Choose from dozens of virtual, socially-distanced Pride events this year
In a year when more than 400 Pride parades and events have been forced by the coronavirus crisis...
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Category: 2020
ReAlive Metaphysical connects anew with COVID-19 precautions
MARION — “No-touch air hugs,” new hours, and a plexiglass barrier between staff...
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Corner Store focuses on curbside for its CBD, hemp, natural products
Cedar Rapids’ Corner Store Apothecary, among the state’s leaders in third-party-certified CBD and hemp products, will continue to offer curbside pick-up of its various natural products.
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Velvet Lotus Tattoo cautiously approaches reopening Friday
IOWA CITY — Velvet Lotus Tattoo plans to re-open Friday with a new way of operating that...
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Approaching death: a different look
Today, modern American society tries to bury death. Many go to great lengths to avoid discussing death, or even acknowledging it. As though not talking about it will prevent it from happening.
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Tarotscope: Coming Together to Let Go
The preceding weeks and months have been confusing, uncertain, and scary…. . As we begin the process of emerging from this darkness, we must find ways to orient ourselves.
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Toyota of Iowa City offers virtual shopping, home delivery/pick-up
IOWA CITY – Home pick-up and delivery for maintenance, car interiors covered with plastic...
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Drop in documented puppy mills due partly to poor animal welfare enforcement, HSUS says
The number of puppy mills in Iowa dropped from 13 to 5 this year, but the numbers may not tell the whole story, says the Humane Society of the United States in its annual “Horrible Hundred” report.
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Tarotscope: Open Your Mind (Introduction, May 4-17)
Welcome, everyone, to my new bi-weekly feature for The Real MainStream: Tarotscope for the...
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Leather weekend, more pride events cancelled because of COVID-19
Des Moines’ Iowa Leather Weekend in October is the latest LGBTQ-identified event to call off...
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