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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

Words come alive at Blue Moose

Words come alive at Blue Moose

Adam Buhck, [email protected] November 18, 2015

The word is alive and it’s at Blue Moose. Metalcore outfit the Word Alive will bring the roof down at Blue Moose at 5:30 p.m. Saturday. After supporting metalcore giants Motionless in White and the...

Intimate music for his ‘friends’

Intimate music for his ‘friends’

November 13, 2015

By Girindra Selleck [email protected] The enormous but rarely noticed neo-Gothic chandeliers hanging from the ceiling of the IMU Main Lounge looked as though they could have been part of Iron...

Review: Casey Veggies

Review: Casey Veggies

Grace Pateras, [email protected] November 13, 2015

At 8:15 p.m., hip-hop artist Casey Veggies waited in an alley by Blue Moose, 211 Iowa, before show time. He’s not alone; he sat on a bucket seat inside a red minivan with an Arizona license plate next...

The world comes to boogie down

The world comes to boogie down

November 12, 2015

By Devyn Young [email protected] Iowa City, a U.N. City of Literature, will be a city of music this weekend, becoming the home of the largest Blues and Boogie-Woogie music festival in the country. The...

Cultural ‬showcase flashes talent

Cultural ‬showcase flashes talent

November 12, 2015

By Cassandra Santiago [email protected] The Celebrating Cultural Diversity Festival is out. The Cultural Showcase is in. The Campus Activities Board will host its third-annual cultural shindig...

To dream the possible dream

To dream the possible dream

November 12, 2015

By Jasmine Putney [email protected] Below lies a world with perfectly sculpted faces and false legs that dance. A blissful dream in which almost anything is possible. But this world is punctured...

On honesty about men

On honesty about men

November 12, 2015

By Claire Dietz [email protected] Mary-Louise Parker presents a brutally honest tale of the men in her life that have influenced her, for better and for worse, in Dear Mr. You. Parker, best known...

Drink of the Week: Sweet Lemon

Drink of the Week: Sweet Lemon

November 12, 2015

Sweet Lemon If you miss the summer with the weather getting colder and want a taste of a Southern Summer try a Sweet Lemon. It’s one of those drinks that makes you want to sit on the porch and watch...

Actors are shown onstage during the Arcadia dress rehearsal inside the Theatre Building on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015. Arcadia will premiere Nov. 13th-Nov. 15th in Mabie Theatre at the Theatre Building. (The Daily Iowan/Courtney Hawkins)

Searching for the real world in history

November 12, 2015

By Tessa Solomon [email protected]     Science, scandals, and history will unfold and overlap in the confines of one room, the set of Arcadia. The play will open 8 p.m. Friday in the Theater...

Animaris Umerus, Silent beach, The Netherlands (2009). Courtesy of Theo Jansen. Photo by Loek van der Klis

‘Beesting’ intelligence

Girindra Selleck, [email protected] November 11, 2015

On Tuesday night, one of the world’s most creative minds graced the University of Iowa campus. If you haven’t heard of Theo Jansen yet, it is about time that you do. Jansen is a Dutch kinetic artist...

Don’t vegetate, live & grow

Don’t vegetate, live & grow

Grace Pateras, [email protected] November 11, 2015

Tonight, California rapper Casey Veggies will visit Iowa City to promote his new album, Live & Grow. While he’s on tour around the country, his hit single “Tied Up” can be heard on the radio....

Falling awake, loudly

Falling awake, loudly

Adam Buhck, [email protected] November 11, 2015

Five bands will pack into Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington St., at 6 p.m. Friday for a jam-packed event sure to leave more than a few ears ringing.Dover, Delaware, rockers Awake At Last will headline the show,...