FOR EVERYONE ~ New Year, indeed. This isn’t the world you lived in last year. Social and economic trends are finding a new groove. Opportunities are opening up. But the unexpected, even the wildly unexpected, will become the norm. So don’t stand too close to the fire. SIGN-BY-SIGN ♈ ARIES ~ Mine field. The pressure […]
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American Reason on KRUI: 1/1/12
A Look Back: What a Load of Craft 8 – 12/10/11
Another Christmas has come and gone and we’re still enjoying the newness of the gifts we received…and some of those gifts likely came from the spectacular artists of What a Load of Craft 8. (If you were really, really good, Santa got ALL your gifts from WALOC artists!) And there were plenty artists from which […]
American Reason Web Exclusive: 12/23/11
American Reason on KRUI: 12/18/11
American Reason Web Exclusive: 12/16/11
Current Science Illustrated Vol III is out now – Also, Wandering Bears are in town tonight – 12/16 at Blue Moose
This has been a great week around here. We launched the new littlevillagemag.com, started hearing all the awesome news about Mission Creek 2012, met with Andre Perry and Hugh Ferrer to pick out a Hot Tin Roof winner for January, and even made it out to a house show last night at Brendan Records, where […]
Health: Winter Yogaland
Winter is a time of deep stillness and inner reflection. Yet for the first months of the season, we often end up feeling anxious, sick or depressed. Some attribute these feelings to holiday stress, or to a lack of vitamin D. Others say it is a lack of motivation to stay active throughout the chillier […]
UR Here: What’s a Three-Legged Dog Got to Do With It?
Last month’s visit to Iowa City by Jay Walljasper, author of All That We Share: A Field Guide to the Commons, was by all accounts–including, admittedly, my own–a great success. I once again thank Little Village for helping spread the word so effectively and I thank all who came to discuss the commons with us […]
20+ Inches of GORGEOUS Virgin Blonde Hair
Townie Hawk: For the Boys
Your Town Now: Stopping the Silence
Women’s Resource and Action Center: uiowa.edu/~wrac Men’s Anti-Violence Council: uiowa.edu/~wrac/anti-violence.shtml Rape Victim Advocacy Program: rvap.org Rape Crisis Line at the RVAP: (319) 335-6000 Iowa Sexual Abuse Hotline: (800) 284-7821 For the purposes of this writing, let’s stipulate up front that we don’t really know exactly what happened in the Penn State football locker room in […]