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Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
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From Bob Dylan to the dance floor, here are five weekend events to check out in Iowa City
Whether you are looking for ways to celebrate the end of the academic year or need to take mom somewhere, there are plenty of ways to satisfy all tastes this weekend in Iowa City. Here are five events to add to the agenda, from a unique dance party to live local music. Presented by the Summer of the Arts, Forever Young: The Music of Bob Dylan is a tribute to the artist featuring a lineup of local favorites. The concert will happen at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 10, at the Englert Theatre, tickets are available for purchase online. Get tangled up in tribute with a local Bob Dylan tribute concert Saturday: If you missed seeing Bob Dylan on his latest tour stops in Iowa, don't fret. Presented by the Summer of the Arts, Forever Young: The Music of Bob Dylan is a tribute to the legendary artist. The lineup is juiced up with local favorites, from the Beaker Brothers to Dave Zollo and Room Service, a band from City High. The tribute concert aims to honor Dylan's iconic career, featuring fresh reinventions of classic hits. Performances start at 2 p.m., Saturday, May 10, at the Englert Theatre. Tickets are available online and range in price from $10 to 33. The Shrek Rave is coming to Gabe's from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday, May 10. Hey, now it's a Shrek Rave Saturday: The virality of the cult-classic animated film has seeped from the internet into club spaces, proven by the international success of the 'Shrek Rave!" The official tagline is: 'It's dumb, just come have fun! Who cares! Cool is dead!' The Shrek Rave will bring its layers of good fun to Gabe's on Saturday, May 10. From 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., enjoy the typical charms of a rave in a thematic din. Tickets are available online and cost $20. More: We spent a day at Iowa 80: The World's Largest Truck Stop. Here's what we discovered: Catch Joel Worford at Northside Saturday Night from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, May 10. Live from the Northside, it's Saturday night Saturday: Northside Saturday Night's season is back in full swing. The weekly free concert series highlights local musicians in the Northside neighborhood every Saturday until the end of September. Joel Worford will take the outdoor stage first from 6 to 8 p.m., Saturday, May 10. Wofford will play songs from his project, 'Thoughts for Breakfast,' which combines the soulfulness of jazz, Americana, and funk music. Kitty Corner Social ClubÕs sign hangs above the business Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025 in downtown Iowa City, Iowa. A purr-fect Sunday at Kitty Corner Social Club Sunday: Haven't made it to Kitty Corner Social Club yet? The cat lounge's Mother's Day event might be the perfect opportunity. From 5 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, May 11, snuggle up with cats, treat yourself to self-serve snacks, and a special 'Bee Movie' screening followed by a chat with local beekeepers. Tickets for the event are available for purchase online and cost $10 per person. More: The Iowa City Farmers' Market returns Saturday. Here's what to expect during the 53rd season: The new sign for Alleycat, formely Joystick Comedy Arcade, is pictured on the building at 13. S. Linn St. Tuesday, April 23, 2024 in downtown Iowa City, Iowa. A case of the Sunday funnies at AlleyCat Sunday: Enjoy some laughs alongside Iowa City comedians at AlleyCat's Sunday Open Mic. Both aspiring and seasoned comedians will share their original material on stage. The show starts at 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 11, and will be followed by karaoke. Jessica Rish is an entertainment, dining and education reporter for the Iowa City Press-Citizen. She can be reached at JRish@ or on X, formerly known as Twitter, @rishjessica_ This article originally appeared on Iowa City Press-Citizen: What's happening in Iowa City this weekend? Music and more music
Yahoo
24-02-2025
- Business
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Coralville Costco employees announce plans to unionize for 'dignity and respect'
More than 200 workers at a local Costco have unveiled plans to unionize. Employees at the Coralville Costco along Heartland Drive are poised to unionize with Teamsters 238, citing a fight to win back "dignity and respect" amid "years of declining workplace conditions." Flyers titled "Hold Costco Accountable" were distributed outside the Englert Theatre on Feb. 22 ahead of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' visit. The flyers say Costco has spread "anti-union propaganda" and violated worker's rights by "blocking the distribution of pro-union materials in break rooms," which prompted the Teamsters to file a charge against Costco management in Coralville. "Costco should respect their employees' rights under federal law to organize with their coworkers," Teamsters 238 Secretary-Treasurer Jesse Case said in a statement. "When good companies like Costco violate workers' rights, it comes across as petty and unnecessary." The Iowa City Press-Citizen filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the National Labor Relations Board for the Teamsters' filing. Specifics about the charging document were not immediately available Monday afternoon. More: Bernie Sanders says Iowa Democratic Party has 'itself to blame' for losing Iowa Caucuses A letter to Costco employees posted on the Teamsters 238 website warned that company management may engage in group or one-on-one meetings, will "likely distribute anti-union literature," and may replace managers. "Don't buy any of it," the letter read. "While employers love to play nice during a union organizing drive and bribe employees with promises and pizza parties, they always revert to the same old way of doing business once the organizing drive is over." Teamsters 238 represents thousands of workers across Iowa as part of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, a nationwide union that represents millions of workers in the state. Sen. Bernie Sanders, in his Saturday visit to Iowa City, was preceded by several speakers highlighting some of his talking points, including a former park ranger, a University of Iowa student, a union head and VA nurse and a local Costco employee. Sandy Burkey took the stage in front of the capacity crowd at the Englert with emotion. She has worked at Costco for a "long time" and is the local produce supervisor. Burkey loves her job, she said, but compared when she started working there, things have "gone downhill." "We used to be valued. We used to be more than just numbers to the company," Burkey said. "And it's time that we remind Costco that we are the company." More: Bernie Sanders slams Donald Trump, Elon Musk in 'Fighting Oligarchy' stop in Iowa City The address prompted cheers and claps from the packed theatre. Burkey also urged community members not to boycott the store, but to stop by, say 'hi' and help provide courage to continue fighting for unionization. "We need your support, and we need the courage to keep going," Burkey said. "And we're asking you to join our community coalition for worker's rights. We're asking you to follow us and help us join the other 18,000 Costco Teamsters." State Sen. Zach Wahls, D-Coralville, also voiced support for Costco employees unionizing in the district he represents. "Workers in Coralville and across Iowa deserve the freedom to organize without interference from management," Wahls said. "Costco's actions undermine the fundamental rights of its employees. I stand with these workers and the growing coalition fighting to ensure their voices are heard." Ryan Hansen covers local government and crime for the Press-Citizen. He can be reached at rhansen@ or on X, formerly known as Twitter, @ryanhansen01. This article originally appeared on Iowa City Press-Citizen: Find out why 200 Costco employees in Coralville are unionizing
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Politics
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Bernie Sanders to visit Iowa City as part of 'Fighting Oligarchy' town hall tour
A former Democratic presidential hopeful and current U.S. Senator is visiting Iowa City next weekend to 'fight the oligarchy.' Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is setting off on a tour titled "Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here," stopping in Iowa City on Feb. 22. Sanders' town hall will "focus on the takeover of the national government by billionaires and large corporations and the country's move toward authoritarianism," a release from his office said. He will also discuss "how Americans can fight back against President Trump and Elon Mark," who the release said are moving the United States "toward authoritarianism, oligarchy and kleptocracy." Sanders' Iowa City appearance will be held at the Englert Theatre downtown. Doors are scheduled to open at 10:30 a.m., with Sanders expected to take the stage at 11:30. He is scheduled to speak at an Omaha, Nebraska, union hall the night prior. The tour is beginning in districts won by former president Joe Biden in 2020 and a Republican House member in 2024, the release said. Incumbent Republican Marianette Miller-Meeks, in November, survived a second straight challenge from Christina Bohannan in Iowa's 1st Congressional District. Biden, in 2020, defeated Trump in Johnson County by the largest margin, percentage-wise, of any candidate since at least 1920. "This country belongs to all of us, not just the few," Sanders said in the release. "We must fight back." More: Iowa City releases new 3D renderings of City Park pool as contractor bidding begins Sanders ran two presidential caucus campaigns in Iowa in 2016 and 2020, finishing second along thin margins each time. In 2016, Johnson County settled on Sanders, though the state was won by Clinton, the Democratic Party's eventual presidential nominee. Sanders fell less than a tenth of a percentage point short of former transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg in the 2020 caucus. The Associated Press, in a rare decision, decided not to declare a winner after uncertainty over the full accuracy of the results. That year, Johnson County narrowly chose Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts over Sanders. Sanders fell short of garnering enough widespread support in both election cycles and eventually suspended his campaigns shortly after the Iowa caucus. In the years since, the 83-year-old Sanders has won two additional terms in the U.S. Senate, most recently in 2024. More: 'I'm sick of it': Iowa lawmakers eye K-12 ban on teaching about gender and sexual identity Sanders has long been an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, and in recent weeks has targeted Elon Musk, the owner of X, formerly Twitter, and according to Forbes, the richest man in the world. Musk has ascended politically in the weeks since Trump took office as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, commonly referred to as DOGE. Earlier this week, he fielded questions alongside Trump in the Oval Office and among other things, defended the accountability of the unofficial DOGE operation. More: Iowans can weigh in on the House GOP bill increasing K-12 school funding. Here's how: The highest-profile action connected to Musk was large-scale cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development or USAID, which distributes billions in humanitarian and foreign aid abroad. Sanders was critical of the move, saying the agency "feeds the poorest children on Earth." "Musk's actions are not only immoral and unconstitutional, they are counterproductive to our standing in the world," Sanders wrote on X. On Wednesday, Sanders accused Musk of "planning to pay for his tax cut with your health care." Sanders has described Musk as "the most important appointee of the Trump administration" and said, "That's Oligarchy." Last month, on Meet the Press, Sanders even drew comparisons between the oligarchy of Russia's Vladimir Putin and the oligarchical leadership of billionaires who spend large sums of money on candidates "in both parties." Sanders, in a video posted to X on Feb. 8, said Musk and Trump will continue to go after the things that impact everyday Americans, including Medicaid, Pell grants, affordable housing, and more. "Together, we are going to stand up, fight back, get organized and tell Trump that this country is a democracy," Sanders said. "The government is supposed to work for all of us, not just the billionaire class." Ryan Hansen covers local government and crime for the Press-Citizen. He can be reached at rhansen@ or on X, formerly known as Twitter, @ryanhansen01. This article originally appeared on Iowa City Press-Citizen: When will Bernie Sanders' 'Fighting Oligarchy' tour visit Iowa?
