Chait Galleries Downtown (218 E. Washington St.) announced today that it will be shuttering on June 15, when owner Benjamin Chait retires. A Gallery Retrospective-themed series will be held on six Fridays in the lead-up to the gallery’s closing. The Mar. 18 event, Our Go-To Artists, will include work by Sarah Slee Brown, Nancy Lindsay, […]
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Freakwater hits the road with their first studio album in nearly a decade
Freakwater The Mill — Tue., Mar. 15 at 8 p.m. Janet Beveridge Bean and Catherine Irwin have been collaborating, writing and performing for over 30 years as Freakwater. Often saddled by media with the distinction of having pre-dated the insurgence of alternative country in the late ’80s and early ’90s, they will sarcastically attribute that […]
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Video: Winning Hawkeye wrestler’s mullet speech goes viral
Iowa wrestler Sammy Brooks beat Nebraska’s T. J. Dudley to win the 184-pound Big Ten title. He held on for a 6-4 decision last week in Iowa City. His victory was impressive and like the biblical hero Samson, he gave all credit to his manly mullet hairstyle and he did it without cracking a smile. […]
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Dear Kiki: Dealing with (parental) divorce fallout
Questions about love and sex in the city of Iowa City can be sent to dearkiki@littlevillagemag.com (queries can also be sent anonymously using this form). Questions may be edited for clarity and length, and may appear either in print or online. Dear Kiki, My parents went through an ugly separation. I’ve begun to believe I’ve […]
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TCR pairs impeccable vocals with smart little quirks for ‘Next to Normal’
Next to Normal Theatre Cedar Rapids — Friday, Mar. 11 and Saturday, Mar. 12 at 7:30 p.m. Next To Normal (book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey; music by Tom Kitt) centers around a family, broken by the lingering mental state of the mother figure, Diana. The husband can’t fix her, so stands supportive. The daughter […]
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Album Review: Pigs and Clover – Self-titled
Pigs and Clover are Matt and Jamie Kearney, reliable participants at political protests and labor rallies around Johnson County. If you hear someone blowing a conch shell at a demonstration, that’s Matt. Jamie’s the snare drummer. They recently released their eponymous third record…
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80s rock rules! Heart to play Iowa State Fair with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Cheap Trick
The latest addition to the Iowa State Fair’s 2016 Grandstand was announced today and you can expect a good dose of rock and roll nostalgia: Heart will headline on Aug. 16 with special guests Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and Cheap Trick. All three acts are inductees in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame […]
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Opinion: Expanding legal gun use for minors isn’t Iowa Nice, it’s Iowa Insanity
I try to see things from the other perspective. Even though I don’t agree with — nor do statistics bear out — the need for handguns in homes, I believe I have some understanding of what motivates gun owners. They want protection. They want to feel power in a world that sometimes makes us feel […]
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News of the Weird: Mar. 2-15, 2016
Cat Culture Longtime National Symphony cellist David Teie announced in November that his crowdfunding project was hugely successful, freeing him to produce an album of music meaningful to cats. (Cats, for example, relax in response to the earliest sound of their mother’s purring, which Teie clocked at 23 harp notes a second.) Teie’s work, according […]
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Notes from the inside: An interview with Oakdale Warden Jim McKinney
Notes from the Inside features writing by inmates serving time in Iowa prisons. Little Village editors have made only minor adjustments for style. This is an excerpt of a longer interview. By Tom S. & Jon S. On Wednesday, Dec. 23, Oakdale Warden Jim McKinney was good enough to take some time out of his […]
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Riverside’s ‘ROAR!’ deftly directed and designed, with wonderful performances
Roar! Riverside Theatre — through Mar. 13 Riverside’s annual monologue show, formerly Walking the Wire, has been repackaged as ROAR! this year. Along with the new name, director Sam Osheroff has made some tweaks to the show’s format. This allows Riverside to pack a lot of theatre into a small space, while keeping with the […]
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‘Tracing the Paths Between Sprout and Rot’ art exhibit explores resilience and decay
Tracing the Paths Between Sprout and Rot: Work by Emily Jalinsky and Frances Cannon The Paper Nest — through Apr. 29; hours: Wed.–Fri. 1–6 p.m. and Sat. 12–4 p.m. Iowa City artists Emily Jalinsky and Frances Cannon have cross-pollinated a collection of scientific curios that will be on exhibit at the Paper Nest until Apr. […]
