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Author Charles Holdefer gets Back in the Game

ELLE WIGNALL • July 19, 2012

Writer and teacher Charles Holdefer will return to Iowa City next week with his latest novel in tow. "I'm trying to make what I see intelligible," Holdefer said. "I think that's what everyone...

Third "City of Witerature" to be held Friday at The Haunted Bookshop

DI STAFF • July 19, 2012

The third "City of Witerature" comedic reading series event will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at the Haunted Bookshop, 203 N. Linn St. Local TV host Yale Cohn came up with the idea of "City...

Mike Mangione & The Union to perform in Cedar Rapids on July 24

DI STAFF • July 19, 2012

Mike Mangione & the Union will perform at the CSPS Hall, 1103 Third Street S.E., Cedar Rapids, on July 24. The band, which features a mix of folk rock and orchestrated strings, sets out to create...

Tracks from the Past: System of a Down – Toxicity

DI STAFF • July 19, 2012

You know the tune. You just don't know the words. Wake up / Something something something something makeup / Something something something something shake-up / Something something something something...

Limbs will perform at Blue Moose Tap House Friday

DI STAFF • July 19, 2012

The electronica/hip-hop/alternative rock band Limbs will perform at the Blue Moose Tap House, 211 Iowa Ave., at 9 p.m. Friday. The band — featuring Ty James, Nick Jenkins, Alex Fischels, Travis Patten,...

Beer of the Week: Yeastie Boys’ Pot Kettle Black

DI STAFF • July 19, 2012

Music and beer are two of life's simple pleasures. Why not combine the two? The Yeastie Boys are a pair of New Zealand brewers with a hilarious moniker (I'm a sucker for awful puns) and a serious talent...

Birds of Chicago will perform at The Mill Friday

DI STAFF • July 19, 2012

The Birds of Chicago will perform at the Mill, 120 E. Burlington St., at 6:30 p.m. Friday. The group features J.T. Nero and Allison Russell and their respective bands. According to the band's official...

Third "City of Witerature" to be held Friday at The Haunted Bookshop

DI STAFF • July 19, 2012

The third "City of Witerature" comedic reading series event will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at the Haunted Bookshop, 203 N. Linn St. Local TV host Yale Cohn came up with the idea of "City...

Tracks from the Past: System of a Down – Toxicity

DI STAFF • July 19, 2012

You know the tune. You just don't know the words. Wake up / Something something something something makeup / Something something something something shake-up / Something something something something...

The UI Summer Opera presents HMS Pinafore

EMMA MCCLATCHEY • July 12, 2012

Classic opera isn't just for 19th-century aristocrats — as the University of Iowa Summer Opera program can demonstrate. On Friday, the program will open its production of H.M.S. Pinafore, a comic opera...

Grammy winner Marc Cohn will perform at The Englert Thursday

DI STAFF • July 12, 2012

Grammy award winning singer/songwriter Marc Cohn will perform at the Englert Theater, 221 E. Washington St., at 8 p.m. today. Iowa City will be the second stop on the performer's nationwide tour ending...

The fourth annual Iowa City Book Festival kicks off on Friday

DI STAFF • July 12, 2012

The fourth-annual Iowa City Book Festival, presented by the University of Iowa Libraries, will kick off Friday with the Literary Carnival at 7 p.m. More than 80 events will take place over the weekend...