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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

43 Years of Old Time Music

ISAAC HAMLET September 12, 2013

A constant stream of music, instrument dealers, and food vendors will fill the Johnson County Fairgrounds in celebration of Old Time Music. Here, Iowans will be immersed in bluegrass, Celtic, American...

Order an appetizer at Atlas

BEN VERHILLE September 12, 2013

Every once in a while, lucky college kids have the opportunity to score a free meal in Iowa City. For my female peers down here, it isn’t that hard to come upon. For me, it took turning 21. I had to...

Pixie Pitfall

MICHAEL CROSE September 12, 2013

With Chicago’s Riot Fest on this weekend’s horizon, fans of ’80s, ’90s, and early 2000s punk rock are granted an opportunity to once again bask in the sounds orchestrated by the...

Tales of an International student

SIQI WANG September 12, 2013

Like most international students, I came to the United States after finishing high school, when I was 18 years old. Now I am 21 — and like most of my American peers, I love meeting new friends, experiencing...

Kings of Hip-Hop hit Iowa

DI STAFF September 12, 2013

Mobb Deep, a hip-hop duo from Queens, N.Y., will take the Englert Theater stage this weekend. The group consists of Prodigy and Havoc, both of whom contribute verses to the songs, and Havoc is also a...

Late Night Burritos

BEN VERHILLE September 5, 2013

Ayy, Mami. Just in case I end up on the wrong side of the Pedestrian Mall, I felt as if a new late-night food venue would be a good idea to locate. I feel that this weekend will be spent with more time...

Zappa pushes boundaries

SIQI WANG September 5, 2013

Grammy-Award-winner Dweezil Zappa will bring his show “Zappa Plays Zappa” to the Englert stage this weekend. The American rock guitarist and occasional actor hopes to use music as a tool to...

A combo of Drake and Emily Dickinson

MICHAEL CROCE September 5, 2013

Dessa is a poet, an author, a rapper, a singer, an educator, a streetwise philosopher, and an overall artist with a powerful voice (on and off the page) and dexterity for nailing the right notes among...

Apple Nation Rises

EMMA MCCLATCHEY September 5, 2013

“Fresh” is an ongoing obsession for foodies, and when it comes to apples, there’s nothing fresher than right off the branch. Wilson’s Orchard, 2924 Orchard Lane N.E., has thousands...

A Very Sexy Comedy

JUSTUS FLAIR September 5, 2013

Plunged into darkness and silence as the lights cut out and the air conditioner stopped whirling, Riverside Theater seemed to be an ominous place. Huge, dim, and empty, the theater, 213 N. Gilbert...

Trevor Talks Boston

ISAAC HAMLET September 5, 2013

Walt Steadman is a Harvard dropout who just survived a shooting in a Boston café. He is one of the main characters in Douglas Trevor’s new novel, Girls I Know, from which he will read at 7 p.m....

Five years of Hawkeye pride

JUSTUS FLAIR August 29, 2013

Hayden Fry — the man, the legend, the Hawkeye. This year, the annual extravaganza of FRY Fest will celebrate five years of fans bleeding Black and Gold. The event will take place all day Friday beginning...