The Holiday Market at Robert A. Lee Recreation Center scheduled for Saturday has been canceled, the Iowa City Department of Parks and Recreation announced Friday morning. The cancellation came after the National Weather Service issued an ice storm warning for several eastern Iowa counties, including Johnson County. The ice storm warning runs from midnight to […]
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Here’s how Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Iowa football will affect parking and buses in Iowa City
Parking will be free in downtown Iowa City on Thanksgiving and parking in the ramps will also be free on Saturday. You’ll still have to feed the meters and pay to park in a ramp on Friday, when spaces may well fill up. In addition to the annual post-Thanksgiving shopping frenzy of Black Friday, it’s […]
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Iowa City moves recycling drop-off from S Riverside center to new Sturgis Ferry Park location
The recycling containers at Iowa City’s South Riverside Recycling Center have moved further south, and can now be found at the Sturgis Ferry Park Recycling Center. The new location at 1700 S Riverside Dr is about a half-mile south of the previous center. “Materials accepted will remain the same: flattened cardboard, mixed paper and cartons, […]
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‘Tis the season to donate toys and other gift items to help DVIP & RVAP make the holidays merry for families
With Christmas just six weeks away, the gift drive for the annual Holiday Store that brightens the season for families being helped by the Domestic Violence Intervention Program and Rape Victim Advocacy Program (DVIP & RVAP) is now underway. “The toys collected during the drive will provide free holiday gifts for any family receiving shelter […]
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A creative can-struction fundraiser in Coralville helps CommUnity fight food insecurity
There have been shelves of canned foods in grocery stores as long as there have been grocery stores. But as useful as they are in preserving food and inspiring Andy Warhol prints, cans are seldom seen as material for art. On Saturday at the Coral Ridge Mall, architects will unlock some of canned food’s artistic potential, […]
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Ex-jack-o-lanterns will fall from the sky on Saturday as Jack Splat returns to Iowa City
As the sun rose on Friday, the smiles on jack-o-lanterns went from welcoming or menacing to pointless or pensive. What is to be done with carved pumpkin now it’s November? Fortunately for puzzled pumpkin owners, the Iowa Children’s Museum (ICM) has an answer: splat them. On Saturday, the museum is bringing its annual Jack Splat […]
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On the back of the ballot, Johnson County voters have a chance to continue funding conservation work
It’s understandable that the first choice on ballots in this year’s election — president and vice president — has gotten the most attention, but the last choice on the ballot is also important for Johnson County residents. On the back of the ballot, along with the judges up for a retention vote and beneath the […]
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Photos: UI Homecoming Parade brings out local orgs, political rivalries and Hawkeye greats
Just as it has for more than a century, the University of Iowa Homecoming Parade wound its way through the streets of downtown Iowa City on Friday. This being an Iowa City parade, local realtors were well represented among the groups marching, and almost all the groups in the parade distributed candy to kids along […]
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Streets will close in Iowa City on Thursday and Friday for a mini block party and the UI homecoming parade
Dubuque Street between Washington and Iowa Avenue in downtown Iowa City reopened to traffic at the end of August after closing down in March for infrastructure updates as part of Iowa City’s revitalization efforts. But on Thursday that block is closing down again as the Iowa City Downtown District (ICDD) holds its Back to Dubuque Celebration. […]
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John’s Grocery fried chicken returns for one night only as part of Chicken Town, a FEaST fundraiser
Many Iowa Citians have had a fried chicken-shaped hole in their lives since John’s Grocery closed its kitchen in early 2022. But this month, they’ll have a chance to fill that void with a two-piece (or two), if they act quickly. The fried chicken that was a staple for University of Iowa students and other […]
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Iowa City now selling overnight and weekend parking permits for its parking ramps
Overnight and weekend parking permits for Iowa City’s parking ramps went on sale Tuesday morning. “The evening/weekend parking permits will be available for all City parking ramps and assigned for use at a single parking facility,” the city said in a statement. “The permits are available at 75% of the cost of an all-day parking […]
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Streets will close for Northside Oktoberfest in Iowa City early Saturday morning
The calendar may say Saturday belongs to September, but that won’t stop the 28th annual Northside Oktoberfest from bringing beer, brats and Bavaria-inspired family fun to Iowa City starting at 11 a.m. As is traditional, a stair truck from Eastern Iowa Airport will be there (Fly CID is a festival sponsor) for photo ops from […]
