Articles Tagged: Iowa City

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Patti LaBelle spreads festive joy to the world at Hancher

The up and coming Wright House of Fashion is transforming a former dry cleaners building into a supportive environment where youth and young adults can learn the tools of the fashion trade.

Among the state and federal policies it aims to push in 2023, the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance and Iowa City Area Business Partnership hope to remove barriers to work by pushing solutions to immigration, child care, affordable housing, community placemaking and talent development.

Large traveling exhibits and smaller pop-ups help take Black history, culture across Iowa and beyond

Richard the Whale returns for the Iowa City brewery’s annual Richard Dinner -- an ultra-exclusive, 15-course meal only 40 people are privy to each year. You can taste it vicariously through this review, too.

Guitarist previously performed at the Iowa City Jazz Festival

The five-week pre-apprenticeship program creates a pathway for Iowans to qualify for and complete a skilled trades apprenticeship. Iowa City is investing more than $400,000 in pandemic relief dollars, which will allow the Labor Center to run the program for the next four years.

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Ballet Quad Cities holds auditions for the student dancers in early September, then they begin rehearsing in October. The professional dancers begin preparations in early November, then the various groups that have been rehearsing around work and school hours merge to put it all together before bringing the 50 cast members to Cedar Rapids.

“It’s funny that I’m more popular in other countries than I am in Iowa,” she said. “I also haven’t played Iowa City that much during my career, but I always look forward to returning, since my family can see me and I obviously love Iowa or I would live in another state.

Owners of an Iowa City-area mobile home park have agreed to pay an $8,000 fine after multiple violations since 2020 for discharging wastewater into a tributary of Snyder Creek, which feeds into the Iowa River.

Also in weekly edition of Government Notes: Iowa City Council members hold listening post Monday night.

Events beckon all ages to explore Christmases past and present