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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

Indie-rock band, White Rabbits, visits the Mill

DI STAFF December 1, 2011

Six-piece indie-rock band White Rabbits is based in Brooklyn, N.Y., though it originated in Columbia, Mo. The group has spent the better part of the last two years on the road. White Rabbits will perform...

Reggae group plays the Yacht Club

DI STAFF December 1, 2011

Tonight, Yacht Club will rock out when the "reggae-tronic" dub group Jon Wayne and the Pain return for a show. The group has established a distinguished sound combining elements of reggae,...

Musician combines punk and country sound at the Mill

DI STAFF December 1, 2011

Lydia Loveless uses punk influences to add style to her country sound, making her anything but a conventional songwriter. Her rich and powerful voice can be heard at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Mill, 120...

UI pianist performs composition in Coralville

DI STAFF December 1, 2011

Composer and pianist Dan Knight said his composition The Christmas Oratorio is the best work he's ever done. "It's one of the few times in my life where I've had that kind of thing happen where...

Anchor’s Merry Christmas and Happy New Year ale

DI STAFF December 1, 2011

This week's beer of the week is the Anchor's Merry Christmas and Happy New Year ale. The beer is brewed in San Francisco at the Anchor Brewing Co. The historic brewery has been making beer since 1896. With...

DI Arts staff’s top holiday movie picks

DI STAFF December 1, 2011

The DI Arts staff reminisces about holiday film highlights of the past and describes how the flicks put them in the mood for the holiday season as December unfolds, snow begins to fall, and everyone...

Author shares love for Iowa at Prairie Lights

HANNAH KRAMER December 1, 2011

Zachary Michael Jack has racked up some 219,000 miles on his Toyota Echo commuting back and forth between his home in Jones County, Iowa, and North Central College in Naperville, Ill. For Jack, these...

"Full House" star brings comedy to IC

HANNAH KRAMER December 1, 2011

Most people on the University of Iowa campus who grew up in the '90s remember the name Uncle Joey and connect it to expert Bullwinkle impressions, fun-loving pranks, and a plethora of Hawaiian shirts....

UI Theater Department stages modern Hamlet

JULIA JESSEN December 1, 2011

The University of Iowa Theatre Department's production of A Hamlet will surprise Shakespeare lovers who are more familiar with Hamlet clad in tights and clutching a skull. "It's kind of a contemporary...

Gospel choir shares cultural tradition this weekend

CARLY HURWITZ December 1, 2011

The members of the Iowa City Voices of Soul gospel choir challenge the audience members to keep still as they are engulfed in the sound of harmonious voices and rhythmic clapping, drums, piano, and...

UI Dance Department focuses on mythology

SAMANTHA GENTRY December 1, 2011

Performers will take advantage of every inch of the floor in North Hall's Space/Place this weekend in the University of Iowa Dance Department's Collaborative Perfomance. The dancers will move to different...

Nutcracker returns to the Englert

JORDAN MONTGOMERY December 1, 2011

At a dress rehearsal on Tuesday evening, young dancers dressed in leotards and tights swarmed the aisles of the Englert Theatre, practicing their movements before the run-through began. As the dancers...

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