Arts & Life

Downtown Des Moines hosted a special Juneteenth celebration over the weekend featuring artists of color and other marginalized groups at the first-ever 515 Manifestival.

Des Moines hosted Iowa’s first Latino film festival this past weekend. It was an event aimed at connecting Iowans to Latino culture and life.

Members of Generation Z are accelerating the $28 billion resale industry. Their vast purchasing power has driven up the value of resale startups like Depop.

Summer reading picks from the team at Iowa Public Radio.

Summer reading recommendations from some of Iowa’s leading independent booksellers: children, and young adults edition.

Plenty of Juneteenth celebrations are planned across Iowa this month. An historic neighborhood in Des Moines will be celebrating a bit differently this year.

In this author Q & A, Iowa City poet Caleb Rainey talks about his decision to become "The Negro Artist" - a spoken word performer.

CROpera’s free Juneteenth concerts at 7 p.m. on June 18 at Iowa City’s Riverside Festival Stage and on June 19 at the Waterloo RiverLoop Amphitheatre are all about the music!

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with director Chana Gazit and dancer Peter Anastos about the new film Ballerina Boys, which details the history of an all-male ballerina troupe founded in the '70s.

The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts meets today to review designs for all kinds of American cultural symbols. It's the first such meeting for four new commissioners recently appointed by President Biden.