Iowa City-based aerialist Mimi Ke teaches and performs in the Corridor, encouraging everyday Iowans to look at life from a new perspective through her art form. Ke developed the aerial dance program at National Dance Academy in 2014.
A pair of new murals came to fruition in August through creative means after their Colombian artist was denied entry to the United States.
Fred Newell was a young, single father when he arrived at the University of Iowa in 2006. He took his son to every class, and would have dropped out if not for the support he received from a professor. As executive director of the nonprofit Dream City, he’s helping provide that support -- and so much more -- for others.
Nursing is a lifestyle, way of living and calling. And now, nurses are being honored for it after their deaths.
After growing up in foster care, a Cedar Rapids computer repair shop owner has started a nonprofit to give youth aging out of the system another resource for success.
After Mission Creek celebrated its last year at the helm of The Englert in April, the Iowa City institution is making one of the first steps in the new direction it has teased for months. Next month, they welcome a new crowd and artist lineup to the stage with the Iowa City Songwriters Festival’s inaugural event Sept. 4 to 6.
“PIEOWA: A Piece of America,” the debut film by Iowa’s “Pie Lady,” Beth M. Howard, demonstrates the power of pie and its ties to the fabric of Iowa’s culture.
Years before the first trans-Atlantic phone call, and decades before international direct dialing would become available, a Cedar Rapids teenager had a direct line to one of the most remote places on earth.
As the Iowa Raptor Project turns 40, its impact on generations comes into focus while uncertainty over its future looms.
At Aerial Elegance Academy in Cedar Rapids, pole dancers are finding meaning no other sport affords them.
An Iowa native, Mardorf was hired in June to lead oversee parks operations and spearhead department initiatives.
As lavender lattes, lavender scones and more trend at national restaurants and retailers, one of the few Iowa farms growing the herb is localizing it in Johnson County.
This summer, the Schwartzkopf Gallery’s first international artist expounds on a classic poet’s wisdom about longing through several series spanning written and visual mediums.
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