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FebruaryFeb 2 Monday 09
Pharaohs of Rhythm at The Picador
Pharaohs of Rhythm with Dr. Z's Experiment
The Picador
Monday, February 2
Price: $5 / Ages: 19 and over
Doors at 9:00pm
http://pharaohsofrhythm.com/
http://www.drzsexperiment.com/
SUPER Bowl
Now that was a super bowl ... Really worth my time. Was hoping for a cardinal win but that was a great game.
Monday Concert Series 2/2 - 2/9
Alright, welcome to the first installment of the "Monday Concert Series". Every Monday I'll be posting a list of upcoming shows in the Iowa City Area. If you have a show coming up and don't see it on here let me know and we'll get it up!
Monday 2/2
Pharaohs of Rhythm with …
Pharaohs of Rhythm at The Picador
Pharaohs of Rhythm with Dr. Z's Experiment
The Picador
Monday, February 2
Price: $5 / Ages: 19 and over
Doors at 9:00pm
http://pharaohsofrhythm.com/
http://www.drzsexperiment.com/
JanuaryJan 29 Thursday 09
EPA notes UI's carbon emission reduction for 2008
By using one system to generate both heat and energy for the campus, the University of Iowa power plant kept 0.069 million metric tons of carbon out of the atmosphere in 2008, equivalent to the amount stored by 11,232 acres of pine forests for one year or the emissions …
Students can participate in Chicago service-learning project
University of Iowa students can serve as role models to youth in Chicago, help organize a school library, and earn college credit all at the same time thanks to a new community service-learning project. A new, for-credit course offered as part of alternative spring …
Swanson will sing with Gompper and Esposito Feb. 9
Baritone Stephen Swanson and pianist David Gompper, faculty members at the University of Iowa School of Music, will present "Was my brother in the battle? Songs of War" at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4, in the Senate Chamber of the Old Capitol on the UI Pentacrest. ...read …
'Oxford Project' wins award for its appeal to teens
"The Oxford Project," a book by University of Iowa Journalism Professor Stephen G. Bloom and retired UI Art Professor Peter Feldstein, is appealing to an even broader audience than its authors expected.The Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the …
JanuaryJan 27 Tuesday 09
Late-night movies begin at Iowa Memorial Union
The University of Iowa Campus Activities Board, in partnership with University of Iowa Student Government, has begun showing midnight movies on Fridays and Saturdays in the Iowa Memorial Union as an alcohol-free, late-night activity. ...read more
Lincoln's legacy in Iowa is on display at UI Main Library
The University of Iowa Libraries marks the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth with an exhibition titled "Lincoln's Legacy in Iowa: A Bicentennial Celebration." It can be viewed through Tuesday, March 31, in the Main Library North Exhibition Hall. ...read …
UI poets Powell and Mead share a free reading Feb. 9
The "Live from Prairie Lights" reading series will feature poets D.A. Powell and Jane Mead -- both graduates of the UI Writers' Workshop -- at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9, in the Prairie Lights bookstore at 15 S. Dubuque St. in downtown Iowa City. ...read more
3 guards, 3-pointers, 8-point victory
(Hawkeyesports.com, Jan. 26)IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Powered by 21-point performances from seniors Wendy Ausdemore and Kristi Smith, the University of Iowa women's basketball team won for the fourth consecutive time, 77-69, against Michigan on Monday inside Carver-Hawkeye …
Let Them Eat Dirt
It turns out babies might know best--and all that gunk they manage to cram into their little mouths is more beneficial than harmful to their future health.UI gastroenterologist and immunologist Dr. David Elliott is quoted in today's New York Times, saying "Dirtiness …
Iowa Writers' Workshop gets mention on 'The Simpsons'
Iowa City Press Citizen, IAYou know you've entered the pop culture lexicon when they talk about you on "The Simpsons."That happened Sunday night to the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. Read more.
FEMA announces financing options for flood-damaged buildings
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will finance either the replacement or restoration and mitigation of two major University of Iowa building complexes damaged in the flood of June 2008, UI President Sally Mason announced today. Those buildings include …
JanuaryJan 26 Monday 09
Iowa Wrestlers Pound Illinois, 32-4
(Hawkeyesports.com, Jan. 25) IOWA CITY, IA -- The top-ranked Iowa wrestling team extended its dual match winning streak to 31 with its 32-4 win over previously unbeaten Illinois Sunday evening at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. A crowd of 6,946 saw Iowa go 9-1 in the …
UI students on dean's list for fall 2008
Some 3,900 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the dean's list for the 2008 fall semester. ...read more
UI environmental health research projects funded
Four University of Iowa research projects -- related to lung function, neurodevelopment, bioremediation and neurodegeneration -- have received funding through the UI Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination Seed Grant Program for 2009. ...read more
JanuaryJan 24 Saturday 09
UI Museum of Art collection will return to home state
An intra-state alliance will soon bring the University of Iowa Museum of Art's collection back to Iowa. The Figge Art Museum, Iowa's oldest art museum, has offered the UIMA significant space for display and storage of its permanent collection, Museum of Art-organized …
Tsachor performance launches spring 'Piano Sundays' series
Uriel Tsachor, head of the piano area in the University of Iowa School of Music, will share a concert program with three of his students at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1, in the Senate Chamber of the Old Capitol on the UI Pentacrest. ...read moreAndrew Hardy and Uriel …