I read with interest your article in the April 16 issue about the role King Coal plays at the University of Iowa Power Plant. Technical controls and programming are…
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White Rose exhibit explores students’ non-violent resistance in Nazi Germany
A variety of University of Iowa departments are joining together to spread the story of a non-violent resistance group in Nazi Germany. The White Rose…
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Join the Million Robot March
In 1979, University of Iowa football coach Hayden Fry had the visiting team’s locker room walls painted pink. Fry said he did it because “pink is often found in girls’ bedrooms, and because of that some consider it a sissy color.” In 2005, UI doubled down by adding pink urinals, showers, floors and lockers. Many Hawkeye fans find it funny, while others see it as a leftover from a time when coaches motivated players by calling them “homo,” “girl” and in Fry’s own words, “sissy.”
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UI School of Music takes a crack at German Operetta with ‘Die Fledermaus’
Interested in cooky German operettas? Of course you are. This weekend at the Englert Theatre, the UI’s School of Music will be performing the famous…
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HBO’s Girls using Brooklyn neighborhood as an IC stand-in
Filming for Hannah Horvath’s first semester at the University of Iowa has already begun, and although the crew of HBO’s Girls haven’t made their way to Iowa City quite yet (a plan previously confirmed by director Jesse Peretz), they have been using a central Brooklyn neighborhood as an Iowa City stand-in. The show made waves […]
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Art City: ‘Art and Life in Africa’ brings new depth to the UIMA’s permanent collection
When entering a museum or gallery, viewers hold certain expectations for encountering art. The museum is well-suited to display a…
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Old King Coal: University of Iowa making slow progress on its renewable energy agenda
I’m standing on the Burlington Street sidewalk, opposite the University of Iowa Main Power Plant downtown, waiting. I scan the building: a complicated…
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KRUI is turning 30 and feelin’ flirty
KRUI, the University of Iowa’s student-run radio station, is turning 30 years old, so it’s time to party. This Thursday, the station is throwing an all-ages show at the Blue Moose Tap House to kick-off a year of celebration. So even if you prefer Spotify to terrestrial radio, you can still support a very special […]
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How screwed are we? First annual Iowa Climate Festival may have the answers
Co-hosted by the American Chemical Society, various UI departments, the City of Iowa City and statewide organizations, the first-ever…
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Slaughter City opens Thursday at the UI Theatre Building
The theatre has provided a forum for exploring labor issues ever since the heyday of the “workers’ theatre” movement in the 1920s and ’30s. Many plays during this period were influenced by the theories of German playwright Bertolt Brecht, who believed that theatre should engage audiences intellectually in order to inspire them to act after the curtain falls. In 1935, Clifford Odets ended his play Waiting for Lefty by having the actors urge the audience to leave the theatre shouting, “Strike! Strike!”
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Girls director Jesse Peretz: ‘We are going to definitely go to Iowa City and we will be shooting some there’
It looks like the cast and crew of HBO’s Girls might be coming to Iowa City after all. Although the University of Iowa declined HBO’s request to film on…
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The UI’s decision to deny HBO’s film request is a big mistake
I’m continually amazed at how Iowa City, as a community, is both full of pride for its many fine qualities, and at the same time insecure enough to jump on any moment of attention from the outside world as a sort of validating life-line.
