The music scene in Fairfield, Iowa has been making moves recently, especially with the opening of the new venue the Blue Rose Ballroom, which boasts a state-of-the-art sound system for visiting music ...

By Waterz Yidana, Iowa City; Educator, City High School What does it mean to be part of a community? For me, living in Iowa City as a lawful permanent resident means more than simply having a place to...

By Jordan Sellergren, Little Village publisher This magazine has not published a campaign endorsement in 25 years, but given our history of reporting on Iowa’s water quality crisis, it should come as ...

The day John Waters calls me, he has just finished writing the first draft of his next show, Let’s Take Over the World, which he will present at the Englert Theatre on Oct. 9.  The writer and director...

The last weekend in September saw the Des Moines Symphony kick off their 89th season at the Des Moines Civic Center with a celebration of American composers: Unity – American Mosaic & West Side Story....

Family, friends and supporters of Fatou Traore are holding a rally and vigil at the federal building in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday morning as they continue their efforts to secure the release of the lo...

Carmen Jungbluth drove from Boone to eastern Iowa on Thursday to hear two pioneers of school desegregation from the American South speak to a crowd of 120 rapt audience members in the lead-off event t...

In two years, the top-notch talent at Iowa Stage Theatre Company have managed to craft a distinct programming style. From classics (such as the Shakespeare on the Lawn franchise and The Glass Menageri...

Early last Thursday morning, ICE agents seized a longtime Iowa City resident as she was preparing to drive to work with her sister. Fatou Traore came to the United States in 2005 from the Ivory Coast ...

By Sara Gilmore, Iowa City As an employee of UIHC (University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics), and on behalf of a great number of community members, we would like to voice our support for our co-worker...

A new poll from the Johns Hopkins Center for a Liveable Future (CLF) asks about the importance of water quality to Iowa voters this year. The “Iowa Water Quality Survey” looks at more than how the iss...

I first heard Bruce Hornsby when I was 10 years old, back when I would spend hours on end hanging around my father’s doomed retail store because he couldn’t afford a babysitter. His small leather good...

The Reynolds administration is appealing the district court ruling that it cannot eliminate the Iowa City research center and archives of the State Historical Society of Iowa (SHSI). Lawyers from the ...

There’s one scene in writer-director Sea Fahey’s film For Kicks that I can’t stop thinking about. The documentary by the Iowa City transplant covers a pair of Black martial artists who broke into the ...

By Mary Mascher, former state representative and retired educator I support the bond issue for the new jail. As a former elected official, educator, community activist, and long-time volunteer I also ...

The rolling “Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room” stopped in Des Moines, Iowa City and Cedar Rapids last week. On Sunday, Raygun hosted the bookmobile at its CR retail store, as ...

Donald Trump’s lawsuit over the Iowa Poll published by the Des Moines Register three days before the November 2024 election was rejected by a Polk County District Court on Wednesday afternoon. The pol...

Nearly half of the Center for Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa’s advisory council membership have resigned from their roles after issues were voiced about the Iowa Board of Regents’ dism...

Despite the inclement weather on Saturday, the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new westside branch of the Cedar Rapids Public Library attracted a large crowd. Work on the project began in 2022, when t...

On a recent Sunday morning visit to my parents in West Liberty, my mother, an immigrant from northern Mexico, asked me if I wanted some menudo. I was confused at her question, as there was no tell-tal...

As last year came to an end, so did public access to the Centennial Building. The building, home to the Iowa City research facility of the State Historical Society of Iowa (SHSI) since 1956, provided ...

For John Cameron Mitchell, the writer, director and star of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, punk rock has to be in the moment. Currently on tour for the film’s 25th anniversary, Mitchell will stop in Iowa ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing an ethics complaint filed by a group of former national security officials who are questioning if his August appearance at U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn’s Iowa Stat...

The Des Moines Public Library will eliminate Sunday service hours at two of its largest branches, Central and Franklin Avenue, after Oct. 25, the Board of Trustees decided Wednesday. The change is a d...

Tiffany Brower is a survivor. And that made her damn near destined for Futurama, a show that has come back from cancellation two times over. Brower both worked on the sci-fi animated show on it's Come...

Two officers from the Iowa City Police Department fired their guns at a person reportedly holding a knife early Tuesday evening, striking and killing the subject. The incident occurred on the street i...

“I want to start with something that I think is common sense,” Rob Sand told the more than 950 people gathered in the Main Lounge of the Iowa Memorial Union (IMU) on Monday night. “Most people know it...

By Paul Deaton, Solon I visited the current Johnson County Jail soon after it opened in 1981. I remember saying to myself, “My God! They made it too small!” The current board of supervisors approved a...

DVIP/RVAP is marking its 47th anniversary this week with a fundraiser at Big Grove Brewery & Taproom in Iowa City. The three-hour “Birthday Bingo Bash” is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. on Wednesday.  “...

PorchFest DSM turns five this year, and has become a regional magnet for music lovers. The dynamic duo producing this capital city happening is Dave and Anne Ducharme-Jones, a husband-wife team origin...

In a world full such banal euphemisms as “collateral damage,” the polemics of Arundhati Roy are like lightning bolts. “President Bush can no more ‘rid the world of evil-doers’ than he can stock it wit...

E.C. Fish, a former ICON contributor and founding Little Village columnist, wrote this opinion piece for the 10th issue of Little Village, published December 2001 — less than three months after the te...

Welcome to the Red Zone, the three months overlapping fall semester and football season during which the majority of sexual assaults on college campuses occur. The fourth week of the Red Zone this yea...

Democratic candidate for Iowa attorney general Nate Willems said Wednesday that “bullying does not work” on him and he won’t be pulling ads targeting current Attorney General Brenna Bird in relation t...

“Back in November, I signed up to be a sacrificial lamb,” Chris Jones, the Democratic candidate for Secretary of Agriculture, told the overflow crowd at Captain Roy’s bar and restaurant in Des Moines ...

Nearly 40 years after its release, Sex, Lies, and Videotape will play at Varsity Cinema in Des Moines as part of the theater’s “Declarations of Independence series: Celebrating America’s 250th Anniver...

For many, the cost of housing is rising faster than income, as are the costs of other necessities. It’s no surprise then that homelessness is rising both in Iowa and nationally. The Pulitzer Prize-win...

By Mandi Remington, Johnson County Supervisor Johnson County cannot afford to ignore the serious problems with our current jail. People who are incarcerated deserve safe and humane conditions. The peo...

Like an indie horror film that unexpectedly smashes box office records, the One of Us horror book fest was destined for a sequel. Ran by Ames-based Filthy Loot Press and its founder Ira Rat, last year...

By Oliver Weilein, Iowa City Council member On Nov. 3, I will be voting No on authorizing Johnson County to borrow $94.5 million dollars (plus approximately $30 million in interest) for the purpose of...

The Immigrant Welcome Network of Johnson County (IWNJC) held its third-annual gala on Saturday in Coralville. Themed “Dreams without Borders,” the event surpassed its fundraising goal by $3,000, takin...

As a boy growing up in Spencer, Iowa, Trent Walker spent summers helping on his grandfather’s farm, picturing that he someday would follow in his grandfather’s footsteps and become a farmer himself.  ...

By Mandi Remington, Iowa City Most of us want the same basic thing for our families: to know that our children are safe, fed, and cared for, and that one unexpected expense won’t send the whole househ...

With hay bales lining the back of the stage, country music on the speakers and food from Jethro’s BBQ being served, Ashley Hinson welcomed donors to the Iowa Events Center in Clive on Saturday night f...