Iqela lekholejini elinomdla okhuphayo oluye lwaba luninzi ngokugqithiseleyo njengeholide ekuphumeni kweveki yeeveki, i- Iowa City nayo iyona ndawo iqhubela phambili kwimimandla elandeleleneyo kwimeko efanelekileyo. Nangona kunjalo, i-Iowa yamangalisa abantu abaninzi xa beba yindawo yokuqala yokumelana nomtshato wesini (nangona isigwebo sentyala).
Isiqhamo esinobuqili kunye ne-Iowa esinobuqili sinamathuba amaninzi kwixesha apho abaninzi abahambahamba befuna idolophini kunye nenkcubeko kodwa bafuna ukuphepha iindleko eziphezulu, ukuphazamiseka kwengxaki, kunye nokuphazamiseka kokuphepha koomasipala abakhulu.
Esi sixeko esiphantsi kwama-72,000 sithengeka, kulula ukuhamba, kwaye sikhuselekile. Kungaphakathi kwemini yamagosa e-Chicago, eMinneapolis, e-Omaha, e-Kansas City, naseSt. Louis, kwaye inomnye wemiboniso ye-gay ebonakalayo kunoma yimuphi umzi ubukhulu bayo.
Ubukho be-University of Iowa ehloniphekileyo (i-I ye-akhawunti) inxalenye yecandelo lezobugcisa obubalulekileyo kweso sixeko kunye nesigqibo sengqondo. I-campus idibanisa ngokungaqhelekanga ngedolophu, kodwa ngokungafani nezinye iindawo ezixhaswe yiziko eliphambili lemfundo, i-Iowa City ingaphezulu kwedolophu yasekholejini.
Uninzi lwama-gay kunye nama-lesbians baye bathuthela apha ukuba baxhamle umgangatho ophezulu wokomgangatho wobomi kwaye bahlala behlala emoyeni-isixeko sichithwa ukucwaswa ngabantu abathandanayo kunye nama-lesbians phakathi kwe-1970, kwaye ngonyaka ngamnye amawaka aya kwi- Celebration yase - Iowa City Pride ngoJuni kunye wabizwa i-Iowa Women's Music Festival ngoSeptemba. IYunivesithi yase-Iowa Lesbian, Gay, uBusxual, i-Transgender, kunye ne-Queer Resources Centre, ngaphambili, i-GLBTAU kwaye yasungulwa ngo-1970, yamkela abahlobo kunye neendwendwe zezobudala, kungakhathaliseki ukuba ulwabelana ngesondo, kwiintlanganiso ezininzi, kwiifilimu ukuya kumidaniso kwiinkomfa zezopolitiko .
Ukongezelela, ngokubalo lwabantu abasandul 'ukubalwa, i-Iowa City iphakathi kwe-13 kwisizwe phakathi kweMetroropolit Statistical Areas (MSAs) kwi "pesenti yezindlu ezidibeneyo ezitshatileyo."
Ingakhathaliseki ukuba ungumfundi okanye umntu onobuhlanga, uvakatye okanye ummandla wasekuhlaleni wase-Iowa City ujikeleze kakhulu kwiYunivesithi yase-Iowa kunye ne-campus yayo enamabala, enamaqabunga amacwecwe agqitywa ngamaholo asekudala asezindaweni zemfundo kunye nezakhiwo ezihlaselayo.
U-U owaziwayo kakhulu kwiindawo zezokwelapha ze-stellar kunye ne-Iowa Writers 'Workshop, apho iimpawu ezinobhala njengoJohn Irving, uJohn Cheever, uRita Dove, uJane Smiley, uFlannery O'Connor kunye noRobert Penn Warren baye bafundisa okanye fundiswa. Umfana oseTennessee Williams naye wafunda iimboniso apha.
Ukuze uzive nge-campus, kwaye mhlawumbi ubambe ukuluma ukuba udle, unqume nge-yunivesithi yokuphila komfundi, i-Iowa Memorial Memorial, evulelekileyo kuluntu jikelele. Iqulethe iindawo zokutyela kunye neevenkile kunye nehotele. Qiniseka ukuba ukhangele oko kudlala kwi-Bijou Cinema yenyunyana, i -ater-house theater edla ngokubonisa iifilimu ze-queer-themed. Ii-Campus ezikhangayo ziquka u-U weMyuziyam yeMbali yeNdalo-eyona minye imyuziyam ngasentshonalanga yoMlambo wase-Mississippi-equlethe imifanekiso ebanzi yezilwanyana kunye neentaka kunye nemiboniso ekulandeleni iminyaka eyi-500 yezigidi zembali ye-geological e-Iowa.
Esinye isitofu esithandwayo ngu-U weMyuziyam yoBugcisa, ono-galleries ahlola iiklasi eziliqela ze-Afrika, eMzantsi-mpa wamaMerika, e-Pre-Columbian, eYurophu naseMelika. Unokujonga izinto ezisetyenziswa nguPicasso, Matisse, Chagall, kunye no-modernist wama-gay Marsden Hartley. Funda ngekota ye-Iowa njenge-capital city (1840-1857) kwi-Museum yase-Old Capitol, ehlala kwisakhiwo esiphezulu sakhiwo esasisigqeba sase-Iowa.
Iyunivesiti ineendawo ezininzi zokusebenza ezithatha iitalente zombini nakwamanye amazwe, eyona nto iphawulekayo kukuba yi-Hancher Auditorium, zeziphi iincwadi ezibizwa ngokuba ngumculo kunye nezenzo zokuvakasha. U-Ii-Mainstage Izigaba zeeTheatre eziveliswe kwimveliso yemveli kunye ne-avant-Gard garde, njengemidlalo yamathala e-first-rate ephakathi kwedolophu: iDreamwell Theater ibonisa ezinye zezenzo ezibangelwa ngummandla, i-Riverside Theater iye yavelisa iindime ezidlula iminyaka, kwaye Indawo yaseYowa City Communityater enye indawo ephawulekayo.
Ngaphezu kweendwendwe ezimbalwa eza apha ngeentengiso kwiingqondo zabo - I-Iowa City ineendawo ezininzi zobugcisa, i-funky boutiques, kunye neendawo zokugcina umculo kunye nabathengisi. Abafaki bobugcisa mabaqiniseke ukuba bahlolisise igalari yama-Artisans yase-Iowa, eqhubekile imisebenzi yeengcali zengingqi ezingaphezulu kweminyaka engama-25.
Igumbi elikhulu leencwadi elizimeleyo, i-Prairie Lights, linamacandelo amanqabileyo amantombazana kunye neengqungquthela zesini kunye nobutyebi bamaphephandaba kunye nezibonelelo zoluntu. I-coffee hostage kumgangatho wesibini yindawo enkulu yokuhamba nge-cerebral.
I-Downtown nayo ixhamla kunye neendawo zokuhlwaya ezinobungqingili be-gay, iindawo zokutya kunye neefestile - khangela i- Iowa City Gay neeBhayile zokuThola iziKhenketho zeengcebiso.