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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

Public Space One is seen in Iowa City on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. The third floor of house is home to the Center for Afrofuturism Center – an apartment that houses and supports artists of color.

Center for Afrofuturist Studies continues to bring in artists of color with open call for next year residencies

Stella Shipman, Arts Reporter November 15, 2022

On the first floor of Public Space One’s Close House is a small room filled with artwork and book-lined shelves. Warm sunlight streaming in through the windows overlooking Gilbert Street illuminates...

Photo contributed by Samantha Zulke

Ask the Author | Samantha Zuhlke

Charlotte McManus, Arts Reporter November 15, 2022

Samantha Zuhlke is a geographer and political scientist. She received a bachelor’s in geography and political science from Colgate University and her doctorate in political science from Texas A&M...

Kyle Agnew, a graduate student majoring in photography and print, poses for a portrait in the Visuals Arts building on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022.

Student Spotlight: MFA student expands and explores his grandmother’s salt and pepper shaker collection

Anaka Sanders, Arts Reporter November 15, 2022

The ceramic salt and pepper shakers that once rested along the soft pink and forest green walls of Kyle Agnew grandmother’s turquoise house now belong to a new collection that transforms their...

Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program founder Carl Klaus stands inside Adler Journalism Building Monday, March 27, 2006. Klaus, the founder of the University of Iowa's Nonfiction Writing Program, died in February 2022 and will be honored through a new garden.

Carl Klaus memorial garden at new Nonfiction Writing Program building to offer refuge and remembrance

Stella Shipman, Arts Reporter November 15, 2022

A patio is lined with flowering hedges and neat rows of seedlings sweeping across a grassy stretch of yard. Sunlight dapples tables and Adirondack chairs through a shady pergola. A small fountain...

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Ask the Author | Carmen Maria Machado

Ariana Lessard, Assistant Arts Editor November 14, 2022

Carmen Maria Machado graduated from the Iowa Writers Workers in 2012. Since then, Machado has distinguished herself as a writer by winning numerous awards and publications in “The New Yorker,”...

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SlamoVision brings work of poets from around the world to Iowa City as part of Mic Check Poetry Fest

Vaishnavi Kolluru, Arts Reporter November 13, 2022

Poets from around the world performed passionate and mellifluous poetry across genres and languages for around twenty Iowan judges on Nov. 12 in MERGE in the Ped Mall as part of SlamoVision. The...

Pianist Staff Sergeant Anthony Pocetti and Guitarist Sergeant First Class Johnathan Epley perform during The United States Army Field Band “Jazz Ambassadors” Big Band concert in the Voxman Concert Hall Thursday Nov. 10, 2022.

U.S. Army “Jazz Ambassadors” Big Band connects civilians with Army through music

Stella Shipman, Arts Reporter November 11, 2022

As audience members took their seats, the Jazz Ambassadors stood onstage in crisp military uniforms, light gleaming off of their brilliant brass instruments. On Thursday night, Nov. 10, the Voxman...

Ellen Oliver, an MFA dance student at the University of Iowa, poses for a portrait on a green screen rock climbing wall in the Old Art Museum on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. Ellen’s research explores the intersections of rock climbing and dancing with digital arts. “My goals are to deepen my relationship with rock climbing and to learn how my rock climbing body can inform by dancing performing body,” said Oliver. Ellen hopes to create a touring dance performance in rock gyms within the future.

Student Spotlight: University of Iowa MFA dance student selected for banner campaign

Vaishnavi Kolluru, Arts Reporter November 10, 2022

Ellen Oliver is pursuing an MFA in Dance at the University of Iowa and the only student in the UI Dance Department to be selected for the 2022 Dare to Discover downtown banner campaign. The annual...

Audience members file into Englert Theatre during day three of the Mission Creek Festival in Iowa City on Saturday, April 9, 2022.

Anne Lamott examines hope, service, and laughter ahead of visit to Englert

Charlotte McManus, Arts Reporter November 9, 2022

Anne Lamott’s writing has been praised for years as refreshingly straightforward, sweet, and funny. With her short dreads, big earrings, and thick glasses, Lamott herself comes off just like her...

Issac Morehead poses for a portrait at Catlett Resident Hall, Iowa City, on Wednesday, Nov 9, 2022. Morehead is a student in the animation program.

Student Spotlight: UI junior finds animation experience in Iowa City

Charlotte McManus, Arts Reporter November 9, 2022

Isaac Morehead, a third-year cinema major at the University of Iowa, is utilizing the UI’s resources to jumpstart his career in animation. His focus lies in the film and video production side of...

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

University of Iowa Dance Gala ‘In Motion’ to return to Hancher mainstage

Anaka Sanders, Arts Reporter November 9, 2022

On the main Hancher Auditorium stage for the first time since 2019, University of Iowa dancers and choreographers plan to bring Dance Gala to life using themes of mental health in the production In Motion....