Established 2001 | Always free! The last weekend of June is jam-packed with events in Central and Eastern Iowa. The Des Moines Arts Festival returns to the capital with art and food vendors, live music across two stages and nearly 30 free interactive art activities. Another DSM highlight is the continued theater run of The […]
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This weekend in Iowa: block parties, exhibition openings and music of all kinds
Established 2001 | Always free! Don’t ever let the haters tell you that there isn’t a wide variety of things to do throughout central and eastern Iowa. There’s something for everyone. Picklers can join a tournament at the Iowa City Block Party. Rocky Horror aficionados can watch a special shadow cast viewing of the cult […]
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This weekend in Iowa: Arts Fests, STEM Tours, Pride and block parties galore
Established 2001 | Always free, thanks to you! It’s the second weekend of June in central and southeastern Iowa, and your local communities are jam-packed with things to do in these (hopefully — knock on wood and all that) sun-drenched days ahead. We’re talking citywide parades, block parties, arts festivals and everything in between. Iowa City will […]
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Little Village issue 330: June 2024
It’s hard to take pride when you’re forced to hide. In this issue, Little Village talks to a local org selling Pride flags to benefit LGBTQ Iowans in need, as well as the trans chaplain of a University of Iowa campus ministry that defied the church to keep its doors open to queer clergy and […]
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Events around Iowa to fill your Pride Month 2024 calendar
Though some cities in Iowa have already kicked off their official Pride festivities the first weekend of June — we see you Rock Island! — there is still lots to look forward to this Pride Season in SE and Central Iowa. Keep reading to check out some highlights of the plentiful array of celebrations happening […]
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This weekend in Iowa: 48 Hour Film Project celebrates 20 years, Road House on the Rooftop and Iowa Women’s Festival
Established 2001 | Always free, thanks to you! The solstice and the official start of summer is still weeks away, but the first weekend of June sure does bring the summer vibes. Aficionados of all stripes will find something to dig in this weekend’s eclectic mix of featured events throughout Eastern and Central Iowa. Teams […]
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This weekend in Iowa: The War and Treaty, CelebrAsian and Scott DL’s Enlightenment Saloon
Established 2001 | Always free, thanks to you! Lots of events are popping off in Eastern and Central Iowa throughout the extended Memorial Day Weekend. Check out the vocal stylings of The War and Treaty at The Englert in Iowa City on Thursday night. For your festival kick, CelebrAsian is bursting with events this weekend […]
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This Weekend in Iowa: Floodwater Comedy Festival, Little Women, Taste Test Improv Burlesque Show, Coralville Asian Festival
Established 2001 | Always free, thanks to you! This weekend kicks off with the Floodwater Comedy Festival in Iowa City, featuring three full days of comedy headlined by Laurie Kilmartin. The Trumpet Blossom Cafe hosts another excellent Feed Me Weird Things show featuring MESSA, and the 2nd Asian Festival heads to Coralville’s S.T. Morrison Park. […]
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This Weekend in Iowa: BenzFest, “Pulses” biofeedback orchestra, Ridiculesque comedy-themed burlesque, Katt Williams
Established 2001 | Always free, thanks to you! With warmer weather come outdoor concert series, and we’ve got several to check out this weekend in Cedar Rapids, Des Moines and Iowa City. For those looking for something unique and biological, there’s Jason Snell’s Pulses show at Public Space One’s Close House, where participants’ “brainwaves and […]
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Little Village issue 329: May 2024
An alt-weekly writing about college basketball? In May?? Must be the Bluder effect. In this issue, LV explores how a lifetime immersed in Iowa women’s basketball paid off for Lisa Bluder, Caitlin Clark, Hannah Stuelke and Hawkeye fans everywhere — and what happens when a national phenomenon hits close to home. Also inside: Meet the […]
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This Weekend in Iowa! ‘Day of the Dead,’ the Taste of Jazz, Rachel Corrie’s legacy and more
Established 2001 | Always free, thanks to you! Enjoy the final weekend of April in Eastern and Central Iowa with a wide array of events to make you feel, think and dream! Support music education with KCCK’s annual Taste of Jazz fundraiser. Cast your thoughts forward to summer with Ballet Des Moines’ A Midsummer Night’s […]
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This Weekend in Iowa: La Dame Blanche, Pinky Patel, Herein Lies The Truth
Established 2001 | Always free, thanks to you! Get out for one of the many exciting events happening this weekend in Eastern and Central Iowa. On Thursday evening, consider stopping by the Decades Event Center in West Des Moines for the 15th Annual Art & More for Shelter, a fundraiser for Families Forward. In Iowa City […]
