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Weekend Champloo, January 20-22

Posted by Jason on Thursday, Jan 19, 2012

This weekend is loaded with music opportunities!

Coffeehouse--Project Art Live Performances Program with the Recliners
Friday, Jan. 20 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. at Beadology
220 Washington Street, Iowa City. Phone (319) 338-1566. $5 donation.
Hear some music and support a good cause! Join the Recliners as they play a benefit in the Bead Lab to supply equipment and materials for live performances at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Money raised will buy sheet music and sound equipment. Project Art is committed to providing an environment that promotes healing shaped by a rich dose of art exhibits and performances.

Knitted dissected bat
Photo from Flickr user: http://www.flickr.com/photos/estonia76/

Knitters' Breakfast at Home Ec. Workshop
Saturday, Jan. 21 10:00 a.m. at Home Ec. Workshop 21207 N. Linn St., Iowa City. Phone: 337-4775.
Get an early start on Saturday with crafts! Home Ec. offers fresh hot quiche, coffee cake and cookies for sale. Eat, enjoy a hot or cold drink and knit and craft in good company!

Giant Punk Rock Show
Saturday, Jan 21st 6:00-10:00 p.m. at Gabe's 330 E Washington St. Iowa City
$5 entrance, $9 if you want to go to both this show and the Yacht Club 9th Anniversary show (see next).
All ages until 10 p.m.
Lineup:
Muddy Rails 6:20-6:50
The Ills 7:10-7:40
Drawn to Fury 8:00-8:30
Toe Tappingly Tragic 8:50-9:20
Nebula Was 9:40-10:10
http://www.facebook.com/events/322175177802705/

Iowa City Yacht Club's 9th Anniversary Party
Saturday, Jan 21st 4:00-10:00 p.m. at Yacht Club. 13 South Linn St., Iowa City
$9 entrance.
All ages until 10 p.m.
Yacht Club is also doing Punk Farm 2012 (see above) at Gabe's so this will be a "two venues-one cover" deal if you want to diversify.
Lineup:
Gone South 4:00-4:45
Caterwaulla 5:00-5:45
Limbs 6:00-7:00
Tallgrass 7:15-8:15
Whistle Pigs 8:30-9:30
Aaron Kamm & the One Drops 9:45-10:45
http://www.facebook.com/events/139923762781168/

NFL Playoffs
Photo from Flickr user Hawk Eyes http://www.flickr.com/photos/cpardue/6721132273/sizes/m/in/photostream/

NFL Conference Championship games
Sunday, January 22 on CBS and FOX
I'm not the biggest fan of NFL Football but even I'm going to be watching one of these conference championship games if only for the chance to see some new blood in the Super Bowl. I'll be cheering for the Ravens (they've only been once before) and the 49ers (who haven't been in since the early 1990s...plus their uniforms are horrible).

AFC: Ravens vs Patriots ‎starts at 2:00 PM on CBS.
NFC: Giants vs 49ers at 5:30 PM on FOX.

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Jason is Adult Services Coordinator. He oversees reference services offered at the Info Desk, Switchboard, Digital Media Lab, Koza Family Teen Center, and Page Station. He coordinates programming opportunities for adults and teens.

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