Machine Dazzle crafts wearable sculptures for Taylor Mac show
Machine Dazzle, a self described artist in the role of costume designer, created elaborate outfits for Taylor Mac’s A 24 Decade History of Popular Music. His wearable sculptures mix history and performance at Hancher Auditorium as he preps new COSTUMES.
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Hancher Auditorium
Iowa City
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Mac
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Hancher
Free vintage house offered to move for hotel project
A local developer will give away a vintage home at 901 Melrose Ave in University Heights to anyone who moves it to clear land for a Courtyard by Marriott hotel. Moving the house is estimated at 50,000 to 75,000 dollars. the 4 acre site is near Kinnick Stadium and the University of Iowa Hospitals. If not moved or salvaged, the house will be demolished as construction proceeds on the 140 room hotel by University Lake Partners II LLC.
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Ing
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the Gazette
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Iowa Legislature teeters on weeks of tax and budget talks
On Day 108 of the 100 day session House and Senate leaders press toward a tax relief package and budget deals. Senate majority leader Jack Whitver says meetings with the governor and speaker are productive but no agreement, signaling a long overtime stretch ahead.
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Jackson remains nominee for Veterans Affairs post
White House backs Ronny Jackson to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs amid multiple complaints accusing him of drug dispensing a hostile workplace and intoxication on duty. President Trump weighed in on possible withdrawal but aides pledged to defend the nomination.
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