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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

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Big-soul sound hits Iowa City

HANNA ROSMAN March 4, 2010

Poignant guitar licks, expressive lyrics, and improvisation are the basis of Chicago soul music, which is embodied by the band JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound. The group will perform at the Blue Moose...

Examining Chile’s past

DI STAFF March 4, 2010

The world has had its eyes on Chile since an 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit on Feb. 27. Professor Steve Stern, the vice provost for faculty and staff, as well as an Alberto Flores Galindo, professor of...

Multi-textured guitar sounds will fill the Blue Moose tonight

TOMMY MORGAN JR. March 4, 2010

An adage of rock music says it takes merely three guitar chords to start a band and write songs. With a little more than that, and some equipment, electric guitarists David Daniell and Douglas McCombs...

Learn how to cook Punjabi cuisine

CAROLINE BERG March 4, 2010

Do you suffer from cough, cold, nausea, liver dysfunction, stress, or high blood pressure? Instead of collecting pharmaceuticals, why not try a spice-stocked plate of tandoori chicken? “Coriander seed,...

City Circle Acting Company presents Deathtrap

JOSIE JONES March 4, 2010

Tucked away in the back corner of an interactive children’s museum, after walking past a grocery store and tables that stand a foot high, Scot Hughes is sitting center stage as the character Sidney Bruhl...

Eurydice comes alive in the Theatre Building

JOSIE JONES March 4, 2010

In Sarah Ballema’s version of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, the characters slip on banana peels as they are walking out of the Underworld. Along with a few classmates, Ballema wrote and performed the...

Delving into the lives of the forgotten

ADAM SALAZAR March 4, 2010

Wearing a polo shirt and khaki pants with a legal pad in one had and a No. 2 pencil in the other, playwright Sean Christopher Lewis stepped into the realm of prison. Unbeknown to him, however, the inmates...

Dancers in Company kicks off its season at Space/Place

SARAH LARSON March 4, 2010

Move your feet and shake your hips — it’s time to get down. Dancers in Company will take the stage at 8 p.m. today through Saturday in North Hall’s Space/Place. Admission ranges from $5 to $20....

Author Leslie Jamison to read at Prairie Lights

REBECCA KOONS March 4, 2010

Some say Leslie Jamison started writing before she was literate. Growing up in Los Angeles, Jamison often told stories to her two older brothers, who would in turn transcribe her imaginative tales. This...

Abraham Inc. blows through musical genres

MARISA WAY March 4, 2010

Just as the religious figure Abraham is incorporated into Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the band Abraham Inc. uses a blend of funk, hip-hop, and klezmer-style music. While Abraham Inc. (named after...

Guest: Changing Iowa City stereotypes one night at a time

“What school do you go to?” “I go to Iowa.” “Oh, I bet you have fun up there.” “Yeah, it’s a blast.” “I bet you get wasted a lot, huh?” This tends to be a typical conversation...

The fight for higher education

SHAWN GUDE March 4, 2010

The David Miles I spoke with Wednesday morning was not the David Miles the public is used to hearing. “I’m not throwing in the towel at all to make the case over and over again to the Legislature,...

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