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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Concertgoers wait between sets at Gabe’s in Iowa City on Wednesday, April 4, 2018. The show was one of a variety of events during the second day of the Mission Creek festival. (Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan)

ICE CREAM Fair offers space for cartoonists, zinesters

Fair Cartoonists and ‘zinesters’ had their space to showcase work during Mission Creek at the Iowa City Expo for Comics and Real Eclectic Media Fair.
Community members listened to a talk held at Big Grove Taproom on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. Multiple researches from the University of Iowa used 3D mapping technology to scan beer caves on the north side of Iowa City. This lecture was a part of a series held by Big Grove, detailing the history of brewing in Iowa City. (Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Fly Fishing Film Tour comes to Iowa City

Matthew Kinney, [email protected] April 5, 2018
The 12th-annual Fly Fishing Tour heads to Big Grove Brewery this weekend.
Sydney Kuhel performs as a fly in a rehearsal of "Visual Mixtape" on Tuesday, April 3, 2018, in the UI Theatre Building. Visual Mixtape, directed by Joe Osheroff, is a nonverbal, ensemble-based mask show. (The Daily Iowan/Olivia Sun)

Professional mask artist and actor creates a musical world

Sarah Stortz, [email protected] April 5, 2018
Since coming to the UI through a Grant Wood Fellowship, Joe Osheroff has worked on a project mixing masks and dance.
The writer Leslie Jamison (USA), New York, New York, August 15, 2017.  Photograph © Beowulf Sheehan mail@beowulfsheehan.com

Iowa Writers‘ Workshop grad rediscovers the gist of reinvention in her new memoir

Joshua Balicki, [email protected] April 5, 2018
Writers’ Workshop graduate Leslie Jamison has written a new memoir, The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath.
Spectators take their seats before a conversation with Roxane Gay, Amber Tamblyn, and Jessica Hopper at the Englert Theatre on April 4, 2018. The proceeds from ticket sales will benefit Girls Rock! Iowa City.
(Megan Nagorzanski/The Daily Iowan)

Gay, Tamblyn talk art and lit

Roxanne Gay and Amber Tamblyn talk art and literature.
Gabe's during Mission Creek on Thursday, April 6, 2017. (File Photo/The Daily Iowan)

Gabe’s kicks off its Mission Creek performances with Minnesota rapper Dessa.

Troy Adritch, [email protected] April 5, 2018
The Minnesota-based rapper, Dessa, brought tracks from her latest album, Chime, together with the Chicagoland electronic-pop band MONAKR, which opened for her.
Middle Eastern comedian comes to Mission Creek

Middle Eastern comedian comes to Mission Creek

Elly Woods, [email protected] April 5, 2018
Bassem Youssef, referred to as the ‘Jon Stewart of the Arab World,’ will be at Hancher on Saturday as a part of Mission Creek.
Author Lisa Palmer reads her book Hot Hungry Planet: The Fight to Stop the Global Food Crisis at Prairie Lights on Tuesday, Apr. 3, 2018. (James Year/The Daily Iowan)

Environmentalist warns the world of impending hunger catastrophe

Maria Kuiper, [email protected] April 4, 2018
Environmental journalist and author Lisa Palmer discussed issues of hunger and climate change at a Prarie Lights reading Wednesday Night
Up-and-coming indie singer Billie Eilish to play the IMU

Up-and-coming indie singer Billie Eilish to play the IMU

Elly Woods, [email protected] March 29, 2018
Indie-pop newcomer Billie Eilish will play the IMU April 2. The 16-year-old LA native has been recognized by VEVO, Apple Music, and others.
Crystals of experience, raindrops on fields at Prairie Lights

Crystals of experience, raindrops on fields at Prairie Lights

Writers’ Workshop Director Lan Samantha Chang and Nan Cohen will read from their work at Prairie Lights at 7 p.m. today.
Writers Workshop graduate Joseph Cassara was discussing with Patrick Nathan,  the author of  the novel Some Hell at the Prairie Lights on Wednesday at 7PM, March 28, 2018.  Patrick read his new book Some Hell and talked about his inspiration for the book (Yue Zhang/The Daily Iowan)

Patrick Nathan discusses debut novel “Some Hell” at Prairie Lights

Emma Sailor, [email protected] March 29, 2018
The book details a young gay teen’s struggle to cope with familial dysfunction and his conflicted sense of identity in the wake of his father’s suicide.
Graduate students in the Universtiy of Iowa's Department of Dance and guest artists perform in the Graduate Thesis Concert at Space Place Theater on Tuesday, Mar. 27, 2018. (David Harmantas/The Daily Iowan)

Finding a voice through movement

Sarah Stortz, [email protected] March 29, 2018
Graduate students Ashley Bassett and Angella Bettina Carlos discuss a long-term collaboration.