A collection of times Dubuque, Iowa has shown up in pop culture. This list is by no means complete; I intend to add to it as I run into more Dubuque references.
George R. R. Martin briefly taught English and Journalism at Clarke College from 1976 to 1978
Kate Mulgrew (Star Trek Voyager, Orange is the New Black) attended high school at Wahlert Catholic High School
Mississippi Grind (2015) briefly took place in Dubuque at the start of the movie. IIRC, it featured an establishing shot of Mulgrew's which is a bar across the river in East Dubuque, Illinois, but points for effort I guess.
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit Season 17 Episode 20, Fashionable Crimes, features a victim who started out working at the Coldstone Creamery in Dubuque and moved to New York for a modeling job.
In You Were Never Duckier, Daffy Duck says he came from Dubuque when he arrived at the National Poultry Show.
Field of Dreams had a scene filmed in Dubuque
Claire Kittle, University of Iowa basketball player and wife of the San Francisco 49ers star tight end George Kittle, grew up in Dubuque and attended Wahlert Catholic High School
The Bachelor Season 19 filmed in Dubuque a couple of times, getting a some nice shots of the Hotel Julien
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