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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

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...

The Chamber Singers of IC sing for the holidays

DI STAFF December 8, 2011

The Chamber Singers of Iowa City will perform "A Service of Lessons and Carols" featuring songs from the group's recently released Christmas album, On Christmas Day. It will give a concert...

Cornell College performs Company

DI STAFF December 8, 2011

The musical Company, created by George Furth and Stephen Sondheim, opened on Broadway in 1970. It was nominated for 14 Tony Awards and won six. Now, it will be brought to life once more on the stage...

Go-Go Jungle jams at Yacht Club

DI STAFF December 8, 2011

As J.J. Jungle slaps his bass, Go-Go Ray makes beats, and Mike D provides the electric vibraphone sound, the Yacht Club audience will feel the musical pleasure from the psychedelic funk-rock show. ...

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,...

Reggae group plays the Yacht Club

DI STAFF December 1, 2011

Tonight, Yacht Club will rock out when the "reggae-tronic" dub group Jon Wayne and the Pain return for a show. The group has established a distinguished sound combining elements of reggae,...

Indie-rock band, White Rabbits, visits the Mill

DI STAFF December 1, 2011

Six-piece indie-rock band White Rabbits is based in Brooklyn, N.Y., though it originated in Columbia, Mo. The group has spent the better part of the last two years on the road. White Rabbits will perform...

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...