The idea of dance as a mode of cultural progress in the context of a globalist society might seem like an intimidatingly niche concept to most. To University of Iowa Dance Professor Rebekah Kowal,...
On Sunday evening, six Midwest authors gathered around the warm glow of their computer screens, each eating classic potluck dishes including cheesy potatoes, cheesy pasta casserole, and cream cheese...
In these lonely weeks of self-isolation and working from home, the status quo may seem far gone, a memory from a better time. Yet the arts community in Iowa City, a UNESCO City of Literature, continues...
Every Wednesday evening, a group of students led by Vero Smith, the associate curator of special projects at the Stanley Museum, gathers in Public Space One to discuss the end of the world. The club...
The anticipation of Brandon Taylor’s debut novel filled the second floor of Prairie Lights on Wednesday night. The audience members sipped on wine or coffee, awaiting Taylor’s introduction of Real...
The crowd at Prairie Lights Tuesday night sat ready to hear this year’s Magid Center for Undergraduate Writing’s visiting Writer-in-Residence, Jia Tolentino, who read from her latest book, Trick...
When I discovered The Original Recipes of the Bushnell’s Turtle cookbook in Prairie Lights, I was introduced to the history of a popular Iowa City restaurant called Bushnell’s Turtle. The restaurant...
Packed into the upstairs area of Prairie Lights, a large crowd of people waited for Hanif Abdurraqib, a visiting professor at the University of Iowa. Every inch of space was taken up, ready for the...
Garth Greenwell read from his latest novel, Cleanness, his second work since What Belongs to You, published in 2016, on Monday at Prairie Lights.
It was a modestly packed room for a Monday night when...
Author Kiley Reid visited Prairie Lights Friday evening to promote the release of her debut novel, Such a Fun Age.
The book is a coming-of-age tale about a black babysitter named Emira, who is the caregiver...
A former professor at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop for nearly 40 years and an ever-prolific poet in his wizened years, Marvin Bell’s returned to Prairie Lights, sharing poetry with the Iowa City public...
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