News & Features
Transgender Day of Visibility inspires almost two dozen events across Illinois, Iowa
Find concerts, rallies, resource fairs, poetry readings, drag shows and more to celebrate the International Transgender Day of Visibility in Illinois and Iowa. Read here about two dozen ways to celebrate.
Iowa multimedia arts pioneer Akwi Nji opens yet another chapter as Cedar Rapids Public Library artist in residence
Akwi Nji, already an accomplished artist, writer and communications expert, is now also the Cedar Rapids Public Library Artist in Residence.
Opinion
Warhol numbs, Dylan Kelly makes us care: two Scholastic Art Award winners then, now
This is a case of a lesson learned, and then unlearned. Some years ago, as a high school art teacher, I learned to withhold praise for personal styles in student work. Teens, not fully formed in...
Poignant live performance from ’90s dream pop Fishmans re-emerges
In spite of such a difficult COVID-consumed year for all of us, the universe gave us unexpected gifts along the way. Some are bright and shiny; some are dark and stormy. Some are both. One of those...
