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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

UI students and faculty anticipate The Hobbit

JUSTUS FLAIR December 13, 2012

Theories of alternate realities have been around for centuries. Most were concerned with aliens and extraterrestrials, but J.R.R. Tolkien took a different approach when he created his own world in his...

Stewart: Nintendo Land manages to rise above tech demo status

SAM STEWART December 13, 2012

Nintendo Land For the release of its new system, the Wii U, Nintendo has concocted Nintendo Land*, another great pack-in meant to show off its new controller’s bells and whistles. But unlike Wii Sports,...

Iowa City businesses do their part during the holidays

AUDREY DWYER December 13, 2012

With tables stocked with delicately laden treats and handmade gifts, a local pop-up store creates an atmosphere that embraces the spirit of the holiday season. “Merci,” the French word for...

80 Hours staff members pick their 2012 favorites

DI STAFF December 13, 2012

What is the best thing to happen in 2012? That's a rhetorical question, maybe. We from the Daily Iowan 80 Hours staff found it too difficult to answer that question with one answer, so we didn't. Instead,...

Beer of the Week: Trois Pistoles Unibroue

DAN VERHILLE December 13, 2012

Name: Trois Pistoles Unibroue Product Of: Unibroue Brewery, Chambly, Québec, Canada Serving Style: Snifter, chilled Size: 12 fluid oounces I'd heard good things about the Unibroue brewery in the past,...

UI Youth Ballet to perform this weekend

RANA MOUSTAFA December 13, 2012

This weekend, smaller ballet shoes will glide on the stage of North Hall’s Space/Place. The University of Iowa Youth Ballet will put on its end-of-the-semester performance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday...

Working Group Theater raises funds for new project

EMILY BURDS December 13, 2012

On Dec. 16, the community can support an entertaining cause. The nonprofit organization Working Theater Group, which has brought actors and local musicians together to benefit local causes several times,...

Annual Festival of Carols event attracts about 800 participants

AUDREY DWYER December 13, 2012

People can join a yearly celebration of Yuletide cheer at 7 p.m. today at the Englert Theater, 221 E. Washington St. This years’ Festival of Carols will include people singing about good tidings...

UI Writer’s Workshop alum’s debut novel chosen for Oprah’s book club

RANA MOUSTAFA December 13, 2012

Last week, Oprah Winfrey chose the novel Twelve Tribes of Hattie, written by 39-year-old Iowa Writers’ Workshop alum Ayana Mathis, as the next book on the list of her newly launched Book Club 2.0. According...

Local band drops highly anticipated second album

RANA MOUSTAFA December 13, 2012

Iowa City’s local rock and roll band Item 9 & the Mad Hatters will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington St. The concert will be a celebration of the band’s second...

UI undergraduates and graduate students join together for performance

AUDREY DWYER December 6, 2012

Choreographers and dancers look within themselves, overcome self-doubt, and step out of their comfort zones to discover something beautiful. They spend hours perfecting movements with hopes of getting...

The Mill to host high school student jazz concert

EMMA MCCLATCHEY December 6, 2012

Take away the grand stage, the sharply dressed conductor, and the sheet music. Now add some horns and drums, a dash of style, and a whole lot of chemistry, and you’ll get jazz — a complex genre...

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