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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

The UI Summer Opera presents HMS Pinafore

EMMA MCCLATCHEY July 12, 2012

Classic opera isn't just for 19th-century aristocrats — as the University of Iowa Summer Opera program can demonstrate. On Friday, the program will open its production of H.M.S. Pinafore, a comic opera...

Sherlock’s Last Case takes classic characters to new heights

EMMA MCCLATCHEY July 12, 2012

Perhaps the most famous fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes has been portrayed in dozens of books, TV shows, and movies — and now, on a University of Iowa stage. Members of the Iowa Summer Rep said...

Tracks from the Past: Dire Straits – Dire Straits

DI STAFF July 12, 2012

A jam session broke out at a friend's house over the weekend and led to a discussion about the greatest guitar solos of all time. I suggested the closing solo of Dire Strait's "Sultans Of Swing,"...

Beer of the Week: Tommyknocker’s Pick Axe IPA

DI STAFF July 12, 2012

Late last night and the night before, tommyknockers, tommyknockers, knockin' at the door. What is a tommyknocker? Some say they're mischievous little leprechaun-like creatures that pester unfortunate...

The Free Movie Series presents Hugo in honor of the IC Book Festival

DI STAFF July 12, 2012

The Summer of the Arts' Free Movie Series will show the film Hugo on Saturday on the Macbride lawn. Pre-film activities will be in conjunction with the Iowa Book Festival. The 2011 family film Hugo was...

The fourth annual Iowa City Book Festival kicks off on Friday

DI STAFF July 12, 2012

The fourth-annual Iowa City Book Festival, presented by the University of Iowa Libraries, will kick off Friday with the Literary Carnival at 7 p.m. More than 80 events will take place over the weekend...

Grammy winner Marc Cohn will perform at The Englert Thursday

DI STAFF July 12, 2012

Grammy award winning singer/songwriter Marc Cohn will perform at the Englert Theater, 221 E. Washington St., at 8 p.m. today. Iowa City will be the second stop on the performer's nationwide tour ending...

The UI Summer Opera presents HMS Pinafore

EMMA MCCLATCHEY July 12, 2012

Classic opera isn't just for 19th-century aristocrats — as the University of Iowa Summer Opera program can demonstrate. On Friday, the program will open its production of H.M.S. Pinafore, a comic opera...

Sherlock’s Last Case takes classic characters to new heights

EMMA MCCLATCHEY July 12, 2012

Perhaps the most famous fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes has been portrayed in dozens of books, TV shows, and movies — and now, on a University of Iowa stage. Members of the Iowa Summer Rep said...

Novelist Goolrick will share his stories at the Iowa City Book Festival

ELLE WIGNALL July 12, 2012

"I want people to feel like they're sitting down with the person telling a story,"New York Times bestseller author Robert Goolrick said. "I love a novel that sounds like you're being told...

"My Grandma’s songs" a collaboration between writer, artist

LU SHEN July 12, 2012

Two Iowa natives are turning the song "My Grandma's Song" into a picture book for children. "[When] two creative people come together, it's a meeting of the mind, hearts, and souls,"...

Moriarty writes to explore the lives of others

ELLE WIGNALL July 12, 2012

Novelist Laura Moriarty planned to use her degree in social work from the University of Kansas to go to medical school. "I had really liked to do something useful and pragmatic," she said. When...

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