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A-List: Andrew Skurka at Finn & Feather, April 9-10

A-List: Andrew Skurka at Finn & Feather, April 9-10

Fin & Feather Presents Andrew Skurka April 9, 10 | 7 pm Fin & Feather (125 Highway 1 W) Curious how you can earn an “ultra” in front of your “long-distance backpacker” moniker? Then hike, bike or otherwise trek to Fin & Feather this month for presentations by ultra long-distance backpacker Andrew Skurka. National Geographic...

LV113: April 2012

Open publication – Free publishing – More culture

2012 Mission Creek Festival: Official Festival Guide

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Hot Tin Roof: Life in Miniature

By Noel Carver No matter how good life may be it will never be a good transition, womb to world with pain and aging, open like a book. He did not need the slap upon the feet, his little face already gasping, flailing arms and grasping air. But the slap came anyway, a first lesson....
Balancing the Scales

Balancing the Scales

Chris Warnock and I are two unconventional lawyers looking to address a conventional problem: the power imbalance between landlords and tenants in Iowa City. Along with Christine Boyer, we have founded the Tenants Project, an organization dedicated to ensuring fair play between landlords and tenants. We seek to change the landlord-tenant dynamic from one of...

Talking Movies: Film Fests 2011

Is this heaven? No, it’s the Hardacre Film Festival, every bit as magical as a diamond in a cornfield where the ghosts of old baseball players congregate. Every August, in the town of Tipton, Iowa (population 3,155), great movies, filmmakers from all over the country and interesting Iowans magically appear in a gorgeous old movie...
Iowa City Weekender: July 21-23

Iowa City Weekender: July 21-23

Fashion Photography and Pop Music await you this weekend. Don't move too fast though. It's still sort of hot outside.

LV104: June/July 2011

Flip through issue 104 of Little Village
Celebrate Ten Years: Del at The Blue Moose, 6/21/11

Celebrate Ten Years: Del at The Blue Moose, 6/21/11

Issue #1 of Little Village was published in July 2001. It’s on file at both local libraries, and it’s totally worth seeking out. Every page in the issue evokes a potent sense of place–a place so cantankerously in love with itself, it could only be this place: Iowa City. In the opening pages, the founding...

Roast this Town 2: Coming in July 2011

We all love living here, especially during the summer, but–as with any relationship–there are certainly times when life in Iowa City can just about drive you crazy. Whether it’s the drunken coeds puking on our lawns, the busybody city council that would probably collect daily stool samples from everybody in town, just to make sure...

LV 103: May 2011

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Lexicon Collective Presents: Beyond the Hemline

Just as painters show their work in a gallery, clothing designers also need an interactive venue for presenting their work. What better way to celebrate the creative resourcefulness of Iowa's stitching community than with a runway show? Beyond the Hemline aims to foster the creative talents of all individuals who have an interest in wearable...

M.C. Ginsberg Presents: Drawer 13

Wear your support for the arts in Iowa City – shop Drawer 13 at M.C. Ginsberg Jewelers. With the purchase of this hand-crafted artisanal jewelry, you contribute to the writers and artists of Little Village magazine. LETTERS Say it in a Letter These custom letter pendants from M.C. Ginsberg are another great way to show...

LV101: March 2011

Flip through issue 101 of Little Village.
American Reason: Immigration Roundtable - Live from Public Space ONE - 3/27/2011

American Reason: Immigration Roundtable – Live from Public Space ONE – 3/27/2011

Little Village presents a roundtable discussion with American Reason...