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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

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THE OUTER SPACE
Book and Lyrics by Ethan Lipton 
Music composed and performed by Ethan Lipton, Vito Dieterle, Eben Levy & Ian Riggs; Directed by Leigh Silverman; Scenic and Costume Design: David Zinn; Lighting Design: Ben Stanton; Sound Design: Nicholas Pope

Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra touch down at Hancher

Joshua Balicki, [email protected] October 26, 2017

The blue janitorial jumpsuits are subdued underneath a twinge of purple light. Glow-in-the-dark stars are scattered across the back wall as in the bedroom of a child. The set draws a fine line between...

Kevin "Pacsun" Kaine of the band Knocked Loose plays during a show at Blue Moose on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017. Knocked Loose is a hardcore punk band from Kentucky. (Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan)

Knocked Loose features energy and breakdowns

Sam Hookom, [email protected] October 23, 2017

Knocked Loose performs at the Blue Moose, demonstrating that the scene features camaraderie. On Oct. 21, hard-core band Knocked Loose kicked loose at the Blue Moose, 211 Iowa Ave., with Hollow Earth,...

The sound board is shown at the Flatbush Zombies concert at Blue Moose on Friday, April 8, 2016. Flatbush Zombies came to Iowa City to perform as part of the Mission Creek Festival running April 5-10th. (The Daily Iowan/ Courtney Hawkins)

Hard-core band Knocked Loose Knocking its way into Iowa City

Sam Hookom, [email protected] October 20, 2017

Coming off of its tour with metal-core giants Every Time I Die, Knocked Loose will headline a show at Blue Moose at 6 p.m. Saturday. The show will also feature Hollow Earth, Cut the Tongue, and Still...

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World-famous violinist greets Hancher Auditorium

Walk into the auditorium. The lights are dimmed. Wait for a world-class musician to take to the stage. The crowd applauds as he walks on, holding his instrument. He lifts the instrument, ready to take...

Latin rock takes the Hancher stage

Latin rock takes the Hancher stage

Salma Rios, [email protected] October 9, 2017

On Oct. 5, La Santa Cecilia performed at Hancher to a packed house. The band had been around the Iowa City area during the week, touring the city and visiting the campus and campus resource centers...

Legendary classic rocker Tom Petty performs with the Heartbreakers at the Hollywood Bowl on Thursday night, Sept. 21, 2017. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Tom Petty, Heartbreakers’ leader, dies at 66

October 3, 2017

The Heartbreakers’ frontman had been taken off life support in a Santa Monica hospital. He died late Monday night. By Joshua Balicki [email protected] TMZ has reported that Tom Petty, the frontman...

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Video: Jazz at Lincoln Center debuts at Hancher

September 25, 2017

Jazz at Lincoln Center, the resident 15-member orchestra of the Fredrick P. Rose Hall in New York City, performed for the first time at Hancher Friday night, transforming the auditorium into a house of...

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A brief history of jazz in Iowa

September 21, 2017

By Natalie Betz [email protected] After its birth in New Orleans, jazz became well-known because of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s and 1930s, and Iowa refuses to let the genre disappear. Before...

Englert gets its Goats

Englert gets its Goats

Sarah Stortz, [email protected] September 20, 2017

  In a pitch-black Englert on Sept. 13, the hymns of an orchestra murmured, with a devoted audience sitting in silence, waiting for the magic to begin. Around 9 p.m., red and blue fluorescent...

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Brother-based duo Cactus Blossoms blooming in the Mill

Lily Goodman, [email protected] September 12, 2017

Minnesota brothers Page Burkum and Jack Torrey didn’t have much of a plan when they started playing music together as the singer/songwriter duo The Cactus Blossoms. They mostly just wanted to play...

Festival goers listen to a set performed by Toomey at Blue Moose during the Middle of Nowhere Festival on Saturday Sept. 2, 2017. The Middle of Nowhere Festival is a new music festival in Iowa City meant to showcase electronic dance music in Iowa and the Midwest. (Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan)

There’s no place like the Middle of Nowhere

September 4, 2017

The Middle of Nowhere Festival resonated with the sonorous echoes of DJs all over the city. By Travis Coltrain [email protected] Sparks flew as electronic artists illuminated Iowa City’s...

Middle of Nowhere Festival revitalizes music in an unlikely place

Middle of Nowhere Festival revitalizes music in an unlikely place

Travis Coltrain, [email protected] August 31, 2017

Iowa City will experience an electrifying renaissance of art and history this weekend. Decades ago, when James Van Allen helped create one of the first analog synthesizers, he probably never imagined...