COGS (Campaign to Organize Graduate Students), the University of Iowa’s graduate employee union, has won a bargaining victory in the Iowa District Court…
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New Pi Co-op nixes plastic bags
“Paper, or plastic?” New Pioneer Food Co-op shoppers won’t hear that question after August 31. The Co-op announced a plan to phase out plastic bags, citing their notoriously negative environmental impact. (“Plastic,” notes their press release, “is the number one polluter of our oceans.”) According to 100 Grannies, an environmental organization working with New Pi […]
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Hip-Hop Poetics: Kevin Coval reads from “The BreakBeat Poets” tonight at Prairie Lights
First, two points of fact: 1. Very little poetry is Hip-Hop, but all Hip-Hop is poetry. 2. “Hip-Hop is the Hip-Hop is the largest youth culture in the history of…
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Vino Vérité Part Deaux: Albert Maysles’ ‘In Transit’
FilmScene’s Vino Vérité program is scheduled to continue on Sunday, August 16 with its second instalment of realist filmmaking, wine and conversation. The theater will screen In Transit, a collaborative documentary …
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Iowa City’s Ninja Warrior: UI grad student to compete in game show’s regional finals
Brains, meet brawn. Last semester, University of Iowa Nonfiction M.F.A. candidate Spenser Mestel skipped the customary post-workshop bar crawl for …
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Sympathy for the Devil: An interview with Amy Butcher
Three months after the release of her debut memoir, Visiting Hours, Amy Butcher has returned to Iowa City, where she graduated from the University of Iowa’s Nonfiction Writing Program in 2012. This summer she’s leading a workshop for …
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5 spots in Iowa City to watch the USA v. Japan women’s FIFA final
While this writer would have preferred to see the USA play England in the Women’s World Cup finals, it cannot be denied: Watching Abby Wambach…
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4th of July beer tasting: Red, white and Blueberry Sour
Exile Beer Tasting: Blueberry Sour Short’s Burger and Shine — Saturday, July 4, 11 a.m. Fans of Exile Brewing Co.’s fast-selling Beatnick Sour and lovers of craft brew gadgets, rejoice! Short’s Burger and Shine in downtown Iowa City will host a special Exile tasting this Saturday, July 4. The featured beer — a blueberry sour […]
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New York Times best-selling author Amber Dermont talks about form, her love of IC and how she keeps readers under her spell
Amber Dermont is the author of Damage Control, a short story collection…
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Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Leon Russell to play The Englert
The Englert Theatre has announced that Rock and Roll Hall of Fame legend Leon Russell will hit the stage on Saturday, October 10. Tickets go on sale Friday, July 3, at 12 p.m. The singer-songwriter/guitarist/pianist has collaborated with Bob Dylan, Joe Cocker, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gay…
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Riverside Theatre’s newest hero has a big nose, and a bigger heart
Riverside Theatre is staging Cyrano, Joe Roets’ adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s 1987 Cyrano de Bergerac, a staple of the French stage and a classic tale of…
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Iowa Writers’ House to host travel writing workshop
The Iowa Writers’ House is set to host its first official class, a three-day travel writing workshop lead by memoirist Michele Morano. This is the second community writing event hosted by the Iowa Writer’s House this summer.
