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 […]
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Little Village issue 340: May 2025
Gov. Kim Reynolds won’t seek reelection, giving her term an expiration date of Jan. 20, 2027. Iowa’s first woman governor has overseen more than 10,000 COVID deaths, rising cancer rates, declining public schools, unprecedented hunger, a near-total abortion ban and culture wars galore. But LV’s Paul Brennan — who has written upwards of 500 stories […]
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This weekend in Iowa: a fashion fest going above and beyond in Iowa City, an alluring night of burlesque in Cedar Rapids and more
Established 2001 | Always free! It’s another Weekender bursting with events. Deb Talan celebrates the release of her solo album at the Englert in Iowa City. (She discussed the highs and lows of her post-divorce life in an interview with Little Village this week). Tomorrow is the first Friday of the month, which means Mainframe Studios is […]
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This weekend in Iowa: Allegra Hernandez, Tailor Lynn and more
Established 2001 | Always free! The sounds of today’s Weekender range from ukulele in Des Moines to abstract sound collage in Rock Island. Andrew Hoyt busts out his uke in his EP release show at Wooly’s this Friday. Rozz-Tox hosts psychedelic jazz artists Direct Mutant Action, with Rock Island-based opener Systems. Indiana screamo band Usurp […]
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This weekend in Iowa: a crossover quartet, the road to a summerjam and more.
Established 2001 | Always free! It’s another weekend filled with an eclectic array of things to do in our reader regions. Perhaps you had no plans to visit a church this Easter weekend? Could a National Medal of the Arts recipient change that? The Fisk Jubilee Singers will perform with Cornell College choirs at the […]
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This weekend in Iowa: The Weather Station at Hancher, SubtleSound.wav 009 at Wooly’s and more
Established 2001 | Always free! At times, pulling out highlights from our Weekender can feel like Mad Libs. How else could we get Mason Ramsey and Bill Murray in the same sentence? Fill out your own weekend plans among the ex-Ghostbusters, viral kid yodelers and other events in our reader regions below. The Weekender is […]
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This weekend in Iowa: Mission Creek, Molly Nova & The Hawks and Mainframe’s First Friday
Established 2001 | Always free! April kicks off the spring festival season with the return of two long-running fests: Mission Creek Festival in Iowa City and the Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival in Marion. No need for any FOMO in our other reader regions, though. In Des Moines, musician/historian Seth Hedquist will present his ode […]
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Little Village issue 339: Rec’d 2025
Dreaming of summer? If you’re in Iowa City, hold your horseplay: City Park pool is getting a revamp, leaving townies without an outdoor pool for the first time since the Truman administration. In this issue, LV explores why access to public pools is a safety issue in any community, from IC to Des Moines’ North […]
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This weekend in Iowa: Trans Vibrations, Metal Madness and master throat singing.
Established 2001 | Always free! There is a lot to celebrate and come out in solidarity for this weekend. Iowa City’s Trumpet Blossom hosts a night of music and resistance via a fundraiser for Iowa Trans Mutual Aid. Cedar Rapids again proves it’s a metalhead destination with the March Metal Madness show at The Ideal […]
