A multidisciplinary artist from Phoenix, Arizona, Andrews was the artist in residence of the first edition of the Iowa City Songwriters Festival (ICSF), which took place at the top of September. Andrews uploaded her first songs on the internet and experienced the first reactions from listeners. “That’s not punk music, people wrote, that’s folk.” At that age she had no idea folk music would become so important for her.
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Home is where the art is?: Exploring UI theme semester American Dream through notions of home
Saturday, March 16 will see the first installment of Going Home, a three-part series of conversations hosted collaboratively by UI’s Office of Outreach and Engagement, the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies and MERGE, seeking to find a common ground somewhere between the university and the Iowa City community.
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Man who put up pro-white stickers on the Ped Mall identified
The Iowa City Police Department (ICPD) has confirmed that Jonathan Charles Koch was the man seen putting pro-white stickers on the Ped Mall during the Iowa City Women’s March on Jan. 20. After Little Village broke the news that someone in a hoodie had put “It’s Okay To Be White” stickers on Ped Mall property, […]
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Man puts up pro-white stickers on the Ped Mall during the Women’s March, then tries to hide in MERGE
Not everyone on the Ped Mall with a political message on Saturday morning was there to support the Iowa City Women’s March. There was also someone with plastering “It’s Okay To Be White” stickers on public property.
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Documentary-focused nonprofit New Mile Media Arts to hold official launch party
University of Iowa filmmaker Kevin Kelley just won his second Emmy award this year, for Mural, a documentary about the UI’s iconic Jackson Pollock painting. Now, Kelley is poised to launch a new non-profit dedicated to exactly what he does best: making documentaries.
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With opening of MERGE, development group continues working to foster local entrepreneurs
The Iowa City Area Development Group (ICAD) has come a long way since its inception in 1984. The organization celebrated its latest expansion with the opening of a new co-working space on the Iowa City Ped Mall earlier this month.
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Little Village Studio Visit: Chuck Romans of protostudios (video)
Look inside the studio of 3D designer Charles Romans of protostudios — now open at MERGE in the Iowa City Downtown District — and see how his lab can take your idea from napkin sketch to prototype.
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New Iowa City coworking space, MERGE, hosts an open house Thursday
MERGE Innovation Space, an expansion of the IC CoLab, is hosting an open house and ribbon cutting to celebrate its grand opening starting at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in its Ped Mall location. Protostudios, a rapid prototyping facility located within MERGE, and its counterpart on the University of Iowa medical campus, the Translational Research Incubator (TRI), will also be celebrating their kickoff.
