It’s almost “Gilmore Girls” and “Red (Taylor’s Version)” pumpkin spice season. The trees are on the brink of changing color and the local thrift stores have started stocking up on Halloween...
While students may congregate in North Hall on the University of Iowa campus for classes or activities, they may also be drawn to the recently renovated Space Place Theater, where various performances...
As part of its “Reel Representation” series, FilmScene is showing “Scrapper” through Oct. 5, a new British film directed by Charlotte Regan.
FilmScene introduced its Women’s March initiative...
Avi Lapchick, Assistant Arts Editor
• September 19, 2023
After a night of nursing champagne, Barry Morrow woke up to the phone ringing. On the other end, Bill Sackter reminded Morrow that he had, drunkenly, promised to pick Sackter up the next morning.
“So,...
As an English and Creative Writing major on the publishing track, Sydney Smithgall has had no better opportunity to explore a career in publishing than with their role on the staff of the literary...
The Green House owner Emily Salmonson tearfully raised a glass.
“To Grandma Glennys,” she said.
Her drink in hand was the “G.G.” — a cocktail containing Empress Gin and lavender bitters...
On warm nights between the months of May and October, people of all ages may find themselves at the Chauncey Swan Park, where Iowa City’s FilmScene hosts screenings of blockbuster and indie films....
When Bonnie Streinz established her Facebook business in 2020, she sought a way to share her passion for sewing. What she accomplished is worth much more to the planet.
Her business EmaJo Designs’...
A stunning array of insects catch the light behind a glass pane where they hover on pegs above yellowed tags. The sheen of their fibrous wings and the careful posing of their articulated limbs make...
Iowa City artist Penelope Wilkins creates iridescent and life-like handmade jewelry, accessories, and household decor from ethically-sourced butterfly and moth wings.
Through their small business,...
Avi Lapchick, Assistant Arts Editor
• August 29, 2023
Despite a demographic notoriously unable to answer some of life’s biggest questions, trivia night is a hit within circles of University of Iowa students.
This is because of UI alumni Chris Adams...
The one-story storefront of the historic building on East Bowery Street sticks out from the other residential buildings with its stark black exterior and unusual rounded facade, but behind its doors,...
