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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Recap: Saul Williams performs for Mission Creek

Recap: Saul Williams performs for Mission Creek

April 9, 2016

By Tessa Solomon | [email protected] Saul Williams has transfixed audiences from the Louvre to the White House, and collaborated with artists from Nas to Nine Inch Nails. On Saturday night, he...

Recap: Pure Bathing Culture at Yacht Club for Mission Creek

Recap: Pure Bathing Culture at Yacht Club for Mission Creek

April 9, 2016

By Justus Flair | [email protected] The dark, underground basement vibe of Yacht Club was perfect for Pure Bathing Culture with Pillar Point and MAIDS on Friday night. Though the headliners...

photo by Brooklyn Kascel/The Daily Iowan

Recap: PHOX rocks the Mill for Mission Creek Festival

Justus Flair, [email protected] April 8, 2016

PHOX filled the Mill on Thursday night for Mission Creek, a far cry from their performance in the venue four years ago that had, according to lead singer Monica Martin, "like, six or seven people." After...

photo by Margaret Kispert/The Daily Iowan

Recap: The Joy Formidable at Englert

Tom Ackerman, [email protected] April 8, 2016

If you haven’t seen the five-foot-something Ritzy Bryan perform, you wouldn’t have anticipated the energy her Welsh alternative rock outfit The Joy Formidable brought to the Englert Theater on...

Iowa City, Iowa- Brent Metcalf (red) wrestles Jared Frayer (blue) in the finals of the Team USA 2012 Olympic Wrestling Trials at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Sunday, April 22, 2012. Frayer defeated Metcalf in 2 rounds to earn a place on the 2012 U.S. Olympic team. (The Daily Iowan/Adam Wesley)

Olympic Trials put IC on the map

Jordan Hansen, [email protected] April 7, 2016

The most important American wrestling tournament of the year — the U.S. Olympic Team Trials — returns to Iowa City Saturday. More than 230 male and female wrestlers will vie for 18 spots on the...

Terry Zwigoff answers questions at FilmScene during the Mission Creek Festival on Thursday, April 7, 2016. Mission Creek Festival will be in Iowa City April 5-10th. (The Daily Iowan/Courtney Hawkins)

Q&A: Director Tery Zwigoff

Critically acclaimed director Terry Zwigoff (Louie Bluie, Crumb, Bad Santa) visited FilmScene, 118 E. College St., Thursday night to talk about his work and wrap up the venue’s monthlong retrospective...

Iowa City schools to see new playgrounds

Iowa City schools to see new playgrounds

The playground quality will be leveled for all public Iowa City elementary schools. The Iowa City School District implemented a new “playground lifecycle policy,” which will affect most of Iowa...

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‘Black Art/White Space’ to discuss working as black, female artists in white spaces

April 7, 2016

By Cassandra Santiago [email protected] Sitting on the panel of Black Art/White Space crept up on Alea Adigweme; she was offered the spot to replace an absentee. Despite the suddenness,...

photo by Jordan Gale/The Daily Iowan

Recap: Son Lux at Gabe’s for Mission Creek

Son Lux’s appearance at Gabes, 330 E. Washington St., marked the band’s first performance in Iowa City, and it is sure to leave an impact. The trio hailing from Brooklyn, New York, have been celebrating...

Illustration by Zebedia Wahls

Kembrew McLeod and Lisa Jane Persky, a match made in the underground, recreate the world of ’60s punk

April 7, 2016

Forty 40-year-old photographs, printed on vinyl and hung by giant safety pins, cover the white walls of the Englert Theater’s second floor gallery. Black and white faces smile, smirk, and smize from...

Esme Patterson  to stage show at Gabe's

Esme Patterson to stage show at Gabe’s

Gracey Murphy, [email protected] April 6, 2016

In a family of singers, it’s nearly impossible to not adore music. Esme Patterson will perform at 9 p.m. Friday at Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington St., as part of Mission Creek Festival. “I had always...

Kevin Smith coming to Iowa City

Kevin Smith coming to Iowa City

April 6, 2016

Modern-day renaissance man Kevin Smith, famous for directing the films Chasing Amy, Clerks, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back – the latter two of which he also starred in –, will head to the Englert,...