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Last week I stopped by the Summer Camp Battle of the Bands and was reminded that, every now and then, you just need to be in a sweaty basement full of smiling hippies on [...]

Welcome to a special ‘Blue Moose Rising’ edition of the Weekender.
For the last couple of months the newest venue downtown has been making a pretty big splash booking acts like Saint Vincent, Hyper Crush, Motion City Soundtrack and of course Iowa City’s prodigal son William Elliott Whitmore (just to name a few).  This weekend we [...]

If you checked out Little Village Live last night then you know you were treated to a seriously sick and soulful set by Dave Bess of Public Property, currently perfecting his act as a 1-man band.  Straight into the soundboard he bumped his thick bass grooves, signature hooks and live dub stylings of his own [...]

Gosh, anybody tune in to Little Village Live last night?  Midwest Dilemma was in-studio, or at least Justin Lamoureux, who recently brought us the album Timelines and Tragedies along with about 30 of his closest friends over there in Omaha. A very nice performance indeed, check back soon for video clips at LittleVillageMag.com.
It seems the [...]

THURSDAY
Green Drinks | Red Avocado | 5:30 pm | Free admission – great wine list!

This weekend, start your love fest with an alcohol infused meditation on the big things we sometimes take for granted – fresh air, potable water, that’s right… the environment! If you heart the environment despite it’s occasionally godawful temperatures, head [...]

Greetings, Weekenders!
Big thanks to Caleb Hawley and Reed Waddle for being our special guests on last night’s edition of Little Village Live – our weekly radio show, Wednesdays 5-6 pm on KRUI.  Check back soon for video clips of their live in-studio performance.  Tune in next week for a special Tuesday edition – that’s right, [...]

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Greetings, Weekenders!
Thank you to all who tuned in last night for Little Village Live, our weekly radio show over at KRUI, and a huge thank you to special guest Ben Schmidt for the wonderful live in-studio performance.  Accompanied by the terrific Larry Mossman on [...]

- “Live from Prairie Lights” kicks off its Spring 2010 series with a reading from Daniyal Mueenuddin
- Datagun dusts off the stage at the Picador for a CD release party
- Yoga marathon at Heartland Yoga
- Celebrate 7 years of good times at the Yacht Club with 7 bands for $7

The Laramie Project opens at Theatre Cedar Rapids
Local Hip Hop throwdown at PS1
Fleece begins at birth – sewing party to benefit UIHC NICU

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Eerily quiet downtown today.  Classic snowy tree scenes, the deafening, paranoia-inducing sound of snow creaking under your boots – or is it just me?  Thankfully in Iowa City there are many ways to fight cabin fever, but it seems this week that live music [...]