Nicole Baxter
Digital News ProducerExpertise: Sharing Iowa news and the Iowa film scene with IPR's digital audience
Education: University of Northern Iowa
Favorite Iowa Destination: Color the Wind Kite Festival in Clear Lake
Experience:
- Writes about the latest daily news for IPR and helps reporters bring their stories to digital readers
- Writes regularly for IPR’s internationally award-winning newsletters
- Covers the local film scene across the state for IPR
- Has written features on an indigenous violinist pursuing a career in Hollywood as a film composer, a German filmmaker/author visiting Iowa City and a silent-era satire protesting anti-Semitism.
- Served as a staff writer at The Northern Iowan
My Favorite Stories
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On Dec. 9, filmmakers Scott Beck and Bryan Woods are set to welcome audiences to the grand opening of The Last Picture House, their new boutique cinema and cocktail lounge. Located along the Mississippi River in Davenport’s Motor Row District, The Last Picture House offers audiences a curated movie-going experience, as well as a place to gather with fellow patrons at the bar and lounge area. -
Film and book lovers descended on downtown Iowa City this past weekend for the return of the Refocus Film Festival. Attendees were treated to dozens of film screenings, performances by local artists and dialogues with legendary figures like Werner Herzog and John Irving. The festival, which took place Oct. 12 through 15, was presented by FilmScene, Iowa City’s local, nonprofit cinema. -
The 99-year-old film that was lost for decades is making its way to a small Iowa town for the first time. First released in Austria in 1924, The City Without Jews is a silent-era satire with a complicated history. -
After her decade-long stay in the first violin section with the Des Moines Symphony, Geneviève Gros-Louis is moving to Los Angeles, Calif., to pursue a career in film scoring. On Jan. 5, she gave a farewell concert at xBk Live in Des Moines, which featured performances from several local musicians.
My Latest Stories
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Did you pay attention to the top headlines coming out of Iowa this week? Test your knowledge with these five questions. -
Did you pay attention to the top headlines coming out of Iowa this week? Test your knowledge with these five questions. -
It was 80 years ago that the Karp family walked out of Oskar Schindler’s factory as free Jews. They had survived the unimaginable and would soon find a new life in Iowa. Celina, who was just 13 at the time, shares her story of overcoming hate and the importance of finding your voice. -
Did you pay attention to the top headlines coming out of Iowa this week? Test your knowledge with these five questions. -
Did you pay attention to the top headlines coming out of Iowa this week? Test your knowledge with these five questions.
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Would it surprise you to learn that the man behind the iconic Leatherface mask in 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' was not at all like the character he portrayed? You might be shocked to find out that Gunnar Hansen, the hulking actor who played the original masked monster was a poet and a skilled sailor. A new documentary reveals the real man behind the mask. -
Did you pay attention to the top headlines coming out of Iowa this week? Test your knowledge with these five questions.
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Did you pay attention to the top headlines coming out of Iowa this week? Test your knowledge with these five questions.
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Did you pay attention to the top headlines coming out of Iowa this week? Test your knowledge with these five questions.
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Iowa’s latest movie star is a 150-pound Great Dane from Newton. The dog, named Bing, stars alongside Naomi Watts and Bill Murray in The Friend, in theaters April 4. Here’s how Bing was discovered and what it was like for the four-legged actor to film in New York City.
