Flip through the pages of Little Village issue 176. In this edition, you’ll find an interview with Jessica Hopper of the Pitchfork Review, an in-depth look at some of the challenges facing the State Historical Society of Iowa and much more…
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Little Village Magazine issue 175: April 15 – May 5, 2015
Flip through the pages of Little Village issue 175. In this edition, you’ll find an in-depth look at the story behind Iowa City’s Mesquakie Park, an interview with comedy writer Neil Campbell and much more…
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Photo essay: Exploring the Special Collections archive
Photos by Zeynab Ghandour Special Collections is an archival section of the University of Iowa Main Library, located on the third floor and open to students and the public. The goal of Special Collections is to create a bridge between a library and a museum, a place where visitors can interact with the media. Little […]
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Comedian Dave Ross and Neil Campbell of ‘Comedy Bang! Bang!’ headline Floodwater Comedy Festival
The Floodwater Comedy Festival announced this week that stand-up comedian Dave Ross and Neil Campbell, head writer of IFC’s Comedy Bang! Bang! and a UI alum…
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Run the Jewels, Weezer, Wilco, Jenny Lewis, Talib Kweli and more to play 80/35
The organizers of 80/35 Music Festival today made their first announcement for the 2015 lineup. Among the announced acts are Run the Jewels, Weezer, Wilco, Jenny Lewis…
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Little Village Magazine issue 174: April 1-14, 2015
Flip through the pages of Little Village issue 174. In this edition, you’ll find an overview of housing discrimination complaints in IC, interviews with artists performing at this year’s Mission Creek Festival and much more…
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Listen up: Younger premiere “Like A Wave,” the first single from debut LP
Iowa City rock band Younger, featuring local indie veterans Amanda Crosby, Rachel Sauter and Sarah Mannix (from Emperors Club, The Wandering Bears and others) are preparing for the release of their self-titled debut LP, engineered by Pete Becker. “It’s a killer fucking record that is currently changing my life.” wrote Becker in an email — […]
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Chef David Burt’s top vegetarian picks for the IC area
David Burt is an area chef who co-founded the much-beloved vegan restaurant The Red Avocado, which closed in 2012. After the restaurant’s closing, Burt returned to the board of Field to Family, a non-profit, local foods advocacy group that serves vegetarians and omnivores alike, and he also started Four Square Meals…
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Guide: Bike-friendly breweries in the Iowa City area
Three cheers for beers and bikes! Between RAGBRAI, Millstream’s Tour de Brew and the Culinary Ride, food and beer-soaked bike rides are a guilty pleasure in our area, but a tradition nonetheless.
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Play date: Get your game on while you drink and dine in the Iowa City area
If your tastes lean more toward pizza and videogames, you don’t have to leave town for a family-friendly excursion. Forbidden Planet has arcade games…
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Guide: Karaoke in the Iowa City area
From bass-booming dance clubs and live music venues to quiet hilltop taverns, Iowa City is full of places to let loose, unwind and rock out. And, if you’re ready to take the stage yourself, trust these karaoke joints to turn your night into something to sing about…
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Experience: ‘Above-the-neck’ dishes in the Iowa City area
Experience some of the most succulent, yet frequently underused, parts of mammals and fish when you explore the culinary beauties of the head. From “face bacon” to lengua, wasting these above-the-neck ingredients is a crime against the tastebuds…
