There are moments when you’re eating, and you sigh with certainty that nothing has ever tasted so perfect. These moments can happen often in the Iowa City area, if you know how to look for them. Here’s a starter guide… […]
Features
Farmer Spotlight: An interview with Lois Pavelka and Bill Ellison of Pavelka’s Point Meats
Guide: CSA in the Iowa City area

Community supported agriculture, or CSA, allows community members to purchase shares, or memberships, with area farms. Contribution early in the season allows farmers to properly gauge demand. In return for purchasing a CSA share, community members receive farm-fresh product, without the retail markups. […]
Guide: Iowa City bars & their most popular drinks
Interview: Simeon Coxe of Silver Apples discusses his beginnings in oddball musicals and the lawsuit that changed his carreer
Prairie Pop: Behind the door of Studio 54
Prairie Pop: How the Village People conquered the mainstream
Prairie Pop: The secret history of Craig Leon, punk’s electronic-music innovator
Prairie Pop: Exploring the endearing punk past of ‘The Fast’

For every hitmaker that emerged from the mid-1970s New York punk scene, like Blondie or Talking Heads, there were several more obscure groups like The Fast. Well, actually, no one was quite like The Fast. This is the story of three brothers — Miki, Mandy and Paul Zone — who grew up bisexual in a […]