If you’re ready to eschew the raucous rituals in favor of simply letting go, these nontraditional New Year’s Eve options might suit you well.
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Researchers use stains to explore the history of centuries-old UI manuscripts
With the aid of a high-definition camera and specialized lighting and software, the University of Iowa Main Library is delving into the history of centuries-old manuscripts by examining stains left behind over the years.
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Headliner announcement: Floodwater Comedy Festival is back for 2018
The Floodwater Comedy Festival announced the lineup today for their next fest, coming up March 1-3, 2018. Leading the pack is comedian Carmen Lynch. She will start off the festival with a show at The Mill on Thursday, March 1. PREACH Improv follows with a Friday performance at the Blue Moose, and the festival returns to The Mill on Saturday, March 2 with Jo Firestone.
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The first trailer released for ‘The Miracle Season,’ a film set at Iowa City’s West High
The first trailer for an upcoming movie based on a remarkable and true story that happened at Iowa City’s West High. ‘The Miracle Season’ tells the school’s girls volleyball team rebuilding itself following the death of the team’s star player, Caroline Found.
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Gov. Reynolds keeps Steve King as campaign co-chair, won’t say if King’s comments are racist
At her weekly press conference on Tuesday, Gov. Kim Reynolds said Steve King’s recent comment declaring diversity to be a weakness that is damaging America has not changed her mind about having King as a statewide co-chair of her campaign for governor.
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Greenhouse gas emissions decline in Iowa as renewable energy use increases
Iowa’s greenhouse gas emissions decreased last year, thanks, in part, to increases in the amount of wind and solar power the state is producing, according to a new report from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The 2016 Iowa Statewide Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Report shows the state emitted 128 million metric tons of greenhouse gases, a decrease of two percent from 2015 levels.
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Grassley clarifies his comment about average Americans spending ‘every darn penny’ on ‘booze or women or movies’
Sen. Chuck Grassley issued a statement on Monday intended to clarify his recent defense of repealing the estate tax as a way of rewarding people who don’t spend “every darn penny they have” on “booze or women or movies.” Grassley’s defense of the estate tax caused a firestorm on social media over the weekend, with people accusing the senator of being out of touch with reality.
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UI grad students rally against a Republican tax bill that might make college unaffordable
A rally on the University of Iowa Pentacrest protesting the federal tax bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives attracted a crowd of about 60 on Wednesday. The crowd was mostly graduate students, which wasn’t surprising, since the change would drastically increase the amount of taxes grad students pay.
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Shelter House’s winter programs, Housing First project fight homelessness in Johnson County
Shelter House, an Iowa City nonprofit that serves the needs of the homeless, has kicked off its Out of the Cold fundraising campaign.“It’s to support all of our winter programming that includes the winter emergency shelter,” said Angelica Vannatta, development director for Shelter House. “Our fundraising goal this year is $100.000.”
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Iowa’s Meredith Corporation will purchase Time, Inc., with help from the Koch brothers
Des Moines-based Meredith Communications—publisher of such magazines as Family Circle and Better Homes and Gardens—has struck a deal to purchase New York-based magazine publisher Time, Incorporated. If the sale is approved by the boards of both companies, Meredith will acquire such well-known magazines as Time, Sports Illustrated and Fortune.
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Award-winning documentary ‘For Ahkeem’ to be screened at FilmScene
In the course of two years, teenager Daje Shelton is placed in an alternative high school, attends the funerals of friends shot in the streets of North St. Louis, falls in love, becomes pregnant, struggles towards her uncertain graduation, watches the Ferguson protests — just four miles away — on television and gives birth to a boy, grappling with the reality that her son may fall into the cycle of violence and incarceration in which black men in Missouri have been trapped for decades.
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Driverless car tests have started on I-380
Highway tests of driverless cars have begun on Interstate 380, between Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, Iowa Department of Transportation Director Mark Lowe said in an interview with Radio Iowa […]
