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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Final episode of Life is Strange 2 gives players mixed emotions about the final product

Final episode of Life is Strange 2 gives players mixed emotions about the final product

Ashley Dawson, Arts Reporter January 28, 2020

This review contains spoilers In 2015, Dontnod Entertainment developed an award-winning episodic video game following Max Caulfield, a time-controlling high-school senior in the fictional town of Arcadia...

Prairie Lights bookstore on Monday, Nov. 13, 2017.

Cleanness is another entry in Garth Greenwell’s world of queer sexuality

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter January 27, 2020

Garth Greenwell read from his latest novel, Cleanness, his second work since What Belongs to You, published in 2016, on Monday at Prairie Lights. It was a modestly packed room for a Monday night when...

People walk the streets outside The Englert Theatre on Thursday, April 6, 2017.

Lewis Black graces Englert Theater stage to speak about hole inside every American’s heart

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter January 26, 2020

Legendary comedian Lewis Black brought his feisty and hilarious rants to Iowa City on Jan. 25 at the Englert Theater. Black, known for spouting the f-word in a loud voice conveying fury over the...

Binge Break: The Bold Type remains refreshingly relevant in its fourth season

Binge Break: The Bold Type remains refreshingly relevant in its fourth season

Kayli Reese, Managing Editor January 26, 2020

Every episode of The Bold Type reminds me of the strength and power young women are proclaiming over their lives at the moment, and it fills me with hope and joy. On the surface, the Freeform show —...

Author, Kiley Reid reads her book Such a Fun Age at Prairie Lights Cafe in Iowa City on Friday, January 24, 2020. Reid’s book is a Coming-of-Age Fiction that was published December 31, 2019. (Raquele Decker/The Daily Iowan)

UI Writers Workshop alum Kiley Reid talks about her wonderful debut novel Such a Fun Age

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter January 25, 2020

Author Kiley Reid visited Prairie Lights Friday evening to promote the release of her debut novel, Such a Fun Age. The book is a coming-of-age tale about a black babysitter named Emira, who is the caregiver...

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Songs, soul, and sisterhood: How the ladies of The Color Purple created an unforgettable show

Jenna Post, Arts Reporter January 25, 2020

After walking into the theater and seeing The Color Purple’s set, I was a little confused by the design choice. Rustic wooden chairs that were used throughout the production were pegged to a wall made...

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Iowa City Community Theatre’s grotesquely funny production of God of Carnage explores the complexity of human nature

Addie Bushnell, Arts Reporter January 24, 2020

Iowa City Community Theatre opened their fourth show of the season, God of Carnage on Jan. 24, which will run until Feb. 2. The Tony Award winning play follows two parent couples, the Novak’s and the...

Big Grove Brewery & Taproom is seen on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. (Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Big Grove brewing up local art

Naomi Hofferber, Senior Reporter January 24, 2020

Big Grove Brewery is putting local art on tap this weekend, hosting their first mini art festival Jan. 26 at 3 p.m. Ophelia Flores-Carr, the marketing and design assistant for Big Grove, is a former...

Jessica Link offers Cutis M. Jackson some of her peach cobbler during a dress rehearsal of The Agitators at Riverside Theater on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. The Agitators will show at Riverside from Jan. 24 - Feb. 16.

Play comes to Iowa City theater to share tale of activists’ split in fight for equal rights

Madison Lotenschtein, Arts Editor January 23, 2020

While touring the Susan B. Anthony House museum in Rochester, New York, playwright Mat Smart found out that the women’s rights leader was friends with abolitionist Frederick Douglass. The two were...

Actress Faith Harlow performs as Tatum in Taurus Sun/Aries Moon. The play follows a young woman in the new year struggling with her sexual identity and her relationship with her best friend.

First-time playwright and director to kick off UI Theatre Department season

Samantha Murray, Arts Reporter January 22, 2020

Opening the spring 2020 semester with a story about friendship, acceptance, and college relationships, the University of Iowa’s Department of Theatre Arts will put on the workshop play Taurus Sun/Aries...