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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan
Riley Dunn

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter

(she/her/hers)

Riley Dunn is a first-year student at the University of Iowa majoring in English and Creative Writing and Journalism and Mass Communications. Prior to her time at the DI, Riley interned for Swimming World Magazine.

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Hancher presents creative, collaborative modern opera with ‘Fierce’

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
April 23, 2024
Comic books are seen on display at Daydreams Comics in Iowa City on Thursday, April 1.

UI comic book magazine promotes student artists and writers

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
April 23, 2024
Cianon Jones plays Mama Moja during a rehearsal of In the Red and Brown Water at the Iowa Theatre Building on Thursday, April 11, 2024. The play is set in Louisiana but is based on the spirits of the Yoruba religion.

Review | UI’s ‘In the Red and Brown Water’ offers spectacular performance

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
April 14, 2024
Doctors in Concert at the Coralville Center for the Preforming Arts on April, 5th, 2024. Isaac Samuel and Joel Berger preforming. (Emma Gutzman/The Daily Iowan)

‘Doctors in Concert’ celebrates medicine, music for UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
April 9, 2024
A Nike advertisement of Iowa guard Caitlin Clark is seen on The Edge building on East Burlington Street in downtown Iowa City on Saturday, March 2, 2024. The poster was put up in the early morning. (Ayrton Breckenridge/The Daily Iowan)

Musical parody celebrates Iowa’s ‘B-Ball Wizard’ Caitlin Clark

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
April 2, 2024
Performers practice during a dress rehearsal of Iris at the Theater Building in Iowa City, on Wednesday, March 27, 2024.

Review | Stage reading of ‘Iris’ portrays difficult human emotions

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
March 31, 2024
Chandler Brown, a graduate student, poses for a portrait on Sunday, March 24, 2024. Brown was inspired by Grey’s Anatomy to pursue medicine.

The lasting legacy of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ in its 20th season

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
March 26, 2024
The Voxman Music Building is seen on Monday, Feb. 23, 2021.

Recital attendance class allows students to explore new styles of music

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
March 19, 2024
Photo illustration by Avi Lapchick.

New UI library exhibit showcases enriching history of books

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
March 19, 2024
Photo Illustration by Shaely Odean

TikTok influences a new community of readers

Charlie Hickman and Riley Dunn
March 19, 2024
Campus engagement coordinator Alexis Belme helps edit a Wikipedia page during the Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at the Stanley Art Museum in Iowa City on Thursday, March 7, 2024.

Stanley Museum Wikipedia Edit-a-thon boosts diverse voices during Women’s History Month

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
March 7, 2024
A multiple exposure photo shows members of the band Westerlies playing during a performance by at The Voxman Recital Hall on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. The Westerlies are a quartet with inspirations from jazz, folk, and classical. On Thursday, they will open for singer Haley Heynderickx at Hancher Auditorium.

Westerlies brass quartet holds music workshop at UI ahead of Thursday performance

Isabelle Lubguban and Riley Dunn
March 6, 2024
The Daily Iowan’s 2024-25 executive editor, Jami Martin-Trainor, poses for a portrait on Monday, March 4, 2023.

Jami Martin-Trainor named Daily Iowan’s 2024-25 executive editor

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
March 4, 2024
Attendees view the art of the grand opening of latest exhibition A Year in Print at the Stanley Museum of Art Friday, March 1, 2024. (Kathy Le/ The Daily Iowan).

Stanley Museum of Art debuts ‘A Year in Print’ exhibit that highlights acclaimed artists

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
March 2, 2024
Review | Netflix’s ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ attempt is a good, not great adaptation

Review | Netflix’s ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ attempt is a good, not great adaptation

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
February 25, 2024
Photo contributed by John Kenyon

Talented Iowa City students receive recognition for powerful writing

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
February 20, 2024
Photo illustration by Cody Blissett

Review | ‘The Road from Belhaven’ tells a well-crafted coming-of-age story

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
February 13, 2024
Photo illustration

Facebook and the social media revolution: 20 years later

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
February 6, 2024
The cast of Dance Nation dances the opening number during a dress rehearsal for “Dance Nation” at David Thayer Theatre on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024.

‘Dance Nation’ brings realities of girlhood to the stage

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
February 5, 2024
June 18, 2018; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Portrait of Bryce Dallas Howard taken at the Palihouse Hotel in West Hollywood. Howard returns for a second time as Claire in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom the sequel to Jurassic World. Mandatory Credit: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY

Review | ‘Argylle’ is a chaotic yet fun experience

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
February 4, 2024
Students rehearse for the 27th Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival presented by The University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts in the Theatre Building on Jan. 22, 2024. The cast is starring in a play titled “The Worst Supervillain in the World” written by student Darrin Terpstra. (Madison Frette/The Daily Iowan)

UI Theater Department presents student-run Ten Minute Plays

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
January 23, 2024
Photo contributed by Hancher Auditorium.

Review | Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ gives fresh spin on familiar story

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
January 22, 2024
Kenzie Trana, 4, plays with teddy bears at the Teddy Bear Room at the Hilton Garden Inn in Iowa City on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. Room 1105 at the Hilton Garden Inn is filled with hundreds of teddy bears for the holiday season. The room is open to the public from Nov. 26 through Jan. 1 at no cost.

Iowa City’s Hilton Garden Inn welcomes the fun and festive Teddy Bear Room for the holiday season

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
December 5, 2023
Charlotte Brontë, played by Katie Gucik, opens a letter during a production of “Brontë: The World Without” at Riverside Theater in Iowa City on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023.

Riverside produces play premiere

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
December 3, 2023
Emma Bibb, Owen Brightman and Mary Lukas perform during a showing of Eli Campbell’s Pleasure Play directed by Meredith Alexander at The Artifactory on North Dubuque Street in Iowa City on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023.

Review | Eli Campbell’s ‘Pleasure Play’ tells captivating story of three complicated characters

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
November 28, 2023
Mar 12, 2023; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Ariana Debose arrives at the 95th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 12, 2023. Mandatory Credit: Dan MacMedan-USA TODAY

Review | Disney’s ‘Wish’ was a passable movie that had potential to be better

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
November 28, 2023
Amelia Fisher is held up by The University of Iowa Dance Company during a performance of “Winning” by Artistic Director Stephanie Miracle, an interactive dance for an audience of children at the Iowa City Public Library on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023.

UI Dance Company blends dancing and audio narration in latest performance

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
November 18, 2023
Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) in Captain Marvel.

Review | ‘The Marvels’ is the MCU’s latest lackluster release

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
November 15, 2023
Writers from around Iowa City work on the short stories and novels at the Iowa City Public Library, in Iowa City on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016. The Iowa City Public Library will be hosting meetings to for writers to celebrate National Novel Writing Month.

Aspiring novelists at UI dedicate themselves to the November writing challenge

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
November 14, 2023
Participants sketch and write while looking at the exhibits at during the Art and Write Night event hosted by the UI Museum of Natural History in Iowa City on Friday, Nov. 3.

UI Museum of Natural History hosts after-hours Art & Write Night

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
November 4, 2023
Photo illustration by Theodore Retsinas

Exploring the success and failure of book-to-movie/series adaptations

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
October 25, 2023
The Iowa City Public Library is seen on Sunday, March 20, 2022.

Iowa residents to engage in a panel discussion centered around writing, love

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
October 22, 2023
Illustration by Amy Scott.

Authors speak out against the usage of copyrighted work in AI programs

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
October 17, 2023
Author Ayana Mathis new novel The Unsettled is seen at Prairie Lights in Iowa City on Oct. 14, 2023.

Ask the Author | Ayana Mathis

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
October 17, 2023
Review | The cheesy but entertaining 2023 adaptation of ‘Haunted Mansion’ hits Disney +

Review | The cheesy but entertaining 2023 adaptation of ‘Haunted Mansion’ hits Disney +

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
October 16, 2023
Photo contributed by Nathan Hill.

Ask the Author | Nathan Hill

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
October 10, 2023
Piper Sage carries off an armful of Rick Riordan books with her mom, Charla Sterne. The author, left, signed his new book the Serpents Shadow, the final book in the Kane Chronicles series, at Barnes and Noble bookstore in Anchorage, Alaska, on Saturday, May 5, 2012. Riordan is the author of Percy Jackson, Kane Chronicles and Heroes of Olympus books for young readers as well as the award-winning adult Tres Navarre mystery series.

Review | ‘Percy Jackson and the Chalice of the Gods’ reintroduces readers to beloved heroes

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
October 10, 2023
Caleb Rainey, who goes by The Negro Artist, performs a poem during a Slam-O-Vision event at Public Space One in Iowa City on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. The Slam-O-Vision event is a global poetry slam taking place in worldwide UNESCO Cities of Literature. Rainey will go on to the international competition after winning first place in the event.

Caleb Rainey to represent Iowa City in global poetry slam competition

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
October 2, 2023
Amaya Clark is one of many Freshmen girls who have changed their hair ahead of Rush Week. Maya had her hair highlighted with the new autonomy she has a college student. (Ava Neumaier/The Daily Iowan)

UI students explore identities in fresh hairstyles

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
September 26, 2023
Review | “Holly” by Stephen King tells chilling adventure of private investigator

Review | “Holly” by Stephen King tells chilling adventure of private investigator

Riley Dunn, Arts Reporter
September 24, 2023
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