Flip through the pages of Little Village magazine issue 155. In this edition, you’ll find a rundown of the upcoming Firecracker 500 Festival, a report on the local indie gaming scene here in Iowa City and abroad, your regular batch of local album reviews and much more…
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Letter to the editor: Nobody has said no
You can’t buy social capital, but you can build it. You can’t sell social capital, but you can experience it. Over the past four years, I have conducted an experiment. I have had to make withdrawals on the fund of social capital that is Iowa CIty’s, and I am happy to report that the account balance is positive. I have early onset Parkinson’s disease. As a complication, I have dystonia, a cramping of the muscles of the feet and legs. It comes without warning: One foot curls into a ball, and the right foot hyperextends. I cannot walk; I am at risk of falling and sustaining a head injury or limb fracture.
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May 11-17 is Taco Week in Iowa City
Download Best of IC Now: May 11-17 is taco week in Iowa City. Celebrate by downloading Best of IC and showing the app for delectable deals from local taquerias. Available on iOS and Android, Best of IC is a calendar and…
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Little Village Magazine issue 154 – May 7-20, 2014
Flip through the pages of Little Village magazine issue 154. In this edition, you’ll find an interview with comedian Kyle Kinane, a primer on the Iowa City Community School District’s budget cuts, a call to join the Million Robot March and much more…
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Letter to the Editor: UI Power Plant Representative responds to Old King Coal
I read with interest your article in the April 16 issue about the role King Coal plays at the University of Iowa Power Plant. Technical controls and programming are…
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April 20-26 is Pizza Week in Iowa City
Download Best of IC Now: April 20-26 is pizza week in Iowa City. Celebrate by downloading Best of IC and showing the app for delicious deals from seven local pizzerias. Available on iOS and Android, Best of IC is a calendar and special offers app that allows you to discover all of the area’s happenings […]
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Little Village Magazine issue 153 – April 16 – May 6, 2014
Flip through the pages of Little Village magazine issue 153. In this edition, Chicken Little reviews Mondo’s Saloon, all hell breaks loose for cabbie Vic and Erica Blair takes a look at the University of Iowa’s reliance on coal…
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The Mission Creek Bookshelf: What every living room is missing, but only one living room will have
Each spring, the Mission Creek Festival brings diverse thinkers and makers to Iowa City for a weeklong exchange of ideas and hospitality. In this spirit, Little…
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Little Village Magazine issue 152 – April 2-15, 2014
Flip through the pages of Little Village magazine issue 152. In this edition, UR Here columnist Thomas Dean gets festive, Mish lays out her Mission Creek master plan and Little Village sits down for an interview with of Montreal’s Kevin Barnes…
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Letter to the Editor: Finding Favor in the Smokiest Places
I have spent a good portion of my college career drinking coffee and chain-smoking in a unique and bizarre coffee and cigar shop. This coffee shop of mine contains every social degenerate you could imagine, all of whom have an intense interpersonal connection with me just from also being deemed a “regular.”
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Little Village Magazine issue 151 – March 19 – April 1, 2014
In this issue of Little Village, you’ll find interviews with composer Philip Glass, comedian Kevin McDonald and artist-activist Laurie Jo Reynolds, not to mention the latest batch of local album reviews, show previews and more…
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2014 Mission Creek Festival guide
Welcome to the official 2014 Mission Creek Festival guide! Inside you’ll find a slew of show previews, event information, showtimes and ticket details. With the inclusion of a Tech + Innovation Conference, not to mention heaps of literature, music and film events, this year’s festival promises to be the biggest yet. View Schedule Page
