Single game tickets will go on sale next week for Hawkeye football fans. Kinnick Gold and Kinnick Society members can start picking up tickets July 7. Not a season-ticket holder or interested in joining the I-Club but still want to see a live home game? You’ll have to wait until July 14 to grab some […]
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Mouths 4: Returning
“Mouths” is a fiction story presented in installments. Look for a new chapter each Monday morning throughout the summer. Mouths IV: Returning I return to my building, using the carport. It’s rented by 2B, but I don’t care anymore. I don’t want the old woman to roast. It’s close to 4 p.m. now. My mouths […]
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Melodrama and swashbuckling dovetail in Riverside’s ‘Fair Maid of the West’
Riverside Theatre presents: Fair Maid of the West Lower City Park Festival Stage — through July 10 Last week, Riverside Theatre returned to Lower City Park with Pericles, a Shakespearean adventure rife with love, loss and improbable reunions. This weekend marks the opening of Thomas Heywood’s Fair Maid of the West, which echoes Pericles in […]
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Council approves first reading of inclusionary housing ordinance
On Tuesday, June 21, the Iowa City Council, in a unanimous vote, approved the first reading of an inclusionary housing ordinance amendment. This zoning code amendment would ensure that a minimum percentage of rental units available at the forthcoming Riverfront Crossings District be made affordable. The Iowa City Planning and Zoning Commission recommended this amendment […]
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Building community from garden to kitchen
Taste of Summer Solstice Robert A. Lee Recreation Center — Saturday, June 25 at 9 a.m. Double up on your local food indulgence with the Taste of Summer Solstice event this Saturday at the Iowa City Farmer’s Market. Starting at 9 a.m., attendees can make their own dino kale salad with New Pioneer Food Co-op […]
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Post-Pulse: Gun classes for LGBTQs promoted in Iowa
In the wake of the tragic shootings in Orlando, a transgender writer in Florida has compiled a list of hundreds of gun owners and instructors across the country who volunteered to instruct lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer folk (LGBTQ) in the basics of firearm operations and safety at little or no charge. Two days […]
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Celebrate the summer solstice with Grow: Johnson County
Solstice Party and Open House Grow: Johnson County farm — Sunday, June 26 a 1 p.m. Grow: Johnson County, an organization formed over the last year to work towards and strategize ways to combat hunger in Johnson County, is inviting the public to a Solstice Party and open house event at their farm (4811 Melrose […]
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Fans to boldly go to Riverside for the 32nd annual Trek Fest
Trek Fest XXXII Hall Park, Riverside — June 24–25, 2016 We’re less than 212 years out from the birth of the greatest fictional captain (with apologies to Captains Ahab, Kangaroo and Mal Reynolds), and the annual celebration of his legacy is once again about to go into full swing. On Friday, June 24, at 5 […]
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Inaugural ‘Pig, Pedal’ bike ride to raise funds for Children’s Cancer Connection
Inaugural Mosley’s Pig Pedal Classic Mosley’s — Saturday, June 25 at 9:30 a.m. (registration at 8:30 a.m.) Mosley’s Barbecue and Provisions will combine fitness, food and fundraising this weekend with their first annual Mosley’s Pig Pedal Classic. The local bike ride is any-skill-level friendly with the end goal of raising funds for Children’s Cancer Connection. […]
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Iowa lawmaker attempts to block Tubman from $20 bill
Rep. Steve King, the conservative lawmaker from Iowa’s fourth congressional district, attempted to block the redesign of the $20 bill this week, but was rebuffed. In April, the U.S. Treasury Department announced it would place abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the front of the bill and move Andrew Jackson, the country’s seventh president and a slave […]
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Folk music, food trucks and family fun at first-ever Prairie Land Music Fest
Prairie Land Music Fest Johnson County Fairgrounds — Friday, June 24–June 26 at 11 a.m. each day Summer generally brings thoughts of swimming pools, barbecues, ice cream cones and hot weather clothing. In Iowa City, we like to add one more thing to that list — festivals. The newest in the summer line up is […]
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An iconic life revealed: A review of ‘Juxtapositions’
Juxtapositions photo slide show and talk Prairie Lights Bookstore — Tuesday, June 21 at 7 p.m. There is a pair of eye-catching photos near the center of a new book celebrating the work of renowned photographer Ted Polumbaum. On the left is a stark black & white photo of a visibly distressed African-American child standing […]
