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Fall down a rabbit hole or over a garden wall this autumn and let Little Village lead you through all the eye-opening fests, shows, revues and readings coming your way in the months ahead. On Sept. 26: the fourth-annual Lost Woods Music Festival, a Woodstock-esque wonderland in a Cedar Falls forest, bigger and stranger than […]

From tacos to arepa, bánh mì to manti, dishes served by Iowa immigrants can taste new and familiar at the same time. Little Village’s 2026 dining guide highlights more than 50 international restaurants throughout central and eastern Iowa, and the stories of a half-dozen first- and second-generation immigrant chefs who decided to share a part […]

“Had enough of Mega-this, Super-that and Big-whatever? Fed up with being treated like a dumbass by your local corporate newspaper? Say hello to the first issue of Little Village, your recipe for relief in 32 pages of words and pictures,” reads a note from publisher Todd Kimm in the July 2001 magazine. “Little Village favors […]

There’s no place like a hometown gay bar. In this Pride Month issue, LV offers a brief herstory of the Blazing Saddle and Basix — two Iowa bars that quickly became vital spaces for LGBTQ+ organizing and outreach. Open seven days a week, they remain reliable sources of community, glitter and good, weird fun. Plus: […]

Far too many Iowans are facing cancer diagnoses in 2026, and researchers are pretty sure why. Also in this issue: Wildlife are on the frontlines when it comes to environmental hazards, but the now-bountiful bald eagle population is proof a whole species can bounce back from the brink with just a few regulations. Learn how […]

A comedy revue that’s basically a live late-night talk show. A new arts and music fest from Andre Perry, the mind behind Mission Creek. A band that presents like an electrical company (sometimes). Three women-owned indie bookstores. A Gen Z vinyl and CD collector. In this issue, explore some of the events, venues, performers and […]

Adult theaters were hip in the ’70s, but few survived the test of time. In this issue, LV explores the history of Iowa’s longest-running XXX cinema — the target of mayoral crusades, a 1997 robbery-murder, swinger parties galore and five decades of big-screen smut in Waterloo. Also inside: An interview with comedian Tom Arnold, who […]

Comical levels of villainy have been unleashed in 2025, but it’s easier than ever to be a hero: just care about something. In this issue, Little Village offers a guide to dozens of Iowa nonprofits doing on-the-ground, in-the-community work to feed, house, clothe, protect, empower, educate and entertain Iowans when the world needs them most. […]

The rapture didn’t arrive in September, as some TikTokers predicted. Nor did arrive in 1979, the year cult leader John Robert Stevens had promised his followers a great tribulation. Society would be reborn in his image, centered out of a compound in southeast Iowa called Shiloh. The prophecy failed, but Shiloh lasted another four decades […]