Iowa City

Iowa City's fourth annual Refocus Film Festival will open with Train Dreams, directed by the Academy Award-nominated writer Clint Bentley. Following in the festival's theme of adaptation, the film is based on the award-winning novella of the same name, written by Iowa Writers' Workshop alumnus Denis Johnson.

Horror author Ira Rat hopes to give Iowa writers in the genre a space to connect with the inaugural One of Us horror fiction convention.

After filming at iconic Iowa City landmarks and including locals as extras, the feature film will move on to Dubuque next.

A conversation with Dan Roche, author of Eyes By Hand, and Iowa City ocularist Lindsay Wagner-Pronk.

Iowa City’s nonprofit movie theater FilmScene has partnered with a local investor to purchase the building that houses its original location on the Ped Mall.

The U.S. State Department announced this week that the United States will once again withdraw from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, effective Dec. 31, 2026.

The initiative encourages Johnson County residents to donate or pick up new and gently used art, craft, school and upcycling supplies at no cost.

In honor of Pride Month, we're listening back to a conversation with gay rights activist and native Iowan Sean Strub.

Pride Month celebrations across the nation are seeing sponsors reduce their support or withdraw it entirely in response to political pressure from the Trump administration. But organizers in Cedar Rapids, Des Moines and Iowa City say that, at least this year, they're finding ways to make up — and even exceed — the lost funds.

A look at how cystic fibrosis has become more treatable with a doctor who has studied it for 50 years. And a new folk art museum opens in the Amana Colonies.