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Still from Chinatown. — Courtesy of Paramount Pictures Everybody’s got water on the brain. The many somethings coming out of our faucets are in the headlines so often you can almost see the words ...

Adapted from a 2007 (non-musical) movie of the same name, Waitress boasts a book by Jessie Nelson and music and lyrics by famed singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles. The Playhouse’s production ran from ...

Like the Mississippi River, jazz flows with unpredictability and grace, carrying stories from one generation to the next. On July 25–26, Burlington, Iowa channeled that same spirit as it hosted the ...

A photo shared to the National Day of Prayer – Le Mars, Iowa Facebook page from their event tabling outside Le Mars Community Middle School on May 1, 2025. A northwest Iowa school district has agreed ...

It’s been another weird week in a constant string of weird weeks. Coldplay’s Kiss Cam created a scandal, the QAnon Shaman flipped on Trump and two WWE Hall of Famers have died (one passing got us in ...

Midwest’s MCR performance happened this spring at xBk in Des Moines for the “Panic! at the Burlesque Show Vol. 4.5: Welcome to the Rhinestone Parade.” The title may be a mouthful, but it’s right on ...

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

Republicans in the Iowa Legislature have rarely publicly disagreed with Gov. Kim Reynolds during her eight years in office. Even when they didn’t support her position on an issue, they […] ...

A Pride flag with a rainbow heart flies at the 2024 Capitol City Pride Festival. — Jo Allen/Little Village From raucous Pride parades and festivals to intimate LGBTQ+ support groups and book clubs, ...

Iowa City students protest anti-LGBTQ legislation at the Old Capitol after a march through downtown Iowa City. March 1, 2023. — Sid Peterson/Little Village A federal judge issued a preliminary ...

Titus Walker lived in Hawaii, but he flew to rural Iowa for summer camp. Growing up in an insular church community in the 1980s, it was a blast to hang out with kids his age, even if the Young Adult ...