From the basement of his family home in Illinois, hockey player, musician, and UI accounting major Mikey Fontana described what his “new normal” looks like in a COVID-19 pandemic-era world. The...
While closures and lockdown measures due to COVID-19 have made collaborative artistic projects difficult for University of Iowa students, first year cinema major Dalton Bantz has only become more motivated...
Last year, students and members of the University of Iowa community gathered on the T. Anne Cleary walkway to listen to volunteers read The Iliad. Their reading took over 24 hours. The event, known...
When I walked through the doors of my local Walmart, I noticed a vast array of shoppers wearing colorful masks. What used to be a dull trip to the supermarket now became interesting. Even though it’s...
The costumes are hanging patiently, the set is built, and the performance venue is secured, but for the University of Iowa’s anticipated spring production of The Light in the Piazza, the show must...
When most hear the name Jane Goodall, the thought that first comes to mind is a woman who has devoted her life to the study of chimpanzees in Africa. Her contributions to our understanding of wildlife...
Guitars suspended in midair and a band playing in an inflatable bubble is an unusual sight at the University of Iowa, but graduate student Jacob Jones brought that vision to life despite COVID-19 changing...
James Pobst, an Iowa City resident and FilmScene member participated in one of the first-ever community watch parties that FilmScene had offered on Facebook Live. Pobst “attended” a screening of...
The second I finished the second season of Succession, I took a few minutes to reflect on what I had just seen. Then, I pressed play again on the pilot to experience the whole thing all over again.
I...
When Gustavo do Carmo heard that the University of Iowa decided to continue instruction online, he began to record himself playing English, Italian, and German songs, including opera arias and musical...
From the nightmarish COVID-19 pandemic, musical project Quarantine Dream emerged.
What was a collaboration between Iowa City-based bandmates on tour is now a virtually collaborative effort to continue...
University of Iowa ceramics M.F.A. candidate Donté Hayes didn’t know when he agreed to participate in a documentary centered on his thesis project that it would become a placeholder for a canceled...
