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Josefina Frisina 19 cosplays as Kim Possible.

Just Cosplaying Around

Lottie Gidal, News and Sports Editor December 21, 2018

 The difference between dressing up in a costume on Halloween and dressing up on any other day is that to most the latter seems “odd,” but for Rylee Zuniga ‘19, Josie Frisina ‘19, and a whole...

Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures

LH Movie Review: Into the Spider-Verse

Reese Hill, Reporter December 20, 2018

Disclaimer: Moderate spoilers. I entered the Spider-Verse with my father and my four-year-old cousin, and all three of us left it smiling. I've more or less always been a fan of superhero movies, but...

Members of the City High Symphony Orchestra pose on their 2018 Europe trip.

2020 Orchestra Trip Set to Go to Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic

Ruth Meehan, Reporter December 19, 2018

The long awaited announcement has finally come. During the spring break of next year, the orchestra will be going to Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic. The orchestra consisting of juniors and seniors...

Ana VanBeek 21 sings her solo at the 2018 Works in Progress show.

Charisma Kicks off New Season With Empowering Message to Women

Rachel Meehan, Reporter December 19, 2018

It would be an understatement to say show choir students were merely excited when they found out Charisma’s theme for this season. The 2018-2019 show choir theme is "Powerful Women Throughout History."...

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LH Movie Review: Dumplin’

Lindy Rublaitus, A&E Editor December 18, 2018

On December 7th, a new movie appeared on Netflix as a new original movie: “Dumplin’”. A southern story about the overweight daughter of a former pageant queen, Willowdean "Dumplin’” Dickson,...

via Jackie Blake Jenson Photography

City Circle’s Beauty and the Beast

Reese Hill, Reporter December 10, 2018

City Circle Acting Company's latest production of the 2018-19 season, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, premiered this weekend at the Coralville Center for Performing Arts.  The huge cast has been rehearsing...

City Music Groups Come Together To Perform Mozarts Requiem

City Music Groups Come Together To Perform Mozart’s Requiem

Lottie Gidal and Phoebe Chapnick-Sorokin December 6, 2018

On the anniversary of Mozart’s death, December 5, City High’s symphony orchestra, members of the wind ensemble, and the top two choirs performed Mozart’s Requiem, a composition that he started...

Jack McLeod has produced Les Miserables over 400 times on and off Broadway.

Les Miserables Opens at Hancher and Asks for “Your Open Heart”

Olivia Lusala, Social Media Editor December 4, 2018

Sitting on the stage at Hancher hours before Les Miserables opening night in Iowa City, Jack McLeod seemed to be filled with nothing but love for the crew and musical this being his 30th year on the road...

Infographic by Emme Perencevich

Art Club: Creativity and Catching Up

Emme Perencevich, Copy Editor December 2, 2018

There’s a buzz in the crowded art room as people rush around gathering materials before pulling up stools and settling down at work tables. Daniel Peterson and Michael Close, art teachers at City High,...

Mrs. Stucky conducts the Symphony Orchestra

First Orchestra Concert Brings Good Omens

Owen Sorenson, Reporter November 15, 2018

Finishing the trimester with a grandiose display of music, the Concert and Symphony Orchestras along with the seventh and eighth grade South East Orchestras performed in Opstad Auditorium last Thursday. “If...

The teachers from the Art Department and two students work on painting the mural.

City High Art Club Paints it Red, White, and Blue

Owen Sorenson, Reporter November 12, 2018

Enduring the increasingly cold weather, the City High art department has masterfully painted a mural of the American Flag on the back of the American Legion building. “It’s fun to take that sort...

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