Established 2001 | Always free, thanks to you! READ THE LATEST | SUPPORT LITTLE VILLAGE | SHOP PERKS THE WEEKENDER Your weekly editor-curated events compendium Celebrate leap year, the start of a new month, or maybe the abnormally warm weather this weekend in Iowa. DVIP is hosting their annual Souper Bowl fundraiser this evening in […]
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This Weekend in Eastern Iowa: Big Begonias, Dances Described, One Book, Two Book
Established 2001 | Always free, thanks to you! READ THE LATEST | SUPPORT LITTLE VILLAGE | SHOP PERKS THE WEEKENDER Your weekly editor-curated events compendium The forecast calls for sunshine and higher temperatures this weekend, making it the perfect time to explore indoor and outdoor activities. Iowa City has two great shows happening on Friday […]
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This Weekend in Central Iowa: Beer + Ballet, Animation Screening, Say What! Poetry
Established 2001 | Always free, thanks to you! READ THE LATEST | SUPPORT LITTLE VILLAGE | SHOP PERKS THE WEEKENDER Your weekly editor-curated events compendium It’ll be another beautiful February weekend in Central Iowa. Get an early start on it with a sneak peek of Ballet Des Moines’ upcoming production Love Letters at Big Grove on Thursday […]
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Little Village issue 326: February 2024
Read the issue >> Everybody say grace! This month, Little Village dug into the Iowa roots of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a 45-year-old organization of LGBTQ “nuns” out to make a point about religious — and personal — freedom. Also in this issue: Iowa City musician and activist Tara McGovern prepares to defend their […]
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Little Village’s 2024 Comics Issue
What’s in store for 2024? Little Village’s January Comics Issue includes strips from 20 local comic artists inspired by their fears and hopes for the year ahead. Sarah Allen Reed RV. Xen Lauren Haldeman Kassie Morlan Anna Reishus Aly High Dave Dugan Samuel Benson Benjamin Skeers Derek Muse Lambert Ramona Muse Lambert Scott Hansen John […]
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Little Village issue 325: January 2024
Read the issue >> Punchlines. Parenting. AI art. Soothing cups of coffee. Trump’s arrest. History repeating itself. Healing. In Little Village’s 2024 Arts Issue, local comic artists imagine what the new year might have in store. Also inside: New restaurants make an impression in Cedar Rapids and Des Moines; the Englert Theatre gets ready to […]
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Little Village December 2023: Peak Iowa
Leaders lie, families struggle, rights erode and rivers run sludgy. But you don’t have to scratch far below the surface of our corn-laden state to find something worth preserving—resurrected prairies, cool record shops, priceless art, sandwich innovations, scientific scandals, morbid and mouthwatering roadside attractions, and radical people. For our second-annual Peak Iowa issue, Little Village […]
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Little Village November 2023: The Give Guide
Life is like a Little Free Library; you never know what you’re gonna get. But unlike school libraries in Iowa, at least you know the contents of your neighborhood take-a-book-share-a-book box haven’t been censored to comply with Iowa Republicans’ definition of “appropriate” reading material. In this issue, Little Village breaks down the book-banning restrictions in […]
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Little Village issue 322: October 2023
Sit back and enjoy this episode of LV! True Hollywood Story — the tale of when Oscar winner Donna Reed got a call from her old high school chemistry teacher (and a Manhattan Project scientist) in Denison, Iowa, asking if she’d help him get a movie made about the horrors of the atomic bomb in […]
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Little Village September 2023 — The Fall Arts Preview
Whoever said there’s nothing to do in Iowa has never read Little Village. Peruse hundreds of upcoming events — and dozens of interviews with the artists and organizers behind them — in LV’s 2023 Fall Arts Preview. A preview of the Preview: September cover star Blake Shaw breaks down the art of juggling up to […]
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Little Village issue 320: August 2023
For LGBTQ students across Iowa, the new school year is starting under a cloud. Mean-spirited, confusing and medically irresponsible laws signed this past legislative session amid a rightwing anti-trans culture war will become real in classrooms and school libraries, and may make marginalized students feel more alone. Fortunately, there w‎ill always be at least one […]
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25 Iowa food festivals celebrating sweet corn, bacon, beer and more
Add these homegrown food festivals to your 2023-24 calendar: Sweet Corn Festival, West Point, Thursday-Sunday, Aug. 10-13, 2023, Free Taste of Iowa City, Downtown Iowa City, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, Free Latino Fest, Downtown Iowa City, Saturday, Aug 26, 2023, Free World Food & Music Festival, Western Gateway Park, Des Moines, Friday-Sunday, Aug. 25-27, 2023, […]
