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Pedro Barragan

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Review: My Brilliant Friend resumes its role as TV’s crown gem

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
April 13, 2020
Opinion: Watching Steven Spielberg’s films during quarantine offers a reminder of fiction’s ability to build imagination and wonder

Opinion: Watching Steven Spielberg’s films during quarantine offers a reminder of fiction’s ability to build imagination and wonder

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
April 8, 2020
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Riverside Theater’s ’30 Days of Shakespeare’ video series brings theatre to social media

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
April 5, 2020
Photo Illustration by Raquele Decker

Opinion: TV is more effective when watched as it airs than binging a whole season

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
March 9, 2020
Iowa Youth Writing Project Associate Director Emily Spencer poses for a portrait on Wednesday, March 4, 2020, in her office located inside Phillips Hall.

Elizabeth Tate High School finds another resource for struggling students through the Writing and Wellness Club

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
March 7, 2020
From left to right, Liaf Graf performs as Masha, Amy Rodriguez performs as Irina and Crystal Stewart performs as Olga during the Three Sisters dress rehearsal in the Theater Building on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. The characters are the three Prozorov sisters who each face separate challenges in pre-revolution Russia.

Sarah Ruhl’s translation of Three Sisters to premiere at UI Theatre Department

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
March 5, 2020
The ensemble performs a piece during a dress rehearsal for the musical Company at the Iowa City Community Theater on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. Company premieres Friday, March 6.

Company to premiere at Iowa City Community Theater

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
March 4, 2020
Photo illustration by Tate Hildyard for The Daily Iowan.

Physical media lives: The Criterion Collection shows steadfast demand for physical films

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
February 27, 2020
Co-creators Adam Knight (left) and David Lee Nelson (right) pose for a portrait in Riverside Theater on Feb. 7, 2020. Stages is a one-person play which focuses on Nelson’s experience with cancer.

A humorous one-person show about one man’s cancer diagnosis, Stages balances tragedy and heart

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
February 26, 2020
Safari Room set to give their sophomore performance at Gabe’s

Safari Room set to give their sophomore performance at Gabe’s

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
February 26, 2020
Actress Andrea Warhurst, practices a magic trick at the dress rehearsal for Magic! The Play in the Theater Building on Wednesday, February 19, 2020. The cast of the play learned several illusions and card tricks for the play.

Magic! The Play brings magic to the stage in comical tale

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
February 19, 2020
Political comedian Negin Farsad will bring her TED talk inspired comedy to Hancher

Political comedian Negin Farsad will bring her TED talk inspired comedy to Hancher

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
February 19, 2020
Brother Moses comes to Gabe’s in anticipation of their newest album

Brother Moses comes to Gabe’s in anticipation of their newest album

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
February 17, 2020
The New Pope tries and falls short of capturing the magic of its predecessor

The New Pope tries and falls short of capturing the magic of its predecessor

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
February 10, 2020
Opinion: You don’t need to be a cinema major to truly appreciate films

Opinion: You don’t need to be a cinema major to truly appreciate films

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
February 5, 2020
Ongoing construction to Sidekick Coffee and Books occurs on September 4, 2019 in University Heights. The business is set to open in the fall. (Ryan Adams/The Daily Iowan)

Kids caucus held at Sidekick Café

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
February 1, 2020
Prairie Lights bookstore on Monday, Nov. 13, 2017.

Cleanness is another entry in Garth Greenwell’s world of queer sexuality

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
January 27, 2020
People walk the streets outside The Englert Theatre on Thursday, April 6, 2017.

Lewis Black graces Englert Theater stage to speak about hole inside every American’s heart

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
January 26, 2020
Author, Kiley Reid reads her book Such a Fun Age at Prairie Lights Cafe in Iowa City on Friday, January 24, 2020. Reid’s book is a Coming-of-Age Fiction that was published December 31, 2019. (Raquele Decker/The Daily Iowan)

UI Writers Workshop alum Kiley Reid talks about her wonderful debut novel Such a Fun Age

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
January 25, 2020
Photo by Rob Merritt

Riverside Theatre’s Straight White Men: a Christmas story that tackles the topic of white privilege

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
December 8, 2019
Sharon Falduto and Duane Larson share a glance as Lendall and Gayle in a scene called, “Getting in Back” during a dress rehearsal of Almost, Maine at Iowa City Community Theatre on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. The show will run Dec. 6-8 and 13-15, directed by Nate Sullivan.

Almost, Maine is a warm and delicate delight from the Iowa City Community Theatre.

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
December 7, 2019
Former Daily Iowan photographer and filmmaker John Richard digitizes slides using a light table, LED light, and macro lens in his apartment on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. “There’s something special about handling old material.”

Iowa Mountaineers story gets documentary

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
December 4, 2019
Art helps Sam (Keir Gilchrist), who has autism, express himself. (Beth Dubber / Netflix/TNS)

Column: Autism on screen is only depicted properly when there are flaws in the individual

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
November 21, 2019
Get Fresh Cafe is seen on July 7, 2019. Get Fresh will serve smoothies and more.

Scope unveils new Lamplight series performance

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
November 17, 2019
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Irish dance and song cherished with “I Lift My Lamp”

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
November 16, 2019
Staging the unstageable: director and cast of ‘4.48 Psychosis’ bring Sarah Kane’s work to life

Staging the unstageable: director and cast of ‘4.48 Psychosis’ bring Sarah Kane’s work to life

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
November 6, 2019
Actors perform during the dress rehearsal for Orlando on November 4, 2019. Orlando is directed by Erica Vannon and opens in the E.C. Mabie Theatre on Friday, November 8, 2019.

UI theater department transcends time and gender with Orlando

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
November 6, 2019
Showing darkside of stardom, The Deuce and BoJack Horseman conclude their runs

Showing darkside of stardom, The Deuce and BoJack Horseman conclude their runs

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
October 30, 2019
Novelist and University of Iowa alumnus during a reading on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019. Meyer has written three other Sherlock Holmes novels, including Seven-per-cent-solution, which was a best seller.

Novelist and filmmaker Nicholas Meyer visits Prairie Lights to read from his latest novel

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
October 29, 2019
A LEGO version of Hogwarts castle is on display in the Science Library as part of their Harry Potter exhibit. The Harry Potter exhibit’s grand opening was held on Monday, October 21, 2019 in the Sciences Library. (Nichole Harris/The Daily Iowan)

UI Sciences Library holds grand opening of Harry Potter exhibit

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
October 22, 2019
Two shows in their second years, Succession and Lodge 49, are different in content yet consistent in quality.

Two shows in their second years, Succession and Lodge 49, are different in content yet consistent in quality.

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
October 16, 2019
Children's book illustrator Melissa Sweet shows her illustrations in the book How to Read a Book by Kwame Alexander during a Live From Prairie Lights event on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. Sweet has illustrated more than 100 books throughout her career. (Emily W

Children’s book illustrator Melissa Sweet showcases her craft to Iowa City

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
October 16, 2019
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Sinkane plays songs from their newest album at The Mill

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
October 9, 2019
Contributed

Author Lauren Markham visits Iowa City to discuss ‘The Far Away Brothers’ with One Community, One Book

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
October 8, 2019
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.

150 years of War and Peace; Iowa City celebrates the legacy of Tolstoy’s epic

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
October 2, 2019
A scene from "The Eye of the Beholder."

UI faculty discuss everlasting legacy of ‘The Twilight Zone’ for its 60th anniversary

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
October 2, 2019
Will Adams, playing Pippin, performs a number, surrounded by cast mates during a dress rehearsal of Pippin put on by the Iowa City Community Theatre at the Johnson Co. Fairgrounds on Wednesday, September 18, 2019. The cast will perform the show September 20-22 and 27-29.

Magic to do: Pippin wows audiences in Iowa City Community Theatre’s production

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
September 25, 2019
Jeff Porter, University of Iowa professor of sound poses for a portrait on Wednesday Sept. 18, 2019. (Mason Childs/The Daily Iowan)

Radio days: how acoustic narratives still entangle listeners

Pedro Barragan, Arts Reporter
September 19, 2019
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