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Allison Meyer acts while the cast creates sound effects onstage during a performance of It’s A Wonderful Life: A Radioplay at Riverside Theatre in Iowa City on Friday, Nov. 22, 2024. The show will run from Nov. 29 to Dec. 15.

Review | Riverside Theater puts its spin on a holiday classic

Emma Isenhart and Kayla Person
December 8, 2024
Shawn Mendes performs at Moody Amphitheater during South by Southwest on Saturday, March 19, 2022.

Review | Shawn Mendes is making a return to music with his fifth studio album ‘Shawn’

Kayla Person, Arts Reporter
December 3, 2024
An attendee mixes their candle at Vue Rooftop in Iowa City on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2024. Vue Rooftop hosted a Candle Pour Bar with Tura Lura Co., where attendees created their own custom candles.

The Vue Rooftop hosts a night of candles and cocktails with Tura Lura Co

Kayla Person, Arts Reporter
November 18, 2024
The weaving table is seen during the Weaving Connections event through the UI Weaving Our Community Network at the Stanley Museum of Art on Nov. 7 in Iowa City. The event consisted of a tour of the art museum, followed by a group weaving activity.

The University of Iowa’s Weaving Our Community Network promotes culture and diversity in Stanley Museum event

Kayla Person, Arts Reporter
November 10, 2024
Nov 13, 2019; Nashville, TN, USA; Halsey performs during the 53rd Country Music Association Awards at Bridgestone Arena.

Review | Halsey releases their most vulnerable piece of work to date with ‘The Great Impersonator’

Kayla Person, Arts Reporter
October 28, 2024
Review | Students react to Netflix’s ‘Heartstopper’ season three tackling mental health themes

Review | Students react to Netflix’s ‘Heartstopper’ season three tackling mental health themes

Kayla Person, Arts Reporter
October 21, 2024
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Review | Iowa’s dance department puts on an incredible show

Kayla Person and Charlotte Ericson
October 17, 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
The Public Space One sign is seen in Iowa City on Oct. 16, 2022. Public Space One hosted a feminist poetry event on saturday.

Leisha Nicole Stanek commands the space at PS1

Kayla Person, Arts Reporter
September 30, 2024
Conductor Kenny Lee leads the University of Iowa Symphony in their performance at the Voxman Music Building Concert Hall on Sept. 25, 2024. Lee also conducts the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Philharmonic Orchestra.

Q&A | New symphony orchestra conductor talks concert preparation

Kayla Person, Arts Reporter
September 25, 2024
University of Iowa undergraduate and graduate theatre students play Catholic summer campers during a performance of THE (T)RE(X)FORMATION at the Alan MacVey Theatre inside the theatre building in Iowa City on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. The play was written by MK Shultz and was shown Friday and Saturday.

Review | University of Iowa Theater Department debuts hilarious new production with student-written ‘THE (T-)RE(X)FORMATION’

Kayla Person, Arts Reporter
September 22, 2024
Author Maryann Lesert reads from her book “Land Marks” to an audience at Prairie Lights on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. “Land Marks” is a fiction novel based on Lesert’s real-life experience in observing and partaking in environmental activism in Michigan.

Ask the Author | Maryann Lesert Puts a fictional spin on anti-fracking

Kayla Person, Arts Reporter
September 12, 2024
Emily Salmonson pours a non-alcoholic blueberry honey thyme shrub at The Green House in Iowa City on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. The Green House is one of many bars in Iowa City that offers non-alcoholic drinks to patrons.

A bar without alcohol? Unthinkable to some, ideal for others

Kayla Person and Kate Wolfe
September 10, 2024
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Point/Counterpoint | Is ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ another victim of the sequel curse?

Kayla Person and Emma Isenhart
September 9, 2024
Attendees talk with David Johnson at his art exhibit hosted by ArtiFactory in Iowa City on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. David earned his BFA in painting, drawing, and printmaking at the University of Iowa and later earned his MFA at the Cleveland Institute of Art.

Review | Iowa City’s ArtiFactory hosts David Johnson’s collection of prints

Kayla Person, Arts Reporter
September 8, 2024
Sabrina Carpenter performs on the Coachella Stage during the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., on Friday, April 12, 2024. Carpenter's new album "Short n' Sweet" released on Aug. 23, 2024.

Review | Sabrina Carpenter solidifies her status as a pint-sized pop princess with her new album ‘Short n’ Sweet’

Kayla Person, Arts Reporter
August 27, 2024
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