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Kyrsten White

Kyrsten White, Arts Reporter

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Kyrsten White is a first-year student at the University of Iowa, double majoring in English and Creative Writing and Screenwriting Arts. This is her first year working for The Daily Iowan as an Arts Reporter.

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Review | ‘Freaky Tales’ is freaking crazy

Review | ‘Freaky Tales’ is freaking crazy

Kyrsten White, Arts Reporter
April 7, 2025
Boot Camp performs live at Trumpet Blossom during the Mission Creek Festival on Saturday, April 6, 2024.

Iowa City band Slacker stuns during Mission Creek 2025

Kyrsten White, Arts Reporter
April 6, 2025
Mar 2, 2025; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Rachel Zegler at the 97th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 2, 2025.

Review | ‘Snow White’ and Disney’s ‘Princess Problems’

Kyrsten White, Arts Reporter
April 1, 2025
Review | ‘Sunrise on the Reaping’ is a sad and incredible prequel

Review | ‘Sunrise on the Reaping’ is a sad and incredible prequel

Kyrsten White, Arts Reporter
March 25, 2025
Monica Berry poses for a portrait during an interview with The Daily Iowan at Cielo in Iowa City on March 17, 2025. Berry is the CEO of the woman-owned business that sells clothing, jewelry, and self-care goods.

‘Girl math’ adds up to create the bond between women

Kyrsten White, Arts Reporter
March 25, 2025
Shoppers look over the available titles during the used book sale at the Iowa City Public Library on March 1, 2025.

Iowa City Public Library’s used book sale draws literary fans

Kyrsten White, Arts Reporter
March 11, 2025
Political split seeps itself into the makeup and fashion fields

Political split seeps itself into the makeup and fashion fields

Kyrsten White and Lily Kopp
March 11, 2025
The home screen of Letterboxd, a social media platform that allows users to search, track and review movies.

Users of rating apps live life through reviews

Kyrsten White and Lily Kopp
March 4, 2025
A projector is seen in Iowa City on May 4, 2023.

Review | ‘The Monkey’ may be ridiculous, but the kills are sure to make you go bananas

Kyrsten White, Arts Reporter
February 27, 2025
Horror rom-coms come back from the dead

Horror rom-coms come back from the dead

Kyrsten White, Arts Reporter
February 11, 2025
UI students share their favorite reads from 2024

UI students share their favorite reads from 2024

Kyrsten White, Arts Reporter
February 5, 2025
Characters Lydia Knox (played by Addi McBride, left) and Laurel Sinclair (Alyssa Santoleri, right) converse during a rehearsal for Bridget Dieden's debut play "Day Fades into Night Fades into Day" in the Alan MacVey Theatre on Jan. 29, 2025. "Day Fades into Night Fades into Day" played in the Alan MacVey theatre from Jan. 31 to Feb. 2.

Student Spotlight | Bridget Dieden tells a ghostly story of grief with the new play ‘Day Fades Into Night Fades Into Day’

Kyrsten White, Arts Reporter
February 4, 2025
Khushi Patel poses for a portrait in Adler Journalism Building on Sunday, Feb 2. Patel is one of many TikTok content creators on campus, and her account, theonlykhushi, has 12.4K followers.

TikTok ban presses pause on students’ scrolling social lives

Kyrsten White and Haya Hussain
February 4, 2025
Members of the University of Iowa Anime and Manga club vote to watch the anime “Saga of Tanya the Evil” at their meeting in the Iowa Theater at the Iowa Memorial Union on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. The club votes on which anime to watch and discuss at the start of their meetings.

Iowa City fan communities find healthy ways to engage in fandom as online stan culture skyrockets

Charlie Hickman and Kyrsten White
January 21, 2025
Barbara Weets poses for a portrait in front of her art at the John Pappajohn Bio-Medical Discovery Building in Iowa City on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. Notecards of Weets’ art will be for sale at the Holiday Market at the Robert A. Lee Recreation Center in Iowa City on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2024 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Holiday market spreads cheer with nature art

Kyrsten White, Arts Reporter
December 13, 2024
Cozy up with these five festive Christmas books

Cozy up with these five festive Christmas books

Kyrsten White, Arts Reporter
December 10, 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
Photo Illustration by Jenna Galligan

‘EPIC’: the startup of TikTok musicals

Kyrsten White, Arts Reporter
November 6, 2024
Illustration by Marandah Mangra-Dutcher

True crime dramas and documentaries draw in viewers

Kyrsten White and Riley Dunn
November 5, 2024
An audience member shows off their outfit onstage during the song “Time Warp” at the Rocky Horror Picture Show screening and live show at the Englert Theatre on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. The performance was presented by Comics in Action and props like newspapers, gloves, noisemakers, and party hats were provided for the audience to use throughout.

Englert’s ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ was a raucous Halloween screening

Kyrsten White, Arts Reporter
October 27, 2024
Photo illustration by Avi Lapchick.

Review | Can romantic comedies really be ‘Nothing Like the Movies’?

Kyrsten White, Arts Reporter
October 24, 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
The Iowa City Public Library is seen before an International Writer Program panel held in the Iowa City Public Library on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024.

Iowa City Book Fair shows off community talent

Kyrsten White, Arts Reporter
October 21, 2024
Review | ‘Monster’ shows Netflix’s twisted take on the Menendez brothers’ case

Review | ‘Monster’ shows Netflix’s twisted take on the Menendez brothers’ case

Kyrsten White, Arts Reporter
October 13, 2024
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