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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

Illinois John Fever plays Mill

DI STAFF December 9, 2010

Illinois John Fever, along with Grand Tetons, Dick Prall, and SmokeStack & the Foothill Fury, will play at 10 p.m. today at the Mill, 120 E. Burlington St. Admission is $6. Illinois John Fever, a...

Spankalicious, Hood-Tek perform at Yacht Club

DI STAFF December 9, 2010

Spankalicious will play with Hood-Tek at 10 p.m. today at the Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn St. Admission is $5. Spankalicious, also known as Kevin Moore, is making his mark on the electronic-music scene in...

Dead Larry plays Yacht Club

DI STAFF December 9, 2010

Funk and psychedelic rock band Dead Larry will perform at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn St. I Like You and Dustin Thomas will also perform. Admission is $6. Four Iowa City’s natives...

UI theater brings ‘Alice in Wonderland’ to stage

ALYSSA MARIE HARN December 9, 2010

Tan sand slips through David Hanzal’s fingers and lands on the ground in front of him. The pile of sand is suddenly shaped into a castle, guarding the princess and the world of fantasy that live in it...

Collegium Tubum turns festive for holiday performance

HANNAH KRAMER December 9, 2010

The time has come for hearty sounds of tubas and euphoniums to fill the chilly December air with holiday tunes on the steps of the Old Capitol. While the “real” Santa isn’t expected to fly in, John...

Annual thesis dance concert begins today

LAURA WILLIS December 9, 2010

Like her pathway to dance, the movement in University of Iowa student Ali Ordman’s choreographed piece “Individualine” came about by chance. After searching for a symbolic message behind the dance,...

S. Carey brings solo project to Mill

ERIC HAWKINSON December 9, 2010

In his years with Bon Iver, musician Sean Carey grew into an artist he never expected. Traveling around the world, hearing new music, and singing all the time, he learned how to use the voice from within. “I...

UI theatre presents ‘WASP’

SAMANTHA GENTRY December 9, 2010

If you enjoy the sly humor of actor Steve Martin, then “WASP” is a great way to get inside his head. The cast members believe the play is the perfect way to take a break from finals and “piss your...

Esperanza Spalding performs hopeful jazz music

SAMANTHA GENTRY December 9, 2010

Esperanza Spalding is a triple threat — in more than one way. The artist is a bass player, singer, and composer. But there’s more to this jazz artist than a phenomenal résumé; she can also sing in...

Voicing the Baroque: Students bring opera to the stage

HANNAH KRAMER December 9, 2010

Timothy Maguire stands center stage singing “Ombra mai fu,” a love song to a sycamore, from the opera Xerxes, by George Frederick Händel. Maguire’s performance includes vocal challenges that impress...

The year in politics, print and electronic press

GUEST OPINION December 9, 2010

This year we witnessed convoluted relationships between American politics and both the electronic and print press. Newspapers were dissed and rewarded, television news continued its effort to appear to...

War over the Internet

KIRSTEN JACOBSEN December 9, 2010

We all have skeletons in our proverbial closets. But until this new age of sophisticated technological information-gathering, we were all fairly certain these personal collections would not be probed. Boy,...

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