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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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80 Hours staff members pick their 2012 favorites

DI STAFF December 13, 2012

What is the best thing to happen in 2012? That's a rhetorical question, maybe. We from the Daily Iowan 80 Hours staff found it too difficult to answer that question with one answer, so we didn't. Instead,...

Beer of the Week: Trois Pistoles Unibroue

DAN VERHILLE December 13, 2012

Name: Trois Pistoles Unibroue Product Of: Unibroue Brewery, Chambly, Québec, Canada Serving Style: Snifter, chilled Size: 12 fluid oounces I'd heard good things about the Unibroue brewery in the past,...

UI Youth Ballet to perform this weekend

RANA MOUSTAFA December 13, 2012

This weekend, smaller ballet shoes will glide on the stage of North Hall’s Space/Place. The University of Iowa Youth Ballet will put on its end-of-the-semester performance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday...

Working Group Theater raises funds for new project

EMILY BURDS December 13, 2012

On Dec. 16, the community can support an entertaining cause. The nonprofit organization Working Theater Group, which has brought actors and local musicians together to benefit local causes several times,...

Annual Festival of Carols event attracts about 800 participants

AUDREY DWYER December 13, 2012

People can join a yearly celebration of Yuletide cheer at 7 p.m. today at the Englert Theater, 221 E. Washington St. This years’ Festival of Carols will include people singing about good tidings...

UI Writer’s Workshop alum’s debut novel chosen for Oprah’s book club

RANA MOUSTAFA December 13, 2012

Last week, Oprah Winfrey chose the novel Twelve Tribes of Hattie, written by 39-year-old Iowa Writers’ Workshop alum Ayana Mathis, as the next book on the list of her newly launched Book Club 2.0. According...

Local band drops highly anticipated second album

RANA MOUSTAFA December 13, 2012

Iowa City’s local rock and roll band Item 9 & the Mad Hatters will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington St. The concert will be a celebration of the band’s second...

Euforquestra to host annual benefit show

AUDREY DWYER December 13, 2012

The band members of Euforquestra travel all over the country, but they keep Iowa City close to their hearts. The guys will return home for their annual benefit show, Home for the Holidays III Benefit,...

The Mill celebrates 50th anniversary

EMMA MCCLATCHEY December 13, 2012

While more than 200,000 small businesses have closed their doors in the last few years, super-corporations Walmart, Taco Bell, Crate and Barrel, and Kmart — all established in 1962 celebrated 50th anniversaries. An...

Tallgrass to perform for Iowa Shares benefit concert

SAMANTHA GENTRY December 13, 2012

In the intimate environment of the Englert Theater, pounding rhythms of "Dirt Stomping Soul" will vibrate through the space. Audience members will enjoy a night of giving back while sitting...

Artist creates painting book to spread awareness about organization

RANA MOUSTAFA December 6, 2012

“It all started with a cow,” reads the mission statement of Heifer International. Heifer is a nonprofit organization that began in the mid-1940s, donating cows to European countries to aid...

Want to win a DVD copy of Ted?

DI STAFF December 6, 2012

Want to win a DVD copy of Ted? Send us a tweet with your answers for the following questions to @DrDaily by 11:59 p.m. Dec. 9, and you’ll be entered in the contest. Follow @unipicturesiowa for hints...

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