Chuy Renteria is a b-boy. Sporting a cherry track jacket trimmed in white, caramel hair slicked into a pony-tail, the 24-year-old stands alone in an empty pedestrian mall. At 8:30 p.m. on a football Friday, he begins to stretch, reaching for the brick pavement beneath his Nike sneakers. Charlie Bui arrives casually, boom-box and laptop […]
Iowa City Weekender – October 1-3
This week’s Weekender is brought to you by Riverside Theatre THURSDAY A Dog’s Life | Riverside Theatre (213 N Gilbert) | 7:30 pm | $12-28 Yes, Weekenders, this is your last chance to see the all-ages, tail waggin’, on your back rollin’, belly scratchin’, bum sniffin’ musical comedy “A Dog’s Life” at Riverside Theatre. Big […]
Oasis Falafel's 5 Year Anniversary on LV Radio.
Naftaly Stramer and Ofer Sivan, co-owners of Oasis Falafel, visit the studio to talk hummus hummus hummus… oh, and giving away 500 free sandwiches through their 5th anniversary blood drive with the UIHC.
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UI Breakers on LV Radio: 9/23/09
I.O.W.A. – the UI Breakers’ second annual break dancing jam – takes place Oct. 3 at the IMU, but Little Village Radio had founding member Chuy Renteria on last week for a discussion of b-boying’s past, present and (they hope) future. It also features a hidden Sprite Remix reference, if that entices you further.
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Iowa City Weekender – September 24-27
This week’s Weekender is brought to you by Riverside Theatre So, we’re one month into the fall semester, and everyone should have their bearings by now. If you are still paying cover at bars that offer neither a dj nor a band: Fail. If you are starting tailgating at 6 am and surviving all the […]
Welp, honey, the cat circus is coming to town.
Okay, Melody. Breathe. CAT CIRCUS!! (Breathe.) COMING TO IOWA CITY!!!!!! (Breathe.) I will be counting down till October 4 (1 week & 4 days from today!) when the RockCats and Amazing AcroCats visit Iowa City and perform at the Unitarian Universalist church on 10 S. Gilbert Street. From her YouTube channel: Also known as the […]
Iowa City Weekender – September 17-20
This week’s Weekender is brought to you by… Good Weekend to you, fair Weekenders! I hope you are enjoying harvest time as much as I am. Indeed, I say Yes to September and the 75 degreeness of her days, the Field to Family festivities, the freshness of the local produce, the mystifying cook-fu of local […]
Iowa City Weekender September 10-13
This week’s Weekender is sponsored by… **This message contains embedded videos. If you are viewing this via email or rss, you may not be able to see all content. Original content is viewable HERE** THURSDAY Culinary Walk |Downtown Iowa City | 5:30 – 8:00 pm | $25/$15 for students It’s a very great weekend to […]
Iowa City Weekender – Sept 3-6
THURSDAY Lupe Fiasco | Hubbard Park (Jefferson and Madison, across from the IMU) | 8 pm | FREE SCOPE Productions, the University of Iowa’s Student Commission on Programming and Entertainment, brings us Lupe Fiasco, Grammy-winning hip-hop artist from Chicago. Be sure to make it by 6 for free food and fellowship at the pep rally, […]
Iowa City Weekender – August 27-30
Dear Students, I know the rain is a drag, but trust me, sunshine is not a required element in your ardent intellectual pursuit. What you need is to complement your academic endeavors with a heaping weekendful of fine international cinema! So I give to you, live (well, mostly prerecorded) from the greatest city in the […]
Iowa City Weekender – August 20-24
Welcome to Welcome Weekend, Weekenders! Yes, a weekend ‘specially designed for one of my favorite things: Sensory Overload. Our brains a-tingle, our appendages perhaps convulsing, our bewildered eyeballs falling out of our heads on their springs; from now until next Monday, life will feel like one long sneeze. But going off to college isn’t all […]
Iowa City Weekender: August 13-16
Greetings Weekenders! We’ve had our share of national and international bands this summer, so we’re dedicating this week’s Weekender to the local scene–one newcomer, one local favorite that’s leaving town, and then some long time stalwarts of the eastern Iowa sound that ain’t goin’ nowhere… we hope! Thursday, August 13 Collectible Boys w/ Exposed Fiction […]
