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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

Theater with a powerful message

JOSIE JONES September 25, 2009

The “Season of Inciting Theatre” is upon us. Dreamwell Theatre is dedicating its current season to banned plays or works that have caused riots when first produced. The company continues its run of...

Knights of the Round Table return

JOSIE JONES September 24, 2009

The Iowa City Community Theatre is the Broadway of Iowa City. Or so it hopes to be. The organization will perform the 1960s Broadway musical Camelot as the second production of the season. Camelot will...

Translation revelations at IWP panel

ADAM SALAZAR September 24, 2009

For some of the 36 writers participating this fall in the International Writing Program, one of the most perplexing parts of the program is underway. That is, the time-consuming task of translating their...

New theater company gets its feet wet

DEE FABBRICATORE September 24, 2009

Finding a stage with a pool is not easy, but neophyte Iowa City theater company Working Group proves anything is possible for a thespian. On Saturday and Sept. 27, Working Group will make its début with...

UI student living a real life Almost Famous

DANA JUDAS September 24, 2009

Hunter Sharpless is not a Band-Aide, nor is he a naïve rock groupie. For the UI sophomore, his three-month tour with Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers is just as much about him as it is about the band. Sharpless,...

Tracks from the Past: Doggystyle

DI ARTS STAFF September 24, 2009

Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle is one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time and that’s fo shizzle. Doggystyle kicks things off with the groovy “G Funk Intro.” The track features a driving...

Trendspotter: H1N1

DI ARTS STAFF September 24, 2009

The hand-sanitizer business must be booming. Alcohol-based antibacterial gels, sprays, foams, and lotions have become a staple accessory at every desk on campus. The UI has gone so far as to adopt a...