A new springtime festival is coming to Iowa City as the Move Ya Body Reggae Fest makes its debut on the first Saturday in May. The five-hour festival, which is free and open to the public, was the idea of Richiard Rodney, who was born and raised in Jamaica and is better known in Iowa […]
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Iowa is a disc golf capitol of the U.S., with 363 courses across some of the state’s best parks
What sport do you associate with the state of Iowa? Wrestling? Basketball? Football? Disc golf probably didn’t come to mind, but the Hawkeye State has a long, storied history with the target sport. According to UDisc, the sport’s most popular scorekeeping and course directory app (founded by two Iowa State University students), Iowa currently has […]
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Party in the Park returns on Thursday at James Alan McPherson Park
Party in the Park returns for another summer on Thursday at James Alan McPherson Park (1858 7th Ave Ct). The annual series of family-friendly events hosted by the Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department will be held every Thursday at a different city park though mid-August. The 90-minute party at James Alan McPherson Park starts […]
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Iowa City Farmers Market opening delayed (again); pools, playgrounds and rec centers to remain closed
The Iowa City Department of Parks and Recreation announced on Monday it is pushing back the already delayed opening day of the Iowa City Farmers Market. Earlier this month, the department said the market would open on June 6, instead of the first week in May as it usually does. Opening day will now be […]
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Iowa City Council to vote on smoking ban for city parks
The Iowa City Council will vote on a proposed ordinance banning the use of tobacco products in city parks at its Tuesday night meeting. In addition to prohibiting smoking, the measure will also ban the use of smokeless tobacco. And because of an existing city regulation, if smoking in parks is banned, vaping in parks will also be automatically banned.
