ʻO kahi kaiāulu o ke kālepaʻoluʻolu o ka hapanui e lilo i mea maʻalahi loa i ka hoʻomahaʻana i ka hopena o ka hoʻomahaʻana,ʻo Iowa City ka hapanuiʻoi loa o ke kaiaulu i kahi kūlana kūpono i ka moku kūlana. Akā naʻe, ua nui nā mea i nānā aku iā Iowa i ka manawa i lilo ai ka moku'āina i ka moku'āina mua loa no ka hoʻoholoʻana i ka mare male (me ka hoʻopiʻi kū'ēʻana).
ʻO ka Leafy a me ka maluhiaʻo Iowa City ka nui o ka holoʻana ma ka makahiki i ka wā e hele nui nā huakaʻi hele i ke kūlanakauhale a me ka moʻomeheu akā e makemake eʻae i nā kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe, nā mea pilikiaʻole, a me kaʻike pono i nā mea hōʻino o kekahi mau kaona nui.
ʻO kēia kūlanakauhale kokoke i 72,000 he mea maʻalahi, maʻalahi e hoʻokele, a paʻa loa. Aia ia i loko o ka holoholoʻana o ke awakea o Chicago, Minneapolis, Omaha, Kansas City, a me St. Louis, a he mau mele kūkākūkā nui loa ia o kekahi kūlanakauhale.
ʻO ke kūʻana o ke kula kiʻekiʻe o Iowa (U o I) i loko o ka hapa no kaʻoihanaʻoihanaʻoihana o kaʻoihana o ka moana a me ka noʻonoʻo naʻau. ʻO ka pā kula e hui pū me kaʻikeʻole i ke kauhale, akā, e like me kekahi mau kaiaulu i kākoʻoʻia e kahiʻoihana hoʻonaʻauao nui, nui aku ka nui o ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Iowa ma mua o kahi kula nui.
Ua neʻe mai nā mea nui a me nā poʻe lebians i mea e hoʻohana ai i ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe o ke ola o ke kūlanakauhale a me ka hoʻomanawanui i kaʻike kaiāulu - ua hōʻino ke kūlanakauhale i ka hoʻokae wale i nā wahine a me nā lebians i ka makahiki o 1970, aʻo kēlā me kēia makahiki e hele ana nā malihini i ka Hoʻohanohano Iowa City Pride i Iune a me ka makahiki hoʻolaʻaʻiaʻo Iowa Women's Music Festival i ka mahinaʻo Kepakemapa. ʻO ke Kulanuiʻo Iowaʻo Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, a me Queer, ma mua,ʻo GLBTAU a i hoʻokumuʻia i ka makahiki 1970, hoʻokipa i nā hoaaloha a me nā malihini o nā makahiki a pau, me ka nānāʻole i ka pilina wahine, i nā hui lehulehu, mai nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni i nā hula i nā'aha'ōlelo politika .
Eia hou, e like me kahi helu helu i hala koke aku nei, aia ke kūlana 13 o ka moku'āinaʻo Iowa i ka lāhui ma waena o nā Mānā Pūnaewele Pūnaewele (MSAs) ma ka "pakeneka o nāʻohana i hui pūʻia he male kāne a he wahine male."
Inā he haumāna a he kanaka kīwila paha, kahi malihini a iʻole kahi hana kaiāulu, nā hana kaiāulu ma Iowa City e hoʻoikaika nui ana i ke Kulanui o Iowa a me kona kulanui ākea i kūkuluʻia e nā hale hoʻonaʻauao kūikawā kahiko a me nā hale hou.
ʻO ka U o aʻu ka mea kaulana loa no kona mau wahi lapaʻau nui a no kaʻOihana Hoʻonaʻauao o Iowa, kahi i aʻoʻia aiʻo ia e like me John Irving, John Cheever, Rita Dove, Jane Smiley, Flannery O'Connor, a me Robert Penn Warren. ua aʻoʻia. Ua aʻo pū kekahi mau keikiʻo Tennessee Williams i ka hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni maʻaneʻi.
No kaʻikeʻana i ka pā kula, a kiʻi paha i kahiʻai eʻai ai, kāohiʻia e ke kulanui o ka haumāna ma ke kulanui,ʻo ia ka Iowa Memorial Union,ʻo ia ka mea i weheʻia i ka lehulehu. Aia i loko o nā haleʻaina a me nā hale kūʻai a me kahi hōkele. Pono e nānā i ka mea e pāʻani nei ma ka Bijou Cinema o ka hui, kahi hale hana kiʻi kiʻi e hoʻonāukiu mau i nā kiʻanika queer-themed. ʻO ka U o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Moʻolelo Hemolele - ka hale kahiko kahiko ma ke komohana o ke kahawaiʻo Mississippi - kahi i hōʻikeʻia he nui o nā mea momona a me nā manu a me nā mea e hōʻikeʻia ana i ka 500 miliona mau makahiki o ka moʻaukala i Iowa.
ʻO kekahi hale kaulana i ka U o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike'Ōiwi, nona nā kiʻi iʻike i nā haneli he nui oʻAmelika, Southwest Native American, Pre-Columbian,ʻEulopa, a me nāʻoihanaʻAmelika. Hiki iāʻoe ke nānā i nā hana e Picasso, Matisse, Chagall, a me ka mea hana hou houʻo Marsden Hartley. E aʻo e pili ana i ka makahiki o Iowa City ma keʻano he moku'āina moku'āina (1840-1857) ma ka Old Capitol Museum, kahi e noho ana i ka hale a me ka hale i hoʻonohonoho muaʻia e ka'aha'ōlelo o Iowa.
He nui nā hanana o kahi kula e mālama ai i nā talena a me nā māhele o ka honua,ʻo ka mea kaulana loaʻo Hancher Auditorium, kahiʻoihana mele nui a me nā hōʻike keaka. Hoʻokumuʻo U i nā mea hōʻikeʻike kahiko o kaʻenehana a me nā papa hana mua, e like meʻekolu mau mea hoʻolahaʻoihana mua o ka hōʻailona:ʻo Dreamwell Theatre ke hōʻike nei i kekahi o nā hana hoʻonāukiuki loa o ka'āina, ua hoʻokumuʻo Riverside Theatre i nā mele lepe i nā makahiki, ʻO Iowa City Community Theatre kekahi wahi kaulana loa.
Ma mua o kahi mau malihini i hele mai maʻaneʻi me ka hoʻolimalimaʻana i ko lākou manaʻo - he nui nā kiʻi kiʻi kiʻiʻenehana o Iowa, funky boutiques, a me nā hale kūʻai hoʻolauleʻa a me nā mea kākau puke. Pono pono nā poʻe o nāʻoihana e nānā i ka Iowa Artisans Gallery, ka mea e halihali ana i nā hana o nā meaʻakaʻaka o ka moana ākea no nā makahiki he 25.
ʻO ka puke kūʻai kūʻokoʻa kūʻokoʻa nui loa o ke kūlanakauhale,ʻo Prairie Lights, he wahi nui loa a me nā māhele male a me ka nui o nā nūpepa a me nā kumu kaiāulu. ʻO kahi hale kaila ma ka papaheleʻelua he wahi nui ia no ka hanaʻana i ka hana kai.
Aia ma loko o Downtown ke kumukūʻai punahele, nā haleʻai, a me nā cafés - e nānā i ka'ōleloʻo Iowa City Gay Bars a me ka Guide Guide no nā'ōlelo.