Elijah Decious

The Cedar Rapids Downtown Farmers Market will attempt to break the world record for the largest cereal breakfast on Sept. 20.

The Corridor’s last remaining Happy Joe’s Pizza location has closed in Cedar Rapids after almost 40 years in business.

A pair of new murals came to fruition in August through creative means after their Colombian artist was denied entry to the United States.

Nursing is a lifestyle, way of living and calling. And now, nurses are being honored for it after their deaths.

After growing up in foster care, a Cedar Rapids computer repair shop owner has started a nonprofit to give youth aging out of the system another resource for success.

Cafe Beignets, a new shop coming to Lindale Mall, is planning an Oct. 1 opening.

An evening farm-to-table experience is returning to NewBo City Market for its third annual year.

Since naloxone vending machines were installed across Linn County, the need has been apparent with more frequent than scheduled restocking. The machines dispense the drug that can reverse an overdose from prescription drugs like oxycodone or fentanyl and street drugs like heroin.

NewBo Art Fest, a Labor Day tradition, returns for its 15th year on Sunday, Aug. 31.

This year, 42 restaurants in the downtown and Northside neighborhoods showed up for Taste of Iowa City on Aug. 27. If you’re looking for quality over quantity, check out these options.

After Mission Creek celebrated its last year at the helm of The Englert in April, the Iowa City institution is making one of the first steps in the new direction it has teased for months. Next month, they welcome a new crowd and artist lineup to the stage with the Iowa City Songwriters Festival’s inaugural event Sept. 4 to 6.

Moy’s Food from the Streets, a mobile Cedar Rapids vendor for the last eight years, will open a permanent location in September at 4201 42nd St. NE., Suite 140.

The new conference focused on horror, existential fiction and cult fiction is planning its debut on Sept. 6 at Public Space One, where independent horror publishers and writers from across the Midwest will offer readers and authors alike a chance to connect and discover voices creating some of the genre’s latest books.

The cafe stepped into the space at 450 Fifth Ave. SE in 2021, after Greyhound Cafe closed. Under new ownership, it brought a new breakfast menu to the library.

With local ingredients transformed by seven Iowa City chefs, the ninth annual Farm to Street Dinner in Iowa City’s Northside neighborhood was a capstone on summer dining done well, and permission to move on with the next season.