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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

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Beer of the Week: Citra Blonde

DAN VERHILLE August 1, 2013

Name: Citra Blonde Product of: Widmer Brothers Brewing Co., Portland, Ore. Serving Size: 12 fluid ounces, 4.3 percent ABV Serving Style: Glass bottle to pint glass This summer, I’ve come around to...

Jesse White Band to perform with Chasing Shade

STEFAN JURAN August 1, 2013

Rising local group the Jesse White Band will perform in the Friday Night Concert Series after Chasing Shade tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. in the Pedestrian Mall Weatherdance Fountain Stage. “I am a big...

Q&A: Steel Wheels

HOPE WILSON August 1, 2013

The Steel Wheels will bring a mixture of mountain sound and old-time musical tradition to the Mill, 120 E. Burlington St., this evening with four men, four instruments, and one microphone. Formed in Harrisonburg,...

Tipton holds independent film fest, Hardacre

BRETT KARLAN August 1, 2013

A two-day, independent- and art-house-film festival, housed in an historic and prestigious old movie theater. An event such as this is bread and butter for the Iowa City arts community. But this festival...

Review: the summer in albums

STEFAN JURAN August 1, 2013

Some of the most influential albums of the year have been released in the last couple months. With that in mind, and with its being the last few weeks of summer, I thought I would walk through some of...

UI Spotlight: Ridge and Furrow

DI STAFF August 1, 2013

The University of Iowa has its own wealth of public art, including the enigmatic boulder on the Anne Cleary walkway, affectionately called "the brain" by some UI students. Here are some facts...

Public art adds to downtown culture

EMMA MCCLATCHEY August 1, 2013

When street-side trees don yarn sweaters and the surface of Pedestrian Mall benches seem to transform overnight, downtown Iowa City strollers take notice. But there is more to Iowa City’s outdoor...

Sonn: City kids at a country fair

BARRETT SONN August 1, 2013

It’s late summer in Iowa, which means funnel-cake stands and carny-operated Ferris wheels are going up in virtually every part of the state. It’s a time that conjures a lot of memories and some nostalgia...

Tilly: The salad menace

ZACH TILLY August 1, 2013

While you were stuck in Iowa City, the food-borne stomach bug cyclospora spent its summer on a freewheeling trip through 16 states, mostly in the central and southern United States, getting to know at...

Editorial: The scourge of sex trafficking

DI EDITORIAL BOARD August 1, 2013

Sex trafficking is often a problem associated with dark corners of the developing world, but the unfortunate truth is that the trafficking of minors is an American problem as well. In fact, the FBI just...

Dolphins sign former Hawkeye Keenan Davis

CODY GOODWIN August 1, 2013

The Miami Dolphins have signed former Iowa wide receiver Keenan Davis. Miami was looking for some depth at wide receiver after Armon Binns suffered an injury in training camp. The Dolphins responded promptly...

Ferentz to get "carwashed"

CODY GOODWIN August 1, 2013

Kirk Ferentz will spend today in Bristol, Conn., where he’ll go through a car wash. Not a real one, of course. Ferentz will visit ESPN headquarters in Bristol today, along with other Big Ten football...

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