Parents, grandparents, college students, sexual assault survivors, LGBTQ individuals, Christians, women’s health clinic workers and more gathered on the University of Iowa Pentacrest Friday, May 17, in support of abortion access. The demonstration, titled We Will NOT Go Back — Rally to Protect our Reproductive Rights, was organized by Liana McGowan Reimer and Nicholas Schnerre […]
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Watch: Live from Flat Black Studios ft. William Elliott Whitmore
The new series Live from Flat Black Studios, a collaboration between Little Village and Flat Black Studios, kicks off today with this track from William Elliott Whitmore, “Hard Times.” This comes just as early bird tickets go on sale for Grey Area 2019. Whitmore will be returning to play the fest again in its third […]
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Hair Art’s one-woman show
When I tell Man Kwi Park, owner of Hair Art salon in downtown Iowa City, that I am travelling to Hong Kong, she tells me that I should stop by Korea on the way there. “My nephew lives there,” she tells me with a wink. He’s single. She calls her husband from the back and […]
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Former Iowa Citian Matthew Grimm drops new song with Get Out the Vote vid
Musician Matthew Grimm, a longtime Iowa City fixture now based in Madison, Wisconsin, recently released a video intended to assist in Get Out the Vote efforts. “The Whirlwind” is a no-holds-barred indictment of the current administration.
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Light artist Gerry Hofstetter illuminates the Old Capitol
Swiss light artist Gerry Hofstetter has an ambitious goal: Over the course of 2017-19, he and his daughter Céline (who is based in Los Angeles) will bring their Light Art Grand Tour USA to all 50 states. The tour identifies a key landmark in each state to work with, a place of historical and political significance, and transforms it into a transitory light art sculpture.
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Girls Rock! Iowa City for five fantastic years
For one week each summer, girls, trans youth and gender non-conforming kids aged 8-16 gather to dig into the roots of rock and roll. This is no rock history course, though — their education is far more visceral. They learn to rock the best way anyone can — by doing it. Girls Rock! Iowa City […]
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Iowa City Municipal Airport celebrates 100 years of history
About 15 years after Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first flight in a powered aircraft, the Iowa City Municipal Airport opened on local farmland, where it remains today. Though its role and services have evolved since 1918 — as has flight itself — the airport continues to grow, and this weekend it’s celebrating a century of history.
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Fashion Forward: #neverwearsolids with Sayuri Sasaki Hemann
My name is Sayuri Sasaki Hemann. I’m an artist and I love patterns and I love colors and I love birdsongs. And chickens. I think I am very normal in terms of being myself. Some people like to call it eclectic, but I do what I do. I was born in Japan, and was raised […]
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Fashion Forward: Part janitor, part golf dad with Marcus Brown
Presented by Revival Little Village: Fashion Forward explores the unique elements of personal style and expression with some of Iowa City’s resident fashionistas. I’ve bounced around a little. Originally born in D.C., spent some time in Maryland, Georgia, New York, Rhode Island and then here (Iowa City). After high school I was just doing this […]
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Watch: Sudanese-American women in Iowa City explain Sudan fashion
“I feel like it’s important to represent myself, my culture or my identity.” Sudanese immigrants Mai Salih, Mazahir Salih, Hayat Osman and Entisar Jafar share and discuss Sudanese fashion, defined by comfort, color and modesty — from Mai’s sparkling $500 taub specially ordered for a wedding, to Mazahir’s simpler but cherished set of Sudanese garments. […]
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Paola Mendoza, Women’s March organizer and Flyover Fest speaker, discusses the art of resistance
Since the historic Women’s March in 2017, Paola Mendoza’s art and activism has stretched from the Grammy Awards to New York Fashion Week to the star-studded People’s State of the Union. In April, she will discuss intersectionality and with Iowa City audiences as part of the Together We Rise book tour.
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Fashion Forward: Tim Shang, former University of Iowa student and Instagram stories master
I’m originally from China. My hometown is a small-sized city, but a small-sized city in China still has 1 million people. I came to Iowa for college, my major was finance, and I just graduated from University of Iowa. Soon, I will go to an internship in New York. After my internship, I will go to graduate school and after graduate school I will probably work in financial services, like growth management.
