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.
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Book Wings connects IC with global theatre community
On one side of the stage, a coach is trying to direct a dancer into making correct movements. On the other side of the stage, a comedienne stumbles through a mildly amusing stand-up routine about fires. After thoroughly establishing their separate spheres, the dancer walks over to the comic and asks, “How do you think […]
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Former UI President to lead the Smithsonian
The Smithsonian Board of Regents announced today that Dr. David Skorton, former president of the University of Iowa, will serve as Secretary of the Smithsonian, effective July 2015. Skorton, a cardiologist and current president at Cornell University, will become the institution’s 13th Secretary in its 168 year history. He will be the first physician to […]
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Guest opinion: Why I interrupted Sally Mason
By Chelsea Bacon In my backpack were several posters and two rings of duct tape: one black, one yellow. School Pride, you know? Outrage boiled over in the past few days, coming to a head over University of Iowa President Sally Mason’s ineffectual, inaccurate statements about rape. When asked by the Daily Iowan about the […]
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Interview: UI Alum Marcelo Mena-Carrasco discusses his Chilean cabinet position and IC roots
Earlier this month, Chile’s soon-to-be president, Michelle Bachelet, selected University of Iowa alum Marcelo Mena-Carrasco to serve as the country’s…
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Education for all: University of Iowa to offer its first-ever ‘Massive Open Online Course’
The University of Iowa unveiled plans for its first-ever Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) last week, titled “Every Atom: Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself.” Free…
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University of Iowa shuts down viral ‘Fran Face’ t-shirt
Trent Ryan is a Hawkeye basketball fan; self described as a chubby-faced blogger who eats Hy-Vee Chinese by the truckload. The English major writes about his love for the Hawks, among other things Iowa at Flyover Sports. Three days ago, Ryan was using the platform to sell his well-received ‘Fran Face’ shirt, which went viral […]
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Writer, poet Margaret Atwood reads tonight at the Englert Theatre
On Monday, Nov. 18, The Englert Theater and University of Iowa Lecture Committee welcome Margaret Atwood as part of the Dr. Cassandra S. Foens lecture series…
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On the table: For these visitors, writing isn’t the only challenge
While nobody is keeling over dead at the Iowa House Hotel’s continental breakfast or fainting of malnourishment in workshop, the 34 fall writers in the…
