Elena Smyrniotis said the town she was born in, Ufa, Russia, was a frozen, industrial wasteland throughout her childhood.
“The skyline was littered with smokestacks. There was a huge oil refinery,”...
Hancher is making an unrestricted return with a new lineup of performers after having its 2020-21 season cut short because of the pandemic.
The new season kicked off with a Fourth of July performance...
The Iowa City Pedestrian Mall is staying in the loop with its latest exhibit, aptly titled, “Loop.”
The hand-drawn animations within “Loop” and the corresponding flashing lights and softly...
After last year’s COVID-19 related cancellation, the party of the summer is back and bigger than ever. The Downtown Iowa City Block Party is returning July 24, featuring a projected 45,000 attendees
Downtown...
Iowa City art lovers congregated at Public Space One on Saturday to celebrate the opening of its month-long art exhibition, “Too Cute.”
And the Saturday crowd was a cute one. In the driveway...
In 2011, Lady Gaga cemented herself as an LGBTQ icon with the release of her hit album “Born This Way.” A decade later, the bisexual performer is embracing the spirit of the original album by having...
The University of Iowa added a Broadway and television actress as its next lead acting professor on June 16.
Caroline Clay was born in Washington, D.C., and has performed in numerous Broadway shows,...
Gilded in Ash is a reimagined telling of The Great Gatsby, created by 19 students of Professor Harry Stecopoulos’ Fall Seminar: The Great Gatsby 2.0.
Since The Daily Iowan last spoke with those...
Studio 13 received a new mural painted by UI alum and local Iowa City artist Ali Hval last week. The mural features an array of colors that complement the six rainbow dots on the front of Studio 13’s...
On the third floor of the Blank Honors Center on the University of Iowa campus now hangs a mural honoring the life and spirit of Sean “Scooter” Wu.
Wu died on April 8, 2017 at age 18. Immediately...
The pandemic has left a long trail of destruction. For the arts industry, peoples’ livelihoods were no exception: closed theaters, canceled festivals, and a long economic shadowed many entertainers....
Psychologist Carl Jung developed 12 different brand archetypes that represent common forms or images in myths and legends from across the world. Third Coast Percussion, with guitarist Sérgio Assad,...
