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Parker Jones, Arts Editor

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Parker Jones is the Arts Editor at The Daily Iowan. She is a junior at the University of Iowa majoring in journalism and cinema with a minor in art. Previously, she was an arts reporter and digital producer for the DI.

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Customers play one of six pin ball machines in Double Tap bar in Iowa City. Double Tap opened its door in the summer of 2022 and features many vintage video gaming machines along with a full service bar.

Creative ways to spend your 21st birthday in Iowa City

February 7, 2023
An acrobat swings across the stage during a Cirque Italia performance on Oct. 13, 2022.

[Photo] Review | Cirque Italia makes a splash with acrobatics and stunts in Coralville

October 16, 2022
Photo contributed by Jon Luack

Ask the Author | Jon Lauck

January 31, 2023
Greg Brown sings while playing to full house at the Mill on Sunday Apr. 30, 2000. (Brett Roseman/The Daily Iowan)

Local music legend Greg Brown to hold retirement performance at the Englert

January 31, 2023
Feb 6, 2022; Los Angeles, California, USA; Actor Ashton Kutcher in attendance of the NASCAR Cup Series Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

Hollywood Highlights — UI alumni who have made it to stardom

January 24, 2023
The Englert Theatre marquee is seen during day three of the Mission Creek Festival in Iowa City on Saturday, April 9, 2022.

Snail Mail added to Mission Creek lineup

January 13, 2023
Japanese Breakfast performs at the Hy-Vee Main Stage during the first day of the 80/35 music festival in downtown Des Moines on Friday, July 8, 2022. This year marks the first since 2019 after being canceled twice for COVID-19.

The Englert announces lineup for Mission Creek 2023

December 9, 2022
The Public Space One sign is seen at a flea market at Public Space One Close House Oct.16, 2022.

Public Space One celebrates 20th anniversary, looks to upcoming installation “Surreal House”

December 6, 2022
UI professors travel to Trinidad and Tobago for dance festival

UI professors travel to Trinidad and Tobago for dance festival

October 27, 2022
Photo taken by Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY.

Review | ‘Game of Thrones: House of the Dragon’ soars alongside original series

October 25, 2022
Photo taken by Mark Hedrick.

Clay Aiken to host ‘Wheel of Fortune’ live at Hancher

October 25, 2022
An acrobat swings across the stage during a Cirque Italia performance on Oct. 13, 2022.

Review | Cirque Italia makes a splash with acrobatics and stunts in Coralville

October 16, 2022
Contributed photo from Matt Hart

Former Iowa Writers’ Workshop member Dean Young leaves legacy of enigmatic poetry, inspiration

October 3, 2022
Leslie Odom Jr performs at Hancher Auditorium in Iowa City on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022.

Review | Leslie Odom Jr. returns to Iowa City with invigorating Hancher performance

September 25, 2022
Ask the Author | David DeGusta

Ask the Author | David DeGusta

September 20, 2022
People line up to enter the Stanley Museum of Art at its opening celebration at the University of Iowa on Friday, August 26, 2022.

Stanley Museum of Art reopens after 14 years with weekend festival

August 26, 2022
Director of the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art Lauren Lessing speaks with a reporter during a media availability at the Stanley Museum of Art on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. The museum will open to the public on Aug. 26.

Art returns home as Stanley Museum of Art celebrates grand opening and festivities

August 23, 2022
Hancher Auditorium is seen on Sunday, July 10, 2022.

Hancher announces lineup for landmark 50th anniversary season

July 12, 2022
Jan 19, 2020; Los Angeles, CA, USA; From left, Cara Buono, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Priah Ferguson, and Gaten Matarazzo arrive at the 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium.

Review | Volume two of ‘Stranger Things: Season 4’ could turn the series upside down

July 3, 2022
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Review | ‘Kenobi’ brings balance to the Star Wars prequels

June 23, 2022
The Englert Theatre marquee is seen during day three of the Mission Creek Festival in Iowa City on Saturday, April 9, 2022.

John Schickedanz selected as the Englert’s next executive director

June 7, 2022
Artist Odili Donald Odita responds to questions from the media at the Stanley Museum of Art at the University of Iowa on Tuesday, April 12, 2022. The Stanley Museum of Art is slated to open to the public on August 26, 2022.

Creating Stanley Museum’s first work of art

April 19, 2022
Artist Odili Donald Odita responds to questions from the media at the Stanley Museum of Art at the University of Iowa on Tuesday, April 12, 2022. The Stanley Museum of Art is slated to open to the public on August 26, 2022.

A first look inside the new UI Stanley Museum of Art building

April 12, 2022
Contributed.

Andre Perry to lead Hancher Auditorium as new executive director

April 7, 2022
Thalassa Raaschs portrait of gravedigger Everard Hall for their project titled In Over My Head. Contributed.

UI photography professor explores gravedigging and grief in decade-long project

April 6, 2022
Chuck Swanson, the executive director of Hancher, who is soon retiring, poses for a portrait in the Hancher building on Tuesday, March 22, 2022.

A legacy of leadership — Chuck Swanson reflects on time with Hancher

March 22, 2022
Hancher Auditorium is seen on Monday, Nov. 16, 2020.

UI announces new office to run Hancher Auditorium

March 10, 2022
University of Iowa student Gul Rukh Mehboob stands next to her painting for the 175th anniversary of the University of Iowa on Feb. 24, 2022.

Ph.D. student finds artistic recognition when selected to commemorate UI’s 175th anniversary

February 24, 2022
The Old Creamery Theater is seen on Feb. 9, 2022, in Amana, IA. The theater closed on Feb. 4 due to financial struggles during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Amana’s Old Creamery Theatre closes permanently after 50 years

February 10, 2022
Riverside Theatre’s new location promises bright future

Riverside Theatre’s new location promises bright future

February 1, 2022
Iowa City Public Art Program opens new round of matching funds

Iowa City Public Art Program opens new round of matching funds

February 1, 2022
Chuck Swanson, Executive Director of Hancher Auditorium, stands inside the atrium of Hancher on Friday, Mar. 2, 2018. Swanson has been the Executive Director since 2002. (Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Hancher director Chuck Swanson announces retirement

February 1, 2022
Contributed photo of Beverly Mead.

‘Mama Mead’ finds family on the stage

January 20, 2022
Hancher Auditorium is seen in Iowa City on Sunday, September 20th, 2020.

Hancher, IIHR cancel 2022 ‘The Big Splash!’ festival

January 13, 2022
Promotional photo for She Kills Monsters, a virtual play put on by the Iowa City Community Theater. Contributed

Iowa City Community Theatre presents virtual take on ‘She Kills Monsters’

December 9, 2021
Jeremy Swanston poses next to his award winner poster, Say Their Names, in his office at the Visual Arts Building in Iowa City on Dec. 3, 2021. Swanston believes that his piece of art would bring some sort of awareness to this cause, as it was his original motivation.

UI graphic design program head wins award for Black Lives Matter poster

December 6, 2021
A statue of Herbert Hoover is displayed in the Great Depression exhibit at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum in West Branch Iowa, on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021.

A renovation past due: Hoover Museum to be updated for first time since 1992

November 30, 2021
Melisse Brunet is shown conducting a rehearsal in the Concert Hall of the Voxman Music Building in Iowa City on Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. As her first semester at the University of Iowa, the centennial anniversary of the Iowa Symphony Orchestra is a huge responsibility to uphold, but by being patient with myself, being patient with my students, being patient with my colleagues and taking it easy is how she dismisses the burden.

UI Symphony Orchestra celebrates 100th anniversary, looks to future

November 30, 2021
Fans cheer as The Marcus King Band performs at the Englert Theatre on Thursday, November 21, 2019. King is a fourth-generation musician and is traveling with his band on their El Dorado tour.

Iowa arts groups to receive $1.3 million in relief funds

November 30, 2021
The Disney Plus logo for the streaming service.

“Encanto” shows that Disney can still tell a good original story

November 28, 2021
Photo of Thayer Theatre, where the UI Department of Theatre Arts has blocked out spaces for social distancing in movement classes.

UI Theatre will bring audiences back together in ‘HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING’

November 3, 2021
Van Allen Hall at the University of Iowa is seen on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. Overlayed on the image are photos of newspaper clippings and the five victims of the 1991 UI campus shooting.

30 years later, UI remembers 1991 shooting

October 31, 2021
Contributed.

Ensemble Dal Niente to bring experimental style to Voxman

October 28, 2021
Old radio illustration on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021. (Jeff Sigmund/Daily Iowan)

Vintage Hitchcock: Iowa City Community Theater presents radioplay based on Hitchcock films

October 21, 2021
Contributed

Goldpark to bring new indie-rock sound to Iowa City

October 14, 2021
University of Iowa student Brian Niles practices during a Queer Horror Festival rehearsal at the MacVey Theatre at the University of Iowa on Wednesday Oct. 13, 2021.

UI Theatre celebrate LGBTQ+ identities with Queer Horror Festival

October 13, 2021
Hit musical ‘Waitress’ to bring slice of Broadway to Hancher

Hit musical ‘Waitress’ to bring slice of Broadway to Hancher

October 19, 2021
A volunteer reader speaks during a public reading of War and Peace on the Ped Mall on Monday Sept. 30, 2019. As part of the Iowa City Book Festival, readings will continue on the Ped Mall for three days.

Annual Iowa City Book Festival returns with new hybrid format

October 19, 2021
A shelf of board games is shown from the inside of the board cafe, Fortuna in Iowa City on Sept. 29, 2021.

New board game cafe to open in Ped Mall

September 30, 2021
Review | Star Wars: Visions

Review | Star Wars: Visions

September 29, 2021
Ask the Author: Johnnie Each

Ask the Author: Johnnie Each

September 20, 2021
University of Iowa junior Kayd Nissen records footage at a Clear Creek Amana high school football practice on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021.

Student Spotlight: TikTok famous football filmmaker

September 14, 2021
Contributed photo of Andre Perry.

Andre Perry looks ahead to a promising future with DEI

September 7, 2021
Contributed.

Student Spotlight: From sergeant to screenwriter

September 7, 2021
Contributed photo of a fake ancient Babylonian seal.

Decades-long scheme exposed: UI professor and grad student uncover forged antiquities

September 2, 2021
A movie poster for The Suicide Squad.

Movie Review: The Suicide Squad

August 30, 2021
Author Lori Erickson signs a copy of her new book “The Soul of The Family Tree” while talking with friends at the Harvest Preserve in Iowa City, on Wed. Aug 25, 2021. “The Soul of The Family Tree,” which was released Aug. 24, 2021, is about Lori Erickson and her quest to learn about the Vikings and explore her Scandinavian genealogical heritage. (Cole Krutzfield/ The Daily Iowan)

UI alum hosts book launch through Prairie Lights at Harvest Preserve

August 26, 2021
The Englert Theater is seen March 14, 2021.

Englert executive director Andre Perry to step down

August 25, 2021
Illusionist to bring unique interactive performance to Hancher

Illusionist to bring unique interactive performance to Hancher

May 5, 2021
Filmscene is seen on April 15, 2020.

Sycamore Cinema reopens, local cinemas talk return to movie theaters

April 28, 2021
The Riverside Theatre is seen on Sunday, April 26, 2020 (Jake Maish/The Daily Iowan)

Riverside Theatre’s old space finds new owners

April 20, 2021
Pentacrest Museums turn to mapping software to recreate exhibits virtually

Pentacrest Museums turn to mapping software to recreate exhibits virtually

April 18, 2021
Announcement at the Gilded Pear Gallery in Cedar Rapids on Monday, April 5, 2021. The gallery will be showcasing the works of University of Iowa alum Jillian Moore and Satomi Kawai.

UI alumni reunite in 15th-anniversary jewelry showcase

April 12, 2021
Doctor Faustus played by Elinor Levin. The play was put on by Iowa City Community Theatre over zoom on Friday, April 9,2021.

Iowa City Community Theatre dazzles with impressive live virtual presentation of ‘Doctor Faustus’

April 11, 2021
Emmy Palmersheim poses for a portrait on March 27, 2021.

Student Spotlight: UI undergrad playwright and activist delves into powerful themes

March 30, 2021
Contributed by Kate Elliott

UI alum writes analytical art history book on Native American-European first contact depictions

March 29, 2021
Photo Illustration by Jeff Sigmund(Jeff Sigmund/Daily Iowan)

A new online registry from the Iowa City Public Art Program aims to give local artists more exposure

March 22, 2021
A row of hats is seen in the University of Iowa Costume Shop in the Old Museum of Art on Thursday, January 7th, 2021. Because of pandemic regulations, The People Before the Park will be streamed digitally as opposed to playing for live audiences.

Stitch by stitch: costuming ‘The People Before the Park’

March 14, 2021
Contributed.

UI photography professor selected as finalist for Hopper Prize

March 8, 2021
Voxman Music Building, 93 E. Burlington St. as seen on Monday, Feb. 23, 2021. Houses the U of Iowa School of Music.

School of Music to respond to social injustice with creative performance

February 25, 2021
The Faculty Arts Studio sits vacant on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. at 3111 Hawkeye Park Rd. The buildings are set to be demolished. (Jeff Sigmund/Daily Iowan)

Old Faculty Art Studios to be demolished in the spring

February 18, 2021
Contributed photo of Tracie Morris

University of Iowa Cinematic Arts department to highlight Black artists with ‘Black Lives on Screen’ virtual series

February 17, 2021
The Englert theatre is seen on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. The Englert holds a variety of concerts and events.

Englert reflects on 2020 with short film ‘Ghost Creek’

February 14, 2021
Photo of Rachel Marie-Crane Williams and the cover art of Run Home if You Dont Want to be Killed. Contributed.

University of Iowa professor’s graphic novel sheds light on historical racial uprising

February 8, 2021
Photo of Rachel Yoder. Contributed.

Iowa City author’s novel to be adapted into film starring Amy Adams

February 2, 2021
Photo of Journalism professor and Director of the UI Nonfiction Writing Program Meenakshi Gigi Durham. Contributed.

UI arts departments to present social justice virtual series

January 31, 2021
Photo of Professor and Chair of the UI Department of Dance Rebekah J. Kowal. Contributed.

UI Dance Professor to talk cultural dance history at Prairie Lights reading

January 27, 2021
Author Jesus “Chuy” Renteria standing in front of Hancher Auditorium is seen on December 6 2020. Renteria and Associate Professor Christine Shea will attend Obermann Around The Table to talk about their bilingual experiences and bilingualism in Iowa as a whole.

Obermann Center presents panel on bilingualism in Iowa

December 7, 2020
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Riverside tells moving story with virtual play ‘Midnight Your Time’

November 16, 2020
Contributed.

Family Folk Machine hosts first online mini-concert

November 12, 2020
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39th annual Dance Gala will present COVID-19 themed works

November 10, 2020
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Virtual theater auditions bring new challenges to students

November 10, 2020
The Iowa City Community Theater stages a virtual rehearsal for their one night only reading of the War of the Worlds radio drama on Tuesday, October 26th, 2020. Due to social distancing regulations and safety concerns from the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Iowa City Community Theater has tried to figure out ways to continue performing while keeping performers and audiences safe.

Iowa City Community Theater presents one-night-only Halloween performance of ‘War of the Worlds’

October 27, 2020
Photo of Hao Zhou. Contributed by Justin Torner.

Student Spotlight: Filmmaking grad student creates LGBTQ-centered art

November 3, 2020
Contributed by Amber Dale.

Student Spotlight: Graphic design major constructs National Park-themed showcase

October 20, 2020
University of Iowa Main Library is seen on Wednesday, April 15.

‘Sackner Archive’ exhibit brings new meanings to poetry and visual art

October 13, 2020
Photo of Charles Connerly, professor and director of the UI School of Planning and Public Affairs, and the cover art of his new book. Contributed.

12th annual Iowa City Book Festival goes virtual

October 4, 2020
Photo Illustration by Hannah Kinson

Black Pumas, Tank and the Bangas dazzle crowd with first virtual Homecoming performance

October 5, 2020
Contributed by John Engelbrecht

Public Space One to present first virtual 24-hour Art-A-Thon

September 15, 2020
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