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Isabelle Lubguban

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter

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Isabelle Lubguban is a fourth-year student at the University of Iowa, majoring in English and Creative Writing. This is her second year as an Arts Reporter. She is also an ambassador for the English department, currently leading a fiction writing group.

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Attendees look at student work during an exhibit of ink art at the Stanley Museum of Art on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. Students in Brushwork in Chinese Art, a class taught by Assistant Professor Amy Huang, led presentations and showcased their work from the semester.

Brushwork: Ink Art exhibit draws in viewers with cultural richness

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
December 12, 2024
The Porch Light Literary Arts Centre is seen in Iowa City on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2025. The house offers free public readings, community salons, writer support groups, classes, critique groups and one-on-one writing services.

Q&A | Porch Light director Jennifer Colville expanding arts community

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
December 4, 2024
Review | ‘The Piano Lesson’ deftly adapts Pulitzer Prize-winning play

Review | ‘The Piano Lesson’ deftly adapts Pulitzer Prize-winning play

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
December 3, 2024
Sneakers are on display and for sale at Vice in Iowa City on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. Vice features and resells streetwear fashion.

Iowa City resellers explain the operations and considerations of resale

Isabelle Lubguban and Kyrsten White
November 19, 2024
The Artifactory is seen in Iowa City on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023.

‘Hot Stamped Foiling’ honors late UI professor at the Artifactory

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
November 14, 2024
Tom Hanks greets the press during a red carpet event before the screening for the new biopic movie 'Elvis' at Graceland in Memphis, Tenn. on Saturday, June 11, 2022.

Review | ‘Here’ cannot compare to ‘Back to the Future’ director’s earlier films

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
November 13, 2024
Review | Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft draws viewers in with the promise of adventure

Review | Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft draws viewers in with the promise of adventure

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
November 7, 2024
Stephanie Michelle poses for a picture at The Psychic Shop in Iowa City on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. Michelle specializes in tarot readings and psychic readings, noting that October is a busy month for her business.

Local spiritual community emphasizes the value of self-discovery

Isabelle Lubguban and Kyrsten White
October 22, 2024
Panelists (from left) Joy Harjo, Juan Felipe Herrera, and Sandra Cisneros speak during Latino-Native American Alumni Alliance Reunion at the Iowa Memorial Union on Sept. 29. Native American and Latino speakers spoke at a panel and shared their experiences as Iowa graduates.

Ask the Authors | Sandra Cisneros, Joy Harjo, Juan Felipe Herrera

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
October 8, 2024
A painted bus transit stop as seen on Van Buren street and Jefferson street on Sept. 9. It is one of four newly-decorated bus stops across Iowa City.

Bus stop mosaics unite Iowa City neighborhoods

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
October 8, 2024
Catharine Otto discusses her work at her Gallery Walk event at The Artifactory in Iowa City on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. Otto primarily creates fiber art projects with wheat and various other mediums.

Catharine Otto finds calling in unique medium

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
October 6, 2024
A festival goer decorates a lantern during the Golden Beaker Lantern Festival at Hickory Hill Park on Sept. 28, 2024. All funds from this event will help low-income schools in the Iowa City area.

Lanterns illuminate Hickory Hill Park for a well-lit fundraiser

Isabelle Lubguban and Kayla Person
October 1, 2024
Beppie Weiss (left) and Andrea Gage (right) work with pastels during a plein air painting session organized by the ArtiFactory and hosted at the Secrest 1883 Octagonal Barn in West Liberty on Sept. 14. “Plein air” refers to the art form of painting outside and capturing the natural spirit of a subject or landscape in the artist’s full view.

The Secrest Barn promotes a sense of calm for ArtiFactory’s Plein Air Art Group

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
September 24, 2024
Review | Keshi transports listeners into dream-like states with new release

Review | Keshi transports listeners into dream-like states with new release

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
September 16, 2024
Photo contributed by Harper Steele

Q&A | Esteemed former SNL writer Harper Steele opens up about the importance of friendship ahead of new film, ‘Will and Harper’

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
September 11, 2024
A child plays with beads during a Sensory Saturday event at the Robert A. Lee Community Recreation Center on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. Attendees glued various sensory objects like feathers, googly eyes, beads, fabric, and paper to popsicle sticks.

‘Sensory Saturdays’ provides an inclusive community for Iowa City youth

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
September 8, 2024
Contributed by Jennifer Harvey

Ask the Author | Jennifer Harvey works toward substantial change in new book

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
September 3, 2024
The Public Space One sign is seen at a flea market at Public Space One Close House on Oct.16, 2022. Public Space One hosted the "Amplified Rainbow" exhibit on Thursday, Aug. 29, at 5:00 p.m.

Review | Second ‘Amplified Rainbow‘ exhibit at Public Space One gallery makes artists’ dreams come true

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
September 1, 2024
Photo contributed by Romeo Oriogun

Ask the Author | ‘The Gathering of Bastards’ author Romeo Oriogun looks back on past work

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
May 2, 2024
photo via Margaret Yapp

Iowa Writers Workshop graduate has eye for balance in ‘Green for Luck’

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
April 30, 2024
The Public Space One sign is seen at a flea market at Public Space One Close House Oct. 16, 2022.

Iowa City artists learn from drawing live models

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
April 24, 2024
Joe Hermann works at the greenhouse in Biology Building East on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. The gardening team works to cultivate native plants and grow greens for the UIowa Food Pantry.

Digging into the weeds of gardening: the rise of native planting

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
April 23, 2024
A projector runs during the premiere of The Daily Iowan Documentary Workshop’s feature film, Lost In The In-between: Graduating Into 2020, at the Chauncey at FilmScene in Iowa City on Thursday, May 4, 2023. The film follows five Iowa graduates as they find their place in the world post graduation during a global pandemic.

Review | ‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’ kept me captivated

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
April 22, 2024
The Artifactory is seen in Iowa City on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023.

PO/ART/RY exhibit introduces new mashup of visual, textual art

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
April 8, 2024
Small presses work a stand at SpareMe bowling alley in the Chauncey during a book fair for the Mission Creek festival on Saturday, April 6, 2024.

Mission Creek book fair continues to provide literary opportunities

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
April 8, 2024
University of Iowa Professor, Jane Huffman poses for a portrait on Tuesday, Sept. 24th, 2019. Huffman received the Ruth Lilly and Dorthy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation.

Ask the Author | Iowa Writers’ Workshop alum Jane Huffman discusses newest poetry book ‘Public Abstract’

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
March 27, 2024
Cristina Henriquez signs a copy of her new novel, “The Great Divide” after a Prairie Lights reading of “The Great Divide” on Friday, March 22, 2024. Henriquez was joined by Writer’s Workshop director Lan Samantha Chang.

Ask the Author | Published Iowa Writers’ Workshop alum returns to IC to discuss newest novel

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
March 26, 2024
A multiple exposure photo shows members of the band Westerlies playing during a performance by at The Voxman Recital Hall on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. The Westerlies are a quartet with inspirations from jazz, folk, and classical. On Thursday, they will open for singer Haley Heynderickx at Hancher Auditorium.

Westerlies brass quartet holds music workshop at UI ahead of Thursday performance

Isabelle Lubguban and Riley Dunn
March 6, 2024
Leslie Jamison answers audience questions on her newest novel, Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story, during a panel at Prairie Lights bookstore in Iowa City on Wednesday, February. 28, 2024.

Ask the Author | Leslie Jamison shares widely anticipated memoir ‘Splinters’

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
February 28, 2024
Photo Illustration by Cody Blissett

Review | ‘Players’ breaks down the many facets of love

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
February 14, 2024
Review | Romance novelist Dolly Alderton’s ‘Good Material’ is perfect Valentine’s reading

Review | Romance novelist Dolly Alderton’s ‘Good Material’ is perfect Valentine’s reading

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
February 12, 2024
Children work on shading their art pieces during an art class with Jennifer Black Reinhardt at Sidekick Coffee and Books on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. Sidekick will host their fourth and final installment of the class on Feb. 12, 2024.

Children’s book illustrator Jennifer Reinhardt teaches kids how to tap into creativity

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
February 6, 2024
Photo contributed by Jonathan Wells

Ask The Author | Jonathan Wells

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
January 28, 2024
Photo contributed by Ted Anton

Ask the Author | UI alum Ted Anton discusses new book ‘Programmable Planet: The Synthetic Biology Revolution’

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
January 17, 2024
Writer and poet Cleo Qian reads from her book, “Let’s Go Let’s Go Let’s Go,” at Prairie Lights Bookstore in Iowa City on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023.

Ask the Author | Cleo Qian

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
December 7, 2023
FilmScene Cinema is seen on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023.

Review | Studio Ghibli’s newest film ‘The Boy and the Heron’ captures all the nostalgia

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
December 7, 2023
Nov 20, 2022; Al Khor, Qatar; Jung Kook of BTS performs during an opening ceremony before a group stage match during the 2022 FIFA World Cup between Qatar and Ecuador at Al Bayt Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran-USA TODAY Sports

Review | K-Pop star Jungkook’s ‘Golden’ album release shows a surprising side to him that listeners would have never expected

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
November 14, 2023
Contributed by Elizabeth Gilbert Bedia

Ask the Author | Elizabeth Gilbert Bedia

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
November 7, 2023
Iowa City Artist Robert Caputo instructs a participant of the Drawing Salon at the Stanley Museum of Art on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023.

Drawing Salon at the Stanley promotes relaxation and focus

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
October 29, 2023
Review | ‘Goosebumps’ revival returns with spirit of Halloween season

Review | ‘Goosebumps’ revival returns with spirit of Halloween season

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
October 24, 2023
Tim Johnston speaks during a conversation with Blaine Greteman at Prairie Lights Books in Iowa City on Tuesday Oct. 17, 2023.

Ask the Author | Tim Johnston

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
October 24, 2023
University of Iowa student Stella Deo poses for a portrait in her art exhibition titled “The Flower" at the Visual Arts Building in Iowa City on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2023.

Student Spotlight | UI student’s exhibit ‘The Flower’ depicts Vietnam’s beauty

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
October 22, 2023
Photo by Harry Locke, contributed by Zainub Priya Dala

Ask the Author | Zainub Priya Dala

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
October 18, 2023
Photo contributed by Noelle Q. de Jesus.

Ask the Author | Noelle Q. de Jesus

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
October 9, 2023
A projector runs during the premiere of The Daily Iowan Documentary Workshop’s feature film, Lost In The In-between: Graduating Into 2020, at the Chauncey at FilmScene in Iowa City on Thursday, May 4, 2023. The film follows five Iowa graduates as they find their place in the world post graduation during a global pandemic.

PCP | Was the protagonist of the movie ‘No One Will Save You’ a sympathetic or unsympathetic character?

Isabelle Lubguban and Lily Czechowicz
September 27, 2023
Jan 5, 2020; Beverly Hills, CA, USA; Gillian Anderson arrives on the red carpet during the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel. Mandatory Credit: Dan MacMedan-USA TODAY

Review | U.K. Netflix series ‘Sex Education’ is one for the books

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
September 25, 2023
Mar 27, 2022; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Kenneth Branagh, winner of the Oscar for Original Screenplay for Belfast, in the photo room at the 94th Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre.. Mandatory Credit: Dan MacMedan-USA TODAY

Review | ‘A Haunting In Venice’ has audiences on the edge of their seats

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
September 20, 2023
The Center Senior Center, located in downtown Iowa City, is pictured on March 11, 2021. (Grace Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Local photographer brings captivating collections to Iowa City Senior Center

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
September 13, 2023
David Weldon’s exhibit Abstractions is seen at the Iowa City Senior Center on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. The exhibit will run from Aug. 8 to Sept. 29 and is open from 8am to 5pm. (Lua Rasga/ The Daily Iowan)

Review | Local artist shows bold new collection “Abstractions” at senior center

Isabelle Lubguban, Arts Reporter
September 10, 2023
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