With the semester’s end in sight, it’s time to get it in good with professors, keep your nose to the grindstone and get your work done. That being said, it is important for sanity’s sake to strike an appropriate balance between academics and leisure. Think of this week’s column as a reward system for your hard work.
Englert Theatre
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The Stage: Telling
My father never made it to the war. Like many in his generation–he was born in 1923–he wanted badly to fight in World War II. Having learned there were only two standard eye charts used in induction exams, he memorized both, figuring he could read enough of the first row to figure out which one […]
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Iowa City Weekender: November 17-19
Hello and welcome back to another edition of the Weekender. As Thanksgiving week approaches, we all aim to take a few shortcuts to getting what really matters about the holiday: eating a lot of food, spending time with people that you care about and drinking box wine. This week’s column is no different. In a […]
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Iowa City Weekender: November 3-6
There are eight events in this week’s Weekender, but only two of them are music. You should see what the other six are. It will be a treat for the less musically inclined of you.
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UR Here: The Community, the Crises and the Commons
A lot of people think something is really wrong with our country–indeed our whole world. Last winter and spring, mass protests throughout the Middle East swept long-standing regimes out of power. This past summer, European cities experienced mass protests about the state of economies and jobs. This fall, the Occupy movement has swept from Wall […]
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Iowa City Weekender: October 27-29 // Halloween Special
This week, you get two Weekenders for the price of one, assuming that you actually paid to read this column. One is a regular version. The other is a digest of all the Halloween events. Use one or both. The choice is yours alone.
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Iowa City Weekender: October 20-22
This weekend is Homecoming for the University of Iowa. Why watch Survivor when you can check out creative folks, dope rappers and a pink monster? All that and more in this week’s Weekender.
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Iowa City Weekender: October 13-15
In this week’s Weekender, we bridge the gap between print and online journalism, say goodbye to a local band, encourage local political engagement and learn that you can say City three times while referring to City Hall. It’s as action packed as a teen soap!
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Iowa City Weekender: October 6-8
If there was ever a time to paraphrase Vashti Bunyan, it would be now as it’s going to be just another diamond weekend.
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Iowa City Weekender: September 29-October 1
Music is on display in all forms this weekend. It will blow your mind, accompany a silent German film, provide an outlet for confused youth, and give you something to dance to arrhythmically while drunk.
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Show Preview: The Miles Davis Experience, 9/29/11 at Englert Theatre
The tradition vs. innovation dichotomy is certainly nothing new to fans of modern American jazz. Almost from its birth, Jazz as an art form has held this divide as part of its very identity and as a seemingly inescapable demand for every new player who wants to challenge tradition or bend the form to his or her own purposes.
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Iowa City Weekender: September 23-25
This is a throwback Weekender, for the traditionalists and those that have to hold the fort down on Thursday nights.
