Local Burrito slinger and taste-maker Kyle Sieck was ousted from competition in the Iowa City Downtown District’s sixth annual Top Chef: Downtown when health inspectors challenged the source of his […]
Adam Burke
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Heightened flood risk remains for Eastern Iowa this spring
Iowa tributaries to the Mississippi River face above normal risks for flooding as predicted by the Davenport station of the National Weather Service Forecast Office (NWSFO). Their second spring outlook, […]
Street harassment gets mapped
End Street Harassment organizational meeting Fair Grounds Coffeehouse — Thursday, Mar. 3 at 5:30 p.m. An interactive, anonymous Google map allows victims of street harassment in Iowa City to map […]
Minimum wage hike raises questions about equal pay in Johnson County
The town of Tiffin is growing fast. The population was under 2,000 people in 2010, but by 2020 it’s expected to swell to 3,400. Today, there are few jobs for […]
Sen. Grassley will meet with Obama next week over Supreme Court selection
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley announced yesterday that he, along with Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, will meet with President Obama next week to discuss a Supreme Court replacement for the […]
Activist filmmaker Julie Perini presents workshop on Thursday and films on Friday
WORKSHOP: Getting in the Way, Ways for Artists and Activists to Work Together Center for Worker Justice — Thursday, Feb. 25 at 6 p.m. HEADROOM presents: Julie Perini films Public […]
Photos: First look at Daytrotter, the night club and recording studio
Tunde Olaniran, Sister Wife and Lizzo opened the inaugural Daytrotter music festival, Daytrotter Downs, last night in Davenport. The music continues Thursday with Iowa-born William Elliott Whitmore and John Paul White […]
Girls Rock! Iowa City recruits campers, counselors at free showcase
Girls Rock! Iowa City Showcase Friday, Feb. 19 from 4-8 p.m. — WRAC, 230 N. Clinton St. Girls ages 8-16 are invited to sign up for a summer camp experience […]
Celebrate 10 years of Daytrotter at Quad City music fest
Daytrotter Downs Various locations, Davenport — Feb. 17-20 Daytrotter Downs, the Quad City music fest organized to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of the acclaimed music recording website Daytrotter, will feature […]
Film theorist to address reports of cinema’s demise at Friday talk
Is this Really the End of Cinema? Friday, Feb. 19 from 4:00-5:15 p.m. — E254 AJB (Adler Journalism and Mass Communication Building) Preeminent film scholar and former University of Iowa […]
Make a pop-up card for your valentine at the Friday Night Craft Party
Friday Night Craft Party: Pop-Up Valentines Home Ec – Friday, Feb. 5, 6-8 p.m. Join paper-crafters for a pop-up card-making party at Home Ec in Iowa City on Friday night. […]
Caucus wrap: WTH happened last night?
How did your candidate(s) do last night? Since Martin O’Malley withdrew from the race, his backers across the country must now decide how to realign themselves, but the rest of […]