With the first snowfall just a few days behind us, it is officially time to start talking about spring, when it will get here, and the many joys it will […]
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Talking Movies: Great Weekend
You’re likely to feel some righteous indignation immediately after watching Andrew Haigh’s Weekend—the new British, mumblecore, gay-romance movie—at the Bijou from Dec. 2-8. No, I don’t mean that you’ll be […]
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Hot Tin Roof: Witness
The car crossed over the median and crashed, head-on, into the passenger van–empty, you find out later, of its typical brood of children, who were spending that evening at a soccer tournament.
The thunderous crash, a deafening concussion of metal, was worse than you could have imagined, and then you saw it–Was it? Yes. It was–A man. You saw a man flying through the air and for a second, maybe, you hoped he would float smoothly away with the flock of birds spraying from the wild roadside brush.
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The Hops: Breckenridge Christmas Ale
It is once again time for celebratory holiday beers and winter warmers. While some are sub-par and gratuitous (another excuse to add a truckload of hops to a handful of malts), others gain such praise that they are brewed year-round. Some are even worthy of cellaring and comparing with previous holiday vintages.
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The Stage: Worthy Traditions
December in any town in the United States large enough to have a ballet school means one thing: the annual ritual of The Nutcracker. In the imagination of young dancers everywhere, it’s always the New York City Ballet under George Balanchine. When I was growing up in Iowa City, that meant the Joffrey Ballet at Hancher.
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Iowa City Weekender: December 8-10
As you check off items on your holiday shopping list, you might find that your pocketbook is looking a little sparse these days. Do not fear, weekend warriors, because the […]
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On the Beat: Will rock for food
In February 1852, John Sullivan Dwight, a transcendentalist and graduate of Harvard Divinity School, decided to start a music magazine. In a pamphlet outlining his ideas, he wrote that his […]
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Iowa City Weekender: December 1-3
With the semester’s end in sight, it’s time to get it in good with professors, keep your nose to the grindstone and get your work done. That being said, it is important for sanity’s sake to strike an appropriate balance between academics and leisure. Think of this week’s column as a reward system for your hard work.
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The Stage: Telling
My father never made it to the war. Like many in his generation–he was born in 1923–he wanted badly to fight in World War II. Having learned there were only […]
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Oops, Netflix Did it Again
Now Showing Global Lens 2011 Since 2003 the Global Lens film series has been providing a platform for interesting movies from around the world. Their board, including such modern masters […]
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The Hops: Unibroue’s La Fin du Monde & Trois Pistoles
Unibroue’s La Fin du Monde & Trois Pistoles Though Canada’s Thanksgiving tradition may be a little different, our hockey-loving neighbors to the north brew the ideal beer pairings for a […]
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Show Recap: Grand Tetons CD Release with Derek Lambert & the Prairie Fires and Michael Sarah
The English would like you to remember, remember the 5th of November because of some Guy who tried to blow up Parliament. Why anyone would have such a beef with […]
