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An Interview With Eric Johnson Of Fruit Bats

Fruit Bats are an indie rock band out of Chicago formed by singer and songwriter Eric D. Johnson. With a career spanning three decades, Johnson has served as the band’s permanent member, with various musicians joining the band for studio recordings and live performances. With their latest release, The Landfill, Fruit Bats are touring and making a stop at The Englert in Iowa City on Wednesday, October 21st. KRUI’s Myles Ackman and Kade Grierson met and spoke with Johnson over the phone for an exclusive KRUI interview. MA: Going back to your early years, can you tell us a little … Continued

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In Conversation with “Dis/Comfort: Confronting Histories of African Art in the United States”

On October 15th, I had the pleasure of a guided tour through the student-curated art exhibition “Dis/Comfort,” created by a class that collaboratively uses a semester to build its own African art exhibit for the Stanley Museum, “Curating African Art for the American Museum.” Being who I am, naturally I wanted to highlight this extremely valuable opportunity to have a hand in professional curation for college students. For my class this semester, How to Write About Art, we were given the opportunity to have a guided class period through the exhibit with the help of two students who worked on … Continued

KRUI News Staffers Emily Woodbury and Mike Mendel sit down with UI Associate Professor of Political Science, Tim Hagle, to evaluate and discuss the GOP debate and what impact it had on the 2012 campaign. [audio:http://www.krui.fm/assets/news/HagleGOPDebate.mp3]

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by Dylan Vaughn [audio:http://www.krui.fm/assets/news/athiesm%20vox%20pox.mp3] A recent week long movement on Face book encouraged people to come out of the atheist closet, which people did by posting a picture of themselves holding a piece of paper saying “I am an atheist.” The goal of the movement was to show how many atheists there were on Face book. Over 15,000 people joined in the event. In line with that movement, tomorrow is “Ask an Atheist Day.” It would seem Atheists are pushing to be accepted. But are they accepted or un-accepted by the public? KRUI went to the streets to find out … Continued

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by Emily Woodbury and Brad Gaspelin [audio:http://www.krui.fm/assets/news/JakobsenConference.mp3] KRUI News sits down with Kyle Moody and Stef Shuster, the publicity and event planning co-chairs of the Jakobsen Conference. The Jakobsen Conference gives graduate students a chance to present their work, whether it is a video, piece of music, or science experiment. Kyle and Stef describe what the conference is like, how it is organized, and the diversity of projects each graduate student showcases.           Artist: Andrea Ferrigno – University of Iowa School of Art and Art History, “Space Squashed,” 2010

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