Check out these unique ways to spend Halloween Night on Thursday. EAST Music in the Mansion Tour, Brucemore’s fully restored 1929 residential Skinner player pipe organ is a sight to be seen, as well as heard! 5:30-6:30pm, Brucemore, 2160 Linden Dr. SE, Cedar Rapids....
When I first moved back to Iowa in late December 2016, I left behind Florida’s 88-degree weather and endlessly green lawns to plunge into Iowa’s deep winter chill and tip-toe on its ice-covered sidewalks. A stream of “why in the world would you do that” had started a...
Animal rights advocate Jenny Brown may have grown up in Kentucky, but her background is identical to that of many Iowans. Jenny Brown Brown was raised by a conservative fundamentalist family surrounded by farm animals — much like many residents of Iowa, which is...
Varla Dear Varla: I am a woman and married to a woman. We are also pansexual and polyamorous. What are some ways to slyly seduce my wife? I want that intimacy with her, but she wants me to come on to her better. Thank You Sincerely, J Dear Juicy J, This...
As a self-described “dark-haired olive-skinned, queer kid,” Aerin Black felt they stood out among friends while growing up in Washington, Iowa. As an adult, Black began to identify as nonbinary and as a witch and tarot practitioner, and stood out even more. Moving...
A student, let’s call him Andrew, swings open the classroom door and steps in, sweaty and out of breath. All the students in my workshop look at him with surprise. “I had cross country practice,” he says, “is there still time for me to share?” Typically shy, Andrew...
