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Review | Future and Metro Boomin’s newest album has its moments, but is too bloated

Evan Weidl, Opinions Columnist April 2, 2024

Future and Metro Boomin have become two of the biggest names in hip-hop over the past decade. They boast numerous classic tracks and projects together. Sadly, however, the same couldn’t be said in...

Inklit editor Rachel Sorensen poses for a portrait at Daum Residence Hall on Thursday, March 28, 2024.

Leading the freshmen literature magazine at the UI

Sophia Connolly, Arts Reporter April 2, 2024

Ink Lit Magazine is unique among other literary magazines on campus as it is run only by first-year students — including its editor-in-chief. The magazine puts out poetry, fiction stories, nonfiction...

John Reyna, a graduate teaching assistant and tubist, poses for a photo in the Voxman Music Building on Friday, March 29, 2024. Reyna has previously had musician's dystonia. Musician’s dystonia is a movement disorder that results in a loss of voluntary motor control in extensively trained movements.

UI musicians open up about neurological disorder focal dystonia

Lily Czechowicz, Arts Reporter April 2, 2024

Jonathan Allen first picked up the trombone in the fourth grade. After playing for years, he eventually earned a doctorate in musical arts and a teaching position at the University of Iowa. Then,...

Sudan Archives performs during a concert in Englert Theatre in Iowa City on the second day of the Mission Creek Festival on April 7, 2023.

‘It defines what Iowa City is all about’: Venues prepare for Mission Creek Festival

Kate Perez, Senior Reporter April 2, 2024

Musicians, authors, and artists will flood into Iowa City this weekend as Mission Creek Festival gears up. Celebrating its 19th year, the Mission Creek Festival has been an Iowa City staple event since...

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Review | ‘Late Night with the Devil’ is a modern horror classic

Grant Darnell, Arts Reporter April 1, 2024

The concept of selling one’s soul for the ratings is nothing new, but Cameron and Colin Cairnes’s “Late Night with the Devil” takes this idea to extraordinary and lethal new heights. The film...

Alyx Rush performs during The Daily Iowan Headliners in The Daily Iowan newsroom in the Adler Journalism building on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. Four groups will be featured in the series’ second season. (Emily Nyberg/The Daily Iowan)

Q&A | Pop and R&B artist Alyx Rush

Evan Weidl, Opinions Columnist April 1, 2024

Alyx Rush is an Iowa City pop/R&B artist. Growing up in rural Iowa, choral church music influenced his voice which has since led his career around the country. Rush has performed in New York, Texas,...

Beyonce won at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards on Jan. 31, 2010, in Los Angeles, California.

Review | Beyoncé conquers country music in newest album

Sophia Connolly, Arts Reporter March 31, 2024

As Beyoncé declared in a recent Instagram post, “This ain’t a Country album. This is a ‘Beyoncé’ album.” Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, known as the iconic, 32-time Grammy-winning mega popstar,...

Performers practice during a dress rehearsal of "Iris" at the Theater Building in Iowa City, on Wednesday, March 27, 2024.

Review | Stage reading of ‘Iris’ portrays difficult human emotions

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter March 31, 2024

Keep an eye on “Iris,” Iowa City. On Saturday night, the play’s actors took center stage at Alan MacVey Theatre to deliver a reading of playwright Olivia Clement’s latest work in progress....

University of Iowa Professor, Jane Huffman poses for a portrait on Tuesday, Sept. 24th, 2019. Huffman received the Ruth Lilly and Dorthy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation.

Ask the Author | Iowa Writers’ Workshop alum Jane Huffman discusses newest poetry book ‘Public Abstract’

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter March 27, 2024

Jane Huffman is a Ph.D. candidate in poetry at the University of Denver, holding a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre and English from Kalamazoo College. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop,...

Review | Adrianne Lenker puts her soul on display in ‘Bright Future’

Review | Adrianne Lenker puts her soul on display in ‘Bright Future’

Evan Weidl, Opinions Editor March 26, 2024

Known for both her solo work and as the primary vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter of the indie folk band Big Thief, Adrianne Lenker has established herself as one of the greatest and most acclaimed...

Cristina Henriquez signs a copy of her new novel, “The Great Divide” after a Prairie Lights reading of “The Great Divide” on Friday, March 22, 2024. Henriquez was joined by Writer’s Workshop director Lan Samantha Chang.

Ask the Author | Published Iowa Writers’ Workshop alum returns to IC to discuss newest novel

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter March 26, 2024

Cristina Henríquez is an Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate who received her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University. She has published works such as “The World in Half,” “Come Together...

Mar 27, 2022; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Kristen Stewart and girlfriend Dylan Meyer arrive at the 94th Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre. Mandatory Credit: Harrison Hill-USA TODAY

Review | ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ redefines queer physicality

Parker Jones, Managing Editor March 26, 2024

Whether it be bodybuilding, fistfights, gunshots, or physical intimacy, Rose Glass’ “Love Lies Bleeding” is a queer narrative about visceral physicality. Released on March 8, the film is set...