Urban Bicycle Food Ministry volunteers gather square burritos for distribution. — Avery Staker/Little Village They’re affectionately called “the burrito people.” Or sometimes “the burrito slingers.” ...

Rock Island, Illinois hosts a No Kings rally for Quad Cities protesters on Saturday, June 14, 2025. — Kevin Richard Schafer/Little Village As Iowa’s DOGE task force considers recommending cuts to ...

Another year, another Iowa Metal Underground Fest. This year is yet again our biggest and best lineup ever. Come see some of the USA’s best underground death, thrash, speed, and black metal bands play ...

Not everything is all doom-and-gloom out there. Hinterland is healing, a Wisconsin bear that had his head stuck in a jar was freed, relocated and released and there are tons of events to check out in ...

This August, as festivalgoers streamed into the new grounds of Hinterland Music Festival, the question wasn't just whether the music would be good, it was whether organizers could recapture the magic ...

Only a day removed from a red-eye journey from Iowa City to Edinburgh, Scotland, Aaron Pang, as he puts it, is a sleepy baby. Pang and crew did that thing you try to do when traveling; power-through a ...

Jackie Norris, chair of the Des Moines School Board, is running for U.S. Senate. Norris hasn’t run for federal or statewide office before, but she’s been active in Iowa politics for almost 30 years.

For the 10th year running, Bread & Butter is back to pick your next meal — or your next year of meals — out in eastern and central Iowa. Browse reviews of more than 40 restaurants, from fresh new ...

Breathe by BYOBrass Breathe, the latest album by Cedar Falls-born BYOBrass, opens with an earthy soul groove in its opening track “Inner Turmoil.” Its melodic notes are pillows that lay […] ...

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

In Becoming Native to This Place, Wes Jackson says, “Either all the earth is holy or none is. Either every square foot of it deserves our respect or none does.” In Off Izaak Walton Road, winner of the ...

Friday the 13th was a lucky day this June for the southwest Iowa city of Avoca, pop. 1,700. Restaurants along Main Street had their best week since problems with the city’s water supply began. Your ...