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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

Mission Creek Festival introduces new food initiative this year

SAMANTHA GENTRY March 29, 2012

For Courtenay Bouvier, the food-program director for this year's Mission Creek Festival, getting people together to eat delicious food is one of the greatest gifts a person can give. For the first time,...

A history of Iowa City’s Mission Creek Festival

DI STAFF March 29, 2012

When Andre Perry arrived in Iowa City in the summer of 2005 from San Francisco, he wanted to be involved on the music scene in Iowa City. He met guitar player and native Iowan Tanner Illingworth. The two...

The Magnetic Fields — 69 Love Songs

DI STAFF March 29, 2012

As part of this year's Mission Creek Festival, the Magnetic Fields performed at the Englert on Wednesday. And to continue the 80 Hours's Mission Creek theme this week, the Magnetic Fields' three volume...

New Belgium — Dig Pale Ale

DI STAFF March 29, 2012

This unseasonably warm weather has had me thinking about spring. And in my opinion, there's no better way to welcome a new season than with a tasty seasonal brew from a great brewery. That's why this...

Iowa City Community Theatre presents House of Wonders

SAMANTHA GENTRY March 22, 2012

For Richard Tiegs, directing House of Wonders is more than an opportunity to produce a new play for the community — it's a chance for him to bond with his son. Fourteen-year-old Noah Tiegs has worked...

Visiting Writers’ Workshop faculty members give reading

SAMANTHA GENTRY March 22, 2012

Best-selling fiction writer Andrew Greer takes great inspiration from poets because, he said, they "do all the heavy lifting" for writers in other areas, including him. "They drag words...

Album Review: Port of Morrow — The Shins

DI STAFF March 22, 2012

The Shins released Port of Morrow, its first album in five years, on Tuesday. And despite some changes in the group's lineup, fans will be pleased with what was created. The Shins was an American indie...

Vice president and executive editor at Harper’s visits UI

DI STAFF March 22, 2012

The Daily Iowan spoke with Tim Duggan, vice president and executive editor at HarperCollins Publishing, to talk about his visit to Iowa City today. He plans to present a lecture at 11 a.m. in the Dey House...

Five bands team up for leukemia benefit

DI STAFF March 22, 2012

Musical groups Home-Grown, Mitch Moylan and the Cedars of Lebanon, Smooth Money Gesture, Gone South, and Velco Moxie will perform in a benefit concert for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Iowa at 8...

Mansions on the Moon plays the Mill

DI STAFF March 22, 2012

Mansions on the Moon will bring its electronic-rock style to Iowa City for the first time this weekend. The group will perform at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Mill, 120 E. Burlington St. Admission is $10 in...

Crosby, Stills, & Nash — Crosby, Stills, & Nash

DI STAFF March 22, 2012

It was a glorious day in the late-1960s when David Crosby of the Byrds, Stephen Stills of Buffalo Springfield, and Graham Nash of the Hollies joined forces and created the folk-rock supergroup Crosby,...

Huyghe Brewery — Delirium Tremens

DI STAFF March 22, 2012

I'll be honest with you; I first tried Delirium Tremens because the bottle looked so cool. Produced by the Huyghe Brewery in Melle, Belgium, the brew is packaged in a bottle painted to resemble cologne...