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Maddie Johnston, Arts Editor

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Maddie Johnston is one of the Arts Editors at The Daily Iowan. She is a senior at the University of Iowa majoring in journalism and international studies. This is her first year editing arts and culture content for the DI. During her junior year, she worked as an arts reporter.

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A member of SCOPE Productions is shown hanging up flyers around Iowa City on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. (Larry Phan/The Daily Iowan)

SCOPE suits up to host Tobi Loui and Berhana at UI homecoming

October 14, 2021
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Ask the Author: Maggie Shipstead

October 11, 2021
University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra conductor Mélisse Brunet leads the symphony orchestra during one of the symphony orchestra’s dress rehearsals on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. This year, Symphony Orchestra will be celebrating its 100th year.

UI Symphony Orchestra introduces first female conductor, celebrates 100th anniversary

September 22, 2021
Acquisitions editor at University of Iowa Press and Ph.D. candidate for the University of Iowa English department Meredith Stabel poses for a portrait at the Kuhl House on Friday, Sept. 10, 2021.

Ask the Author: Meredith Stabel

September 13, 2021
The new mural in the University of Iowa’s Currier Residence Hall is seen on Sept. 2, 2021.

New mural tells story of first five Black women to integrate UI residence halls

September 7, 2021
Jul 26, 2015; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Recording artist Kanye West performs during the closing ceremony for the 2015 Pan Am Games at Pan Am Ceremonies Venue. Mandatory Credit: Matt Detrich-USA TODAY Sports

Kanye West’s ‘Donda’ is out — for real this time

September 1, 2021
Solar Power Album Cover

Lorde emerges from the dark to the sun in new album, ‘Solar Power,’ but should she retreat?

August 24, 2021
Thee Weidman Walk trail at Terry Trueblood Recreation Area is seen on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019.

Iowa City to launch a year of temporary sculpture installations

August 5, 2021
King Leontes, played by Martin Andrews, acts out a scene from the play “The Winters Tale” on Saturday, July 17, 2021. The Shakespeare play was put on by Riverside Theatre.

Riverside Theatre performs Shakespeare’s ‘The Winter’s Tale’

July 26, 2021
Public Space One is seen at the new location on North Gilbert Street on Thursday, October 3, 2019. PS1 previously resided in the bottom floor of the Wesley Student Center.

‘Too Cute!’ art exhibition opens at PS1

July 5, 2021
University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts Strategic Communications Director and musician, Nic Arp, poses for a portrait outside of the Voxman Music Building at the University of Iowa on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Arp produced an alternative folk album this year called “The Crossing.”

‘A pandemic project:’ UI staff member creates album reflecting past year spent at home

May 5, 2021
Photo illustration by Katie Goodale.

Iowa City to walk in solidarity with Meskwaki Nation to raise awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women

May 4, 2021
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Iowa City Poetry al Fresco to bring evening of outdoor poetry readings

April 29, 2021
Photo by Karl Lang. (Contributed by Jennifer Burek)

UI professor wins award for essay exploring library outreach services

April 26, 2021
Photo of International Documentary Film Festival flyer. Contributed.

Iowa City International Film Festival to host three days of experimental nonfiction films

April 25, 2021
The page featuring Iowa Writers Workshop Alumna Cathy Park Hongs talk at the University of Iowa is seen on Thursday, April 22, 2021.

Author Cathy Park Hong visits UI for keynote lecture

April 21, 2021
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New composition depicts springtime in Iowa

April 21, 2021
An art installation by Art Onsite is seen in the Pedestrian Mall near Washington St. on Sunday, April 18. (Kate Heston/The Daily Iowan)

‘Art Onsite’ turns vacant storefronts into spaces for art

April 20, 2021
Performers, Bryce Graves aka “The Govna” and Short E. Dangerously aka (The Half Man) perform as part of Hellzapoppin Circus Sideshow Revue at Wildwood Saloon on Saturday, April 3rd, 2021. Hellzapoppin is a touring act harkening back to the days of circus freak shows updating the concept for a modern audience.

Hellzapoppin Circus Sideshow Revue gets freaky at Wildwood Saloon

April 4, 2021
Photo of UI Dance Company 2021. Contributed.

UI Dance Company to showcase diverse range of works in virtual performance

April 1, 2021
A group of people pose for their profits and to show their signs on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Iowa Citizens for Community Change held the rally on the Riverside Dr. overpass.

Climate advocates rally to demand Iowa’s Congressional Delegation support for Thrive Act

March 31, 2021
Photo illustration by Grace Smith.

UI Theatre Department’s ‘Borderless’ presents audio experience that uplifts LGBTQ+ history

March 31, 2021
Ben Bridwell sings on Friday, August 3rd, 2018. He is the lead singer of Band of Horses, a popular rock band. This is Hinterlands fourth year in existence.

Hinterland Music Festival sells out of first-round passes in 10 minutes

March 25, 2021
Dufie Sakyiama poses for a portrait with her pieces at an art and jewelery gallery, I AM AYA, curated and designed by Dufie Sakyiama at the Univeristy of Iowa art building.

UI artist channels life’s adversities into jewelry

March 23, 2021
The Iowa City Public Libraries’ Bookmobile on Thursday, March 18, 2021. Sitting in the Hy-Vee parking lot, 812 S. 1st ave, one of many locations. Library patrons can place a book on hold and pick it up from the bookmobile.

Iowa City Public Library reopens for limited browsing, Bookmobile returns

March 23, 2021
Director of the short film Inheritance Brandon Oest is a homegrown filmmaker based in Coralville Iowa. Brandon Oest is seen at North Ridge Park in Coralville on March 9 2021.

Iowa-based film crew creates gripping short film set on the Iowa countryside

March 9, 2021
Photo Illustration by Raquele Decker.

Writers’ Workshop alum shares writing process and inspiration for bestselling novel, ‘Such a Fun Age’

March 2, 2021
Image from the film, nature of the dream. Contributed.

UI graduates uplift Black voices in new film, “nature of the dream”

February 25, 2021
Photo of Jeremy Geragotelis, writer and performer, from An Unsettled Body. Contributed by director Kenneth Collins.

‘An Unsettled Body,’ to explore historical moment through new lens

February 18, 2021
A shot of Elrays Live and Dive neon sign taken from the roof of said establishment in Iowa City on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020.

Kevin Burt gives soulful blues performance at Elray’s Live and Dive

February 13, 2021
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Third Coast Percussion to drum up Valentine’s weekend virtual programming at Hancher

February 11, 2021
Anne S. Rogers gallery show “pants on the floor” is the first show in the Queer Iowan Artist series. The Art Gallery at the Wesley Center is seen on January 28 2021.

New art gallery explores themes of ritual and repetition

February 3, 2021
Skarlett Roxx performs at Wildwood Saloon on Saturday, January 30th, 2021. Skarlett Roxx is a band modeled on and influenced by eighties hair metal.

Skarlett Roxx gives high-energy, hard rock performance at Wildwood Saloon

January 31, 2021
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