Having been an avid fan of the “Six” musical soundtrack for quite some time now, I thought I knew what to expect when I took my seat for the live performance at the Des Moines Civic Center. As...

Iowa City’s One Book Two Book festival is notorious for celebrating student writing. This year’s festival is back after two years of cancellations and accommodations because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Beginning...

Style can say a lot about a person. Jarod Valencia-Cheng, a University of Iowa senior who is planning a fashion show at Tru Coffee, wants style to say everything. Valencia-Cheng started collaborating...

Tortoises, snakes, lizards, geckos, horses, and more.  As an owner of an unusual pet myself, I’m always on the lookout for other people with kooky creatures, bizarre beasts, or other atypical animals. I...

Although he may have once been a fellow Hawkeye, Ashton Kutcher’s acting abilities have seen better days — or perhaps just better film writing. Netflix’s latest celebrity-strewn original stars...

Derek Nnuro, or DK Nnuro, is a Ghanaian writer and graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He is the curator of special projects at the Stanley Museum of Art and an adjunct...

While strolling through the Pedestrian Mall, it’s hard not to notice that Iowa City has become home to a host of six new inhabitants. Rabbits as tall as 40 feet have nestled in close to buildings...

Stories can be told in many ways. Through music, lights, colors, imagery, words, and more, stories come to life and create an unmatchable experience. All of these storytelling aspects came...

The small theater on Gilbert Street echoed with laughter on Feb. 10 as audiences settled in for a romantic comedy of epic proportions in the Willow Creek Theatre Company’s presentation of “The...

The University of Iowa Voxman Concert Hall fell quiet as Asya Fateyeva walked on stage with her saxophone in hand. Everyone waited in anticipation as she prepared her instrument, nodded to the pianist,...

Tegan Nia Swanson read her debut novel “Things We Found When the Water Went Down” at Prairie Lights in Iowa City on Feb. 2. This “Nordic eco-noir” novel came together while Swanson studied...

Blue light bruised the dark stage where a young girl sat on a small box. She ran her fingers over her long braid before slicing it off with scissors. The play “Braided Sorrow,” originally written...