: Grad student recreates scenes from Romeo and Juliet handmade dolls
Addie Bushnell, Arts Reporter
May 11, 2020
Just weeks before spring break — when the University of Iowa made the decision to move the remainder of the spring semester online — graduate acting student Luli Gomez was performing as Natasha in the UI Theatre Arts Department’s production of Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov. Her experience would so...
121 E. College St.: Union Bar and its earlier iterations were home to many Hawkeye nightlife memories
Alexandra Skores, News Editor
May 11, 2020
Ten-cent cold, foamy beer specials, hit tunes spun by nighttime DJs, and a slick glass dance floor illuminated by kaleidoscopic colored lights — since the late 1970s, 121 E. College St. has been where arguably tens of thousands of Iowa City residents and Hawkeyes have made their fondest memories. Now known...
Review: The Moment of Tenderness showcases author Madeleine L’Engle’s darker, profound work
Addie Bushnell, Arts Reporter
May 11, 2020
Readers across many generations are familiar with Madeleine L’Engle, the author of the beloved young adult sci-fi novel A Wrinkle in Time, but L’Engle’s latest collection of short fiction, The Moment of Tenderness, introduces her audience to a side of her not yet seen before. The collecti...
Binge Break: Normal People provides poignant end to this column
Kayli Reese, Managing Editor
May 10, 2020
The idea that a television show can be haunting seems silly, especially one that is just about the friendship between a man and a woman. But there is nothing more profound, painful, and promising than a story about two people who, despite life’s best efforts, can’t seem to escape the other’s orbit. That’s...
English Society’s open mic moves online
Abigail Wetteroff, Arts Reporter
May 8, 2020
Every year, the University of Iowa English Society holds an end-of-year open mic night to create a place to share burgeoning writer’s newest works. This year, the event will move to an online format to provide a final opportunity for writers to unite and share their work live. Evalyn Harper, a cur...
Local salons make adjustments as they set to reopen next week
Naomi Hofferber, Senior Reporter
May 7, 2020
Iowa City salons are taking extra precautions to keep themselves, and their customers, safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic as Iowa enters phase two of Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ three-phase COVID-19 response plan, which will open select businesses starting May 15. Salons are coming up on eight weeks of shutt...