DJ Matt Rissi’s Pornstar’s Ball, a series of wild EDM parties thrown at Woody’s Show Club in Cedar Rapids, celebrates it’s 25th show this Friday. This most recent installment features a showcase of DJs from Kansas City, as always, and Woody’s showgirls.
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Album Review: Gayla Drake – Aunt G and the Stone City Nephews
Gayla Drake is a veteran Iowa singer/songwriter who put out her first album 20 years ago. Her latest release, Aunt G and the Stone City Nephews, represents…
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A community divided: Racial segregation on the rise in Iowa City
Iowa City is the hub of what has derisively been termed “The People’s Republic of Johnson County” — a reference to the county’s professed left-of-center political…
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Sample Asian cuisine this Thursday at CAB’s Taste of Asia event
Satisfy your late-night hunger craving this Thursday, April 9, as the Campus Activities Board (CAB) hosts Taste of Asia, a celebration of Asian food and culture…
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UI’s Native American Student Organization to host powwow at Carver Hawkeye Arena
This Saturday, April 11, the North American Student Association (NASA) will host the 21st Annual University of Iowa Powwow at in Carver Hawkeye…
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Some like it hot: Joe Smith and the Spicy Pickles take their big band jams to Yacht Club
The Yacht Club will host a night of big band dance music Joe Smith and the Spicy Pickles tonight at 10 p.m. Formed…
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Talking Movies: Reel talk on film festivals
I’ve begun to have mixed emotions about film festivals. I used to love them without reservation. I still love them, but with a few reservations. Take the Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival, known as IC Docs, which is exclusively focused on short documentaries, at the Adler Journalism Building (Room 105) on April 10 and 11…
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High-flying musical opens Thursday at Old Creamery Theatre
While plenty of Canadian actors and writers have become part of the American arts scene, Americans don’t pay as much attention to works that proudly display Canadian origins. We also don’t devote as much artistic attention to World War I. Last summer marked the 100th anniversary of the beginning of The Great War, but it received barely a mention in the news. The U.S. didn’t enter the war until 1917, and thus did not experience the same level of devastation as the other Allied Powers.
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Comedian Dave Ross and Neil Campbell of ‘Comedy Bang! Bang!’ headline Floodwater Comedy Festival
The Floodwater Comedy Festival announced this week that stand-up comedian Dave Ross and Neil Campbell, head writer of IFC’s Comedy Bang! Bang! and a UI alum…
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Run the Jewels, Weezer, Wilco, Jenny Lewis, Talib Kweli and more to play 80/35
The organizers of 80/35 Music Festival today made their first announcement for the 2015 lineup. Among the announced acts are Run the Jewels, Weezer, Wilco, Jenny Lewis…
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Small Bytes Microcinema showcases experimental food films
As yet another feature of the University of Iowa’s ongoing Food for Thought semester, a jury-selected collection of short, food-themed fi…
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Astrology forecast for April 2015
“Choconiverous” is an English slang word that’s defined as having the tendency, when eating a chocolate Easter Bunny, to bite the head off first. I recommend that you adopt this direct approach in everything you do in the coming weeks. Don’t get bogged down with preliminaries. Don’t get sidetracked by minor details, trivial distractions, or peripheral concerns. It’s your duty to swoop straight into the center of the action. Be clear about what you want and unapologetic about getting it.
