Oct. 12-18 is craft beer week in Iowa City, and Little Village has partnered with several area businesses to offer great specials on craft beer. Download the Best of IC app and show it at the below locations to take advantage of these specials. Available on iOS and Android, Best of IC is a calendar […]
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Little Village magazine issue 185: Oct. 7-20, 2015
Flip through the pages of Little Village magazine issue 185. In this edition, LV takes a look at Johnson County’s minimum wage ordinance and the interplay of county and city officials therein. You’ll also find an interview with artists Sean Christopher Lewis and artist Benjamin Mackey as they tell the story of how their comic, […]
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Little Village Comedy Hour presents Chris Thayer
Little Village Comedy Hour with Chris Thayer The Mill — Saturday, Oct. 17 at 10 p.m. Little Village Comedy Hour hosts L.A.-based stand-up comedian Chris Thayer at The Mill on Saturday, October 17 at 10 p.m. The show is part of Thayer’s Road Worrier tour. Thayer came to the attention of many comedy fans as […]
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Not the Apocalypse: Van Allen Observatory hosts public viewing of supermoon lunar eclipse
Lunar Eclipse Public Viewing Van Allen Observatory (Van Allen Hall) — Sunday, September 27 at 7 p.m. Sunday night Iowa skywatchers will get a rare treat, the first supermoon lunar eclipse in over three decades. This rare astronomical event occurs when a supermoon, which is a full moon that happens to coincide with the Moon’s […]
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Little Village magazine issue 184: Sept. 16 – Oct. 6, 2015
Flip through the pages of Little Village magazine issue 184. In this edition, you’ll find LV’s take on the ongoing dispute between UI faculty and the Iowa Board of Regents, as well as an interview with Hector Flores of Las Cafeteras (performing Sept. 25 at The Mill), an essay on the challenges of finding kinship […]
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Regents president Rastetter ‘disappointed’ by Faculty Senate no confidence vote
Following this afternoon’s UI Faculty Senate meeting at which a vote of no confidence in the Iowa Board of Regents was passed, Regents president Bruce Rastetter has issued the following statement: Statement from Board of Regents President Bruce Rastetter on University of Iowa Faculty Senate Vote of No Confidence The landscape of higher education is changing […]
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6th Annual Roast of Iowa City: Submit your roast by Sept. 15 for a shot at fame/infamy
Join us on Oct. 4 at the Trumpet Blossom Cafe for Little Village’s sixth-annual roast of Iowa City, hosted by comedian Megan Gogerty.
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Notes from the Inside: I was wrong
Notes from the Inside features writing by inmates serving time in Iowa prisons. Little Village editors have made only minor adjustments for style. When I was asked to join hospice for the first time, it was around five or six years ago. I thought, “This is not for me.” I am not the kind of […]
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Graduate student union releases statement condemning Harreld appointment
Following this afternoon’s announcement of J. Bruce Harreld as the next president of the University of Iowa, the UI graduate student union (COGS) has released the following statement: The Board of Regents’ unanimous election of Bruce Harreld as President of the University of Iowa shows how far the Branstad-appointed Board is willing to go to […]
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Little Village magazine issue 183: Sept. 2-15, 2015
Flip through the pages of Little Village magazine issue 183. In this edition, you’ll find a look at some of the divisive issues affecting the Iowa City Community School District prior to its board election, an update from the Iowa City fashion scene, photos from the Hancher construction project and much more. Don’t miss Stacey […]
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Photos: What we work for
Iowa City area residents explain what gets them out of bed (and off to work) in the morning. View the thumbnails below to read their responses. Photos by Brit Fowler This article was originally published in Little Village issue 182
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Notes from the inside: What I’ve learned in prison
Notes from the Inside features original writing by inmates serving time in Iowa prisons. Little Village editors have made only minor adjustments for style I was asked to write on what I’ve learned in prison. I think I was picked as kind of a joke, but as I got to think about it…maybe someone has seen […]
