Author: Lydia Moran

With Deeply Rooted Produce, Dazmonique Carr cultivates crops and a community of local food growers and consumers.

Working with clay helped Des Moines artist Nathan Spalding bring joy back into his life. Now he's offering pottery classes, safe spaces, where other queer people can do the same.

The more Tim Olson learned about Iowa’s oldest city, the more he saw it as a place for artistic inspiration.

For Todd Perrine, being a good DJ is as much about the community you bring together as it is the music you play.

For 10 years, a 100-year-old store stood empty in the little hamlet of Newburg. Now, it is home to an authentic French bakery where crowds of customers wait patiently for the two hours a week the small batch operation opens its doors.

Brazil’s Zouk dance was almost stifled out of existence at the end of the 20th century. Now a nascent community of dancers in Iowa is propelling its resurgence.

The 2024 Bush Fellow led the Chief Buffalo Memorial mural project in downtown Duluth, and is currently exhibiting a new collaborative project.

A rebel with a punk rock attitude, Kiko Silvelet competes in hardcore mountain bike races on a used BMX bike he bought for $150 bucks. And he almost always finishes last. Why does he do it?

Victor Banis, who grew up in Preble County, Ohio, redefined LGBTQ+ literature and captured a global audience.

At LIAL, a hodgepodge of letters, diaries, doodles, recipes, magazines and 'GAY ART' is an ever-growing archive of distinctly Iowan queer materials.