Extremism, hatred, bigotry, violence — these are all things Interfaith Alliance of Iowa aims to tackle through its Listening Tour, a road trip to Iowa communities intended to foster discussion about...
How the Russian Revolution has affected history, politics, and the arts — 100 years later.
By Paige Schlichte
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It’s been a century — almost to the day — since the...
Iowa City has purchased its 100th flood-buyout property and is now scheduled to demolish it as part of the ongoing plan to reduce possible future damage in the Iowa River floodplain.
By Brooklyn Draisey
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Downtown Iowa City is home to a unique healing center with few others like it in the country. Eastwind Healing Center, started by Candida Maurer with her husband in 1997, specializes in consciousness-based...
Big changes are coming to the Pedestrian Mall.
At a meeting on Thursday at the Sheraton Hotel, 210 S. Dubuque St., the completed designs for the renovation of the Ped Mall were presented. The plans...
n honor of the 72nd anniversary of the United Nations, the Iowa United Nations Association launched Empower-Her on Tuesday, a project dedicated to making feminine-hygiene products accessible to all women...
Iowa City and Coralville area dog owners and their pets gathered at the Thornberry Off-Leash Dog Park on Sunday afternoon for the first Doggie Health Fair, hosted by the Iowa City Parks & Recreation...
For this year’s Witching Hour, there will be two panels that are a part of the Writers of Color Reading Series. On Oct. 20, Marquise Jackson, Sarah Matthews, and many others will read at the Englert,...
Iowa City’s Mercer Aquatic Center will cut the ribbon today on a nearly yearlong mural project by artist Jo Myers-Walker and the University of Iowa College of Engineering NEXUS Program. The new mural...
International Writing Program members discuss free press and fake news on an global scale.
By Paige Schlichte
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“Fake news” is a term that has circulated widely in public...
A new Hilton Garden Inn with 143 guest rooms just opened on South Clinton street. At 12 stories high, it’s the tallest building in downtown Iowa City.
Management said this is one of the first new hotels...
Photographer David Ottenstein’s photos capture the last vestiges of Iowa’s bygone agricultural era in his new book, Iowa: Echoes of a Vanishing Landscape.
In a discussion at Prairie Lights, 15 S....
