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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Yacht Club to host Henhouse Prowlers

EMMA MCCLATCHEY July 18, 2013

Armed with traditional suits and bluegrass instruments, the Henhouse Prowlers of Chicago will perform at the Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn St., at 10 p.m. Saturday. The group’s set list will include music...

Friday concert features Feralings, Awful Purdies

MEREDITH CULLEN July 18, 2013

To change things up in the seven-week long Iowa City’s Summer of the Arts Friday Night Concert Series, two distinctive bands, the Feralings and Awful Purdies, will both perform. The concert series...

Chait Galleries features a range of local art

MEREDITH CULLEN July 11, 2013

Chait Galleries—called “the best kept secret in Iowa City” by gallery co-owner Benjamin Chait—is touted as the hidden gem of Iowa City, providing local and regional artists the chance to...

10th-annual Camp Euforia music festival kicks off Friday

HOPE WILSON July 11, 2013

Camp Euforia, a festival on a farm near Lone Tree, will celebrate 10 years of music and camping beginning Friday. The festival, founded by the Iowa City-based (originally) band Eufórquestra, got...

Q&A: Chasing Shade

DI STAFF July 11, 2013

As local Iowa City band Chasing Shade grows in numbers, so do the players’ ambitions. Seen by many local observers as one of the hardest working bands, Chasing Shade lived up to this title in recent...

ICPL celebrates the 200th anniversary of Pride and Prejudice

BRETT KARLAN July 11, 2013

It’s a book so popular that Nialle Sylvan, the owner of the Haunted Bookshop, 203 N. Linn St., said it has spawned its own genre of fiction. She is not, however, talking about Harry Potter or Twilight. The...

Electronic dance music on the rise

STEFAN JURAN July 11, 2013

People like to dance, and few musical genres facilitate dancing like electronic music. With the rise of DJ superstars such as Skrillex and Pretty Lights, electronic dance music is steadily becoming a part...

The Eleventh Hour to discuss literature to film adaptation

LU SHEN July 11, 2013

The Great Gatsby has been adapted to film six times, including the most recent 3D version. Yet there are a thousand Gatsbys in a thousand people’s eyes. Nick Twemlow, a poet and filmmaker, will...

Beer of the Week: Baraboo Fireworks Blue Berry Ale

DAN VERHILLE July 11, 2013

Product of: Baraboo Brewing Company, Stevens Point, WI Serving Style: glass
bottle to pint glass Size: 12 fluid ounces The Blueberry Ale is a fantastic example of well-brewed beer
that isn't getting...

Beadology Iowa offers dozens of courses for mastering new crafts

MEREDITH CULLEN July 3, 2013

Thousands of glittering beads color the walls in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Beautiful stones are lined up in color combinations just waiting to be strung onto a bracelet or necklace. Beadology Iowa,...

Bijou to host the The Shining-focused documentary, Room 237

HOPE WILSON July 3, 2013

The Bijou invites audiences deep into the maze of director Stanley Kubrick’s mind through the film Room 237 this weekend. Described as a “subjective documentary” on the Bijou’s...

Downtown fireworks show on Friday

EMMA MCCLATCHEY July 3, 2013

This year’s Independence Day fireworks will take place one day after the fact for downtown Iowa City. The city’s annual fireworks show will occur on Friday around 9:45 p.m. The fireworks will be shot...

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