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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

Colorado natives Jet Edison to play Yacht Club

AUDREY DWYER May 9, 2013

Through the action and reaction from band member to audience, a musical connection is made. With a new album set to release in late July, the band members have some new tricks up their sleeve for Saturday's...

Iowa City Community String Orchestra and UI faculty to celebrate Mother’s Day with music

EMILY BURDS May 9, 2013

The Iowa City Community String Orchestra will celebrate spring and Mother’s Day with a concert at the Englert Theater, 221 E. Washington St., at 3 p.m. May 12. The event is free and open to the public. This...

Southeastern neighborhood in Iowa City celebrates its community with live music

EMILY BURDS May 9, 2013

This weekend, one often overlooked neighborhood will come together to celebrate the community and the music bringing them together. On Saturday, the 319 Music Festival will return to Wetherby Park for...

Beer of the Week: Eagle Claw Fist Imperial Amber Ale

DAN VERHILLE May 9, 2013

Product of: Clown Shoes, Massachusetts Serving Size: 1 pint, 6 fluid ounces, 8 percent ABV Serving Style: Glass pint Sporting one of the most entertaining label and description I’ve ever come...

Take your next lunch break at Graze

BEN VERHILLE May 9, 2013

Local small-plate restaurant Graze describes itself as a “food guru experience.” The establishment, quietly nestled on the Pedestrian Mall, 115 E. College St., with a small outdoor patio,...

Award-winning author Robin Hemley to read from his newly released memoir

DAN VERHILLE May 9, 2013

This week will be the last chance to hear award-winning author Robin Hemley before he departs Iowa City to assume his position as the director of writing program at the Yale-National University of Singapore...

Iowa New Play Festival to showcase more than a dozen new scripts from the Iowa Playwrights’ Workshop

JUSTUS FLAIR May 9, 2013

In the past four days, seven plays have taken the stage (or have been read) in the Theater Building. The original works, part of the Iowa New Play Festival, were written by University of Iowa playwrights. The...

UI Dance Department to finish season with two undergraduate performances

JUSTUS FLAIR May 9, 2013

Go big or go home. The Dance Department seems to be using this as its motto this week as it finishes the year with the Undergraduate Concert running today through Saturday at 8 p.m. and the B.F.A. Event...

Comedian Aziz Ansari to perform new material for a sold-out crowd on Friday

EMMA MCCLATCHEY May 9, 2013

Comedian Aziz Ansari has recalled awkward encounters with Jay-Z and Kanye West, parodied Justin Bieber’s song “Baby” as his brash alter ego Raaaaaaaandy, and rebuked Coldstone Creamery...

Cobb: In marriage and family, equal is equal

GUEST COLUMN May 9, 2013

“Equal is equal,” Camilla Taylor tells us in Monday’s issue of The Daily Iowan (“Court backs same-sex parents”). Taylor was speaking about the Iowa Supreme Court’s recent...

Richson: Family, not labels

BRIANNE RICHSON May 9, 2013

An Iowa Supreme Court ruling now requires the state Public Health Department to allow both same-sex parents’ names to be listed on their children’s birth certificates. While this seems like a no-brainer...

Overton: Low voter turnout unacceptable

JON OVERTON May 9, 2013

On Tuesday, approximately 85 percent of Johnson County voters decided against taking time to fill in a bubble at a special election for a proposed $43.5 million bond to build the proposed justice center. Considering...

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