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Gabe's during Mission Creek on Thursday, April 6, 2017. (File Photo/The Daily Iowan)

Gabe’s kicks off its Mission Creek performances with Minnesota rapper Dessa.

Troy Adritch, [email protected] April 4, 2018
The Minnesota-based rapper, Dessa, brought tracks from her latest album, Chime, together with the Chicagoland electronic-pop band MONAKR, which opened for her.
Middle Eastern comedian comes to Mission Creek

Middle Eastern comedian comes to Mission Creek

Elly Woods, [email protected] April 4, 2018
Bassem Youssef, referred to as the ‘Jon Stewart of the Arab World,’ will be at Hancher on Saturday as a part of Mission Creek.
Author Lisa Palmer reads her book Hot Hungry Planet: The Fight to Stop the Global Food Crisis at Prairie Lights on Tuesday, Apr. 3, 2018. (James Year/The Daily Iowan)

Environmentalist warns the world of impending hunger catastrophe

Maria Kuiper, [email protected] April 3, 2018
Environmental journalist and author Lisa Palmer discussed issues of hunger and climate change at a Prarie Lights reading Wednesday Night
Up-and-coming indie singer Billie Eilish to play the IMU

Up-and-coming indie singer Billie Eilish to play the IMU

Elly Woods, [email protected] March 28, 2018
Indie-pop newcomer Billie Eilish will play the IMU April 2. The 16-year-old LA native has been recognized by VEVO, Apple Music, and others.
Crystals of experience, raindrops on fields at Prairie Lights

Crystals of experience, raindrops on fields at Prairie Lights

Writers’ Workshop Director Lan Samantha Chang and Nan Cohen will read from their work at Prairie Lights at 7 p.m. today.
Writers Workshop graduate Joseph Cassara was discussing with Patrick Nathan,  the author of  the novel Some Hell at the Prairie Lights on Wednesday at 7PM, March 28, 2018.  Patrick read his new book Some Hell and talked about his inspiration for the book (Yue Zhang/The Daily Iowan)

Patrick Nathan discusses debut novel “Some Hell” at Prairie Lights

Emma Sailor, [email protected] March 28, 2018
The book details a young gay teen’s struggle to cope with familial dysfunction and his conflicted sense of identity in the wake of his father’s suicide.
Graduate students in the Universtiy of Iowa's Department of Dance and guest artists perform in the Graduate Thesis Concert at Space Place Theater on Tuesday, Mar. 27, 2018. (David Harmantas/The Daily Iowan)

Finding a voice through movement

Sarah Stortz, [email protected] March 28, 2018
Graduate students Ashley Bassett and Angella Bettina Carlos discuss a long-term collaboration.
Mission Creek eliminates boundaries between music, literature

Mission Creek eliminates boundaries between music, literature

Mission Creek hosts its 13th year of bringing in a cultural influx of sensational music, literary, and technological artists to Iowa City.
UI student trades textbooks for a guitar as Purple Frank

UI student trades textbooks for a guitar as Purple Frank

Troy Aldrich, [email protected] March 27, 2018
Austin Bernhard paints his face purple, dons the character “Purple Frank”, and plays rock music on the weekend.
Local musician Pieta Brown kicks off ‘This land is your music’

Local musician Pieta Brown kicks off ‘This land is your music’

March 27, 2018

by Troy Aldrich [email protected] Pieta Brown’s show on March 24 at the Mill included friends and family on stage in order to share a common message: “This land is your music.” Brown’s...

UI alum, musician to release his first solo album

UI alum, musician to release his first solo album

Maria Kuiper, [email protected] March 22, 2018

Starting from his Waverly, Iowa, home, a University of Iowa alumnus has created music for roughly 10 years now. Skyler Gonzalez — better known by his stage name, Dizzy Bridges — will release...

Rainy Tuesday on the University of Iowa campus. Old Capital on October 14th, 2014.(DailyIowan/AnnaKilzer)

What legal issues do today’s artists face?

Elly Woods, [email protected] March 22, 2018
Tonight in the IMU, scholars will gather to discuss legal issues in the art world; A recent case concerning work by graffiti artists was destroyed by their landlord.