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Concert Review: Jefferson Starship, September 21st

Jefferson Starship landed in Iowa City’s Englert Theater on Sunday the 21st of September for a spectacular show. As the show began, the projector took us through time, introducing the band’s long history and members that shaped their legacy, with pictures and videos eliciting our minds’ imagination to the past lives of the other 99% of the room. It. Was. AWESOME.

by Ellen Woodward [audio:http://www.krui.fm/assets/news/ArtMuseumFINAL.MP3] Ellen speaks with the University of Iowa Art Director, Sean O’Harrow, on the future location of the art museum and the controversy dealing with the Jackson Pollock painting, “Mural.” She also reports on the Save the Pollock protest and speaks with the paint-splattered demonstrators.

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by Ridhi Madia [audio:http://www.krui.fm/assets/news/RidhiDanceCompFINAL.MP3] Saturday March 5 Indian dance teams from universities across the Midwest competed last Saturday at the IMU for a grand prize and a first place title for the year. Ridhi speaks with Rajiv Verma, the President of the Indian Student Alliance, on the organization and the competition.

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Jostna Dash interviews Bethany Welsh and Matt Anderson of the collegiate 4H group here at the University of Iowa. A new community service organization has been founded at the University of Iowa by freshman Bethany Welsh. 4-H is an organization administered by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture of the USDA. The organization plans on working closely with the youth 4-H of Johnson county and working with Iowa State University’s branch as well. [audio:http://www.krui.fm/assets/news/4HJostnaDashFINAL.MP3]

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Brad Gaspelin and Claire Diver talk to the playwright about her writing process, inspiration, her plays, and her live writing workshop. [audio:http://www.krui.fm/assets/news/SuzanLoriParkInStudio.mp3] Here is a link to her live streaming workshop. http://www.livestream.com/newplay

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[audio:http://krui.fm/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/All-My-Sons-Review1.mp3|titles=All My Sons Review] Brett Johnson reviews “All My Sons.”

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Chuck Grassley talks about the Chamber of Commerce meeting on flood funding and the new rail line from Iowa City to Chicago. At the end of the interview the senator fields questions on a variety of topics. [audio:http://www.krui.fm/assets/news/Senator%20Grassley%20Interview.mp3]

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