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Also the latest links from Little Village online.

Here are the latest links from Little Village Magazine:

A-List: The Iowa Review reading at Prairie Lights
Iowa City’s preeminent literary journal, The Iowa Review, will celebrate 43 years of continuous publication with a reading on Aug. 28 at Prairie Lights Books (15 S. Dubuque St.).

Wire: Missouri State Legislator nabbed with marijuana, may also listen to BeBop, cavort with hussies
(via Wonkette) A Missouri state representative was arrested Sunday for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Rep. Jeremy LaFaver...

Pete Biasi Strikes Again: The Low Forms On Tour
Pete Biasi has a rock and roll resume a mile long. Most notable is his Minneapolis band Signal To Trust, who, like the Sun City Girls, R. Stevie Moore or Furries, have a small, but rabid fan base. The blonde, shaggy-haired bass player with the muppet-like, party animal aura, shows up at many shows, in...

American Reason: Online-only courses could make diplomas more accessible, but is there a catch?
As they sign up for classes, students at some of the nation’s largest universities (like the University of Kentucky and the University of Colorado at Boulder)...

Album Review: Douglas Kramer Nye – No Good Samaritan
There is something amazing about watching a musician evolve from square one. Shawn Reed from Wet Hair described it as the “without a net” stage of a musician’s career: They tend to be a little more timid, experimenting with voices, phrasings and nuances for the first time. 

Wire: Millionaire golfer Phil Mickelson feels the pain of the underclass: The poor, poor CEOs

Let us begin our long, long week of snark and by crying a big ol’ bucket of crocodile tears for golfing sports-man Phil Mickelson, a person...

Iowa City restaurant XIE to be featured in undisclosed reality TV show

The restaurant that took the place of Chef’s Table on Washington Street, yet hasn’t really managed to take off (in spite of the good food), is undergoing a top-secret...

August Angst: Urban Theater Project brings area premiere of Pulitzer-winning play

Tracy Letts’ pitch-black comedy, August: Osage County, has been capturing the attention of the creative world since it premiered at Chicago’s Steppenwolf...

Pro Tips with Wayne Diamante: Back to school edition

WELCOME TO YOUR “BACK TO SCHOOL” EDITION of Pro-Tips with Wayne Diamante! I hope you all had terrific summer vacations, internships, voluntary rehabilitations and work release programs.

The Autodramatics Return for a Second Round: Reaction LP drops in October

If you were around southeast Iowa in the late '90s, you may have seen the Horrors tearing up a local stage with their savage rock and roll. The Cedar Rapids trio...


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