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Madison Lotenschtein is an arts editor at The Daily Iowan. She is a senior at the University of Iowa studying journalism and anthropology with an emphasis in medical anthropology. Having been with the DI since her freshman year, Madison has covered a variety of arts-related events, and especially enjoys writing feature stories and artist profiles.
Madison Lotenschtein, Arts Editor
| Sep 22, 2020 | Hancher looks ahead while grappling with unknown (Story) |
| Aug 26, 2020 | UI Nonfiction Writing Program sees changes going into fall semester (Story) |
| Aug 26, 2020 | Student Spotlight: UI artist creates ceramic pieces through experiential techniques (Story) |
| Aug 24, 2020 | Opinion | Novels need female characters with more flaws and diverse personalities (Story) |
| Aug 14, 2020 | Nonfiction Writing Program names new interim director (Story) |
| Aug 05, 2020 | Two months after original performance date, Shakespeare in the Park goes virtual (Story) |
| Jul 30, 2020 | FilmScene to host outdoor film series coming to Northside (Story) |
| Jul 21, 2020 | Board of Trustees, staff dispute Old Creamery terminations (Story) |
| Jul 15, 2020 | Bookstores feel impact as the COVID-19 plot thickens (Story) |
| Jul 13, 2020 | Review | G-Eazy’s ‘Everything’s Strange Here’ disappoints (Story) |
| Jul 10, 2020 | Hancher to adopt self-sustaining model following fund reduction from UI (Story) |
| Jul 08, 2020 | Witness Wall provides space for reflection during times of conflict (Story) |
| Jul 01, 2020 | New public art installation introduced in Creekside Park (Story) |
| Jun 25, 2020 | Summer Partnership in the Arts to give unique virtual performance (Story) |
| Jun 22, 2020 | Howling: A way of showing solidarity in Iowa City’s Northside (Story) |
| Jun 18, 2020 | The Mill’s future uncertain as current owners step down (Story) |
| Jun 16, 2020 | Artists, residents create new Iowa City mural aimed at changing a community’s narrative (Story) |
| Jun 10, 2020 | Hancher receives $50,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (Story) |
| May 13, 2020 | Accomplished artist and painting and drawing program head Susan Chrysler White retires (Story) |
| May 06, 2020 | International Writing Program encounters change as pandemic carries on (Story) |
| Apr 21, 2020 | COVID-19 pandemic forces UI pianists to adjust to new dynamic (Story) |
| Apr 21, 2020 | UI M.F.A. art students find new ways to present theses amid COVID-19 closures (Story) |
| Apr 19, 2020 | Student Spotlight: UI artist creates music and paintings from themes of liberation of the self (Story) |
| Apr 04, 2020 | New Mission Creek dates and Refocus Film Festival to share September weekend (Story) |
| Mar 29, 2020 | Art student tells visual stories through comics (Story) |
| Mar 12, 2020 | Mission Creek Festival canceled, dates for new event to be announced next week (Story) |
| Mar 11, 2020 | Student Spotlight: UI painter embeds queerness into Catholic spaces through artwork (Story) |
| Feb 18, 2020 | Opinion: Studying anthropology helps combat racism (Story) |
| Jan 29, 2020 | Student Spotlight: Printmaker dives into themes of power, idolization (Story) |
| Jan 23, 2020 | Play comes to Iowa City theater to share tale of activists’ split in fight for equal rights (Story) |
| Jan 20, 2020 | Binge Break: DI women on Little Women (Story) |
| Dec 11, 2019 | The power of the force: The end of the Star Wars saga is nearly here (Story) |
| Dec 11, 2019 | A musician and painter, UI student is inspired by ‘things that become hazy with time’ (Story) |
| Dec 09, 2019 | The Crown’s new season gives an excellent performance for audiences who love/hate the royal family (Story) |
| Dec 05, 2019 | Opinion: Gen-ed classes need to be more accessible at the University of Iowa (Story) |
| Dec 04, 2019 | Student Spotlight: An artist of many mediums; from painting to dancing, songwriting, and poetry, UI student has it all (Story) |
| Nov 20, 2019 | Everyday items made beautiful: UI student creates ceramic art through intricate designs (Story) |
| Nov 13, 2019 | UI alum’s play dives into themes of assigned roles and murder in a period piece with a punk twist (Story) |
| Nov 06, 2019 | Female writers make their marks at the Writing University through the decades (Story) |
| Oct 30, 2019 | Student Spotlight: UI student uses graphic design, drawing to showcase women (Story) |
| Oct 23, 2019 | Dinner party takes a turn in Feast, an Iowa City playwright’s solo show (Story) |
| Oct 09, 2019 | Student Spotlight: UI graduate student creates meditation spaces through reclaimed objects (Story) |
| Oct 02, 2019 | From the Appalachian Mountains to the Midwest: William and the Wildflowers performs at Yacht Club (Story) |
| Sep 26, 2019 | Tracing the origins and present-day resurgence of anti-Semitism (Story) |
| Sep 25, 2019 | Abbey Road debuted on this day in 1969: how has it continued to impact musicians and pop culture? (Story) |
| Sep 10, 2019 | Readings, readers, and writers: A brief history of Prairie Lights (Story) |
| Sep 10, 2019 | Opinion: Political polarization hurts relationships, not just governments (Story) |
| Sep 04, 2019 | UI student creates prints and embroideries inspired by traditional practices and contemporary ideas (Story) |
| Aug 28, 2019 | Local Iowa cover band to play on Vue Rooftop (Story) |
| Aug 28, 2019 | Opinion: How should we handle antiquated art? (Story) |
| Jul 16, 2019 | Lotenschtein: Dispatches from Tel Aviv: No vaccination against ignorance of anti-vaxxers (Story) |
| Jul 07, 2019 | Lotenschtein: Dispatches from Tel Aviv: Dancing with Batsheva, not on a battlefield (Story) |
| Jul 01, 2019 | Lotenschtein: Dispatches from Tel Aviv: Balancing business and Shabbat on the international market (Story) |
| Jun 25, 2019 | Lotenschtein: Dispatches from Tel Aviv: Reviewing history and prospective peace in the West Bank (Story/Media) |
| Jun 17, 2019 | Lotenschtein: Dispatches from Tel Aviv: E-scooters dominate the metropolitan area, colliding with cars and pedestrians (Story) |
| Jun 09, 2019 | Lotenschtein: Dispatches from Tel Aviv: Beginning with generosity and chaos (Story) |
| May 09, 2019 | Shots fired by Iowa City police during early morning burglary investigation (Story) |
| May 09, 2019 | UI alum to read from first novel, “Lucy, go see” (Story) |
| May 08, 2019 | In a dialogue with art, UI graduate student gives her perspective on woodworking (Story) |
| Apr 25, 2019 | Benin heads, pineapples, Daleks: the art of Donté Hayes (Story) |
| Apr 24, 2019 | The art of Odissi dancing comes to Englert (Story) |
| Apr 17, 2019 | Pico Iyer will read from his latest, “Autumn Light,” at Prairie Lights (Story) |
| Apr 10, 2019 | From the pages of a 19th-century novel to the stage: Little Women, an Opera (Story) |
| Apr 03, 2019 | ‘Whipped Cream’ swirls into Hancher with classical ballet made for adults and children (Story) |
| Mar 28, 2019 | A new page on sustainable development, the Green Revolution, and globalization (Story) |
| Mar 13, 2019 | Newgrass artist to tell his story through traditional bluegrass instruments (Story) |
| Mar 06, 2019 | A musical painted across time: Sunday in the Park with George (Story) |
| Feb 27, 2019 | Marketing and music; a UI senior makes strides in Iowa City’s local music scene (Story) |
| Feb 27, 2019 | UI play explores a man’s (or woman’s) best friend (Story) |
| Feb 20, 2019 | From Iowa City stages to LA life and back again (Story) |
| Feb 18, 2019 | Lotenschtein: Hawaii: Your misconceptions of the 50th state (Story) |
| Feb 13, 2019 | The jewelry maker who has traveled the world (Story) |
| Feb 06, 2019 | Capturing sentiment through the lens of a camera (Story) |
| Jan 23, 2019 | Theater B turns into a graveyard, friendship dangles (Story) |
| Dec 12, 2018 | Bringing bright color to a dreary Iowa winter through art (Story) |
| Dec 05, 2018 | The art and heart behind graphic design (Story) |
| Dec 05, 2018 | Longest running Broadway musical lights up Hancher (Story) |
| Dec 02, 2018 | Les Misérables visits Iowa City once again, ready to perform for a new generation (Story) |
| Nov 28, 2018 | A UI play walks through Passover dinner with a family full of surprises and secrets (Story) |
| Nov 27, 2018 | Iowa City police investigate shooting on Wayne Avenue (Story) |
| Oct 31, 2018 | Rocky Horror Picture Show virgin sees all (Story) |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Storm Large brings message of love, music to Hancher (Story) |
| Oct 10, 2018 | A play revolving around the wobbly theme of change will be performed at UI (Story) |
| Oct 03, 2018 | Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey takes the UI stage (Story) |
| Oct 03, 2018 | UI student waves her artistic wand in all the art-world corners (Story) |
| Sep 26, 2018 | International Writing Program brings unique talent from around the globe (Story) |
| Sep 25, 2018 | From Iowa to Israel: The search for my Jewish identity (Story) |
| Sep 12, 2018 | Play written by a UI student molded from #MeToo, Gulabi Gang (Story) |
| Sep 05, 2018 | Corridor Project to bring jams to Englert (Story) |
| Aug 29, 2018 | Student Spotlight: Using film as form of protest (Story) |
| Aug 23, 2018 | Andy Dorris talks about the ups and downs of playing the most underrated instrument in a band (Story) |
| Mar 29, 2018 | Crystals of experience, raindrops on fields at Prairie Lights (Story) |
| Mar 07, 2018 | Nuns and their production of books in Renaissance Italy (Story) |
| Mar 01, 2018 | Mammoths tread into the Theatre Building for a new production (Story) |
| Mar 01, 2018 | The Book of Wonders: captivating, a possible twist, and interesting characters (Story) |
| Feb 22, 2018 | Cloud Gate Dance Theater of Tawian comes to Hancher in Iowa City (Story) |
| Jan 24, 2018 | New Research Sheds Light on Prevalence, Factors of Autism (Story) |
| Jan 18, 2018 | Western Tinder to premiere Friday (Story) |
| Nov 28, 2017 | Blanchard, E-Collective roll into Hancher (Story) |
| Nov 22, 2017 | UI conducts clinical study on drug for Parkinson’s patients (Story) |
| Nov 15, 2017 | Life on an Iowa farm during WWII (Story) |
| Nov 14, 2017 | Resmaa Menakem to read at Prairie Lights in the universe of the healing (Story) |
| Oct 19, 2017 | World-famous violinist greets Hancher Auditorium (Story) |
| Oct 10, 2017 | Moby Dick strikes Old Capitol Museum with annual public reading (Story) |
| Sep 28, 2017 | Flipping the circus fantastique (Story) |
| Sep 07, 2017 | In the topography of injustice (Story) |
| Aug 30, 2017 | No obscure object of desire (Story) |