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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

Concert goers dance to the music of The Surf Zombies in Iowa City's Ped Mall Friday night. The Surf Zombies are from Cedar Rapids and drew a large crowd Friday night for Friday Night Concert Series inside the Ped Mall. (The Daily Iowan/Sergio Flores)

Friday night joy graces IC

August 27, 2015

As August nears an end, you may begin to feel you’re wasting your warm summer nights searching for something to switch up your dull, repetitive routine. Summer of the Arts will attempt to provide a solution...

Comedy meets beats meets who knows?

Comedy meets beats meets who knows?

August 27, 2015

By Jasmine Putney [email protected] COMEDY What: Dakaboom When: 10 p.m. Friday Where: IMU Hawkeye Room Admission: Free A cappella and beat box, falsetto and bass, pop and hip-hop. Musical...

Maine-lining the indie-folk scene

Maine-lining the indie-folk scene

August 27, 2015

By Tessa Solomon [email protected] The Brunswick, Maine, local rental store DVD Explosion was closed for the day, but Aly Spaltro was still there working. She had transformed the store’s basement...

Hancher Auditorium construction continues on Wednesday Oct. 8, 2014. The new UI building is set to open Fall 2016. (Daily Iowan/Courtney Hawkins)

Dreaming big in new Hancher

August 27, 2015

By Grace Pateras [email protected] From sitting in the Hancher Auditorium audience as a child to performing on its stage and launching a career touring across the country, one successful Iowan...

Batman: Arkham Knight and a look at E3

Batman: Arkham Knight and a look at E3

August 27, 2015

Game Rating: 8.5/10 By Jordan Ryder [email protected] Arkham Knight is both hands down my favorite Arkham title and a fitting conclusion to the series. Plot is difficult to discuss without spoiling...

Climbing to Olympus

Climbing to Olympus

July 19, 2015

Bands come and go in Iowa City, as in any music scene. Dependable as the tides, the town has a steady inward and outward flow of young artistic talent, both university-nurtured and otherwise. Not every...

Summer rocks the area

Summer rocks the area

July 19, 2015

Things to do in Iowa City this summer (For free or very little cost). Visit a local park or bike trail Iowa is blessed with an abundance of accessible nature. Thankfully, parks in Iowa City, Coralville,...

Funny business

Funny business

April 29, 2015

By Conor McBrien Comedy can be tough. It forces performers to be creatures of the night. They work in spotlights in the center of dim rooms. Their habitats are basements, bars, and theaters But this artform...

City Circle summons Into the Woods back to the stage

City Circle summons Into the Woods back to the stage

April 29, 2015

By Devyn Young At the beginning of the show, there are three pieces onstage: a chimney, a fireplace, and the outside of the cottage, a black curtain serving as a backdrop. The narrator, a man dressed entirely...

Eufórquestra comes home for a cause

ASHLEY MURPHY December 18, 2014

A perfectly sculpted mustache, sweat band, and, of course, its new song “Fire” prepare Eufórquestra for an intense game of Ping-Pong in the track’s music video. Saxophones, guitars,...

The best of 2014

JUSTUS FLAIR December 18, 2014

Best Albums 1989, Taylor Swift Swift’s transition into pop music was met with rousing success, as 1989 — with the hit singles “Shake It Off” and “Blank Space” — became...

Catfish Keith is no bottom-feeder

JASMINE PUTNEY December 18, 2014

Although Keith Kozacik — more commonly known as Catfish Keith — was born in Indiana and raised in Davenport,he has a talent for capturing the soulful sound of the Deep South. Drawn to Keith’s...