“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 the small and local, champions the sustainable, yet believes in considering more than one side of an issue … Our goal is to start fires and put them out, to raise expectations and lower the limbo bar, to be serious and to be stupid. If you don’t like one thing, you might like another.”
The more things change here at Little Village — longer issues, statewide coverage, a salaried staff of editors — the more things stay the same. We’re still in print, still free, still local, ad-supported, independent, serious and stupid.
In this issue: Kimm and his fellow LV publishers and editors, current and former, reflect on a quarter century and 354 issues. Plus: Longtime LV music columnist Kembrew McLeod recalls his favorite interviews for Prairie Pop over the years; ketamine therapy clinics are cropping up in Iowa as a unique study utilizing the drug gets underway at the University of Iowa; and owners of small venues are in agreement with audiences: concert ticket prices are too damn high.
