The Tallest Man on Earth is returning to Iowa City, the Englert Theatre announced this week. Kristian Matsson (the eponymous “Man”), a singer-songwriter hailing from Dalarna, Sweden, is scheduled to play at the historic venue on August 28…
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Earlier this week, the Library of Congress named Juan Felipe Herrera the new U.S. Poet Laureate. “The times now seem to be evolving with voices of color,” Herrera said in a recent interview with The Washington Post. He will be the first Mexican-American Laureate in U.S. history. A graduate of University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, […]
Technology developed at the University of Iowa will make a 365 million mile voyage in the early 2020s, according to RFGlobalNet. The mission? A search for possible life-sustaining environments on Europa, one of Jupiter’s 63 known moons.
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Waco Elementary in Crawfordsville, Iowa, looks like any small town schoolhouse, but something about the building sounds different. Humming behind the three-story… […]
Solon Farmer Mark Pattison is now growing hops on land that has historically been used for soybeans and corn. The 25-acre Buck Creek Hops operation will be home to 25,000 new hops plants this year — and 1,600 22-foot poles for the crops to climb — making it one of the largest hopyards in the […]
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