Pop-up shops are coming to the Ped Mall for the holidays. The Iowa City Downtown District (ICDD) is hosting its third annual Downtown Holiday Market, and this year it will feature a variety of shops in three temporary structures that will be built in Black Hawk Mini Park.
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Get out and vote: Iowa City Council candidates vie for District B and two at-large seats
Three candidates are running for two at-large seats and two candidates are running for the District B seat. Polls are open until 8 p.m. in Johnson County. Find your polling station on the county website.
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Documentary-focused nonprofit New Mile Media Arts to hold official launch party
University of Iowa filmmaker Kevin Kelley just won his second Emmy award this year, for Mural, a documentary about the UI’s iconic Jackson Pollock painting. Now, Kelley is poised to launch a new non-profit dedicated to exactly what he does best: making documentaries.
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Internet trolls post pro-white signs in Iowa City
Signs reading “It’s okay to be white,” were found around Iowa City over the weekend, KCRG reported. Iowa City is just one of several cities in the United States and Canada where such signs have been found since the end of October. The signs were apparently inspired by a post on 4chan, an anonymous online message board.
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Time to speak up: Cedar Rapids school district holds three meetings this week on elementary school plans
The Cedar Rapids Community School District is holding three public input sessions gathering feedback on its Facilities Master Plan — which includes plans to close eight elementary schools and rebuild nine at an estimated cost of $216 million over 15 years.
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Op-Ed: West High women are taking their power back
“Boys will be boys” is a phrase that gets ingrained in everyone’s head from a young age. However, not once in my life have I heard the phrase “girls will be girls.” I came face-to-face with this realization a few weeks ago when something circulated my high school that would change the community forever.
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Giving Tree’s ‘Six Degrees of Separation’ finds success in both humorous and serious moments
Under the direction of Rachel Korach Howell, the cast of the Giving Tree Theater’s production of the play successfully balances the script’s humor — which often asks the characters to slide toward caricature — with its more serious concerns.
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Bidding the iconic University of Iowa Field House pool a fond farewell
An iconic landmark built in 1927 is set to disappear when the swimming pool in the University of Iowa Field House will be updated and converted to a fitness center, according to a budget approved in June by the Iowa Board of Regents Property and Facilities Committee. Projected to run at least $10 million, the update will be funded by gifts and earnings to recreational services and income on university investments.
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Donate gift items to brighten the holidays for survivors of domestic violence
The Domestic Violence Intervention Program (DVIP) provides support and advocacy services for victims and survivors of domestic violence, and this time each year, it also helps its clients provide a merry Christmas for their children.
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Letter to the editor: Susan Mims is ‘a strong leader who deserves Iowa City’s continued support’
Susan Mims is a leader we need in Iowa City.
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Letter to the editor: ‘Vote Hall for sensible use of TIF’
Ryan Hall has a campaigned on a number of issues that I wholeheartedly support: family friendly neighborhoods, strong local foods policy, transparency and a strong local economy, which is essential for everyone to thrive. But I was most impressed by his approach to tax increment financing policy.
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Letter to the editor: ‘We need Susan’s talent and leadership’ on the Iowa City Council
I would like to express my complete and enthusiastic support to re-elect Susan Mims in the Nov. 7 City Council election.
