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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Model Christina Sullivan poses during a Recycled Runway fashion show at Becker Communication Studies Building in Iowa City on Friday, April 22, 2022. To celebrate Earth Day, the fashion show featured nine models in recycled clothing made by student designers. The clothing consisted of plastic bags and other sustainable materials.

Photos: Recycled Runway fashion show

Grace Smith, Photo Editor April 22, 2022

The University of Iowa’s Event Management Workshop class hosted the Recycled Runway fashion show in Becker Communication Studies Building on Earth Day.  The show’s preparation began in January...

Slight Sounds ASMR poses for a portrait at FilmScene in Iowa City on Thursday, April 21, 2022. Slight Sounds' YouTube channel has accumulated over 310k subscribers and currently features 330 videos. (Isabella Cervantes/The Daily Iowan)

FilmScene presents night of spectacle, horror, and ASMR

Josie Fischels, Managing Editor April 21, 2022

Slight Sounds ASMR welcomes the peculiar.  After all, the 28-year-old former Iowa City resident has turned filming and editing YouTube videos in which she whispers to, brushes, and lightly taps...

Lilah Ward Shepherd's work is seen in the Visual Arts Building at the University of Iowa on Monday, April 18, 2022. The exhibit is open April 18-22.

UI students form fiber arts exhibition

Anaka Sanders, Arts Reporter April 18, 2022

Sun rays beamed through the Drewelowe Gallery’s front window, shining on the colorful work of fiber media artists in the We Need Fibers exhibition. The room flooded with yarn and thread hanging from...

Model Brooke Tarvin walks down the runway at the 'Fashion Is Murder' fashion show in the Trumpet Blossom Cafe on Friday, April 15, 2022.

‘Fashion is Murder’ launch party at Trumpet Blossom Cafe

Jami Martin-Trainor, Arts Reporter April 15, 2022

Fashion lover and DJ Kane Edwards had the intention of making a comic or zine in Iowa City for years. Tonight, that intention became a reality — what started as a project to highlight Edwards and...

Sean Thomas Boyt performs their dance thesis piece titled, "Seanshuuraka" in Space Place Theatre on Monday, April 11, 2022.

Three-part UI Dance Thesis Concert to premiere at Space Place Theatre

Jami Martin-Trainor, Arts Reporter April 11, 2022

For over a year, three University of Iowa MFA candidates in the department of dance have been preparing for the culmination of their educational careers. Katie Phelan, Darrius Gray, and Sean Boyt...

Performers representing Latin America dance at the Walk it Out: Multicultural Fashion Show at the Iowa Memorial Union in Iowa City on Saturday, April 9, 2022. Seven cultural groups were represented.

Walk it Out Multicultural Fashion Show celebrates culture across the world

Jami Martin-Trainor, Arts Reporter April 10, 2022

The Walk it Out Multicultural Fashion Show had one primary goal — to show culture as something fun. If the applause and audience turnout for the event are anything to go by, then the show was a wild...

Beach Bunny's Lili Trifilio sings at the Englert Theatre as part of the Mission Creek Festival in Iowa City on Friday, April 8, 2022.

Mission Creek Festival returns to rock Iowa City

Ariana Lessard, Arts Reporter April 10, 2022

The lights dim, and for a moment, everyone holds their breath in anticipation. A guitar riff pierces the silence, and the Mission Creek Festival commences.  The Mission Creek Festival, spanning...

Naa Adjeiwa Tackie, the owner of Nana's African Boutique, stands next to dresses from North Africa and West Africa in her store in Iowa City on Thursday, April 7, 2022. Tackie provided clothing from her store for Walk It Out.

UI’s Walk It Out multicultural organization to return with live fashion show

Jami Martin-Trainor, Arts Reporter April 7, 2022

Through song, music, and fashion, the University of Iowa’s multicultural fashion show, Walk It Out, shares culture with students and community members in the Iowa City area. The show will take place...

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Former Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay to speak at IMU

Jami Martin-Trainor, Arts Reporter April 6, 2022

Rachel Lindsay has taken on many roles in her life — Bachelorette, sports attorney, author, podcast host, and media personality. All of these disciplines have led her to a passion for public speaking. On...

Closet Witch drummer, Royce Kurth, performs at Gabe's during Mission Creek's Underground Showcase on Saturday, April 7, 2018. They describe themselves as a grindcore band. The style is known for its highly aggressive punk, heavy metal, and industrial influences.

Englert Mission Creek Festival returns live

Olivia Augustine, Arts Reporter April 5, 2022

Musicians, poets, and writers from all over the country will flood the downtown Iowa City area this weekend to celebrate music and literature. The events will mark the return of Englert Theatre’s...

Bubbles surround participants of the Joy March in Iowa City Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. Every four months, community members come together to celebrate and spread joy in unique costumes.

Quarterly sidewalk parade ‘Joy March’ spreads messages of positivity

Anaka Sanders, Arts Reporter March 31, 2022

Be Bold, Be Silly, Be Present — that’s the motto for the colorful and unique quarterly sidewalk parade, Joy March. The Joy March was an idea conceptualized through Public Space One amid the...

University of Iowa graduate and writer and producer of the film “East of Middle West” Mokotsi Rukundo poses for a portrait in FilmScene at The Chauncey on Thursday, March 31, 2022. Rukundo’s film will be screened at FilmScene twice on Saturday, April 2 and once on Sunday, April 3.

‘East of Middle West’ by Iowa City filmmaker Mokotsi Rukundo makes debut at FilmScene

Jami Martin-Trainor, Arts Reporter March 31, 2022

Iowa City filmmaker Mokotsi Rukundo has based a great deal of his work on his own observations. Following the mantra “write what you know,” Rukundo took in his surroundings and transported them...