For the past seven months, University of Iowa graduate student and Fulbright Scholar Vanessa Fixmer-Oraiz has been working on building a bamboo-frame bicycle to ride in RAGBRAI to raise awareness about the effects of global climate change on rural bamboo-craft communities in the Philippines. She hopes her trip, which she calls the “Bamboo on New […]
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The Klingons are coming: Riverside’s annual Star Trek festival kicks off this Friday
Captain James T. Kirk’s official future birthplace, Riverside, Iowa, will host the 30th annual Trek Fest this Friday and Saturday. As the name implies…
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World Cupdate: Root for Team USA with Iowa City’s American Outlaws
The 2014 FIFA World Cup is officially underway in Brazil, and Iowa City’s chapter of the American Outlaws, a nationwide network of team U.S. soccer supporters…
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North Liberty Unity Coalition set to launch free summer lunch program
North Liberty will soon offer free lunches to children up to age 18 as part of the North Liberty Summer Lunch and Fun Program, sponsored by the North Liberty…
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Girls Rock! summer camp to hold benefit show at PS1
Megan Buick, Cone Trauma and Maiden Mars are set to perform at a benefit concert for Girls Rock! Iowa City this Saturday at 7 p.m. in Public Space One. Money raised at the benefit will help fund Girls Rock’s week-long summer camp, which kicks off on June 23 and is open to all “female-identified, transgender […]
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Tom Garland headlines ‘Bill’s Comedy Bash’ Fundraiser
On Tuesday, May 6 at 8 p.m. Uptown Bill’s will be hosting Bill’s Comedy Bash, a night of family-friendly stand-up comedy featuring Cedar Rapids natives Tom Garland and Bruce Jay. Little Village had a chance to speak with Garland, 25, about the event, his recent experience on Bam Margera’s brusque comedy tour and his roots […]
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PS1 to host annual ‘Cheap Art Bazaar’ this Saturday
Public Space One (PS1), located in the lower level of the Wesley Center at 120 N. Dubuque St., will be hosting its annual Cheap Art Bazaar from 1-4 p.m. this Saturday. The event will include original lithographs, silkscreens and drawings as well as mix-tapes and other unique works by local artists. Up to 20 local […]
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Iowa City Pride gears up for Rainbow Run 5k
Iowa City Pride is hosting the eighth annual Rainbow Run/Walk 5K in Iowa City’s Lower City Park on Saturday, May 3 at 10 a.m. As in previous years, proceeds from the event will support the Iowa City Pride Festival, which will be held in the Ped Mall on June 21. According to Rainbow Run organizer […]
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How screwed are we? First annual Iowa Climate Festival may have the answers
Co-hosted by the American Chemical Society, various UI departments, the City of Iowa City and statewide organizations, the first-ever…
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Community organizations working to change the way we talk about sexual assault in Iowa City
Members of the Iowa United Nations Association (UNA), and Monsoon United Asian Women of Iowa (MUAWI) teamed up to host the “Your Voice. Our Future.
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Farm to School benefit: Silent art auction to feature original Dali print, work by local artists
The Wedge (136 S Dubuque St.) will play host this month to a silent art auction and raffle to benefit Field to Family’s Farm to School project. Half of the proceeds…
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Take a hike: UI grads to spend six months documenting the Appalachian Trail
Recent University of Iowa grads Elizabeth Furmanski and Collin Blunk are The Wild Outsiders, and they want you to come along, virtually at least, as they…
