Iowa has one of the nation’s highest rates of African American incarceration in the country and, according to a new report, mandatory minimums may be responsible. Mandatory minimum sentences require a specific amount of time in prison and at least 70 percent of sentences served before eligibility for parole. Iowa is one of the only […]
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Are Donald Trump frat houses coming to Iowa City?
Des Moines CityView reported today that Donald Trump is founding fraternity houses at the University of Iowa and Iowa State University. Written by Doug Burns, a “fourth-generation” newsperson and the co-owner of Carroll, Iowa’s Daily Times Herald, the article is an April Fools’ Day prank. “Two key features of the Trump Fraternity: a strict no-dating-fellow-students […]
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National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library brings scholar Dr. Tomáš Vrba to celebrate life of Václav Havel
Forum: Participating in Democracy National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library — Sat., Apr. 2 from 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Czech historian Dr. Tomáš Vrba will speak on Saturday, Apr. 2 at 4 p.m. at the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library (NCSML) in Cedar Rapids about the important contributions and life of […]
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Food documentary tells story of workers’ fight for justice
Screening: Food Chains Iowa Memorial Union, Illinois Room — Thurs., Mar. 31 at 4:30 p.m. Florida tomato pickers are the focus of an acclaimed documentary that will screen Thursday for free at the IMU at 4:30 p.m. Food Chains tells the story of “fair food” and how to produce ethical produce. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrabEgZVHxY The Coalition of […]
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Artist Felicia Rice to present book talk at UI Library tonight
DOC/UNDOC: Collaboration and Metamorphosis UI Main Library, Special Collections Reading Room — Wed., Mar. 30 at 5 p.m. Artist Felicia Rice will present “DOC/UNDOC: Collaboration and Metamorphosis” on Wednesday in the Special Collections Reading Room of the UI Main Library at 5 p.m. She is one of two Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professors in […]
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Performance artist Guillermo Gómez-Peña gets ‘Unplugged’ tonight
Gómez-Peña Unplugged Theater B, Theater Building — Mon., Mar. 28 at 7:30 p.m. Guillermo Gómez-Peña, aka “El Mad Mex,” comes to Iowa City tonight with a spoken word performance, ‘Unplugged,’ at Theater B in the University of Iowa Theater Building at 7:30 p.m. In the performance, “El Border Brujo” (another alias) will present “spoken word […]
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Fracktivism lit: New anthology ignites environmental conversation
Reading with Fracture co-editor Taylor Brorby and contributors Tyler Priest, John Kenyon and Amy Weldon Prairie Lights — Sat., Mar. 26, 7 p.m. On Saturday a reading at Prairie Lights will feature the editors and a few of the contributors from a new anthology called Fracture: Essays, Poems, and Stories on Fracking in America from […]
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Documentary double feature at FilmScene
Documentary double feature: Louie Bluie & Crumb FilmScene — Thu., Mar. 17 at 7 p.m. and Sun., Mar. 20 at 2 p.m. (More showtimes to be announced.) Terry Zwigoff will visit Iowa City on Apr. 7 as part of the Mission Creek Festival. FilmScene starts a retrospective of Zwigoff’s films tonight at 7 p.m. Leading […]
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Final touches? Longtime IC massage parlor closes
An Iowa City landmark, Touch of Mink, has closed. The massage parlor run by Soni Smith since March 2015 will find a new location after several decades in Iowa City at 920 Orchard St. Constructed in 1967, the building is over 4,000 square feet and owned by Gerry Ambrose, who also owns the Planned Parenthood […]
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Energy expert on Bakken pipeline approval: ‘Pick your poison’
Last week, the Iowa Utilities Board unanimously approved the Bakken oil pipeline, which will cut across 18 counties in the state. Lawsuits from the Iowa chapter of the Sierra Club and a farmers group are expected to challenge the IUB ruling and block the pipeline. Dakota Access, a subsidiary of Energy Transfer Partners in Texas […]
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Codfish Hollow to host Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros in May
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Codfish Hollow Barn in Maquoketa – Tue., May 17 The musical menagerie of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros return to Iowa (just last year they headlined a night of the Hinterland Music Festival in St. Charles) in May to play at Codfish Hollow Barn in Maquoketa. The 10-piece […]
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Video: Winning Hawkeye wrestler’s mullet speech goes viral
Iowa wrestler Sammy Brooks beat Nebraska’s T. J. Dudley to win the 184-pound Big Ten title. He held on for a 6-4 decision last week in Iowa City. His victory was impressive and like the biblical hero Samson, he gave all credit to his manly mullet hairstyle and he did it without cracking a smile. […]
