The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Sweetness at the Picador

TOMMY MORGAN JR. January 28, 2010

Raise the Red Lantern has one simple goal: sweetness. The metal band plans to showcase this when it plays at the Picador, 330 E. Washington St., at 9 p.m. Saturday in a 19-and-over show. Iowa City-based...

Danger is My Middle Name knows how to party

TOMMY MORGAN JR. January 28, 2010

While some bands defy categorization, others outright refuse it. When asked about his band’s music, Craig Miller, the bassist for Danger Is My Middle Name, was reluctant to dive into categories. The...

Inspired by surroundings

SARAH LARSON January 28, 2010

Artist Cathy Patterson doesn’t have to look very far for inspiration. “[I] just look at the world around me for the things that seem beautiful,” she said. Patterson has countless colors in...

Nostalgium opens spring theater

MARISA WAY January 28, 2010

Alex Scott will gladly talk about the play he has directed, but don’t even dream about asking him how it ends. “It’s a wild ride, that’s for sure,” he said a week before the show’s opening...

An artist since birth

HANNA ROSMAN January 28, 2010

Corrine Smith thinks each day is an aesthetic surprise. Smith, a resident of Rock Island, Ill., works as an abstract artist creating work that evolves on a daily basis. Her work can be viewed at the Chait...

Mozart’s La finta giardiniera sings in Iowa City

ALEX RICH January 28, 2010

By the time they are 18, many budding musicians spend time performing in garage bands covering the music of Fall Out Boy or Blink-182. Not Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He didn’t spend his time at that age...

Medium: ‘The Office’

DEE FABBRICATORE January 28, 2010

I would seriously consider marrying Michael Scott. Yes, he’d embarrass me by heckling waiters at nice restaurants, and sure, he’d teach our children skewed moral lessons and insulting jokes, but to...

Spoken-word poetry at the Mill

ERIC SUNDERMANN January 28, 2010

In Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello, the character Desdemona is murdered by her husband for an act she didn’t commit. While many see her fate as heartbreaking, Heather Ross saw it as an opportunity. She...

Playing at the cutting edge of music

SARAH LARSON January 28, 2010

The UI Center for New Music is no stranger to difficulty. From the challenge of performing complicated pieces to the upcoming decision on where its new home will be, the center is facing many obstacles....

End Days deals with Elvis and Jesus

JOSIE JONES January 28, 2010

If you thought seeing Elvis on the same stage as a Goth and an immobilized father could only happen in daydreams, think again. End Days, Riverside Theatre’s current production, is a romantic comedy...

Gaining sight of internationalization

CAROLINE BERG January 28, 2010

UI International Programs is operating, apparently, at full charge. “I don’t need coffee; I’m already pretty wired,” said Gerhild Krapf, the UI International Programs director of external relations,...

Guests: Restore common sense — amend Board of Regents

The UI recently announced a new vice president to fill yet another newly resurrected administrative position. Iowa taxpayers and students are paying this new vice president of Strategic Communications,...

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