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As City Park Pool turns 70, and Iowa City considers the future of its parks and pools, the history of swimming in IC shows how elusive the “public” in “public pool” can be. Also inside: David Berman, one of the greatest songwriters of his generation, was preparing for a new tour that would take him through Iowa City. […]

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Read stories from five of the area’s most beloved spaces: an opulent theater, a bygone library, a notorious University of Iowa building, a small-town meditation space and a legendary music venue. Also inside: 319 Fest is back, and branching beyond the 319 with 70 Midwestern artists (including the indomitable Soultru). […]

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Plug into Little Village issue 267 and nab a front-row spot to the head-banging rhythms, scathing lyrics and DIY ethics of Eastern Iowa’s flourishing local metal scene. Plus: HIDE’s Heather Gabel on making radical art, shouting down catcallers […]

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Read issue 266 » You only read Little Village for the articles, right? In this issue, get to know the STRIPS club — farmers and Iowa State University researchers teaming up to demonstrate the power of prairie to improve Iowa’s water quality, bring all the bees to the farm and much more. Also inside: Zen […]

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Tune in to Little Village issue 265. This Pride Month marks the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, and a group of Grinnell College students and their professor are seeking to preserve Iowa’s own LGBTQ history by recording and publicizing more than 50 (and counting) interviews with LGBTQ Iowans. The star of Riverside Theatre’s free summer Shakespeare […]

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Step on up and strap in for Little Village issue 264. As Iowa’s largest amusement park opens for its 45th season, LV looks back at Adventureland’s history and its most iconic rides. Also inside: Modern Satanists are not your mother’s Satanists. A new documentary screening at FilmScene explores the Satanic Temple in all its trolling, […]

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Sit in for Little Village issue 263. After more than a year of protesting University of Iowa administrators for better pay and benefits, Faculty Forward Iowa, made of up of UI non-tenure track faculty, has embraced the “union” designation. But what can be gained from unionizing in the state of Iowa — and what is […]

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Shalom! Start the Passover season by delving into Iowa’s Jewish history, from the election of Iowa City’s — and, possibly, the nation’s — first Jewish mayor to the hurdles faced today by the state’s small but united Jewish communities. Also in this issue: Neko Case (formerly of the New Pornographers) discusses her most recent album, […]

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Tuck into Little Village issue 261. It’s been 10 years since the historic Varnum v. Brien decision that made Iowa the third state in the U.S. to legalize same-sex marriage. Revisit the case with two Varnum plaintiffs and one of the first same-sex couples married after the decision, and get briefed on the divorce that […]

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Flip through the pages of Little Village issue 260. In this edition, preview the 2019 Mission Creek Festival with our lists of must-see bands and literary presenters. Peek into Cedar Rapids and Iowa City’s DIY music scene, and take a lesson on dealing with desire from the film Call Me By Your Name. Also inside: […]

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Flip through the pages of Little Village magazine issue 259. In this issue, the White Privilege Conference returns to Iowa for a landmark year, Lion Bridge Brewing Company celebrates five years in Cedar Rapids and local book reviews abound. Also inside: Read about five Iowans who changed the game for women in law, the latest […]

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Flip through the pages of Little Village magazine issue 258. In this edition, LV talks with Cedar Rapids councilman Dale Todd about his return to city government and decades of public service, psychotherapist Natalie Benway shares her thoughts on Netflix’s Sex Education, Zephyr’s closure in downtown Iowa City marks the end of an era and […]

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