The Spider-titles were proliferating around my house. I figured I needed to squish a few. First, I had started buying my son Ultimate Spider-Man…
Savage Love: Hookup shook up
I’m a 21-year-old straight male, and I’m mildly autistic. This means that I have difficulty picking up on social cues. I’ve learned to manage my disability in most areas of […]
Album Reviews: Item 9 & The Mad Hatters – III
Item 9 & The Mad Hatters was originally a cover band called Old Style, but in 2010 they added lead vocalist Adam Maxwell to the mix and made the transition to original tunes. The time spent honing their chops playing a variety of musical genres in Old Style paid off and is highlighted in the band’s newest album, III, a funky stew of seemingly every rock and roll ingredient.
K Records artist Mirah heads to Gabe’s for a night of experimental indie-pop
Graduation schmaduation! Spend this Saturday watching some experimental indie-pop at Gabe’s with Mirah. She’ll be performing alongside North Carolina’s Loamlands…
Letter to the editor: Nobody has said no
You can’t buy social capital, but you can build it. You can’t sell social capital, but you can experience it. Over the past four years, I have conducted an experiment. I have had to make withdrawals on the fund of social capital that is Iowa CIty’s, and I am happy to report that the account balance is positive. I have early onset Parkinson’s disease. As a complication, I have dystonia, a cramping of the muscles of the feet and legs. It comes without warning: One foot curls into a ball, and the right foot hyperextends. I cannot walk; I am at risk of falling and sustaining a head injury or limb fracture.
Girls Rock! summer camp to hold benefit show at PS1
Megan Buick, Cone Trauma and Maiden Mars are set to perform at a benefit concert for Girls Rock! Iowa City this Saturday at 7 p.m. in Public Space One. Money […]
Beer Reviews: Birrificio Montelupo’s Turbone Wheat Ale
While perusing the beer section of a local store, trying to figure out what to review next for Little Village, my eyes were drawn to the discounted price ($3.99 per bottle) of Turbone Wheat Ale, brewed by the Birrificio Montelupo of Montelupo Fiorentino, Italy. I thought: Why not take a chance on Turbone Wheat Ale — especially since its normal price is listed at $7 a bottle? Oh, let me count the ways …
On the table: For your informaggio
I’m going to take a guess here: You probably haven’t ever made your own cheese before. It’s ok, you’re not alone. Up until a few weeks ago, I had never even considered venturing into the unknown territory of amateur cheesemaking. But then, over happy hour drinks, a friend mentioned her interest in trying her hand at it, and my ears perked up. Later that night, as I flipped through the pages of my latest Bon Appetit, I serendipitously happened to see a recipe for ricotta—the editors vowed it was a breez…
The Tube: Vulgar, female-driven comedy challenges stereotypes of ‘ladylike’ behavior
Boner and boob jokes are now mainstays across numerous guy-centered, raunchy television comedies: Workaholics, Two and a Half Men, Blue Mountain…
UR Here: Spring commencement and life’s new turns
My daughter Sylvia’s red polyester gown and graduation announcements lay on a table at home, ready for City High’s commencement later this month. We’ve been commencement-heavy in recent years, first with our son Nathaniel’s high school graduation in 2011, then the commencement ceremony for his instrument repair program in Minnesota last year and now Sylvia’s high school…
Wonkette: In South Carolina, this one weird law lets anyone command the National Guard
Across our great nation, there are a whole lot of funny dumb laws. For example, the internet will tell you that in Boise, Idaho, it’s illegal to fish from the…
Tuesday at the Englert: Comedian Mike Birbiglia will tell painfully awkward stories for your pleasure
Comedian-storyteller Mike Birbiglia is bringing his award-winning brand of storytelling to the Englert Theatre on Tuesday as part of his…