Amber Neville and Angela Barnett got the keys today to 207 N. Linn Street, the site their future flower shop, Willow & Stock, coming soon to Iowa City’s Northside Marketplace.
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Little Village magazine issue 221: May 17 – June 6, 2017
Flip through the pages of Little Village magazine issue 221. In this edition, LV takes a look at how activists are responding to the rising tide of conservatism in Iowa as collective bargaining rights, gun control — including “Stand Your Ground” policies — and women’s reproductive rights undergo a massive shakeup in the state legislature. […]
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With the legislative session closed, activists respond to the Iowa Legislature’s conservative turn
Gov. Terry Branstad heralded this year as “one of the most significant and productive sessions in our history.” And it certainly did produce a large volume of wide-ranging, impactful bills. But for some, those bills represented a sharp lurch to the right and an abrupt end to bipartisan Iowa politics. Among the measures that left Iowa organizations and activists gearing up for a fight are laws impacting women’s access to abortions, reducing union bargaining rights, expanding and protecting access to guns and decreased support for public education.
Some measures, including a 72-hour waiting period for abortions and restrictions on collective bargaining rights for public employees, have already been challenged in court.
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Exclusive track: CCR’s ‘Lodi’ covered by Brian Johannesen with David Zollo & The Body Electric
Shortly after their move outside of Iowa City in 2015, Flat Black Studios began recording a series of covers of well-known songs. Initially, the recordings were meant to hone the studio’s acoustics and celebrate the new space, but as the months passed and the covers piled up, the project took on a life of its […]
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Little Village magazine issue 220: May 3-16, 2017
Flip through the pages of Little Village magazine issue 220. In this edition, you’ll find an interview with Iraqi poet Ali Habesh about his work and what he describes as his “two halves,” split between Iraq and Iowa. Also inside: The final installment of long-running fiction series The Early Tears with Vic Pasternak, an overview […]
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Flyover Fashion Festival lands in Iowa City
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text] Ticket Info General Admission Festival Pass: $50 VIP Festival Pass: $60 (SOLD OUT) Aveda “Catwalk for Water” Fashion Show: $25 Dance Party with Moods and the Glad Scientist: $10-15 TRVE VVILL: A Sauvaged Jewelry Experience: $5 Preservation x Shu Shu Maus, Iowa’s Top Designer Showcase: $25 The Gaslamp Killer: $15-20[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] Friday, […]
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Northside Iowa City institution Motley Cow Cafe to close
Iowa City’s northside marketplace will soon say goodbye to one of its longest running culinary and social institutions. Motley Cow Cafe Owner David Wieseneck told Little Village that the restaurant would close its doors on June 17. He gave few details, but clarified that the decision to close was his own, citing a desire to […]
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Little Village magazine issue 219: April 19 – May 2, 2017
Flip through the pages of Little Village magazine issue 219. In this edition, spring fashion season has finally sprung, and we’ve got the puns to prove it! Also inside: A look at how science advocates around Iowa and the nation are speaking out in defense of evidence-based policy, culminating in a march later this month. […]
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Explore a new spring crop of fashion ideas
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Supported by Flyover Fashion Festival Photos by Mike Stenerson Modeled by Jamese Alexander[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][hcode_image_gallery image_gallery_type=”lightbox-gallery” simple_image_type=”feet” lightbox_type=”masonry” column=”2″ image_gallery=”116223,116224,116225,116226,116227,116228,116229″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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Introducing ‘The Village,’ coming Spring 2017
The Village is a flexible event space suitable for receptions, live music, theatre, trade shows, etc. Renovations are still underway on the main space, but the front space is now available for pop-up shops.
The Village is located next to Lion Bridge Brewing Company in the Czech Village.
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Little Village magazine issue 218: April 5-18, 2017
Flip through the pages of Little Village issue 218. In this edition, you’ll find a look at how Democrats could use the Trumpcare debacle to push forward a plan for single payer healthcare, UR Here on the virtues of soaking up nature through shinrin-yoku, an interview with the Cool Kids leading up to their performance […]
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Exclusive track: Will Whitmore and friends cover ‘Let the Good Times Roll’ by The Cars
When Flat Black Studios moved from Iowa City to its new rural location outside of town in 2015, the new studio’s first recording session was meant to dial in the room’s acoustics, and celebrate all the hard work so many local musicians had put in to make the place what it is…
