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The Daily Iowan
The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan
The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan
Parker Jones

Parker Jones, Managing Editor

(she/her/hers)

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

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Cinematography filmmaking conceptual image in between takes

Review | ‘Quiet on Set’ could be a turning point for those harmed by Hollywood

Parker Jones, Managing Editor
April 16, 2024
Belgum Grove is seen in Iowa City on Sunday, April 7, 2024. The area is preserved by the Bur Oak Land Trust. (Madison Frette/The Daily Iowan)

JoCo nonprofit aims to create first conservation burial site in Iowa

Parker Jones, Managing Editor
April 9, 2024
Mar 27, 2022; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Kristen Stewart and girlfriend Dylan Meyer arrive at the 94th Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre. Mandatory Credit: Harrison Hill-USA TODAY

Review | ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ redefines queer physicality

Parker Jones, Managing Editor
March 26, 2024
Michael Lensing explains the function of a cremator at Lensing Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Iowa City on Friday, Feb. 3, 2024.

Life Beyond Death: Funeral homes see rise in cremation, green burials in Iowa City

Parker Jones, Managing Editor
February 6, 2024
Activists engage in a protest after a Young Americans for Freedom hosted an event in the Iowa Memorial Union’s Blackbox Theater in Iowa City featuring conservative speaker Chloe Cole on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023.

Johnson County officials call on county attorney to drop protester charges

Parker Jones and Sabine Martin
January 30, 2024
Activists gather outside the Iowa Memorial Union during a Young Americans for Freedom hosted event in the IMU’s Blackbox Theater in Iowa City featuring Chloe Cole, a person who detransitioned, on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. Pro-Transgender activists protested outside the IMU and later blocked the N Madison St. and W Jefferson St. intersection. The protest concluded with protests in front of University of Iowa president Barbara Wilson’s residence on Church St.

IC Human Rights Commission calls for dismissal of charges against Chloe Cole protesters

Parker Jones, Managing Editor
January 24, 2024
Jan 15, 2024; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Jake Szymanski and Caroline Szymanski at the 75th Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. Mandatory Credit: Kevork Djansezian-USA TODAY (left). Jeremy Allen White accepts the award for best lead actor in a drama series for his role as Carmen Carmy Berzatto in the FX series The Bear during the 75th Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024 (Right).

Point/Counterpoint | Which show deserves the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series?

Parker Jones and Jami Martin-Trainor
January 16, 2024
Ivy Schaefer, 9, and Maddy MacKenzie, 8, climb on a snow fort at Longfellow Elementary School in Iowa City on Thursday, January 11, 2024. A snowstorm swept across Iowa on Tuesday, Jan. 9 and Iowa City reported 15 inches of snow as of 8 p.m. that day.

Fashion guide: Winter weather warmth, but stylish

Parker Jones, Managing Editor
January 16, 2024
A University of Iowa Police Department vehicle is pictured.

Nine pro-Palestine protesters arrested at Kinnick Stadium

Parker Jones, Managing Editor
December 11, 2023
Credit: RawPixel.com

Review | ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ is a perfectly average prequel

Parker Jones, Managing Editor
November 26, 2023
Phoebe Bridgers performs during the fourth day of the Hinterland music festival in Saint Charles, Iowa on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2022.

Point/Counterpoint: Which song from the new boygenius EP is the best?

Jami Martin-Trainor and Parker Jones
October 15, 2023
Mayflower Residence Hall is seen in Iowa City on Wednesday, June 21, 2023.

Mayflower Residence Hall could be sold within month, realtor predicts

Parker Jones, Managing Editor
October 10, 2023
Photo contributed by the University of Iowa Digital Library archives

Before the bird, there was a bear

Parker Jones, Managing Editor
October 3, 2023
Hozier performs during the Love Rising concert at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn., Monday, March 20, 2023. Loverising 032123 An 048

Review | New Hozier album ‘Unreal Unearth’ melds earthy imagery with classic melancholic tone 

Parker Jones, Managing Editor
August 20, 2023
Mayflower Residence Hall is seen in Iowa City on Wednesday, June 21, 2023.

Mayflower Hall and its future — Inside the $45 million price

Parker Jones and Hannah Janson
July 1, 2023
Floodwaters engulf Lower City Park on Tuesday, June 10, 2008. (File photo/The Daily Iowan)

15 years since devastation — recovery, reconstruction, and advancements since the 2008 Iowa floods

Parker Jones and Alejandro Rojas
June 20, 2023
United Action for Youth, or UAY, walks during the Iowa City Pride Parade in Iowa City on Saturday, June 18, 2022. Over 900 people walked in the parade.

Iowa City Pride 2023 aims to foster community strength

Parker Jones, Summer Editor
June 13, 2023
Javon Stovall and his friend Mariah Roller pack up Javon’s belongings to move from his apartment in South Beach Fla., to his campus apartment at Florida International University on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020.

Behind the Scenes | ‘Lost in the In-Between: Graduating into 2020’

Gretchen Lenth and Parker Jones
May 2, 2023
Jenny Singer, a recipient of the Englert Theatre fifth annual Nonfiction Writing Fellowship and first-year MFA candidate in the University of Iowa’s Nonfiction Writing Program, poses for a portrait outside of the Englert Theatre in Iowa City on Monday, April 17, 2023.

Ask the Author | Jenny Singer

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
April 18, 2023
Contributed by Jamie Shriner

Floodwater Comedy Festival returns to IC after two years of cancellations

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
April 18, 2023
Photo contributed by Logan Pratt.

College town comedy — Standup comedy bounces back in Iowa City

Parker Jones and Stella Shipman
March 21, 2023
Photo contributed by Annie Hodgkins.

Student Spotlight: Photography MFA student Annie Hodgkins creates fragrance from own sweat

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
February 22, 2023
University of Iowa student Katie Pribyl pets her horse Milo at the 7A Ranch in Oxford, Iowa, on Feb. 18, 2023.

Curious critters on campus — Hawkeyes and their unique pets

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
February 21, 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.

Review | ‘Your Place or Mine’ lacks vital chemistry

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
February 14, 2023
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

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
February 7, 2023
Photo contributed by Jon Luack

Ask the Author | Jon Lauck

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
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

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
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

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
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

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
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

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
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”

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
December 6, 2022
UI professors travel to Trinidad and Tobago for dance festival

UI professors travel to Trinidad and Tobago for dance festival

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
October 27, 2022
Photo taken by Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY.

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

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
October 25, 2022
Photo taken by Mark Hedrick.

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

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
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

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
October 16, 2022
Contributed photo from Matt Hart

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

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
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

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
September 25, 2022
Ask the Author | David DeGusta

Ask the Author | David DeGusta

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

Stanley Museum of Art reopens after 14 years with weekend festival

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
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

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
August 23, 2022
Hancher Auditorium is seen on Sunday, July 10, 2022.

Hancher announces lineup for landmark 50th anniversary season

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
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

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

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
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

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
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

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
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

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
April 12, 2022
Contributed.

Andre Perry to lead Hancher Auditorium as new executive director

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
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

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
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

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
March 22, 2022
Hancher Auditorium is seen on Monday, Nov. 16, 2020.

UI announces new office to run Hancher Auditorium

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
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

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
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

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
February 10, 2022
Iowa City Public Art Program opens new round of matching funds

Iowa City Public Art Program opens new round of matching funds

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
February 1, 2022
Riverside Theatre’s new location promises bright future

Riverside Theatre’s new location promises bright future

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
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

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
February 1, 2022
Contributed photo of Beverly Mead.

‘Mama Mead’ finds family on the stage

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

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

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
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’

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
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

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
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

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
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

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
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

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
November 30, 2021
The Disney Plus logo for the streaming service.

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

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
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’

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
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

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
October 31, 2021
Contributed.

Ensemble Dal Niente to bring experimental style to Voxman

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
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

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
October 21, 2021
Hit musical ‘Waitress’ to bring slice of Broadway to Hancher

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

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
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

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
October 19, 2021
Contributed

Goldpark to bring new indie-rock sound to Iowa City

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
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

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
October 13, 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

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
September 30, 2021
Review | Star Wars: Visions

Review | Star Wars: Visions

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
September 29, 2021
Ask the Author: Johnnie Each

Ask the Author: Johnnie Each

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
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

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
September 14, 2021
Contributed photo of Andre Perry.

Andre Perry looks ahead to a promising future with DEI

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
September 7, 2021
Contributed.

Student Spotlight: From sergeant to screenwriter

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
September 7, 2021
Contributed photo of a fake ancient Babylonian seal.

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

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
September 2, 2021
A movie poster for The Suicide Squad.

Movie Review: The Suicide Squad

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
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

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
August 26, 2021
The Englert Theater is seen March 14, 2021.

Englert executive director Andre Perry to step down

Parker Jones, Arts Editor
August 25, 2021
Illusionist to bring unique interactive performance to Hancher

Illusionist to bring unique interactive performance to Hancher

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
May 5, 2021
Filmscene is seen on April 15, 2020.

Sycamore Cinema reopens, local cinemas talk return to movie theaters

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
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

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
April 20, 2021
Pentacrest Museums turn to mapping software to recreate exhibits virtually

Pentacrest Museums turn to mapping software to recreate exhibits virtually

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
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

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
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’

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
April 11, 2021
Emmy Palmersheim poses for a portrait on March 27, 2021.

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

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
March 30, 2021
Contributed by Kate Elliott

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

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
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

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
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’

Josie Fischels and Parker Jones
March 14, 2021
Contributed.

UI photography professor selected as finalist for Hopper Prize

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
March 8, 2021
The Voxman Music Building is seen on Monday, Feb. 23, 2021.

School of Music to respond to social injustice with creative performance

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
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

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
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

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
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’

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
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

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
February 8, 2021
Photo of Rachel Yoder. Contributed.

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

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
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

Parker Jones, Arts Reporter
January 31, 2021
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