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Olin Myhre

Olin Myhre, Arts Reporter

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Olin Myhre is a fourth-year student at the University of Iowa studying Communications, Art, and Entreprenurship. This is his first year working as an Arts Reporter.

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Dante Leon jumps on Carlos Oliva from a ladder during an underground pro-wrestling event at The Dandy Lion in Iowa City on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. The event featured three matchups between pro-wrestlers of the Black and Brave Wrestling Academy based out of Davenport, Iowa which was founded by Seth “Freakin” Rollins, a five time world champion in WWE.

In a downtown diner, Iowa’s wrestling scene finds new blood — no ring required

Olin Myhre, Arts Reporter
November 12, 2024
Customers enter The James Theater in Iowa City on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023.

Pursuit of the unknown in FEaST 2024

Olin Myhre, Arts Reporter
November 4, 2024
The exhibit “I Will Not Look Away” hangs in the K.K. Merker Gallery in North Hall on Oct. 20. Clara Reynen incorporated drawings, poetry, and physical media, and based the tally design on the Gaza Health Ministry’s known death count in Palestine by Israeli forces. The exhibit was open from October 13-19.

Politics and art: provoking thought through the visual medium

Olin Myhre and Emma Isenhart
October 29, 2024
The crowd listens to Hannah Bonner’s reading during the Refocus Film Festival Poetry reading at FilmScene at the Chauncey Hotel in Iowa City on Oct. 19, 2024. Following the readings there was a Q&A and book signing.

Ask the Author | Intersecting film and literature with Hannah Bonner, Julia Anna Morrison, and Perry Janes

Olin Myhre, Arts Reporter
October 20, 2024
Head Projectionist and Facilities Director Ross Meyer demonstrates how to use an 8mm film editor inside the projection room of the FilmScene theater at The Chauncey on Oct. 9. To preserve film history, Meyer and other projectionists at FilmScene take time to inspect and transport film with caution and care.

Reel change: the importance of understanding cinema

Charlie Hickman and Olin Myhre
October 15, 2024
Patti Smith sings during a reading and performance at the Englert Theatre during the Infinite Dream Festival on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. Smith is an author, singer-songwriter, and activist who sang with her band, played guitar, and read from her award-winning writing during her two shows.

Patti Smith takes the stage for two nights at Infinite Dream Festival

Olin Myhre and Kate Wolfe
September 30, 2024
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