For the 2025 Bread & Butter dining guide, Little Village food reviewers visited and reviewed 10 locally owned central Iowa eateries. DES MOINES Clyde’s Fine Diner 111 E Grand Ave Suite 111, Des Moines, 515-243-3686 Clyde’s is one of my staples and legitimately one of the best restaurants I’ve ever been to. Truly putting the […]
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Little Village issue 343: Bread & Butter 2025
For the 10th year running, Bread & Butter is back to pick your next meal — or your next year of meals — out in eastern and central Iowa. Browse reviews of more than 40 restaurants, from fresh new spots to well-greased staples, across Des Moines, Ames, Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, the Quad Cities, Dubuque, […]
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This weekend in Iowa: CATVIDEOFEST, Bluesmore in CR and more
Established 2001 | Always free! The big destination this weekend is the Hinterland Festival in Saint Charles Iowa (let’s hope the temps of last years fest don’t return). If that’s not in your plans there are plenty of other music and arts events in our regions this weekend. QueertopIA, a celebration co-hosted by Dreamwell Theatre […]
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This weekend in Iowa: Harmony Festival in CR, a rooftop reading series in IC and more
Established 2001 | Always free! It’s been another weird week in a constant string of weird weeks. Coldplay’s Kiss Cam created a scandal, the QAnon Shaman flipped on Trump and two WWE Hall of Famers have died (one passing got us in the feels, the other not so much). Take a Weekender break with some of these stellar music […]
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This weekend in Iowa: Bluegrass Festivals, un ¡Fiesta! in Waterloo and more
Established 2001 | Always free! This coming weekend is the last of the Cancer Zodiac season, which sees the crabs scurrying off to make way for the best star sign. (A Leo may or may not be writing today’s Weekender.) Whatever your astrological sign, there are lots of great events to check out in our […]
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This weekend in Iowa: Eljuri with Reggae Rapids at CSPS, Lakeview at Wooly’s and more
Established 2001 | Always free! Once again there are plenty of options for music fans of all types across our reader regions this weekend. The Joe Stamm Band stops by Wildwood in Iowa City to celebrate their latest album release. Ezra Furman brings her “orchestral emo” to Lefty’s in Des Moines. If you’re Dubuque and […]
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This weekend in Iowa: Jazz, K-pop and Bluegrass, oh my!
Established 2001 | Always free! Drive right on by that roadside fireworks stand and take in some live music this weekend instead — your ears and eyebrows will thank you. The Iowa City Jazz Festival will host headliner Stefon Harris (called “one of the most important artists in jazz” by the Los Angeles Times) and his band Blackout. K-pop […]
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Little Village issue 342: July 2025
In this issue, LV drills into a disturbing imbalance: 80% of Iowans rely on groundwater to drink, but households account for less than half of public well-water usage in the state. Big Ag sops up most of it, all while spilling nitrates into waterways. With a rural water crisis brewing, will Iowa make a plan […]
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This weekend in Iowa: a new museum dedicated to burlesque opens in Davenport, The Soul Rebels bring their New Orleans sound to DSM and more
Established 2001 | Always free! Even though, after the holiday, this seems like the most Monday of Friday’s, we still have a slew of events to share in today’s Weekender. MC Animosity and an all-star University of Iowa music ensemble hit up Gabe’s in Iowa City. Soulcage celebrates their debut album release (which dropped today) […]
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Juneteenth 2025 events in eastern and central Iowa
Juneteenth is this Thursday, June 19, and there will be commemorations, celebrations, forums and other events marking the historic holiday in Iowa both on and around the day. Here are 20 events worth checking out. Iowa City area Monday-Friday, June 16-20, Juneteenth 2025 presented by The Black Voices Project, South District Market parking lot Thursday, […]
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Pride 2025 events across eastern and central Iowa
From raucous Pride parades and festivals to intimate LGBTQ+ support groups and book clubs, there are dozens of ways to celebrate Pride Month this June (and July, and August) in Iowa. Browse more than 50 options below. Iowa City area Tuesday, June 10, 7 p.m., Pride at FilmScene: I Am My Own Woman, FilmScene Satuday, […]
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Little Village issue 341: June 2025
Is Pride a party or a protest? Are cops welcome? What does it mean to resist? Local leaders with skin in the game discuss what’s at stake as the state clamps down on LGBTQ+ rights. Also in this issue, trans writer Achilles F. Seastrom visits queer-friendly Iowa congregations that were practicing radical inclusivity long before […]
