Sen. Bernie Sanders will be speaking at a rally in Cedar Rapids on Friday. The rally is being put on Not One Cent, a progressive group that opposes President Trump’s tax policies.
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Little Village magazine issue 237: Feb. 21 – Mar. 6, 2018
Flip through the pages of Little Village magazine issue 237. In this edition, LV takes a look at the history of the Hawkeye Marching Band’s first female drum majors during WWII. Also inside: Blues artist Kevin “B.F.” Burt opens up about his craft, Iowa City looks back on beloved sound engineer Dennis Jones, the story […]
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Gov. Reynolds doesn’t have a plan to address school shootings, but thinks students and the federal government could do more
At her weekly press conference on Monday, Gov. Kim Reynolds said the federal government needs “to take the responsibility to do some things” to prevent future mass school shooting like the one in Parkland, Florida last week. She also called on “parents and students, school faculty and staff and members of the community to be especially vigilant for signs of potential violence.”
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Meet the University of Iowa’s first female drum majors, leaders and entertainers during WWII
When UI drum major Analisa Iole stepped onto the Kinnick Stadium football field this past fall, she was celebrated as the Hawkeye Marching Band’s first female major since WWII. But who were Iole’s predecessors, the women who served as leaders in the community while U.S. service members (including Nile Kinnick) were overseas?
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Kevin ‘B.F.’ Burt, International Blues Challenge champion, reflects on Iowa’s rich blues history
Kevin “B.F.” Burt is unstoppable. Burt was the second Iowan to win an award at the festival, the first Iowan to win in the Solo/Duo category and the first artist in the festival’s 34-year history to sweep the solo categories—he also won the Solo/Duo Cigar Box Guitar Award for most promising acoustic player and the Lee Oskar Harmonica Award.
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UI symposium Against Amnesia: Archives, Evidence and Social Justice draws top scholars
Human memory is a tricky thing. It’s all too brief: How well can you recall your grandmother’s voice? Did your best friend in elementary school have green eyes or blue? It’s fickle, too: Your high school locker combination may be etched in stone while your ATM card PIN continually eludes you. And it’s notoriously unreliable: studies have shown that even the clearest memories formed during high-stress events are often flat out incorrect, and that each time you bring an old memory to the surface, you risk smudging it as you refile it again.
Posted inOpinion
Democracy in Crisis: ‘Law and Order: SVU’ echoes Trump’s problematic ‘both sides are bad’ narrative
Contrary to a recent Law and Order: SVU episode, the Anglo-American tradition of law enforcement touted by Jeff Sessions has been one of white supremacy — and police departments and sheriff’s offices around the country are still trying to grapple with that.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Remembering Dennis Jones, Iowa City’s sound guy
Those who contribute the most to local music scenes often make the least amount of noise. This was certainly true of the late Dennis Jones, an unassuming sound engineer who could regularly be seen operating the sound board for Iowa City’s Friday Night Concert Series, as well as at hundreds of club shows, benefits and other local events over the past three decades, until his death at the age of 68 on Feb. 9.
Posted inBread & Butter Dining Guide
LV Recommends: Bread Garden Market’s food kiosks
Bread Garden Market executive chef Christian Prochaska said the idea for the kiosks came, in fact, from a visit to Whole Foods in Washington, D.C., where customers were lining up “10 people deep” to order personalized meals from kiosk stations.
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Hot Tin Roof: How to Get Rid of Bruises: Seven Easy Tips
Hot Tin Roof is a program to showcase current literary work produced in Iowa City. The series is organized and juried by representatives of three Iowa City-based cultural advocacy organizations: Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature and Little Village magazine, with financial support from M.C. Ginsberg Objects of Art.
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Dear Kiki: Am I too freaky?
I had a terrible experience recently and I don’t know what to think. I had a second date with a guy. He invited me to his apartment and cooked me dinner. It was delish, and we were having a fun, playful evening. After eating and a couple glasses of wine, we started making out on the couch.
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Album Review: BEES — Shady Lady EP
The early 1970s was a dynamic time for country music. The old guard of ’50s and ’60s country artists started taking a backseat to the rise of artists crossing over with rock and R&B who took over the Top 40: artists like Glen Campbell, Mac Davis, John Denver, Elvis in his post-’68 Comeback period, Jerry Reed and J.J. Cale.
