For years, baker and Eat Shop owner Cheryl Maloney knew she was sitting on a good recipe. But it wasn’t until three years ago that she decided to make gingerbread houses in a much bigger batch than usual.
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For years, baker and Eat Shop owner Cheryl Maloney knew she was sitting on a good recipe. But it wasn’t until three years ago that she decided to make gingerbread houses in a much bigger batch than usual.
The Paul Engle Prize from the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature represents some lofty virtues in literature. But to 2024 winner Camille Dungy, it’s also a homecoming, of sorts.
Over the last two years, a group dedicated to celebrating Mexico’s Day of the Dead has been getting more and more lively.
The Iowa Farm-to-Table Dinner Series, launched Tuesday at the Wilson’s Ciderhouse & Venue, may not be starting a new trend. But it is reclaiming what “farm-to-table” means as a new alliance of state agencies work to tell a story that is fundamentally Iowan.
Mic Check Poetry Fest, Iowa’s premier celebration of spoken word poetry, is bringing big headliners to an event that fosters the dialogue, creativity and community building of spoken word poetry.
Three years ago, a book starting a dialogue on motherhood was released to the world in “Nightbitch,” her debut novel. This week, hundreds in Iowa City saw one of the first screenings of the book’s film adaptation with A-list celebrities on the silver screen.
The Iowa Radio Reading Information Service has been reading the news over the radio for decades. Now, it’s getting listeners out into the world to see it for themselves.
In a world where artists dare to dream big, one new venue in Iowa City is reminding them to think small, too.
Matthew Lamb, a young Iowa City native, is landing bigger and bigger roles as he matures into a blossoming acting career. His latest show reached 11.5 million viewers in its September debut.
The Iowa City Kitty Walk’s tour on Sept. 21 drew a crowd of about 75 people as feline fanatics met cats at home stops over a milelong route through the Northside neighborhood.
A new exhibit by acclaimed photographer Nancy Farese Richards shows that in a world focused on the wrong benchmarks, fun and games play a powerful role in human development — no matter your age.
With portals to their past as younger artists and an entirely new portfolio of work created for the new exhibit, “Pentimento: Layers Revealed” offers a unique glimpse at each artist’s growth.
The recent Clear Creek Amana High School graduate, 18, made it look easy as she belted Whitney Houston’s “I Have Nothing” in front of the judges at the 64th Annual Bill Riley Talent Search Competition. But the path to finding her voice hasn’t always been a chain of successes over the last several years.
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