More than 700 communities around the world will participate in the City Nature Challenge this weekend, including Johnson County and Polk County. It’s a four-day long event that starts Friday and concludes at midnight on Monday, during which time volunteers take photos of any “WILD plants and animals in backyards, in parks, along city streets, […]
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How to (safely) view Monday’s eclipse, including some expert-level viewing parties
Celestial tourism is set to peak on Monday, as people travel to one of the 15 states parts of which will experience a total solar eclipse. The path of totality runs well east of Iowa, but a partial eclipse will still be viewable on Monday. In Iowa the partial eclipse will begin around 12:45 p.m. […]
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Trans Day of Visibility 2024 in Iowa City includes a variety show, art workshop and rally featuring the JoCo7
There will be a rally on Sunday to celebrate Trans Day of Visibility at College Green Park in Iowa City, featuring speakers discussing the issues facing transgender Iowans, as well as a performance by the Quire of Eastern Iowa. The Southeast Iowa Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV) is one of the celebrations that will be […]
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‘This is our legacy’: ICPL hosts banned book giveaway as attacks on books and libraries continue
Update: The pop-up event at ICPL on Saturday was postponed due to a winter weather advisory. The new event date has yet to be announced. The Banned Wagon is coming to the Iowa City Public Library (ICPL) on Saturday, as the library hosts a pop-up event where Annie’s Foundation will be giving away free copies […]
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Iowa City announces detours as construction on Gilbert Street Bridge project begins
The long-planned replacement of the Gilbert Street Bridge over Ralston Creek will get underway next week. According to the Iowa City Public Works Department, construction will begin on Friday, March 29, weather permitting. The new bridge will be more pedestrian friendly than the current one, which has been in place since 1972. The project will […]
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Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission to hold public hearing on landmark status for building that’s home to Pagliai’s Pizza
The Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission will hold a public hearing during its Thursday evening meeting on the possibility of conferring landmark status on the Northside building that’s been home to Pagliai’s Pizza since 1969. The building at 302-316 E Bloomington St, properly known as the Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building, dates back to 1876 and, despite the […]
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No-parking zones will be set up on Thursday and Friday, as crews remove snow from Iowa City streets
Temporary no-parking zones will be set up on Thursday and Friday as crews from the Iowa City Public Works Department remove snow and slush from the streets. The department has already posted No Parking signs along the routes to be plowed. Vehicles will need to be moved by 7 a.m. on the day snow removal […]
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Cars blocking snow removal in downtown Iowa City will be towed starting at 2 a.m. on Wednesday
Along with ice and snow, temporary tow-away zones are part of winter in Iowa City. Snow removal will begin in downtown Iowa City at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, and three hours later — 2 a.m. Wednesday morning — cars parked in metered spots from Prentiss Street to Market Street, Madison Street to Gilbert Street, as […]
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Books pulled from Iowa City schools are being returned after judge issues injunction against SF 496
The Iowa City Community School District is returning the books it removed from school libraries because of a book ban in the sweeping education bill pushed through the Iowa Legislature by Republicans last year. Superintendent Matt Degner told district families and staff in an email on Friday that following a federal judge’s injunction stopping enforcement […]
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CommUnity seeks community support as Project Holiday returns for its 36th year
This holiday season, CommUnity Crisis Services and Food Bank will provide all the necessary groceries to prepare a full holiday meal to almost 1,300 families in Johnson County. The Project Holiday program is in its 36th year, and the need for food bank assistance is greater than ever. “We’ve seen the need for food assistance […]
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Two holiday traditions, Holiday Tubas and the DVIP Holiday Store, return
Holiday Tubas, a 50-year-old Iowa City tradition, returns to the steps of the Old Capitol on Friday. Since 1973, tuba, sousaphone (the wrap-around tuba for marching) and euphonium (think tuba, but smaller) players have gathered to play holiday tunes in what Robert Yeats, a University of Iowa music professor in the ’70s and founder of […]
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Iowa City Starbucks Workers United, who find themselves at the center of a corporate lawsuit, protest unfair labor practices on ‘Red Cup Day’
Abi Scheppmann remembers the first Red Cup Day she worked at a Starbucks six years ago. “It was crazy,” she said. Red Cup Day is one of Starbucks’ biggest annual events. The company gives out free reusable plastic red cups to customers, if they buy a holiday-themed beverage. The cups feature that year’s holiday season […]
