Her energy is powerful. She owns the stage, capturing the audience under her demanding gaze. Her sparkling crystalline cape, and her equally shiny blonde hair waves dramatically as an invisible fan blows...
On Halloween night, Kamasi Washington and his band guide Iowa City through a stylistically rich musical journey at The Englert Theatre. The Los Angeles-based jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer...
“That night, I was lying in bed, so I opened my eyes. I could kind of see like a cloud in the corner of my room. Out of the corner of my eye, it formed a face,” University of Iowa student Abby Dickson,...
“How are we going to mark the virgins tonight?” is a question that is only asked on one night of the year: Rocky Horror Picture Show night at the Englert.
Underneath the stage, a flurry of transformations...
Cinnamon Spear is a graduate student studying at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, working to get an M.F.A. in fiction. She will graduate from the workshop in May and is excited about that.
However, this...
A custom-made, cherry-wood stained table dominated the room. The center of the table was littered with dice, sheets with numbers and drawings, and a tiled whiteboard. A caged, low-hanging light gleamed...
I wasn’t quite sure what a haunted house would look like. A small living room and office space lay to the right of the stairs, and a hallway led back into the kitchen. Around the house were eclectic...
It is always a feat to have one’s written work come to life in some way. Playwrights see their work manifest in drama productions. Screenwriters have their scripts picked up for movies or television....
Black cat in tow, UI junior Molly Bagnall walked into her bedroom, the scent of incense and myrrh thick in the air. Here, an ancient practice collides with the modern age, and, across from posters of Judy...
