Greetings, Weekenders! Hold please… I must check my watch… Yes, just as I suspected, Peak Weekend Season is upon us again. Complete with weather you lap up spoon by mother loving spoonful. Soaking in magazines on the ped mall, or getting your sport on at College Green. Biking down to the river, happening upon the […]
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Iowa City Weekender: April 8-11
Ever wish Iowa City would slow down, just for 2 seconds so you could… Wait, what would you do? Relax on one of her many patios? Perhaps chillax, at College Green Park, where you are likely to catch Cirque Stupendo practicing their juggling? Maybe pick up a copy of the latest Little Village and muse […]
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Iowa City Weekender: 4/1-4
HEY – FRIENDS! Sorry, no Weekender today because this week the weekend doesn’t stop! It’s Mission Creek time – check their site for the final updated event schedule, and as always you can check littlevillagemag.com/missioncreek for more previews. In brief, my picks are: THURSDAY: Chuck D lecture, 7 pm at the Englert, followed by Bomb […]
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Iowa City Weekender: March 25-27
You might not have noticed, but this weekend started early – here’s a recap of Wednesday’s very notable events: 4:00 – Gabe’s opens its doors under new ownership, with Craig back behind the bar! 5:00 – Unknown Component brings his heady rock to KRUI for Little Village Live (watch this space for video updates in […]
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Iowa City Weekender: March 18-20th
FRIDAY Joe and Vicki Price | George’s Buffet | 9 pm | FREE Eastern Iowans Joe and Vicki Price come put the cherry on top of Spring Break week. Parking spaces, sunshine, rusty bikes, saint paddy’s day, Lost, Mission Creek preparatory research, did I mention sunshine? And bikes? And free blues at George’s? Joe and […]
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Iowa City Weekender: March 11-13
Last week I stopped by the Summer Camp Battle of the Bands at the Yacht Club and was reminded that, every now and then, you just need to be in a sweaty basement full of smiling hippies on drugs. High fives, hugs… they are good for the soul. And funk music, predictable tho it may […]
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Blue Moose Rising: Iowa City Weekender, March 4-7
Welcome to a special ‘Blue Moose Rising’ edition of the Weekender. For the last couple of months the newest venue downtown has been making a pretty big splash booking acts like Saint Vincent, Hyper Crush, Motion City Soundtrack and of course Iowa City’s prodigal son William Elliott Whitmore (just to name a few). This weekend […]
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Iowa City Weekender: February 25-28
If you checked out Little Village Live last night then you know you were treated to a seriously sick and soulful set by Dave Bess of Public Property, currently perfecting his act as a 1-man band. Straight into the soundboard he bumped his thick bass grooves, signature hooks and live dub stylings of his own […]
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Iowa City Weekender: February 18-20
Gosh, anybody tune in to Little Village Live last night? Midwest Dilemma was in-studio, or at least Justin Lamoureux, who recently brought us the album Timelines and Tragedies along with about 30 of his closest friends over there in Omaha. A very nice performance indeed, check back soon for video clips at LittleVillageMag.com. It seems […]
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Iowa City Weekender: February 11-14
THURSDAY Green Drinks | Red Avocado | 5:30 pm | Free admission – great wine list! This weekend, start your love fest with an alcohol infused meditation on the big things we sometimes take for granted – fresh air, potable water, that’s right… the environment! If you heart the environment despite it’s occasionally godawful temperatures, […]
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Iowa City Weekender: February 4-7
Greetings, Weekenders! Big thanks to Caleb Hawley and Reed Waddle for being our special guests on last night’s edition of Little Village Live – our weekly radio show, Wednesdays 5-6 pm on KRUI. Check back soon for video clips of their live in-studio performance. Tune in next week for a special Tuesday edition – that’s […]
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Iowa City Weekender: January 28-February 1
This week’s Weekender is brought to you by the ICPL eAudio collection Greetings, Weekenders! Thank you to all who tuned in last night for Little Village Live, our weekly radio show over at KRUI, and a huge thank you to special guest Ben Schmidt for the wonderful live in-studio performance. Accompanied by the terrific Larry […]
