READ THE NOVEL READ THE BLOG November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) the annual, pseudo-masochistic event that challenges all-comers to write a 50,000 word (175 page) novel within 30 days. Considering our unending references to Iowa City as a “City of Literature,” the Little Village crew decided it would be a great idea to, […]
October 2010
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Iowa City Weekender: October 28-31
Halloween’s an important holiday. There are a lot of things to do. Here are some things that The Weekender thinks you’d be into.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Hot Tin Roof
Submit to Hot Tin Roof
Hot Tin Roof is a program to showcase current literary work produced in the Iowa City/Cedar Rapids metro area. Each month, a selected piece under 1,000 words is published in Little Village, and the author receives a $100 honorarium. The series takes its name from a famous play and movie by former Iowa City resident […]
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Anna Allen photo essay “A Stitch in Time”
The Amana Colonies are known to Iowans hither and yon as a mecca of cheese, wine, wool, barns and buggies. Certainly everyone knows that in the Amanas, there is an old church or two. What they might not know is that in one of these churches there lives a girl–a girl who sews; a girl […]
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VIDEO: The Wandering Bears and Bo & The Locomotive
Last Tuesday Grand Tetons, Bo & The Locomotive and The Wandering Bears played The Mill’s Tuesday Night Social Club. Here are a couple of songs from the sets of Bo & The Locomotive and The Wandering Bears. Bo & The Locomotive Bo & The Locomotive The Wandering Bears
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Show Preview: Daphne Willis with Mike Droho and the Compass Rose, Gabe's, 10/22/2010
When she decided to pursue music, earnest, soulful, acoustic-strummin’ pop singer Daphne Willis didn’t waste any time. At twenty, she taught herself the basics, started playing shows and quickly recorded a demo. Her powerful voice, catchy song-crafting and lyrics beyond her years caught the attention of Nashville-based Vanguard Records, which offered her (now 23) a record deal.
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Iowa City Weekender: October 21-23
THURSDAY
Phantogram w. Josiah Wolf | The Blue Moose Tap House | 6 p.m. | $12, all ages
Electronic/rock duo Phantogram is astounding. They’ve already gained notoriety in Iowa City for upstaging an Antlers headlining show at the Blue Moose Tap House. Now they return, as sure as ever, with their slick beats, lilting vocals, and sick guitar hooks to tear up Iowa City in their own right.
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VIDEO: Vagabonds live @ College Green Park
Last Saturday afternoon, local folk sweethearts The Vagabonds graced College Green Park with their presence and old-timey tunes. Here are just a couple of the tracks they performed. Sam Blickhan and Sarah Mannix, members of the Vagabonds, can be seen tonight at the Mill performing in another of their local music projects The Wandering Bears.
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Little Village vs. NaNoWriMo
November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) the annual, pseudo-masochistic event that challenges all-comers to write a 50,000 word (175 page) novel within 30 days.
Considering our unending references to Iowa City as a “City of Literature,” the Little Village crew decided it would be a great idea to, well, participate. Consider it our very special, unsolicited donation to Iowa City’s literary soup.
We’ve selected five writers within Little Village to write their own introductory paragraph(s) to a NaNoWriMo novel, but here comes the rub. Only one author’s submission will be expanded into a full novel throughout the month of November. What’s more, the remaining four writers will stick around to help co-author the Little Village NaNoWriMo project, and you’ll be able watch it all unfold right here. Call it literary chaos.
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Event Photos: Food in Harmony – 9/25
The Mill hosted a fundraiser benefiting the Local Foods Connection on Sept 25th. The evening was packed with music from a variety of local artists, art and handmade goods, raffles, a silent auction, dancing, food and booze….it was a great night and I was glad to be asked to capture some shots from the event.
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Show Preview: Thunder Power at Gabe’s 10/14/2010
Don’t let the name mislead you; there is little “thunder” in this ensemble’s repertoire. Rather, the Omaha band’s “power” lies more in their generous, cascading melodies and subtly shifting harmonies. Instead of complicating and cluttering these already compact pop songs with studio witchcraft, Thunder Power draw on the beguiling arrangements of Bacharach or, more recently, the early ’00 works of Sam Prekop.
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Iowa City Weekender: October 14-17
Greetings Weekenders, Can I get a Chi-Chi-Chi? Can I get a Le-Le-Le? How about a VIVA CHILE! Sorry, this might be yesterday’s news but the images and sounds of celebration are really getting to me this morning, tugging on the ol’ heart strings, making my eyes leaky, you know how it is sometimes. Okay, deep […]
