[vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=””][vc_column width=”1/1″ css=”.vc_custom_1455839376757{margin-top: -50px !important;margin-bottom: 40px !important;}”][vc_column_text] The Iowa Music Project — a James Gang endeavor dedicated to supporting live music throughout the state of Iowa — is now accepting submissions for a statewide songwriting showcase. 25 songs by artists with Iowa ties will be chosen for an IMP-produced compilation. This will […]
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Herbal workshop at PS1 will help you ‘weather the winter’
Public Space One (PS1) will host an herbal care workshop, “Weather the Winter,” on Saturday in their kitchen at the Wesley Center. Instructor Stephany Hoffelt will show how natural preparations can bolster immune function and help bodies stay healthy to withstand the cold and flu season.
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Little Village magazine issue 190: Jan. 6-19, 2016
Flip through the pages of Little Village issue 190. In this edition, LV’s annual arts issue, you’ll find a letter decrying the lack of book resellers in Iowa City, a look at the Oneota Film Festival’s new student initiative in Decorah, Iowa, the ArtForceIowa’s #KnowJustice program and much more!
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This weekend: Iowa City hosts more craft fairs and holiday markets than you can shake a (beautifully decorated) stick at
Each year, the season of conspicuous consumption reaches its inevitable anticlimax when we gather around and, regardless of our individual traditions, realize in unison that all our gifts look the same, have the same disposable smell, make the same dumb noises and come from the same wretched factories. This year, be the exception to the […]
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Little Village magazine issue 189: Dec. 2 – Jan. 5, 2016
Flip through the pages of Little Village issue 189. In this edition, you’ll find one parent’s take on this fall’s controversial ICCSD threat policy revisions, a look at the year’s best albums by guest columnist Andre Perry, a sobering take on the future of Black Hawk Mini Park and much more!
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On climate change: Jane Smiley writes a dystopian ‘letter to the future’
Scientists have warned for decades that greenhouse gas emissions have put the Earth on track for calamitous storms, floods, droughts and rising oceans. But the world’s governments have yet to sign a legally binding agreement to do what it takes to avert climate disaster. The UN Climate Change Conference in Paris in December 2015 could […]
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Little Village magazine issue 188: Nov. 18 – Dec. 1, 2015
Flip through the pages of Little Village issue 188. In this edition, you’ll find an interview with storied musician Richard Hell, an update on the UI Women’s Resource and Action Center upcoming move, a look at what the “Core Four” has in store for 2016 and much more!
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Looking back: Marybeth Slonneger’s new book about Iowa City history is half time capsule, half love song
Stop by Prairie Lights Bookstore on Sunday, Nov. 22 at 3 p.m. for a special Finials reading featuring several of the retrospective’s contributors. By Gemma de Choisy and Kent Williams Iowa City is home to some 71,591 of us (give or take a census). To Marybeth Slonneger, it’s more—a 176-year-old ongoing public art project. Slonneger […]
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IC restauranteur and slow food activist Kurt Friese announces bid for County Supervisor
In a press release sent over the weekend, Kurt Friese, a long-time activist and owner of Iowa City restaurant Devotay, announced his candidacy for a position on the Johnson County Board of Supervisors. The announcement comes quickly on the heels of last week’s news that Johnson County Supervisor Terrence Neuzil had accepted a position in […]
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Little Village magazine issue 187: Nov. 4-17, 2015
In this edition of Little Village magazine, you’ll find LV’s 2015 winter fashion survival guide, an interview with UI-trained anthropologist K. Lindsay Hunter about her group’s exciting new find in South Africa’s Rising Star Cave System, the latest from Dear Kiki and much more!
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Little Village magazine issue 186: Oct. 21 – Nov. 3, 2015
In this edition of Little Village magazine, you’ll find an examination of the racial equity issues affecting Iowa City’s District A leading up to the Nov. 3 city council election, an interview with actor Jeff Daniels about life on the road, a disturbing look at racist messages targeting UI Asian students and much more.
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Graduate union joins Wednesday Board of Regents protest
In a statement released today, the union representing graduate assistants at the University of Iowa (COGS) announced plans to join Iowans Defending our Universities at a protest to take place this Wednesday at the Iowa Memorial Union. In the statement, the union contends that the Board of Regents “has failed to advocate for quality education […]
