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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

Huyghe Brewery — Delirium Tremens

DI STAFF March 22, 2012

I'll be honest with you; I first tried Delirium Tremens because the bottle looked so cool. Produced by the Huyghe Brewery in Melle, Belgium, the brew is packaged in a bottle painted to resemble cologne...

Crosby, Stills, & Nash — Crosby, Stills, & Nash

DI STAFF March 22, 2012

It was a glorious day in the late-1960s when David Crosby of the Byrds, Stephen Stills of Buffalo Springfield, and Graham Nash of the Hollies joined forces and created the folk-rock supergroup Crosby,...

Mansions on the Moon plays the Mill

DI STAFF March 22, 2012

Mansions on the Moon will bring its electronic-rock style to Iowa City for the first time this weekend. The group will perform at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Mill, 120 E. Burlington St. Admission is $10 in...

Five bands team up for leukemia benefit

DI STAFF March 22, 2012

Musical groups Home-Grown, Mitch Moylan and the Cedars of Lebanon, Smooth Money Gesture, Gone South, and Velco Moxie will perform in a benefit concert for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Iowa at 8...

Vice president and executive editor at Harper’s visits UI

DI STAFF March 22, 2012

The Daily Iowan spoke with Tim Duggan, vice president and executive editor at HarperCollins Publishing, to talk about his visit to Iowa City today. He plans to present a lecture at 11 a.m. in the Dey House...

Album Review: Port of Morrow — The Shins

DI STAFF March 22, 2012

The Shins released Port of Morrow, its first album in five years, on Tuesday. And despite some changes in the group's lineup, fans will be pleased with what was created. The Shins was an American indie...

Visiting Writers’ Workshop faculty members give reading

SAMANTHA GENTRY March 22, 2012

Best-selling fiction writer Andrew Greer takes great inspiration from poets because, he said, they "do all the heavy lifting" for writers in other areas, including him. "They drag words...

Iowa City Community Theatre presents House of Wonders

SAMANTHA GENTRY March 22, 2012

For Richard Tiegs, directing House of Wonders is more than an opportunity to produce a new play for the community — it's a chance for him to bond with his son. Fourteen-year-old Noah Tiegs has worked...

Theater Honors Week productions take the stage

JULIA JESSEN March 22, 2012

Over the course of the next few days, one stage in the Theater Building will be transformed from a play set in the 1930s, complete with bottles of Jack Daniel's and euphoric guitar riffs, to a one-man...

Give Ed Rendell a break

GUEST OPINION March 22, 2012

Yes, the Treasury Department is investigating the speaking fees received by the former Pennsylvania governor on behalf of an Iranian exile group that's on the State Department's list of foreign terrorist...

Disclose the truth

BENJAMIN EVANS March 22, 2012

With the plague of tabloid journalism and the era of biased media outlets, there has never been a better time to be good at what I do. Publications you see at the grocery store claiming 'Obama is God'...

To City Council: Be wary of zoning implications

DI EDITORIAL BOARD March 22, 2012

After a debate on Tuesday, the Iowa City City Council is slated to take up a series of new laws that would make the entire city consistent with one zoning ordinance that places limits on the number of...

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