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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Crystal City to perform

DI STAFF February 24, 2011

Up-and-coming alternative-country rockers Crystal City will stop by the Blue Moose at 9 p.m. Friday along with opening acts Canby, Kodiac Flats, and Phil Ochs. Admission is $5, and age restrictions are...

Gurganus presents fiction history lecture

DI STAFF February 24, 2011

Fiction writer Allan Gurganus, an Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumnus and visiting faculty member, will present a fiction lecture at 8 p.m. today in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Dey House. The lecture...

NPR to read Phillips poem

DI STAFF February 24, 2011

University of Iowa alumna Katie Phillips’ poem “Driving Montana, Alone” will be read on public radio’s “The Writer’s Almanac” on Friday. Garrison Keillor will read the poem, which won the...

Beer of the Week: Simcoe Single Hop

DI STAFF February 24, 2011

Denmark may have created an American beer better than the U.S itself. Mikkeller Brewery, known for intensely flavored beverages, looked toward American beer manufacturers for inspiration. The result was...

Q&A: KRUI’s Pat Quinn

DI STAFF February 24, 2011

Daily Iowan: What’s new with KRUI this semester? Quinn: The new website launch for us has been huge; it’s something we wanted to do for a long time, and it puts us on a different plane as far as a...

Art exhibit to highlight Lil Picard

RILEY UBBEN February 24, 2011

Lil Picard’s artwork is an autobiography. “Her art is very much about her life,” said Kathleen Edwards, the University of Iowa Museum of Art chief curator. “A lot of her collages include actual...

High school musicians improve skill with Orchestra Invitational

SAMANTHA GENTRY February 24, 2011

Several high-school musicians sit on stage, instrument in hands. Taking cues from the director, they begin to play a piece, using techniques they have learned earlier that day. At the end of their performance,...

Akron/Family to play experimental melodies

LAURA WILLIS February 24, 2011

After finishing the night shift at Gimme Coffee shop in Brooklyn, N.Y., baristas Seth Olinsky and Miles Seaton usually returned to their tiny apartment to write and record music. Friend and musician Dana...

Last Comic Standing contestant to visit UI

EVAN CLARK February 24, 2011

Erin Jackson has been professionally providing laughter to audiences since her standup début seven years ago. But it took one humbling experience three years ago in her hometown of Washington, D.C., to...

City Circle to perform musical about love

JESSICA CARBINO February 24, 2011

Many tales of people finding their “one true love” exist only in films, books, and television shows. And the City Circle Acting Company of Coralville is here to show that theater productions can be...

UI Gallery series presents Sunshine

ERIC HAWKINSON February 24, 2011

Andrew Saito wanted to be original when deciding upon a career. Growing up in Los Angeles, he developed the idea of becoming a screenwriter. But that soon faded. “I thought that was a very original...

UI students take part in IC’s first 48 Hour Film Race

ERIC HAWKINSON February 24, 2011

Tim Unger and Josh Hanesack face a tough deadline. The pair have 48 hours to write, film, and edit a five- to seven-minute movie. And they aren’t alone — 16 other teams are attempting the challenge,...

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