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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

American Girl Fashion Show to feature 130 local girls

DEVYN YOUNG May 7, 2015

From Addy to Samantha to Josefina, the fictional role models of millions of young girls will come to life in Coralville this weekend. An American Girl Fashion Show will take place Friday and Saturday...

Undergraduate Dance Concert includes 12 original pieces

GRACE HAERR May 7, 2015

Moving beyond your comfort zone is a hard but important part of both learning choreography and artistry. In this year’s Undergraduate Dance Concert, students are challenged to do just that. University...

Review: Avengers: Age of Ultron is another ‘okay’ blockbuster

CONOR MCBRIEN May 7, 2015

The first Avengers film presented something spectacular, but Age of Ultron fails outdo it. The highly-anticipated sequel pulled in a sweet $191.3 million on its opening weekend, falling somewhat short...

Review: Bringing sound to the stage

ISAAC HAMLET May 7, 2015

In its U.S. Spring Tour, the hit international podcast “Welcome to Night Vale” leaps from listeners laptops and iPods and onto a stage backed with their iconic shade of purple. Its most recent...

The art of video game storytelling

JORDAN RYDER May 7, 2015

A few weeks ago in my review of Ori and Blind Forest, I noted how Ori succeeded in provoking emotion in the player but didn’t weave its emotional plot with its gameplay. That observation got me thinking...

New Play Festival explores air disasters, Bigfoot, and much more

GRACE HAERR April 30, 2015

For the University of Iowa New Play Festival, the largest event of its kind in the US, graduate students working towards their MFAs in theater are given five weeks to create, collaborate, rehearse, rewrite,...

Englert welcomes ‘Welcome to Night Vale’

CLAIRE DIETZ April 30, 2015

If Iowa City is a quirky town, Night Vale puts it to shame. The popular podcast “Welcome to Night Vale” describes a desert town in which everything strange is normal, and the normal is strange...

Acting in the dark

ISAAC HAMLET April 30, 2015

Having a room full of people staring at you, silently waiting to be entertained, is a deep-cutting fear for some. Even after months of rehearsing, analyzing, and memorizing a script, stage fright can bite...

Free Comic Book Day to bring special issues, writers and artists

JASMINE PUTNEY April 30, 2015

In the glossy pages of a comic book exists a world of characters who have flourished under the care of writers and artists. From action-packed issues featuring colorful crusaders to comedic portrayals...

Hancher brings Cantus choral group to town

LILY ABROMEIT April 30, 2015

When Chris Foss sent in his audition tape to join one of the most prestigious men’s choral ensembles, he never expected to be accepted into Cantus after graduation and then travel the world, giving...

Iowa City Pizza: Mesa, Falbo’s, and Pizza P.O.D.

MICHAEL KADRIE April 30, 2015

Pizza is far from uncommon in Iowa City. There’s a dizzying array of potential places to treat your taste buds to cheese, meat, and vegetables piled atop cooked dough. I endeavored to try to taste...

Art forms collide for ArtsFest

DI STAFF April 30, 2015

Most people know Studio Arts as either a bus route that takes one to Walmart or a far-off University of Iowa building unique in that it once was a Menards. But on Friday, Studio Arts will be transformed...