By: Brad Gaspelin and Danielle Haughland [audio:http://www.krui.fm/assets/news/LindsayHunterInStudio.mp3] Quickies is a Chicago based flash-fiction reading series. For those who don’t know what flash-fiction is, it’s all about brevity. There are no word limits in the Quickies reading series, but there is a time limit. Lindsay Hunter tells us about that limit, the consequences for breaking it, and some of the other rules of Quickies. Quickies performed a special Iowa City reading as part of the Mission Creek Festival.
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[audio:http://krui.fm/assets/music/stare%20case%20winters%20ruby.mp3] Stare Case and Winter’s Ruby visited the KRUI Mission Creek Artist Lounge at PS1, 129 E. Washington, on Thursday, March 31. Check out the audio of their exclusive live performances here.
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