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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

Tracks from the Past: Weezer by Weezer

DI STAFF April 19, 2012

My friend Mark bought Weezer's début album at a garage sale in 1997. I stole it from him a few weeks later and have enjoyed listening to it since. Weezer's Weezer is this week's Tracks from the Past. As...

Dreamwell Theater presents Baby with the Bathwater

SAMANTHA GENTRY April 19, 2012

Rachael Lindhrach is quite willing to get into the drama trenches with her actors. The director of Dreamwell Theater's production of Baby with the Bathwater sits on a bench with two cast members and the...

Tracks from the Past: Weezer by Weezer

DI STAFF April 19, 2012

My friend Mark bought Weezer's début album at a garage sale in 1997. I stole it from him a few weeks later and have enjoyed listening to it since. Weezer's Weezer is this week's Tracks from the Past. As...

Beer of the Week: Dead Man Ale

DI STAFF April 19, 2012

Since 1989, the Oregon-based brewery Rogue Ales has produced 60 different ale varieties. Each was brewed with its non-pasteurized process and is made with no preservatives. The Dead Guy Ale is a hazy...

Bollywood dancer Madhavapeddi Murthy gives a performance

DI STAFF April 19, 2012

On Friday, Madhavapeddi Murthy will bring the Bollywood culture to Iowa City. Murthy and his dancers and orchestra will perform at 7 p.m. in North Hall's Space/Place. Admission is $5 for students, $10...

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey gives a reading

DI STAFF April 19, 2012

Art and writing will combine today in an event filled with different media of artistic expression. At 6:30 p.m. today, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey will read from her book Native Guard...

Gusto Latino promotes diversity

JULIA JESSEN April 19, 2012

The infectious beat and flurried movements of Latin music and dance will take center stage at this year's Gusto Latino. "There are a lot of diversity events on the University of Iowa campus, but...

M.F.A. film student presents screening of thesis project

JORDAN MONTGOMERY April 19, 2012

Lewis Liú relocated from China to the United States with a Hollywood dream. But during his three years in film school, his Hollywood dream met reality. Liú's M.F.A. film thesis, Drifting in Los Angeles:...

Dreamwell Theater presents Baby with the Bathwater

SAMANTHA GENTRY April 19, 2012

Rachael Lindhrach is quite willing to get into the drama trenches with her actors. The director of Dreamwell Theater's production of Baby with the Bathwater sits on a bench with two cast members and the...

Instrumental band plays the Mill

JORDAN MONTGOMERY April 19, 2012

North America is a band composed of twin brothers Josh and Jesse Hasko. The two create dark, psych-pop tracks influenced by strange encounters with energies surrounding their home in New Mexico, dreams,...

UI Nonfiction Writing Program director presents panel

JULIA JESSEN April 19, 2012

Robin Hemley wanted to give writers a how-to guide of the literary style he most enjoys. So he created a book to show writers how to immerse themselves in the world around them and record those experiences...

M.F.A. choreography student presents thesis performance

SAMANTHA GENTRY April 19, 2012

A disco ball spins lightly in the center of the gymnasium as females in floor-length formal dresses and males in tuxedos dance among tables scattered around the high-school prom scene. But this isn't...

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