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

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Track from the Past: Blink-182, Take Off Your Pants And Jacket

DI STAFF June 28, 2012

Pop-punk outfit Blink-182's fourth album, Take Off Your Pants And Jacket, soared to No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart 11 years ago this week. Raise your hand if that makes you feel old. The record...

All Iowa Reads picks Strength in What Remains as a must-read

LU SHEN June 28, 2012

The story of a Burundian man who escapes from Africa and travels to the United States with nothing to his name has been chosen as the "must-read" book this year by the All Iowa Reads project. Strength...

Woman in Black a spooky side of the Iowa Summer Rep

EMMA MCCLATCHEY June 28, 2012

When it comes to mysteries, there's often more to the story than meets the hairs on the back of your neck. This is certainly true of the spooky play The Woman in Black, based on the horror novel written...

Track from the Past: Blink-182, Take Off Your Pants And Jacket

DI STAFF June 28, 2012

Pop-punk outfit Blink-182's fourth album, Take Off Your Pants And Jacket, soared to No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart 11 years ago this week. Raise your hand if that makes you feel old. The record...

Beer of the Week: Wells and Young’s Banana Bread Beer

DI STAFF June 28, 2012

Most of my experience with British beer came from watching an old "Asterix" cartoon in which the brews are too awful for the French main characters to drink. Asterix and Obelix clearly weren't...

New Wave band Datagun to perform at the Englert

DI STAFF June 28, 2012

The New Wave post-punk band Datagun will perform at the Englert Theater, 221 E. Washington St., from 8 to 10 p.m. Saturday as a part of the Intimate at the Englert Series. Rather than filling the theater's...

Author discusses writing what you don’t know

ANNA THEODOSIS June 28, 2012

As Jim Heynen sat at a table toward the back of Capanna Coffee with a cup of black coffee in front of him, he stared out a window facing a playground on which children hurriedly climbed up the stairs of...

All Iowa Reads picks Strength in What Remains as a must-read

LU SHEN June 28, 2012

The story of a Burundian man who escapes from Africa and travels to the United States with nothing to his name has been chosen as the "must-read" book this year by the All Iowa Reads project. Strength...

Iowa City writing festival draws international crowd

ELLE WIGNALL June 28, 2012

Lawyer by day, 46-year-old Paige Nichols of Lawrence, Kan., has channeled her creative side in the heart of Iowa City for the past three years with the support of the Iowa Summer Writing Festival. "There...

Writing Program brings Russian, Arabic writers to IC

LU SHEN June 28, 2012

Iowa City has been welcoming people from all across the globe for years. Various cultures are orchestrated beautifully in this city and enrich its cultural heritage. This summer, the International Writing...

Woman in Black a spooky side of the Iowa Summer Rep

EMMA MCCLATCHEY June 28, 2012

When it comes to mysteries, there's often more to the story than meets the hairs on the back of your neck. This is certainly true of the spooky play The Woman in Black, based on the horror novel written...

Jazz to invade IC for the 22nd Jazz Festival

ELLE WIGNALL June 28, 2012

In 1991, two men with a love for jazz, Steve Grismore and Mark Ginsberg, shut down a block of Washington Street for a day to allow a few bands to perform in the first year of the Washington Street Jazz...

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