Lefty’s Live Music’s late namesake, Lefty, onstage during a show. — courtesy of Anne Mathey After a decade as a pillar of the music scene in Des Moines, Lefty’s Live Music is closing. “As our tenth ...

When I moved to Iowa City 25 years ago, one of the first things I did to familiarize myself with my new surroundings was ...

Speaker Mike Johnson and President Trump meet with minority leaders Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries in a failed attempt to avert a government shutdown, Sept. 30, 2025. — Daniel ...

This comic was originally published in Little Village’s November 2025 issue.

The City of Iowa City is holding a food drive on Friday to support CommUnity Crisis Services and Food Bank. Donations to Neighbors Helping Neighbors Food Drive will be collected […] ...

Utopia: the world we’re building— a gallery exhibition opening November 8th A point of optimism, a place for hope. Join us in ...

Come down and see what our best buds have to sell! The Raccoon Motel Second Saturday Market happens 1-4 pm on the second Saturday of the month- in our venue. […] ...

Prescribed burn practitioners with the Nature Conservancy’s Trailblazers Academy prepare for a burn in the Broken Kettle Grasslands preserve. — Bethany Kaylor/Little Village “When Americans think of ...

Des Moines Symphony offered another crowd-pleasing performance last month with the second installment of their Masterworks series, Wisdom – Dvořák 6 & Chopin. Their program once again featured a ...

Jonathan Spector’s 2025 Tony Award-winning Eureka Day, with its sharp humor and painfully familiar questions about privilege, progressivism and public health, has found a lively and incisive staging ...

Some Iowa Head Start programs providing child care and early childhood education could be impacted if the federal government shutdown continues into November. Pictured are children at the Downtown ...

A city does not run on autopilot. If a city council is not engaged and proactive, people with too much power and too little accountability make bad decisions that affect everyone. I cannot take a ...