Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday morning that she’s “not nervous” about the recent gains by her opponent in Iowa. She was asked on NBC’s Today show about Bernie Sanders’ surge as indicated by several recent polls. “I’m working hard, and I intend to keep working as hard as I can until the last vote or […]
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Film screenings launch Regenerative Landscapes initiative
Inhabit screenings Sunday, Jan. 17 at 1:30 p.m. Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality Center, 120 E. Boyson Rd. in Hiawatha Sunday, Jan. 24 at 1:30 pm Shambaugh Auditorium, University of Iowa Main Library Several Iowa organizations are partnering to host film screenings in Hiawatha (Jan. 17) and Iowa City (Jan. 24) to raise awareness around environmental issues. […]
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Jane Sanders to host meet and greet in IC
Potential First Lady Jane Sanders, the wife of Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, will be in Iowa City today to meet with caucus-goers who are feeling the Bern. The meeting, scheduled for 4:30 p.m. today at the Iowa City headquarters of the Sanders’ campaign, at 702 South Gilbert St. The event is one of many […]
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Decorah-based Oneota Film Festival teams up with nonprofit ArtHaus to create a new, free filmmaking workshop for teens
In March, Decorah will host the seventh annual Oneota Film Festival (OFF), and this year they’ve hatched a program to engage young people in filmmaking. Area teens will take part in a series of free workshops for documentary production in a crash course that starts at the festival with screenings and a luncheon for filmmakers […]
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Virginia Myers, printmaker and inventor of foil imaging, has passed away
Professor Emerita Virginia Myers has died. The renowned printmaker, artist and inventor best known for her foil printing techniques and the Iowa Foil Press passed away on Dec. 7. She lived to see the University of Iowa dedicate a new collaborative project in her name, the Virginia A. Myers NEXUS of Engineering and Art opened […]
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North Liberty author offers uncommon gift with ‘Soul External’
“The only remark of nature is its silence, but that is not because the world around us has nothing to say. It is because we come unequipped with ears to hear.” — Paul Gruchow, Journal of a Prairie Year Since 1993, Steve Semken has published books about nature and the Midwest at Ice Cube Press […]
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Clinton focuses on economic issues during Iowa City visit
With just 47 days left until the Iowa Caucuses, Hillary Clinton visited Iowa City Wednesday to rally her supporters, bring them some holiday cheer and cement her lead (she currently leads Sanders by 11 percentage points in the Hawkeye State). While taking questions from the audience in a town hall-style forum, Clinton criticized the field […]
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Singer-songwriter David Bazan to headline Daytrotter holiday show
Daytrotter, the esteemed Quad Cities-based music website and recording studio, is presenting a festive holiday show with special guest singer-songwriter David Bazan at Davenport’s Village Theatre (2113 E. 11th St.) this Thursday at 7 p.m…
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Loebsack defends Syrian refugee vote
At a political symposium this morning at the University of Iowa, U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack defended his vote supporting extra security measures for Syrian and Iraqi refugees and acknowledged the sour reaction by some constituents on his Facebook page. The flak he received surrounds his vote for the American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act of […]
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Photos: Hudson’s restaurant now open on Highway 1
Hudson’s (482 Highway 1, Iowa City), a new southside tap house opened in October by co-owners Ryan O’Leary, Kevin Perez, Lisa Perez and Dan Ouverson, features gourmet bar food, just like their sister restaurants, Stella, Short’s and Ride. Shift crews and laborers will appreciate the theme of the restaurant, which incorporates several steel and construction-themed […]
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Bringing the Mediterranean’s Migration Stories to the Stage
Jeff Biggers reading Prairie Lights — Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. Jeff Biggers is the Writer-in-Residence in the University of Iowa Office of Sustainability, where he founded the Climate Narrative Project. Biggers, an American Book Award–winning author of several works of history and memoir, including State Out of the Union: Arizona and the Showdown […]
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Rock and roll (and art and writing) in the CSSR
A new exhibit in Cedar Rapids explores the music, art and writing of a resistance movement forced underground by a totalitarian state. “Samizdat: The Czech Art of Resistance, 1968 to 1989,” is comprised of clandestine materials including photos, films, cassette tapes, books and manuscripts from communist-era Czechoslovakia (ČSSR). The show opened last weekend at the […]
