Anyone who has visited Roxxy since its opening in 2019 would recognize the stacks of mixtapes bordering the dance floor, the tangled guitars casting shadows over the bar, or the framed collections of...
As Valentine’s Day approaches, couples are expected to run to theaters to enjoy the newest rom-com. But this year is different.
Oddly, no big rom-coms have been released this February. At least,...
“There is no one single answer for how African art gets to Iowa. Art travels in very complex ways,” Cory Gundlach, curator of African art at the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art, said.
This...
On a drizzling, dreary night in October, students of various ages and majors joined in the dark lot of the University of Iowa Theatre Building at midnight. The ominous meeting spot was lit only by sparse...
Stories about unjust governments are nothing new, but there’s something particularly striking about Walter Salles’ “I’m Still Here.”
The film, having recently been nominated for Best Picture...
Cinema is, by nature, a collaborative field. Whether an artist is a writer, director, or actor, it is challenging for a single person to make a film on their own. This is what professor of practice...
With every new year comes a slate of “best of” lists. Spanning a combination of new and old books, students across the University of Iowa share their favorite books they’ve read since last January.
“There...
Ever since the University of Iowa libraries became home to the Sackner Archive in 2019, their collection of works has continued to inspire many around campus and the world.
This year, some of their...
The promise of spring is nearly here. The chirps of the birds have returned, and it is becoming more socially acceptable to wear hoodies outside instead of full winter gear equipped with long johns,...
Ghost stories are nothing new to horror films. Everybody has seen a movie about ghosts. “Presence” knows this and challenges the audience’s understanding of what a haunted house movie can be.
Cards...
On Jan. 31 at the University of Iowa’s Theatre Building, the audience was taken back to the 1940s, as the play “Day Fades Into Night Fades Into Day” made its premiere.
Written by UI student Bridget...
Born and raised in Michigan, Isaac Hamlet graduated from the University of Iowa majoring in English and minoring in Latin and journalism. In June 2022, he published his first book, “Light Keeper Chronicle:...
