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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Recap: Pure Bathing Culture at Yacht Club for Mission Creek

Recap: Pure Bathing Culture at Yacht Club for Mission Creek

April 9, 2016

By Justus Flair | [email protected] The dark, underground basement vibe of Yacht Club was perfect for Pure Bathing Culture with Pillar Point and MAIDS on Friday night. Though the headliners...

photo by Brooklyn Kascel/The Daily Iowan

Recap: PHOX rocks the Mill for Mission Creek Festival

Justus Flair, [email protected] April 8, 2016

PHOX filled the Mill on Thursday night for Mission Creek, a far cry from their performance in the venue four years ago that had, according to lead singer Monica Martin, "like, six or seven people." After...

photo by Margaret Kispert/The Daily Iowan

Recap: The Joy Formidable at Englert

Tom Ackerman, [email protected] April 8, 2016

If you haven’t seen the five-foot-something Ritzy Bryan perform, you wouldn’t have anticipated the energy her Welsh alternative rock outfit The Joy Formidable brought to the Englert Theater on...

Marilynne Robinson read Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay "The American Scholar" at Englert Theater on December 9, 2015. (Daily Iowan/Karley Finkel)

Marilynne Robinson honored with fiction award

Marilynne Robinson will soon have another award to add to her growing list of honors. Her other awards include the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction she won in 2005 and the National Humanities Medal that U.S....

Terry Zwigoff answers questions at FilmScene during the Mission Creek Festival on Thursday, April 7, 2016. Mission Creek Festival will be in Iowa City April 5-10th. (The Daily Iowan/Courtney Hawkins)

Q&A: Director Tery Zwigoff

Critically acclaimed director Terry Zwigoff (Louie Bluie, Crumb, Bad Santa) visited FilmScene, 118 E. College St., Thursday night to talk about his work and wrap up the venue’s monthlong retrospective...

Contributed

‘Black Art/White Space’ to discuss working as black, female artists in white spaces

April 7, 2016

By Cassandra Santiago [email protected] Sitting on the panel of Black Art/White Space crept up on Alea Adigweme; she was offered the spot to replace an absentee. Despite the suddenness,...

photo by Jordan Gale/The Daily Iowan

Recap: Son Lux at Gabe’s for Mission Creek

Son Lux’s appearance at Gabes, 330 E. Washington St., marked the band’s first performance in Iowa City, and it is sure to leave an impact. The trio hailing from Brooklyn, New York, have been celebrating...

Illustration by Zebedia Wahls

Kembrew McLeod and Lisa Jane Persky, a match made in the underground, recreate the world of ’60s punk

April 7, 2016

Forty 40-year-old photographs, printed on vinyl and hung by giant safety pins, cover the white walls of the Englert Theater’s second floor gallery. Black and white faces smile, smirk, and smize from...

Calendar

Calendar

April 6, 2016

Contributed.

Artists to show off work during Spring Art Exposé

Isaac Hamlet, [email protected] April 6, 2016

Art can draw from an unending palettte of sights and textures to color our emotions. Artists use tempered talents to express thoughts and truths unrestrained by the limitations of spoken syllables. On...

The National Advanced Driving Simulator projector is shown on Tuesday, April 5, 2016. The simulator creates realistic 360 degree street views of Iowa City. (The Daily Iowan/Tawny Schmit)

Daniel McGehee to hold lecture on computer-driven cars

Jordan Ryder, [email protected] April 6, 2016

Riding in the Volvo XC90 that will be used as a demonstration was alarming but exhilarating. The number of tasks the car can perform is amazing. Sensors scan every direction for cars and pedestrians, allowing...

Drinks of the week

Drinks of the week

April 6, 2016

Coconut Creek Simple, light, and frothy. Perfect to just chill and listen to one of the several bands playing across the city for Mission Creek Festival. The Mill’s Coconut Creek off their Mission...