From grandparents to small children, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is a story known. The book was released in 1964, the movie followed seven years later, then a remake in 2005. This weekend Nolte...
I stare down at the crying infant in his hospital bed, powerless to doing anything to help. Instead I pace the room, looking anywhere else. The continual crying puts me even more on edge.
It’s a precarious...
The golden age of rock ’n’ roll may be a distant memory obscured by time, changing circumstances, and copious amounts of drugs (at least, according to legend), but the sound of that era lives on through...
Elizabeth Moen doesn’t waste time.
She spent September writing eight songs. She booked a recording space in November. She’s already reserved space to record her next album this summer.
UI senior...
An arresting view of a patriotic Texas landscape, just old-timey enough to be laced with charm, houses a brothel, its storefront hiding the festivities (and sins?) it gives the illusion of taking place...
Garth Greenwell took a long path to Iowa City.
He studied opera as an undergraduate, earned graduate degrees in poetry and English from Washington University in St. Louis and Harvard University, respectively,...
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During her senior year at Howard University, Jamilah Lemieux started the blog the Beautiful Struggler. The goal was not national attention, avid online followers, or a stuffed bank account.
She...
By Daily Iowan Arts Staff
Every year, we all vow to make it the #BestYearEver. Regardless of whether 2015 meets that mark, there is plenty to be remembered about the past 12 months. Here’s what the...
Hoda Kotb’s Where We Belong tells the story of six people and the struggles they faced trying to find themselves and looking for a place in which they truly belong.The Daily Iowan recently spoke with...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. It’s also the most wonderful time for movies. While such films as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus, and A Christmas Story are all magnificent,...
With a week of finals over and a month off from classes, there’s bound to be time over break in which you feel like lounging and carelessly watching television. That’s what Netflix is for, right?...
