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Chamber Singers of Iowa City presents Joseph Haydn's The Creation
The 53rd season for Chamber Singers of Iowa City concludes our journey from darkness to light with a performance of Joseph Haydn's masterpiece, The Creation. Completed in 1798, this oratorio remains one of the most celebrated works in the Western music canon. Opening in a formless void of nothingness ('The Representation of Chaos,' as Haydn called the first section), the vast wonder of creation soon springs forth through the vivid, imaginative music. Shortly after the choir enters is one of the most stunning climaxes in all of Haydn's compositions: the moment when light is first created. The text is inspired by passages from the biblical books of Genesis and Psalms and from John Milton's epic poem, Paradise Lost. The music is some of Haydn's most ingenious, with rich tone painting representing roaring lions, singing birds, rushing waters, and beaming sunlight. Even today, The Creation remains one of the most musically fascinating marriages of scientific curiosity, religious reverence, and artistic imagination ever created. In the present time, facing ecological uncertainty and spiritual searching, Haydn's celebration of nature and the harmony of existence feels more vital than ever. Under the direction of music director David Puderbaugh, Chamber Singers' performance of The Creation will feature vocal soloists Jessica Pray Patel (soprano), Colin Wilson (tenor), and David Meyer (baritone), along with a chamber orchestra comprised of local and regional musicians. The performance is at 3 p.m., Sunday, June 8, in the Voxman Music Building Concert Hall. Adult tickets are $20, and student tickets are free. Tickets, which are issued electronically, can be purchased ahead of time or at the door. Please visit the Chamber Singers' ticketing website ( for more information and to make a purchase. Looking ahead, Chamber Singers of Iowa City anticipates an exciting 54th season. Are you interested in joining the ensemble in the fall? Information about Chamber Singers, the audition process, and a link to sign up for an audition can be found at Auditions will take place on July 27, 28, 31, and Aug. 4. Chamber Singers relies on the generous support of individuals and businesses throughout the community to continue providing quality choral music in Iowa City. By donating to a local non-profit like Chamber Singers, you make it possible for us to rent performance spaces, pay artists' salaries, purchase music, and keep tickets free for students. We extend our heartfelt gratitude for your support and look forward to sharing and celebrating the unifying and transformative power of music in this holiday season and beyond. To make a gift, or to learn more about the ensemble, visit A sincere thanks to everyone who attended one of our concerts during this season. Because of you, we continue to spread joy through the power of music. We look forward to seeing you on June 8 and at our performances next season! Stay tuned for more information about the 2025-2026 concerts. Andrew Robinson is the assistant conductor for the Chamber Singers of Iowa City and a doctoral student in choral conducting at the University of Iowa. This article originally appeared on Iowa City Press-Citizen: Chamber Singers of Iowa City presents Joseph Haydn's The Creation
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- General
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Celebrate Johnson County's top students in the Press-Citizen's Student of the Year polls
To mark the end of the academic year, the Iowa City Press-Citizen is celebrating students by publishing several student of the year polls. Throughout the school year, Johnson County high school principals and faculty are asked to nominate students who excel in and out of the classroom as the Press-Citizen's Student of the Week. Now, the Press-Citizen is highlighting the previous nominees and their academic achievements by giving them a chance to be named Student of the Year. Each nominee from the various Johnson County high schools during the 2024-2025 academic year is eligible to win. More: Iowa City High senior Kate Bird is the Press-Citizen's Student of the Week The seven Student of the Year polls will open on Tuesday, May 21 and will close at noon on Thursday, May 29. Participating high schools include Clear Creek Amana High School, Iowa City High School, Iowa City Liberty High School, Iowa City West High School, Iowa City Regina Catholic High School, and Solon High School. The nominees can be found at Here are the direct links to each school's poll: The Press-Citizen's Student of the Week is a weekly contest throughout the academic year. Polls open on Mondays and close on Thursdays. Students from public and private high schools in the Iowa City area are eligible to participate. This article originally appeared on Iowa City Press-Citizen: Vote for the Press-Citizen's students of the year
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Sport
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New Steelers RB Kaleb Johnson joins Shedeur Sanders on PFF's potential contributors list
Iowa’s Kaleb Johnson (2) stiff arms Northwestern’s Jack Oyola (27) enroute to scoring a touchdown in the second quarter Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa. Kaleb Johnson, once believed to be a potential Day 1 draft pick, slid to the Steelers in Round 3 — and Pro Football Focus believes he could be an instant contributor to the Black and Gold offense. PFF recently listed which rookies are likely to start in Week 1 — ranking them into three categories: "virtual locks," "on the cusp," and "could win a competition." Johnson finds himself in an ideal situation, where he could be given the opportunity to compete with Jaylen Warren and Kenneth Gainwell for the RB1 role — and that's exactly what PFF believes as well. Advertisement Johnson appears in the lowest of the three categories but was still placed among a talented group of rookie RBs, including Quinshon Judkins, Dylan Sampson, and Cam Skattebo. A big-name rookie was also allocated to the "could win a competition" category alongside Johnson — Browns fifth-round QB Shedeur Sanders. The talented running back out of Iowa will look to put concerns about his play speed to rest — as his explosiveness and ability to break tackles with ease could make him one of the most dangerous weapons on the Steelers offense. This article originally appeared on Steelers Wire: PFF lists Steelers third-round pick as potential Week 1 contributor
Daily Mail
09-05-2025
- Politics
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EXCLUSIVE Grant Hill, rising GOP star running for Congress spent three years in jail for child sex offences
A Republican challenging a sitting GOP Congresswoman spent almost three years in prison for sex offenses, can reveal. Grant Hill, 28, was convicted of indecently exposing himself to a minor and assault with intent to commit sexual abuse in December 2022 according to Iowa 's sex offender registry. On April 22, he filed documents officially declaring he is running as a GOP candidate for Iowa's first congressional district, currently held by Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks. The seat, one of the closest in the country, covers Iowa City, Indianola, Burlington and Davenport. The 69-year-old incumbent is seeking re-election. Hill pleaded guilty to one charge of indecent exposure to a minor involving 'masturbation', after he exposed himself to a 13-year-old boy while working out at a gym in an apartment complex on the outskirts of Iowa City in 2021. According to police, he was general manager at an Iowa City cookie shop in 2022 when he called a new male staffer into the basement, asked him to watch a video on his laptop, then grabbed the man's penis. He was caught on CCTV grabbing the man's crotch a second time in the shop's kitchen, after pointing at the staffer's groin and saying 'pee-pee' in a 'toddler-type voice', police said. Hill was also accused of recording himself in his car masturbating while stopped at a red light in Coralville. He spent two years and nine months in prison and must remain on the sex offenders' registry for a decade after his February 20 release. Hill is classed as a 'Tier II' offender, meaning he has to report to the local sheriff's department with his residential address twice a year. He filed a 'Statement of Candidacy' with the Federal Election Commission on April 22, giving a name and address in Keota matching those on the Iowa sex offender's registry. The documents said he is running as a Republican, and his campaign committee is called 'The People's Hill'. He faces Miller-Meeks and previous Iowa District 1 contender David Pautsch in the 2026 primary. Pautsch received 43.9 percent of the vote to Miller-Meeks's 55.9 percent in the district's Republican primary on June 4, 2024. Hill appears to have previously attempted a run for Iowa's senate seat, as the bio for his neglected X social media account still says, 'Running for Iowa Senate 2022!' On the page, he described himself as a 'Future United States Senator. Student. Independent. Proud Trump Supporter. Inspired by @realDonaldTrump'. In his X bio, Hill described himself as a 'Future United States Senator. Student. Independent. Proud Trump Supporter. Inspired by @realDonaldTrump' Among his 2017 posts he uploaded a photo posing next to senior Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley in his hometown of Keota. His page is followed by nine accounts, including Democrat Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar and 2024 Republican Pennsylvania congressional candidate Joshua Hall, who spent 20 months in prison for leaving threatening voicemails to California Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell and his family. After Hill's release from prison, he founded a Christian company '1 Love Legacy', which describes itself as 'bringing balance to the world through love, faith, and understanding' and 'showing that God's love embraces everyone — regardless of their past or identity.' Co-founder Nic Wilson described himself on the company's website as a recovering addict who had 'a decade of treatment centers, jail cells, homelessness, and numerous suicide attempts'. Wilson said he went sober in 2021 after being offered a treatment program instead of prosecution for '10 felony charges and a potential 117-year prison sentence'. But despite his website biography saying 'Today, I'm sober, filled with hope, and ready to share the message that saved my life through 1 Love Legacy,' Wilson is currently languishing in a Polk County jail on charges of parole violation and domestic abuse assault by 'impeding air/blood flow causing bodily injury'. His bail is set at $100,000. His February 2025 mugshot shows him looking disheveled, with a bloodshot stare and a black eye. Wilson has previous convictions between 2016 and 2022 for felony burglary, domestic violence assault, a DUI, violating a restraining order, child endangerment and keeping a vicious dog. Hill's biography on the site says he was 'born in Russia and adopted into an American family at the age of three.' He alluded to his sex offenses, writing: 'In 2022, my life took an unexpected turn when I went to prison', and added: 'Coming from a small town, I never felt safe exploring who I was in a healthy way, which led me down destructive and ultimately illegal paths.' Hill told 'While my path has taken some difficult and humbling turns, it has always been my intention to serve – and I believe that real, lasting change only happens when people who've experienced deep hardship are willing to step forward and fight for something better. Referring to 1 Love Legacy, he added: 'Our nonprofit exists to help people like me – people who've made terrible mistakes, who carry heavy pasts, but who are still capable of change.'
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24-04-2025
- Health
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$35M UIowa project will raze, move Center for Disabilities and Development. What to know:
Citing outdated conditions at its 1950-era facility and a need to free up space for a new inpatient tower, the Iowa Board of Regents approved the University of Iowa's request to raze and relocate the Center for Disabilities and Development (CDD). The university will enter a 20-year lease at a former office building 15 minutes from the main medical campus to house the many offerings of the CDD. The demolition project is anticipated to begin in late 2026. Renovations at the new building are expected to cost $35 to $40 million. The CDD, built in 1954 at 100 Hawkins Dr., is in the path of the planned new UI Health Care inpatient tower. Ongoing construction, according to board documents, is hampering local clinical services, including the cytogenetics lab and the sleep disorders clinic, making it 'difficult, if not impossible, to continue to occupy the building." The UI also said the 100,500-square-foot building needs 'significant renovations and upgrading' and has "no significant architectural or historic significance.' The building's demolition is expected to eliminate $20 million in deferred maintenance costs. More: Meet the latest nominees for the Iowa City Press-Citizen Student of the Week The CDD serves all 99 of Iowa's counties, and about '70% of CDD's patients come from outside Johnson County.' Services at the CDD center focus on providing diagnostic and therapeutic care for individuals with complex disabilities, addressing a range of medical, physical, and behavioral conditions. The CDD will relocate to a 58,000-square-foot building at 2610 Northgate Dr., Iowa City, near the N Dodge Street Interstate 80 exit and the Highlander Hotel. The lease will last 20 years, anchored by four five-year renewals. 'Moving to this new location will give us the opportunity to create a more innovative and state-of-the-art environment for individuals with disabilities and their families to receive care, as well as conduct research, and lead community engagement efforts and interdisciplinary training,' said Jim Leste, chief administrative officer for UI Health Care Stead Family Children's Hospital in a news release. More: Iowa City again pauses rezoning for apartments on Governor St. amid neighborhood opposition The University and UI Health Care believe that the services offered will be 'more successful' thanks to the new building's "convenient access" to the interstate and additional space. 'This will be a huge benefit for the many patients who travel to us for specialized care from all over the state," Leste said. The CDD's services are not expected to relocate until late 2026 or early 2027 to allow time for necessary renovations at the Northgate facility. The new CDD will include patient clinic rooms, diagnostic and treatment areas, specialized patient rehabilitation spaces, a lab, faculty offices, and nursing/staff support spaces, along with an exterior playground. As part of the lease agreement, the landlord will build a 15,000-25,000 square-foot addition and will be solely responsible for the costs of a new roof, replacing the air handling units, upgrading the surface parking lots, and making other landscaping improvements. More: University of Iowa dean says five student visas have been revoked. What to know: The total estimated cost of the renovations is $35 to $40 million, which UI Health Care will pay for 'upon substantial completion.' The full lease agreement has not been made public. UI Health Care will pay approximately $2.89 per square foot annually for operating and maintenance costs and real estate taxes. Jessica Rish is an entertainment, dining and education reporter for the Iowa City Press-Citizen. She can be reached at JRish@ or on X, formerly known as Twitter, @rishjessica_ This article originally appeared on Iowa City Press-Citizen: UI plans to raze, relocate Center for Disabilities and Development
