Mission Creek: Isaac Fitzgerald, Saeed Jones and Alice Sola Kim @ The Mill 4/8/2017

April 9, 2017

Read about the writings of Isaac Fitzgerald, Alice Sola Kim, and Saeed Jones that took place during the Mission Creek Festival. (Image via: Buzzfeed.com)

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Mission Creek: Literary Magazine and Small Press Book Fair @ The Mill 4/8/2017

April 8, 2017

By Kendall McCabe

The 8th Annual Literary Magazine and Small Press Book Fair was a big part of this year’s Mission Creek Festival. (Image via: Aadit Tambe)

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Mission Creek: Kelly Link @ Hancher 4/4/17

April 5, 2017

By Haley Bean

Kelly Link kicks off the literature aspect of this year’s Mission Creek Festival. (image via longreads.com)

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Ordinary Doing the Extraordinary- Part Two

March 7, 2017

By Meaghan Lemmenes

Continue my story. Only if you want to, but you don’t have to. It’s really up to you. You do you. It’s your life.

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Escape to Africa-Part Two

December 14, 2016

By Meaghan Lemmenes

Martha keeps thinking of the events of the past day and needs a distraction. Will she be able to find it thousands of feet in the air? Continue the journey with them as they make their way around the world doing something what they’ve been waiting months to do. Image via: parksandresorts.wdpromedia.com

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Decolonize Your Mind: Read Nayyirah Waheed

August 3, 2016

By Tanvi Yenna

Read about the complex, sharp, but gentle poetry of Nayyirah Waheed!

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The Walking Contradiction’s How-to Guide: Summer Cleanse

May 19, 2016

By Alison Schwebach

It’s summer, let’s have some fun. (image via dogswalkingvip.com)

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Mission Creek: Saul Williams @ The Mill 4/9/16

April 10, 2016

By Tanvi Yenna

Saul Williams shared an intimate night at The Mill on the fifth night of Mission Creek

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Mission Creek: Paul Lisicky and Garth Greenwell @ Prairie Lights 4/7/16

April 8, 2016

By Shania Schmidt

Learn about these talented authors’ new work.

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Mission Creek: Punk Rock Readings with Kembrew McLeod and Lisa Jane Persky, and Interview with Gary Groth @ FilmScene 4/6/16

April 7, 2016

By Camden Kent

Wednesday featured a night of readings and literary talks at FilmScene for the Mission Creek Festival (Photo via: MissionFreak.com)

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Label Lookout – Spring ’24

Label Lookout, a semi-regular series at KRUI highlighting a few exciting contemporary record labels and what they have to offer. Here we feature six of the station’s favorite labels in this Spring ’24 Edition.

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KRUI Spins [02/27/24]: Molly Lewis, Elkka, bedbug, and More

Our music staff compiled a list of what we liked the most from music either promoters, labels, or artists have sent us.

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Interview: Laura Bergus on Authoritarianism in Iowa

Lawyer and Iowa City city council member Laura Bergus talks about the alarming recent trend of authoritarianism in Iowa. She also elaborates on why the government is targeting trans people, and the purpose of the Back the Blue laws.

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Condé Nast Merges Pitchfork with GQ and Lays Off Multiple Staffers

Pitchfork was merged with GQ magazine by parent company Condé Nast. This caused mass layoffs, with over half of the publications staff losing their jobs.

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