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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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DITV News: 2018 Arts and Culture Recap

Kaylyn Kluck, TV Reporter December 13, 2018

Grateful Dead cover band Winterland drivin' that train to Englert

Grateful Dead cover band Winterland drivin’ that train to Englert

Adrian Enzastiga, Arts Reporter December 12, 2018

The Grateful Dead played thousands of shows for 30 years, up until 1995. People made their living traveling with them, selling bootlegged recordings of the concerts to fellow Deadheads.  Shows lasted...

Alexis Beucler poses for a portrait in her office in the Visual Arts Building in Iowa City on December 12, 2018.

Bringing bright color to a dreary Iowa winter through art

Madison Lotenschtein, Arts Reporter December 12, 2018

Oil painting is often seen as a classic form of artwork that uses muted colors that are used to describe a landscape. University of Iowa drawing and painting graduate student Alexis Beucler challenges...

UI student Brigid Martin performs a five minute stand-up bit as a part of her Stand-up Comedy Practicum class. The show was hosted in The Mill on Sunday, Dec. 9.

Comedy night at the Mill brings laughs in bleak winter

Haley Triem, Arts Reporter December 10, 2018

It is middle of Iowa winter and the cold bites harsh enough to make one’s bones ache. But pocketed among the windy streets and dark winter night, tucked behind saloon-style doors and framed by wooden...

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Lineup announced for Mission Creek Festival 2019

Sarah Stortz, Arts Reporter December 7, 2018

The lineup for Mission Creek Festival 2019 has officially been released by the Englert Theatre. The upcoming literature and art festival will take place April 7-9. Literature readings will include Kevin...

Raqsat Salaam performs traditional Middle Eastern music at the Trumpet Blossom Cafe this Thurs.

Raqsat Salaam gives warm performance of peace

Jack Howard, Arts Reporter December 7, 2018

A belly dancer swaggered to the dance floor, a candelabrum adorning the head. The dancer moved about the hall with a smile, traveling table to table to the rhythm of the tabla drums, baglama, and ouds...

DITV: Back Stage at Les Misérables

Kaylyn Kluck, TV Reporter December 6, 2018

Longest running Broadway musical lights up Hancher

Longest running Broadway musical lights up Hancher

Madison Lotenschtein, Arts Reporter December 5, 2018

Les Misérables, the world’s longest running and arguably one of the best musicals created in the 20th century, opened at Hancher Tuesday night. Seats filled up fast in the belly of Hancher’s main...

The man with all the stories to stop in Iowa City

The man with all the stories to stop in Iowa City

Adrian Enzastiga, Arts Reporter December 5, 2018

A reader can discover anything in the pages of a book. Printed on the white sheets with black ink are expansive magical worlds, horrifying tales, and reality-bending stories. T.C. Boyle has made an unprecedented...

UI intermedia graduate student, Melissa Airy, holds a stone part of her series, "Dear Pilgrim, Thank You," in the Visual Arts Building on Friday, November 16, 2018. Airy dedicates her artwork to show how the Camino de Santiago, a 500-mile pilgrimage across Spain, impacted her life personally and as an artist.

Intermedia grad student artwork inspired by life-changing pilgrimage

Katina Zentz, Photo Editor December 5, 2018

She trudges up the mountain side, wind whipping her face, and grips her backpack tighter than before. Thousands of pilgrims march across the rocky terrain. Blisters line their feet; their bodies ache from...

The art and heart behind graphic design

The art and heart behind graphic design

Madison Lotenschtein, Arts Reporter December 5, 2018

From designing menus to ads and brochures, graphic design comprises a number of creative professions. Most works of art appear every day in people’s lives, having an effect on how they interpret the...