A community forum to discuss the future of historic buildings in downtown Iowa City will take place Wednesday evening at MidWestOne Bank on the corner…
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Five Halloween costume ideas that prove sexiness is a state of mind
Halloween is only one week away, but the Iowa City parties have already started. Still deciding on a costume? Ditch the generic and/or offensive …
Poet Dora Malech and pianist Conor Hanick perform as part of the Englert’s 10 year celebration
Malech is a graduate of the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop and a founder and former executive director of the Iowa Youth Writing Project. She lived…
Protesters call out Ernst on minimum wage, women’s rights
U.S. Sen. candidate Joni Ernst brought her pal, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, to Iowa City Wednesday for a campaign event that was marred by multiple protesters who interrupted their speeches […]
Savage Love: Rings and things
I’m a twentysomething married trans guy in an openish marriage. In the online hunt for a guy to have some aboveboard, under-the-sheets fun with, I run into snags because I’m […]
Jeff Biggers, founder of the UI Climate Narrative Project, reads at Prairie Lights
Author Jeff Biggers is no stranger to Iowa City: He’s the Writer-in-Residence at the University of Iowa’s Office of Sustainability, where he oversees the Climate…
First Lady stumps for Braley in IC, jokes about ‘Bailey’ gaffe
Possibly the biggest question ahead of a voter turnout rally for Bruce Braley was how or if First Lady Michelle Obama would address her recent and repeated flub of Braley’s […]
Old Capitol City Roller Girls mark season closer with Monster’s Brawl 6
Iowa City’s roller derby teams will get wicked this weekend at the Old Capitol City Roller Girls’ Monster’s Brawl 6, a Halloween-themed roller derby doubleheader…
Student Debt: Graduate students are finding that the world of academia is shutting them out
Denied for student requirement.” This is what a teaching assistant at the University of Iowa, who prefers to remain unnamed, was informed by the Iowa…
Oh, the choices: Get the rundown on candidates looking to represent Iowa in federal office
With the November election fast approaching, a number of Iowa politicians have their eyes on Washington D.C. Here’s where they stand…
Press-Citizen hit with layoffs
In September, the Gannett-owned Des Moines Register issued a statement addressing upcoming structural changes that, they said, would lead to layoffs at both of the company’s Iowa newspapers, the Register […]
Zombie Prom and fundraiser to swarm NewBo City Market
What happens when you combine ’80s fashion, teenage angst and the restless undead with a fundraiser for a good cause? Metro North Rotary’s Zombie Prom: Get Your ’80s On!, a hybrid zombie- and 1980s-themed Halloween costume party and fundraiser for Metro High School on Saturday, Oct. 18 at NewBo City Market in Cedar Rapids.