From the moment kids entered the lobby of Stanley Museum, their faces lit up. Open tables and a surplus of art supplies awaited them.
One girl was so excited, she was bouncing in her chair. Their excitement...
On Friday, Oct. 4, “POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive,” written by Selina Fillinger, premiered at Riverside Theater in downtown Iowa City.
As the audience...
Catharine Otto’s culturally rich work was showcased at Iowa City’s Artifactory in a gallery on Oct. 4. These unique installations are made entirely of wheat.
Cards distributed at the gallery featured...
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A widespread IT outage Sunday has taken down internet access, uiowa.edu, and multiple campus IT systems, particularly impacting off-campus users....
In Pakistan, Ikram Basra was known as a poet and journalist, and graduated from the University of Iowa Playwrights Workshop in 2021. Being a multidisciplinary writer and a witness to international justices...
School libraries and art rooms are havens of inclusivity and information for children. Teachers take pride in creating a safe space where students can explore and express themselves most authentically.
Public...
I haven’t seen anything quite like “Megalopolis,” and I’m not sure I ever will. “The Godfather” director Francis Ford Coppola’s magnum opus is absurd, occasionally incoherent, and problematic...
The veil of the night sky had not yet fallen over Hickory Hill Park when participants began gathering. Before long, the park was filled with the twinkling golden lights of paper lanterns.
The Lantern...
If the last decade of reading Rick Riordan books has taught me anything, it’s that Percy Jackson never fails to get into trouble — and I never fail to read about it.
Riordan’s latest book,...
The defining attribute that makes a writer a writer is debatable — it’s a job title, a history of published work, or an ambition to actualize the abstract. Most of all, though, what makes a writer...
Iowa City audience members brought the punk to The Englert Theatre on Friday night — or, as close to punk as Iowa City could offer the iconic Patti Smith.
A multigenerational group of fans lined...
On Sept. 27 and 28, feminist poet Leisha Nicole Stanek visited the Public Space One Close House to put on an hour-long show about feminism and everything it entails.
Stanek’s performance was vulnerable...
