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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Local eggs from Kalona are used at the Encounter Cafe in downtown Iowa City on April 23, 2025.

Inside Iowa City’s farm-to-table operations

Hannah Childers and Isabelle Lubguban April 29, 2025

Local businesses The Encounter Café, Get Fresh Café, and Yotopia do not have much in common on the surface. But their partnerships with Country View Dairy, a dairy farm in Hawkeye, Iowa, is the connecting...

Chalked sidewalks are seen in front of the Old Capitol Building in Iowa City on Monday, April 21, 2025.

UI students use art as a medium for speech

Lily Kopp, Arts Reporter April 29, 2025

Freedom of speech has always been important to students — especially students who protest on college campuses.  At the heart of these protests, art is a medium for organizations to easily spread...

Esti Brady (right) and Charlie Duffy pose for a portrait in Iowa City on April 22, 2025. Brady and Duffy are members of the Iowa Race Relay team, along with Alice Conroy (not pictured).

Three UI students plan to tackle Relay Iowa

Lily Kopp, Arts Reporter April 29, 2025

Relay Iowa is an annual relay run in which teams of up to twelve people run across Iowa over a weekend, this year from June 6 - 8. The path for the run spans 339 miles from Sioux City, Iowa, to Dubuque,...

Grammy award winning producer, Boo Mitchell, poses for a photo at an early screening of 'Sinners', on Thursday, April 10, 2025 at Paradiso in Memphis, Tenn.

Point/Counterpoint | Is ‘Sinners’ another cliche horror film or does it earn classic status?

Charlie Hickman and Grant Darnell April 29, 2025

Cliche In retrospect, I think I should have been able to tell from the very first scene that “Sinners” would be a mixed bag. The film begins with a trope, perhaps one of the oldest in storytelling:...

Lily Giddings poses for a portrait in Prairie Lights on Sunday, April 27, 2025. Giddings was awarded the Isabel Sparks President's Award for a piece she wrote while studying abroad in Ireland.

Student writers earn Isabel Sparks President’s Awards for Ireland-inspired works

Charlie Christensen, Arts Reporter April 28, 2025

Inspiration can come from anywhere. For Lillian Giddings and Madeline Riske, it came from the majestic mountains and calming beaches of Ireland. From March 19-22, the Sigma Tau Delta convention...

A projector is seen in Iowa City on May 4, 2023.

Review | ‘The Shrouds’ belies thought-provoking horror with stilted script

Grant Darnell, Arts Reporter April 28, 2025

To its credit, “The Shrouds” begins by taking a bold swing. It decides to use its best scene right away. After the ominous and ethereal opening credits, director David Cronenberg presents an...

Vocalist Shara Nova sings during ‘Penelope, a Song Cycle’ performance at the James theater on Saturday, April 26, 2025. The music began at 7:30 p.m. and was a part of MusicIC, a festival celebrating music and literature in the Iowa City area.

Review | Critically acclaimed duo Sarah Kirkland Snider and Shara Nova stun at The James Theater

Laurel Preston, Arts Reporter April 27, 2025

Enraptured audiences sat with awe-struck faces as they watched the ethereal Shara Nova, a Grammy-nominated singer, cast her siren song in The James theater on April 26. The song cycle, “Penelope,”...

Review | ‘Andor’ season two doesn’t miss a beat

Review | ‘Andor’ season two doesn’t miss a beat

Grant Darnell, Arts Reporter April 24, 2025

The opening minutes of “Andor” season two find our hero Cassian in the middle of yet another rebel escapade — this time, to steal a particular TIE fighter under the guise of an imperial test...

Dec 14, 1980; New York, NY, USA; A vigil for John Lennon in Central Park, NY drew 100,000 mourners. The tribute, which seemed to recall the words "...And the world will be one." from a Lennon song, was in response to the request of Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, that his fans observe 10 minutes of silence for him.

Review | ‘One to One’ is a step inside the ‘70s

Laurel Preston, Arts Reporter April 23, 2025

“One to One” is named after Yoko Ono and John Lennon’s concert that took place on August 30, 1972, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The concert was put on to raise money for children...

Opinion | Celebrating 30 years of ‘Toy Story’

Opinion | Celebrating 30 years of ‘Toy Story’

Grant Darnell, Arts Reporter April 23, 2025

30 years ago, the world changed forever. In November 1995, Pixar’s feature debut “Toy Story” was released, shattering conventions for how animated films were produced. Woody and Buzz’s moving...

Soulja Boy performs during The Swag Tour at Wildwood on Tuesday, April 22 2025.

Photos: Soulja Boy at Wildwood Saloon

Emma Calabro, Visual Editor April 23, 2025

Fans packed Wildwood Saloon to see Soulja Boy perform in Iowa City on Tuesday night. The Swag Tour, presented by SODMG & First Fleet Concerts was relocated to Wildwood from Gabe's. Hundreds of fans...

Photo contributed by Emma Isenhart.

Daily Iowan reporter sees Rome mourn the loss of Pope Francis

Emma Isenhart, Arts Reporter April 22, 2025

As the sun rose over the stone of St. Peter’s Basilica on Easter Monday, bells echoed through the square. Groups of visitors were gathering for their pilgrimage through the holy doors just as the...