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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

Celtic musicians perform folk tunes

DI STAFF March 8, 2012

Lúnasa comes to the Iowa City to get audiences in the Irish spirit in preparation for St. Patrick's Day festivities. The band will perform its famous Celtic songs at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Englert Theater,...

Book Wings presents international poetry event

DI STAFF March 8, 2012

Approxiamtely 5,000 miles separate Iowa City from Moscow, but on Friday, the two very different places will come together on the stage. Book Wings will take place at 10 a.m. on Friday in the Theatre...

SCOPE Announces Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

DI STAFF March 8, 2012

On Wednesday evening during the Avett Brothers concert, SCOPE announced that it will partner with the 10,000 Hours Show to bring Grace Potter and the Nocturnals to perform in Iowa City. The group will...

Ramones — The Ramones

DI STAFF March 8, 2012

The Ramones reintroduced hard, fast, and straight-forward rock 'n' roll to music fans of the 1970s with the album Ramones. During the '70s, much of the popular music was overproduced and flooded with...

Beer of the week-Schafly Irish-Style Extra Stout

DI STAFF March 8, 2012

The St. Louis Brewery's seasonal, the Schafly Irish-Style Extra Stout, is this week's beer of the week. The brew is a fuller bodied Irish dry stout. It goes down smoothly despite its 8 percent alcohol...

Q&A with Hot Tuna’s guitarist Jorma Kaukonen

DI STAFF March 8, 2012

For more than 50 years, musicians Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady have performed together. As members of the rock band Jefferson Airplane, the pair performed at now legendary music festivals, including...

Acoustic group plays the Mill

JORDAN MONTGOMERY March 8, 2012

When he was young, Chris Otepka was obsessed with the idea of a fictional movie theater staffed by animals. The goats were kept out front in a parking lot with helicopter blades strapped to their backs....

Steely Dan tribute band performs at Englert

JULIA JESSEN March 8, 2012

Four horn players, three backup singers, two keyboardists, two guitarists, three musicians in the rhythm section, and one lead singer — 15 Iowa City musicians make up the Steely Dan tribute band the...

Theater production inspires ’90s nostalgia

JULIA JESSEN March 8, 2012

Only one decade embraces Nirvana, ripped jean shorts, Matchbox 20, and the famous Britney Spears schoolgirl outfit. All of these '90s classics will flood the Cosmo Catalano Acting Studio this weekend. High...

Kirk presents M.F.A. dance thesis

SAMANTHA GENTRY March 8, 2012

The musical score does not dictate the dancers' movement in Johanna Kirk's piece "of air and amnion." Instead, the use of audible breathing is an important element in the piece. For every step...

Chicago-based dance company visits Space/Place

SAMANTHA GENTRY March 8, 2012

The iconic dance moves from the "Thriller," by Michael Jackson, and "Single Ladies" in Beyoncé's music videos will appear in the Lucky Plush Dance Company's performance in Space/Place...

United States is right to provide foreign aid to Israel

SAM LANE March 8, 2012

Family members, teachers, and people of my synagogue in St. Paul have been drilling into my head the idea of Israel as the sacred, untouchable Jewish state for as long as I can remember. I listened and...

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