Dear Students, I know the rain is a drag, but trust me, sunshine is not a required element in your ardent intellectual pursuit. What you need is to complement your academic endeavors with a heaping weekendful of fine international cinema! So I give to you, live (well, mostly prerecorded) from the greatest city in the […]
Things to do in Iowa City
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Iowa City Weekender – August 20-24
Welcome to Welcome Weekend, Weekenders! Yes, a weekend ‘specially designed for one of my favorite things: Sensory Overload. Our brains a-tingle, our appendages perhaps convulsing, our bewildered eyeballs falling out of our heads on their springs; from now until next Monday, life will feel like one long sneeze. But going off to college isn’t all […]
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Iowa City Weekender: August 13-16
Greetings Weekenders! We’ve had our share of national and international bands this summer, so we’re dedicating this week’s Weekender to the local scene–one newcomer, one local favorite that’s leaving town, and then some long time stalwarts of the eastern Iowa sound that ain’t goin’ nowhere… we hope! Thursday, August 13 Collectible Boys w/ Exposed Fiction […]
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Iowa City Weekender: August 6-10
Greetings Weekenders! Welcome to the calm before the storm. As Iowa City waits with open arms for her many thousands of children to return, there are but 2 weekends left to enjoy the peace, quiet and parking spaces of Iowa City in the Summer time. So, what to do, what to do? Friday Deathships w/ […]
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Little Village Radio: The Blue Calendar (7/29/09)
Little Village friend Tara Atkinson, aka The Blue Calendar, was on LVRadio this week to play an in-studio track and talk about the plight of the basement-tapey upstart musician. (Other great tunes by singer-songwriter types were also enjoyed). Check it out below! [audio:LV Radio 7-29.mp3] Little Village Radio 7/29/09 (mp3 download)
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Iowa City Weekender: July 30-August 1
In honor of the end of the month, and those of you waiting for payday, this weekend’s Weekender is all about the freebies, with one, sort-of exception. Thursday, July 30 Johnson County Fair | County Fairgrounds, Iowa City | 7am-8pm | Free Last day of the 2009 Johnson County Fair. I’ve never understood why all […]
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Little Village Radio: Pitchfork Edition!
Okay, so it’s a little late. But LV-ers Paul Sorenson and John Schlotfelt’s discussion of the Pitchfork Music Festival still contains ageless tunes and wisely wise wisdom (they would hope). Check it out here: [audio:LV Radio – 7:22.mp3] Little Village Radio 7/22/09 (mp3 download)
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Iowa City Weekender: July 24-28
It’s a good week for music, a hopeful week for trains, and an even better week for discarded film stock. Huh? Friday, July 24 Found Footage Festival | The Picador | 10pm | $10 If you hoped that old home movie you made 20 years ago had permanently vanished, you may be wrong. Joe Pickett […]
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Euforquestra on Little Village Radio
A sneak peak at Euforquestra’s new album “Soup” on Little Village Live
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Iowa City Weekender – July 16-19
Thank you, Iowa City, for yet another weekend so amazing that The Weekender practically writes itself… And another thank you to last night’s special guests on Little Village on the Air — Thanks to Matt Grundstat, Ryan Jeter and Austin Zalatel of Euforquestra! We were treated to a preview of some of the bands performing […]
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On the Beat: Beyond Jazz Fest
Over the last few years, it seemed like the exponential spread of the summer mega-festival was never going to stop, as little Bonnaroos and Coachellas started showing up from Maine to Oregon and everywhere in-between, including our own state. Like anything, this trend has been slowed by the economic situation—the Langerado Music Festival in Florida […]
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Prairie Pop: Wonderlickin' Good
Tim Quirk was the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist for Too Much Joy, a poppy, punky band whose career spanned the 1980s and ’90s. His old band is probably better known for getting in trouble than for their music. Over the course of a decade, Too Much Joy was arrested for performing obscene 2 Live […]
