The leaves are transitioning into a kaleidoscope of fiery reds, warm oranges, and crisp yellows, and Iowa City is transforming into a canvas of autumnal charm. From fall festivities to delightful displays...
Father of the Funk Art movement, Robert Arneson, mastered the art of appropriating everyday items into objects of sardonic humor. In ‘Brick Bang’ from 1976, he incorporates his self-portrait with...
As someone who loves Halloween, but delays shopping until the very week of festivities, I know a thing or two about last-minute costumes.
If you want to celebrate the holiday but do not have a costume,...
With a sun-drenched sitting area on one end and a dimly lit den of couches on the other, a long bar stretching between them like a center of gravity, Wild Culture’s taproom is an accommodating space...
As the doors of one of the Iowa City Book Festival’s final events opened, literary fans were eager to file in. The Local Author Book Fair took place at MERGE on Sunday afternoon, allowing writers from...
On Oct. 3, Netflix released the highly anticipated third season of ‘Heartstopper,’ the live-action adaptation of the queer romance graphic novel series written by Alice Oseman.
Since its initial...
Author and University of Iowa educator Hanna Bonner, Iowa Writers’ Workshop alum and film professor Julia Anna Morrison, and poet and filmmaker Perry Janes spoke on a panel during the Refocus Film...
Reality Winner.
Over the past eight years, that name has sparked comments and controversy ever since Winner leaked a classified government report to newspaper outlets following the 2016 election.
Winner’s...
Since 1981, the University of Iowa Department of Dance has put on an annual gala. Placing a focus on the student dancers and the faculty choreographers, the UI Dance Gala allows the university’s...
The first version of “BRAT” introduced a new era of green and club music, paving the way as the top dance/electronic album on Billboard shortly after its debut. Released on Oct. 11, Charli XCX’s...
Rolling Stone recently ranked Henry Selick’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” the eighth greatest animated film of all time. The film was recently re-released in theaters on Oct. 11, to the enthusiasm...
Prairie Lights hosted author and translator, Bruna Dantas Lobato, to read her debut novel, “Blue Light Hours.” This coming-of-age story centers around a young woman at a liberal arts college in...
