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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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Drink of the Week: Blue Moon First Peach Ale

DI STAFF February 12, 2015

Blue Moon has a beer for every season — and then some — but its peach ale is particularly spot-on. Reportedly designed with warm notes for cold days and zippy peach notes for the warmer, this brew...

Review: Limbo

JORDAN RYDER February 12, 2015

For gamers who have played their way through their holiday game list, I would like to suggest a game you have probably heard of at some point but never took the time to play; it is probably not quite like...

Review: Will Butler’s Policy

GRACE HAERR February 12, 2015

Among recording, touring, and performing as a member of the band Arcade Fire, Will Butler has very little time for himself. But when presented with a year of freedom in 2014, Butler told Chicago’s...

IC Comedy: Little Village Comedy Hour strikes again

CONOR MCBRIEN February 12, 2015

Going to be alone on Valentine’s Day? Good. We found you a reason to get out of the house around 7 p.m. Don’t worry; though the streets of Iowa City may be infested with those insufferable,...

Honoring farce

DEVYN YOUNG February 12, 2015

In the play Black Comedy, a sculptor waits for an art dealer in his London flat, which is bathed in darkness. Suddenly, the power goes out — and the lights come up on the disoriented characters, who...

Dan Gable to discuss Foxcatcher

EMMA MCCLATCHEY February 12, 2015

One of the state of Iowa’s most famous athletes, Dan Gable, will speak on one of the 2014’s most acclaimed films at 3 p.m. Saturday at FilmScene, 118 E. College St. Gable, a former Hawkeye...

Step Afrika to stop at IMU

ISAAC HAMLET February 12, 2015

Step dancing, or stepping, is a form of dance performed in many African-American fraternities and sororities. At 10 p.m. today in the IMU, Step Afrika, the first company dedicated to stepping, will perform. “The...

Q&A: rock ‘n’ roller JD McPherson

EMMA MCCLATCHEY February 12, 2015

Fresh off the release of his new album, Let the Good Times Roll, on Feb. 10, rocker JD McPherson plans to bring this belief to Iowa City tonight, where he will kick off his new tour. McPherson sat down...

Folk artists gather for new festival

JASMINE PUTNEY February 12, 2015

Actor, singer, and songwriter Chuck Mitchell has been around the block, from New York City and California to a farm outside of Detroit, and finally to a Mississippi River house in Iowa. With every move...

Second City to hit Englert

CLAIRE DIETZ February 12, 2015

Chicago’s Second City improv and sketch group has taught some of the world’s most successful comedians, including Chris Farley, Joan Rivers, Steve Carrell, and Stephen Colbert, to name a...

Dance faculty and graduates ‘take chances’

MICHAEL KADRIE February 12, 2015

A dancer moves to the music of a violin player and saxophonist. Their gloved hands moves through the air, simultaneously providing data for a computer program called HIDI, which uses them to create a unique,...

Seven plays, 70 minutes

JUSTUS FLAIR February 12, 2015

Lauren Watt is kind of a theatrical superhero. From crying actors to flickering lights to water splashed across the stage, the stage manager handles it all without a blonde hair out of place.  When...

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