CONTENTS | ISSUE 99
Volume 10 | Issue 99 January 2011 PUBLISHER & MANAGING EDITOR | Matt Steele Publisher@LittleVillageMag.com FEATURES EDITOR | Tara Atkinson Tara@LittleVillageMag.com Copy Editors | Stephanie Catlett Steph@LittleVillageMag.com, + Hieu Pham Hieu@LittleVillageMag.com ARTS EDITOR | Kent Williams Arts@LittleVillageMag.com DESIGNERS | Becky Nasadowski Becky@LittleVillageMag.com, + Andrew Sherburne Andrew@LittleVillageMag.com WEB EDITOR | Drew Bulman DrewB@LittleVillageMag.com ADVERTISING | Kelli Andreson Ads@LittleVillageMag.com
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4 UR Here Getting cozy never gets old
22 Books Get your tweak on
5 Your Town Now Year-end finance edition
24 Art Scene Signs of the Times
6 Townie Hawk How ‘bout them Bears?
26 Talking Movies Veg out, with piety
7 12oz Curls The coolest winter warmer
28 The Haps What’s the frequency?
8 Hot Tin Roof The first-ever HTR honoree!
32 Local Albums Okay fine, 2010, here’s your list
10 Crafty Saying “Thanks”: Still in style
34 Calendar Don’t forget to visit the outside world
12 Lifestyle You look better on a bike 14 Homelessness Part 2 Why some aren’t seeking shelter 16 UniverCity Could the housing market get any better for buyers? 19 The Tube Saving Spitzer from himself
35 A-List Happy Birthday, ICYC 37 News Quirks Stranger than fiction 38 The Straight Dope Weary from the road? Imagine how it feels. 39 Astrology Get 2011 off to a stellar start
SR. PHOTOGRAPHER | Dawn Frary Dawn@LittleVillageMag.com CONTRIBUTORS | Cecil Adams, Drew Bulman, Bob Burton, Yale Cohn, Rich Dana, Thomas Dean, Lorin Ditzler, Craig Eley, Hugh Ferrer, David Henderson, Patrick Howley, Andre Perry, Megan Ranegar, Michael Roeder, John Schlotfelt, Scott Samuelson, Andrew Sherburne, Dr. Star, Matt Steele, Roland Sweet, Casey Wagner, Kent Williams PHOTOS | Bill Adams, Jared Harrison, Ben Partridge, Megan Ranegar, Ofer Sivan Illustrations | Corbin Booth, Becky Nasadowski CONTACT | P.O. Box 736, Iowa City, IA 52244 WEB | www.LittleVillageMag.com FOLLOW | Online at: Facebook.com/LittleVillageMag YouTube.com/user/LittleVillageMag Twitter.com/LittleVillage INTERNSHIPS AVAILABLE | Editor@littlevillagemag.com Advertising and Calendar deadline is the 19th of every month. For a list of ad rates, email Ads@ LittleVillageMag.com. January 2011 | Little Village
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