Articles Tagged: The Corridor

With 2025 behind us, here are the food and restaurant stories you ate up this year.

“Weaving Narratives: African Textiles in Iowa,” a current exhibit at the Stanley Museum of Art, highlights a selection of textiles from a collection of African art. Through written materials and video-recorded interviews, the stories behind these remarkable artifacts are shared by voices from the African community in Iowa City.

Earlier this year, local apprenticeship programs received thousands in grants from Iowa Workforce Development. A total of $3.4 million in grants was distributed to Registered Apprenticeship programs across the state that are building Iowa’s workforce pipeline.

The Gazette’s annual special section dedicated to skilled trades in Eastern Iowa.

Using a herd of specialists and generalists, one local couple has turned an old joke into a serious business. The concept, deployed by homeowners, businesses and municipalities in Iowa, is about stewardship that returns land to its natural state.

Featuring Eastern Iowa women who have experienced powerful paths of achievement for themselves, their families and their communities.

A look at Eastern Iowa’s trucking industry.

This spring, commercial truck drivers who learned English as a second language — and the companies that employ them — faced punitive federal regulations regarding English language proficiency. An executive order signed by President Donald Trump in April says that truck drivers who can’t speak or read English proficiently could be suspended from their jobs as drivers. However, requiring truck drivers to be proficient in English is not new.

They say walking a mile in someone’s shoes is the way to better understanding. So perhaps driving a mile in someone’s truck could do the same. Earlier this summer, one Corridor event took this idea and put it to the (road) test.

Truck freight tonnage has been sluggish throughout the year, continuing a trend that was marked prior to the 2024 election, according to the American Trucking Associations’ July tonnage report. However, a dip in freight occurred in the beginning of the year, coinciding with Trump’s inauguration.

Iowa City-based aerialist Mimi Ke teaches and performs in the Corridor, encouraging everyday Iowans to look at life from a new perspective through her art form. Ke developed the aerial dance program at National Dance Academy in 2014.

In Iowa, STEM education can mean getting a start as early as preschoolers playing with building blocks.

In its 34th year, the Iowa City Jazz Festival continues to draw acclaimed performers from across the country.

Brickman’s show, “The Gift of Christmas,” celebrates the gift of family, friends, peace and love, wrapped in sweet sounds of the season only he and his piano can provide.

Lawson is best known for his appearances on the “America’s Got Talent” franchise and a performance on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.”