‘Let’s Get Spiritual’ with September 2025 edition of MainStream, now available in 475 spots throughout Illinois, Iowa
With four drastically different takes on spirituality – also known as the search for purpose – the...
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Author: Christine Hawes
LSA softball for LGBTQ and allies holds mini-fall season, Cabaret fundraiser after record summer
Iowa City’s Lambda Softball Association, the LGBTQ+ softball league, will hold a mini-fall season and a couple of fundraisers in September after a record-breaking summer for participation, new players, and traveling teams.
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Out Sports Quad Cities offers two more Sundays, new season for kickball
Out Sports Quad Cities still has two weekends left for its first-ever kickball season, and a second season coming in late summer. The new LGBTQ+ sports league has drawn more than five dozen reliable players.
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B-N Pridefest melds big names, numbers with ‘farmers market’ ambience today
American Idol’s Leah Marlene, Boulet Brothers Auntie Heroine, Sharon Sharealike, more diverse performers, and 110 vendors are at B-N PrideFest tonight.
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Live wrestling, day rave highlight Marshalltown Pride party Saturday
Marshalltown LGBTQ+ hosts a four-hour Pride celebration Saturday featuring live wrestling, a day rave, a lip sync battle, and vendors.
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Peoria Proud brings community service, caring to three-day weekend centered on River City Pride Saturday
River City Pride in Peoria, Ill., features more than two dozen drag performers, a half-dozen bands, more than 100 vendors and a standout sense of community service.
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Peoria Proud seeks community input on police relations
Peoria Proud, host of the River City Pride Festival July 19, wants to know about your experience with law enforcement, through a survey happening now.
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‘The Voice’ star, up-and-coming singers, drag, visual appeal highlight Pride on the Riverfront for Burlington, Iowa
Pride on the Riverfront, anticipated to draw a crowd nearing 4,000 to Burlington in Iowa, features ‘The Voice’ contestant Cali Wilson, up-and-coming singers, drag performers, 90 vendors, a parade, and more.
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LGBTQ Pride flag ceremony in East Moline is about broad recognition of diversity and a groundbreaking flag policy
East Moline’s Pride flag ceremony Friday follows a Juneteenth flag ceremony last week and honors city’s new and groundbreakingly inclusive flag policy, covering 30 different awarenesses, heritages or official holidays.
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Burlington Pride In the Park kicks off two rounds of LGBTQ+ community in Iowa/Illinois border city of Burlington
Burlington Pride in the Park this Saturday continues a strong tradition of LGBTQ+ community and joy in this city along the Illinois/Iowa border.
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