Angie Jordan believes every neighborhood has doers. But Iowa City’s South District is chock full of them. “This is a daily grind,” said Jordan, president of the South District Neighborhood Association. “This isn’t something one person did or one organization did. This was a forever commitment that started in the neighborhood with those who wanted […]
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‘Art in unexpected places’: Iowa City Sculpture Showcase is seeking new works of art
Over the last year, visitors to Iowa City’s Riverfront Crossings, Terry Trueblood and Mercer parks will have noticed an array of tall sculptures along their walkways: metal suns, flowers and clouds atop concrete slabs. A simple pitch from a public survey — “art in unexpected places” — soon became the Iowa City Sculpture Showcase, and […]
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Get lit at Mission Creek! A preview of the festival’s literature event track
The Mission Creek Festival, a highlight of the area’s arts and culture scene, always includes an impressive slate of authors and a variety of ways to interact with them. This year’s festival includes the annual Lit Walk (April 8), which connects readers and writers in a different setting throughout downtown Iowa City; the Small Press […]
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Wild, raw and human: Children of the Clay explore the visceral and delicate in ‘Think Pink!’
Before I entered the current show at Public Space One’s 229 Gilbert gallery, the following cultural references came to mind: my favorite childhood t-shirt, neon pink circa 1991, with fringe across the front; Aerosmith’s “Pink” followed by Janelle Monáe’s “Pynk”; Victoria’s Secret’s athleisure lingerie; and Pepto Bismol disks eaten after a bad egg on a […]
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ACLU of Iowa warns Coralville its panhandling ordinance is unconstitutional, calls for its repeal
The ACLU of Iowa sent a letter to Coralville and three other cities on Tuesday, warning that their ordinances against panhandling are unconstitutional. As part of an ongoing review of such ordinances in Iowa, the state chapter of the ACLU determined Coralville, Dubuque, Davenport and Bettendorf have bans on panhandling that “violate free speech and […]
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Little Village Eastern Iowa issue 305: April 2022
Read issue 305 » What makes a good community? In Iowa City’s South District, it’s relentless organizers like Angie Jordan, who works to weave together the ideas of her neighbors to see events, art, businesses and social justice thrive in one of Johnson County’s most misunderstood areas. On IC’s Northside, spring weather calls for an […]
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Field to Family’s online farmers market returns in May, with a new schedule and pick-up location
Field to Family’s online farmers market is returning in May, offering a wide variety of locally grown food just as it has before. “Sweet corn, greens, apples, radishes — we’re going to have it all,” Field to Family Executive Director Michelle Kenyon told Little Village. But when people place their orders and where they pick […]
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Cedar Rapids bike share program returns for its fourth year, with some changes
With snow (hopefully) behind us until fall, the bikes and scooters of Cedar Rapids’ bike share program are available again. This is the fourth year for what the city calls its “micromobility program.” The city launched the bike-share program in May 2019 and began a pilot scooter program a few months after that. Cedar Rapids […]
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Photo Gallery: Families gather for the Trans Day of Visibility Rally in Iowa City
Approximately 50 people gathered on the Public Space One Close House lawn for the Trans Day of Visibility on Saturday, April 2. The event was hosted by the LGBTQ Iowa Archives and Library, which will soon reopen its doors at the Close House. Speakers condemned the recent waves of anti-trans legislation in Iowa, including the […]
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Iowa City Public Library is hosting a trivia contest fundraiser on Tuesday night
If you’re the sort of person who enjoys collecting and sharing random knowledge and want to apply that brain-power to a good cause, the Iowa City Public Library, in conjunction with Christopher’s Bar Exam, is holding an online trivia contest Tuesday night to raise funds for the Iowa City Public Library Friends Foundation (ICPLFF). ICPL […]
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Iowa Supreme Court rules in favor of transgender worker in landmark employment discrimination case
In a decision handed down Friday morning, the Iowa Supreme Court unanimously upheld a 2019 jury verdict that found the Iowa Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination against transgender people based on their gender identity. Jesse Vroegh, a transgender man and former Iowa Department of Corrections (IDOC) employee, sued that agency and the Iowa Department of […]
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One Iowa among organizations to benefit from Ariana Grande’s trans youth fundraiser
In light of the International Transgender Day of Visibility and recent anti-trans legislation proposed and passed in states around the country, pop star Ariana Grande announced on Thursday the launch of her Protect & Defend Trans Youth Fund, to support 18 LGBTQ+ organizations that are “providing direct services and advocating for the rights of trans […]
