Little Village

Little Village is a community-driven news and culture outlet based in Iowa City, Iowa. Established in 2001, it was created by former members of Icon, the alternative weekly publication that operated in Iowa City from 1993 to 2001.

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This Modern World — June 2025 - Little Village

3 days ago | littlevillagemag.com | Tom Tomorrow

This article was originally published in Little Village’s June 2025 issue.
Review: About Time Theatre's 'Squeamish' is so effective, I had to step out

4 days ago | littlevillagemag.com | Isaac Hamlet

There’s a phrase that you’ll have likely heard if you’ve taken any English or Communications courses: “The medium is the message.”The notion was expressed by Marshall McLuhan, a Canadian media commentator, attempting to express the importance of the packaging/setting/staging as a vehicle for any piece of (for lack of a better word) content. McLuhan attributes more to the medium of a thing than I would — but I agree with his core concrete that presentation is power.
Album Review: Brother Trucker — 'Live at Octopus' - Little Village

1 week ago | littlevillagemag.com | Michael Roeder

You can’t talk about the history of music in Iowa without mentioning the seminal (and sadly defunct) grassroots record label Trailer Records, started by Iowa City musician David Zollo. Recently on the Iowa Music Archive Series, Zollo shared the genesis of the label.
Bob Krause is making another bid for Congress. The other Democrat running in District 1 has thoughts.

1 week ago | littlevillagemag.com | Paul Brennan

Perennial candidate Bob Krause announced on Monday he is running for Congress in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District. Krause, a Democrat from Burlington, served in the Iowa House in the 1970s. “I will lead by fighting for issues that you care about,” Krause said in his campaign launch video. “Not like Miller-Meeks.
Review: Ever dreamed of hiding in a store overnight? Documentary 'Secret Mall Apartment' makes space for the anarchist in all of us

2 weeks ago | littlevillagemag.com | Lee Keeler

I can’t speak for everyone, but if teenage me found out that there was a secret Playstation clubhouse in my local mall, with an access panel hidden over a toilet, I would have gone through the looking glass in a heartbeat. This is a proposition that 2024 documentary Secret Mall Apartment presents, with Providence, Rhode Island artist Michael Townsend as its white rabbit.
David Pautsch, founder of the Quad Cities Prayer Breakfast, is once again running against 'Trump hater' Rep. Miller-Meeks

2 weeks ago | littlevillagemag.com | Paul Brennan

Promising “at least three major town halls and dozens of public stops,” Republican David Paustch announced on Friday he’s launching a tour of all 20 counties in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District. The 71-year-old Pautsch, best known as the host of the annual Quad Cities Prayer Breakfast, is running for the House seat currently held by Mariannette Miller-Meeks. “Our current Congresswoman has been missing in action,” Pautsch said in the news release about his tour.
Dear Kiki: When are things going to get better?

2 weeks ago | littlevillagemag.com | Dear Kiki

Dear Kiki,When are things going to get better? Many thanks, Worried and Tired Dear Worried and Tired,My friend (I call you, a stranger, my friend because we all need as many friends as we can get at this time), I have been wondering the same for quite a while now. And there are so many platitudes aimed at moments such as these, aren’t there? Sayings and truisms and even comforting art that helps us navigate the day-to-day blows that keep knocking us back.
Last-minute amendment to House budget bill targets healthcare for trans Americans; bill would take Medicaid from 86,000 Iowans

2 weeks ago | littlevillagemag.com | Paul Brennan

The U.S. House of Representatives passed its version of the tax and spending bill supported by President Trump early on Thursday morning. A last-minute change to the bill, apparently to make it more appealing to rightwing members of Congress threatening to vote no, targets transgender Americans.
'I want clean water. I want clean air': Democrat Nathan Sage brings Senate campaign to Iowa City

2 weeks ago | littlevillagemag.com | Paul Brennan

“At the end of the day, we’re all pissed off and we’re tired of what’s going on and we need a change,” Nathan Sage told the packed room at Big Grove Brewery and Taproom in Iowa City on Monday night. A steady drizzle of rain that grew into a booming thunderstorm didn’t discourage people from turning out to listen to the first Democrat to announce a run for the Senate seat currently held by Joni Ernst. It was Sage’s first campaign stop in Iowa City since launching his campaign on April 16.
Review: Orchestra Iowa conjures an anti-fascist classic in masterful Coralville concert

2 weeks ago | littlevillagemag.com | Kent Williams

Orchestra Iowa (previously the Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra) presented their next-to-last concert of the season on Sunday, May 18 at the Coralville Center For the Performing Arts. I don’t think it was designed as a symphonic venue; the stage looks a little snug for a full orchestra. But as a venue, it has a lot going for it. It seats 472 — intimate compared to the 1,700-capacity Paramount Theatre, where Orchestra Iowa performed Masterworks VI: A Booming Finale the previous night.