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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

Afro-Cuban Jazz Summit Concert shakes IC

JULIA JESSEN December 8, 2011

The rhythm of the conga drums radiates in all directions. It creeps across the floor to the audience members, vibrating through the soles of their shoes up to their chests. There it resides, pounding...

UI Dance Department presents original work

CARLY HURWITZ December 8, 2011

A trio of dancers adorned in lingerie-inspired costumes move gracefully to an eerie soundtrack as they use personal stories to express themselves through dance. UI junior Hope Spear, the choreographer,...

UI students present Vaudeville Dreams

SAMANTHA GENTRY December 8, 2011

Playwright Janet Schlapkohl doesn't discriminate. In a world in which people are constantly labeled because of how they look or act, all of that seems to disappear in her play Vaudeville Dreams. The...

Q&A with Paperback Rhino improv group

DI STAFF December 8, 2011

The Daily Iowan sat down with Chloe Metzger of Paperback Rhino, Iowa City's longest-running improvisational group to discuss the group's recent success at the Upper Midwest Regional Champions in Minneapolis...

Beer of the week: Samichlaus lager

DI STAFF December 8, 2011

This week's beer of the week is one of the strongest lagers in the world, at 14 percent alcohol by volume. And the Samichlaus (Swiss-German for Santa Clause) is as strong as it is rare. The beer is...

Nutcracker returns to the Englert

JORDAN MONTGOMERY December 1, 2011

At a dress rehearsal on Tuesday evening, young dancers dressed in leotards and tights swarmed the aisles of the Englert Theatre, practicing their movements before the run-through began. As the dancers...

UI Dance Department focuses on mythology

SAMANTHA GENTRY December 1, 2011

Performers will take advantage of every inch of the floor in North Hall's Space/Place this weekend in the University of Iowa Dance Department's Collaborative Perfomance. The dancers will move to different...

Gospel choir shares cultural tradition this weekend

CARLY HURWITZ December 1, 2011

The members of the Iowa City Voices of Soul gospel choir challenge the audience members to keep still as they are engulfed in the sound of harmonious voices and rhythmic clapping, drums, piano, and...

UI Theater Department stages modern Hamlet

JULIA JESSEN December 1, 2011

The University of Iowa Theatre Department's production of A Hamlet will surprise Shakespeare lovers who are more familiar with Hamlet clad in tights and clutching a skull. "It's kind of a contemporary...

"Full House" star brings comedy to IC

HANNAH KRAMER December 1, 2011

Most people on the University of Iowa campus who grew up in the '90s remember the name Uncle Joey and connect it to expert Bullwinkle impressions, fun-loving pranks, and a plethora of Hawaiian shirts....

Author shares love for Iowa at Prairie Lights

HANNAH KRAMER December 1, 2011

Zachary Michael Jack has racked up some 219,000 miles on his Toyota Echo commuting back and forth between his home in Jones County, Iowa, and North Central College in Naperville, Ill. For Jack, these...

DI Arts staff’s top holiday movie picks

DI STAFF December 1, 2011

The DI Arts staff reminisces about holiday film highlights of the past and describes how the flicks put them in the mood for the holiday season as December unfolds, snow begins to fall, and everyone...

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