Articles Tagged: Iowa City

Jackson Pollock’s “Mural” will have a place of honor when the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art opens its doors with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 3 p.m. Aug. 26, 2022.

The Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department “made the difficult decision to cancel the Wednesday Farmers Market for at least the 2022 season,” according to an email vendors received. Not enough vendors signed up before the Feb. 15 deadline.

Soul singer Bettye LaVette bringing her music, energy to Iowa City’s Englert Theatre on Friday, Feb. 25.

Table to Table, a Johnson County nonprofit that rescues 2.5 million pounds of food each year and delivers it at no charge to local pantries and social service agencies, is kicking off a celebration of 25 years and fundraising for construction expenses with a free-to-the-publicpen house on Thursday.

An Iowa City man faces child endangerment charges after police allege he left a loaded gun unattended, allowing one child to shoot another child, causing serious injury.

Havenpark Communities, which owns several mobile home parks in Iowa, purchased two parks in Iowa City last month for a combined $33.5 million. Havenpark attracted attention in 2019 for hiking tenants’ rent anywhere from 24 percent to 69 percent.

Songwriter and Son Volt frontman Jay Farrar playing Englert Theatre in Iowa City on Feb. 23. Farrar’s nephew, Jesse Farrar, will open the show,

The Iowa City Council has directed nearly $1 million in pandemic relief funds to CommUnity Crisis Services so the nonprofit can expand its mobile crisis outreach program. The move comes in response to the increased need for mental health services during the pandemic.

Following a year in which fewer than 20 restaurants participated in a mostly takeout and delivery Restaurant Week, 56 eateries in Johnson County have jumped on board to participate in the 2022 edition of Think Iowa City Restaurant Week.

Oranges and Elbows offers residential and commercial cleaning in the Iowa City area.

The search began last fall after Fire Chief John Grier announced his retirement from the Iowa City Fire Department. Grier’s last day is Friday.

Tyler Jacob Summers of West Des Moines is facing assault and harassment charges after allegedly threatening health care workers at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and threatening to blow up the facility, according to a criminal complaint.

This year’s One Book Two Book festival, organized by the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature organization, will feature both in-person and online events for families. The two-day festival will kick off Saturday, Feb. 26.

John’s Grocery will be shifting its focus to expand in other areas like online shopping.

Less than a year after Pei’s Ohana Mandarin closed, former manager David Pei is opening a new Asian eatery.