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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

Walk It Out Multicultural Fashion Show celebrates differences in the Iowa City Community

JUSTUS FLAIR April 11, 2013

Fashion runways are filled with models who all look fairly similar and engage in nearly identical walks and turns. This will not be the case Saturday, when seven groups will present their unique styles...

Eleventh-Annual Iowa City Documentary Film Festival challenges convention

AUDREY DWYER April 11, 2013

When words and photos can no longer tell a story, filmmakers navigate to the obscure corners of reality to reveal the world in a new light. “What I realize about being a photojournalist, and now...

Beaver’s Night Out: The Pit

BEN VERHILLE April 11, 2013

Warm weather means Iowa cookouts, and no Iowa event is complete without pulled pork and barbecue. After my visit this week, I’ve found there is no place better to satisfy your cookout cravings than...

Stewart: Dark Moon is Full of Bright Ideas

SAM STEWART April 11, 2013

The GameCube was the first Nintendo home system to release without a Mario game, instead launching with a strange game called Luigi’s Mansion. Rather than the revolutionary new Mario experience we were...

Verhille: And the ‘Poo’ award goes to … Electronic Arts

DAN VERHILLE April 11, 2013

For the second year running, Electronic Arts has won the 2013 “Worst Company in America” tournament hosted by the consumerist.com. As the March Madness-style bracket wound down to the consumers’...

Stage managers: The theater’s backbone

EMMA MCCLATCHEY April 11, 2013

In the theater world, they are the coaches, athletes, pilots, waitresses, interpreters, hall monitors, first-responders, drill sergeants, psychiatrists, scribes, architects, and masterminds. And no,...

Beer of the Week: Rare Vos Amber Ale

DAN VERHILLE April 11, 2013

It should be no secret to anyone who reads my columns that I’m a big fan of the folks over at Ommegang. I’ve stayed away from reviewing another one of their beers for as long as possible, but in the...

Mission Creek Festival: Local restaurants to participate in a special festival brunch

SAMANTHA GENTRY April 4, 2013

In a pocket of Iowa City, a lonely patio waits for the promise of spring, a handmade wooden stage begs for a performer, and bar full of local beers awaits a thirsty customer. Here is Trumpet Blossom Café,...

Beaver’s Night Out: Motley Cow Cafe’s Mission Creek Festival dinner

BEN VERHILLE April 4, 2013

The Mission Creek Festival is featuring, for a second year, a food aspect that allows local restaurants to showcase their venue, cuisine, and atmosphere. Tuesday night provided us with an Iowa Pork Dinner...

KRUI Radio celebrates 29th anniversary with art exhibit, performances

EMMA MCCLATCHEY April 4, 2013

Five years after the Buggles announced that video had killed the radio star, Iowa City’s KRUI radio station told a very different story by expanding from AM to FM in 1984 — and it continued to...

UI MFA Candidate choreographers prepare for Thesis I performances

JUSTUS FLAIR April 4, 2013

Dancers executing combinations are an enchanting sight to behold. Of course, while the dancers are seen on stage, most people can’t see what happens before the piece is presented. What goes on behind...

Verhille: The Newest The Tyranny of King Washington delivers through Eagle Flights

DAN VERHILLE April 4, 2013

There is a new a way to travel in the latest episode of Tyranny of King Washington, and it is called eagle flight: welcome to the future. In my review of Infamy, the first episode in the Tyranny DLC series...