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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Guests interact with physical art displays during the open house for the Main Library Gallery Exhibition at the University of Iowa Main Library on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. Rich Dana created an art exhibition inspired by a collection based off of the poem “Roll of the Dice” by French symbolist, Stephane Mallare.

Symbols come to life in ‘A Roll of the Dice’

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter February 4, 2025

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 Englert theatre sign is seen during the Los Lobos 50th Anniversary Tour performance in Iowa City on Nov. 20, 2024. A sign outside of the Englert advertises shows, including Los Lobos.

Curing cabin fever with art during the coldest months of the year

Laurel Preston, Arts Reporter February 4, 2025

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,...

Review | 'Presence’ is the first notable horror movie of the year, and it rocks

Review | ‘Presence’ is the first notable horror movie of the year, and it rocks

Charlie Hickman, Arts Editor February 4, 2025

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...

Characters Lydia Knox (played by Addi McBride, left) and Laurel Sinclair (Alyssa Santoleri, right) converse during a rehearsal for Bridget Dieden's debut play "Day Fades into Night Fades into Day" in the Alan MacVey Theatre on Jan. 29, 2025. "Day Fades into Night Fades into Day" played in the Alan MacVey theatre from Jan. 31 to Feb. 2.

Student Spotlight | Bridget Dieden tells a ghostly story of grief with the new play ‘Day Fades Into Night Fades Into Day’

Kyrsten White, Arts Reporter February 4, 2025

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...

Photos contributed by Isaac Hamlet.

Ask the Author: UI Alum Isaac Hamlet discusses the experience of writing fantasy with new book titled “The Wilderlands”

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter February 4, 2025

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:...

People gather outside of the Englert Theatre in Iowa City on Wednesday, April 17, 2024.

Leftover Salmon brings a thrilling energy to the Englert stage

Hannah Childers, Arts Reporter February 4, 2025

Even while seated in the audience, attendees found a way to dance. Movement was endless, happy, and carefree at the Englert Theatre on Jan. 31 thanks to the powerful energy Leftover Salmon brought to...

Khushi Patel poses for a portrait in Adler Journalism Building on Sunday, Feb 2. Patel is one of many TikTok content creators on campus, and her account, theonlykhushi, has 12.4K followers.

TikTok ban presses pause on students’ scrolling social lives

Kyrsten White and Haya Hussain February 4, 2025

“I didn’t believe it at first, because every year around this time, people say TikTok will get banned. Usually, it doesn’t,” Khushi Patel, a first-year student at the University of Iowa, said....

Hancher Auditorium is seen on Sunday, July 10, 2022.

Review | Preucil School of Music took my breath away

Hannah Childers, Arts Reporter February 3, 2025

As someone who grew up listening to and playing classical music, it was refreshing to immerse myself in the inspiring and wonderful performance that was the Preucil 49th Annual Strings Concert. Divided...

Vocalists of Indiana University’s Humraah perform during the 17th annual Gathe Raho at the Englert Theatre on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. Gathe Raho is the South Asian acapella competition hosted by the Indian Student Alliance of the University of Iowa. Humraah placed first overall.

Gathe Raho lights up Englert with Bollywood-meets-pop fusion

Charlie Christensen, Arts Reporter February 2, 2025

As audience members mingled among themselves waiting for the show to start, the lights flashed and exciting music began to play. Three mysterious figures charged down the aisles. When they arrived...

Tim Budd as Philoctetes hands his bow to Mark Worth’s Neoptolemus during a performance of The Cure At Troy at Riverside Theatre in Iowa City on Wednesday, Jan 29, 2025. The play is by Seamus Heaney, and will run from Jan. 30-Feb 9.

Riverside’s ‘The Cure at Troy’ paints a hopeful future with age old story

Laurel Preston, Arts Reporter January 30, 2025

The refined space of Riverside’s theater has yet again been transformed into an ethereal playing field. This time, the space is intended to invite the audience into a time between ancient Greece...

Hancher Auditorium is seen in Iowa City on Wednesday, July 10, 2024.

Review | Journeying ‘Way Down’ to Hadestown offers stunning Broadway show

Riley Dunn, Digital Editor January 29, 2025

As a lover of Greek mythology all my life, I knew how the story of “Hadestown” would likely end. Despite never seeing the musical before, I was familiar with the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice —...

RaMell Ross, the director of the new “Nickel Boys” movie based on the book about the Dozier School for Boys, poses for a portrait Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.

“Nickel Boys” is a viscerally empathetic film that invents a new language of film form

Charlie Hickman, Arts Editor January 28, 2025

The most impressive feat a film can pull off is to convince its viewers they are seeing something wholly original. Even more impressive is when a film can accomplish this while adapting a work, making...