On Saturday afternoon, Prairie Lights Bookstore was packed as people patiently awaited Torrey Peters, a New York Times bestselling author. The second level of the small bookstore in downtown Iowa City...
Queering a Church in the Heartland is a moving story about how one Iowan church found its way from exclusion to inclusion and ultimately grew deeper in its faith. Documenting their transformation and...
Jennifer Colville is a community arts organizer and writer. She is the director of the Porch Light Literary Arts Centre, which provides a space for artists and writers to harness their crafts and find...
Walking into the ballroom felt like being transported back in time. Sequins, feathers, and pearls covered the tables with candles supplying the lighting. Guests adorned themselves with spats, glitter,...
The soft strains of classical music wove through the air as customers mingled and shopped for books at Prairie Lights. This after-hours sale was part of the Iowa City Public Library’s 31st Annual...
On November 7, the University of Iowa Weaving Our Community Network partnered with the Pentacrest Museums and the Stanley Museum of Art to create an event centered around artistic culture and community...
Gina Welch is a screenwriter, producer, and author who graduated from Yale University in 2001. She currently teaches English at George Washington University. She is a producer of “Castle Rock,”...
Charles Baxter, a renowned author and multiple-time award-winner read from his new book “Blood Test” at Prairie Lights this past Thursday.
His work has been included several times in The Best American...
Walking down the aisles of a bookstore, smelling all the pages of fresh books is the best way to start the day. Especially when what you have been waiting for has finally hit the shelves.
Fans of...
Father of the Funk Art movement, Robert Arneson, mastered the art of appropriating everyday items into objects of sardonic humor. In ‘Brick Bang’ from 1976, he incorporates his self-portrait with...
As the doors of one of the Iowa City Book Festival’s final events opened, literary fans were eager to file in. The Local Author Book Fair took place at MERGE on Sunday afternoon, allowing writers from...
Author and University of Iowa educator Hanna Bonner, Iowa Writers’ Workshop alum and film professor Julia Anna Morrison, and poet and filmmaker Perry Janes spoke on a panel during the Refocus Film...
