Saturday -11:00am to 12:30pm Meeting Room E Spoken Word Club is a weekly generative writing workshop that provides teen writers with a safe space to share their work, get inspired, and meet other teen writers in Iowa City. Each meeting will have writing and performance examples, activities, writing prompts, and time to share. This is a casual,...
Open Studio at the Iowa City Press Co-op is the second Saturday of each month from 12-4pm. Drop by for a free studio tour, or sign up to use ICPC studio equipment for the afternoon. The afternoon of studio use costs $20 for non-members and $10 for PS1 members, and advanced registration is strongly encouraged....
Enjoy an afternoon of free music from Iowa City’s premier orchestra. Our spring concert features local rising star Esther Puderbaugh, soprano, performing arias by Mozart, Richard Strauss, and Johann Strauss. Esther will also perform a new piece commissioned especially for her and the ICCSO by composer Giselle Wyers entitled The Open Channel. This concert will...
The Gazette’s Business Breakfast Series is an in person gathering of business and community leaders from across industries that come together to talk about important issues impacting workforce and other elements of our regional economy. Join us for breakfast, networking, and discussion from a panel of industry leaders on The Business Take on Taxes. Lowering property...
Tuesday -4:00pm to 5:00pm Digital Media Lab Girls Who Code Club is for girls and non-binary youth in grades 3-5 who are interested in learning how to code. No previous experience necessary! The goal of this club is to create a safe and supportive environment of peers and role models where students learn to see themselves as...
Mine has been a life of frequent moves. I grew up as an "army brat", traveling across the US and Europe - graduating from high school in Frankfurt, Germany in 1977. Medical School (Uniformed Services University, 1986) and residency took place while spending 16 years in the Army. I considered myself a pretty savvy man...
You're invited to Downtown Iowa City's community happy hour! This monthly gathering gives you the opportunity to meet new people, socialize, and learn about the latest happenings in the arts, business, and culture sectors of our community. Join us at The James Theater next Wednesday night for a fascinating conversation surrounding beer, Czech history, music preservation, and filmmaking....
Thursday, April 18, 2024 -4:00pm to 5:00pm Pedmall This year we're creating a native pollinator garden and a vegetable garden in the Ped Mall garden plots. During this session, we'll cleanup the beds, amend them as necessary, and plant spring pollinator plants, grasses, and cold vegetable crops. This program is specifically for Teens, but anyone interested in...
NAMI Family Support Group is a peer-led support group for any adult with a loved one who has experienced symptoms of a mental health condition. Gain insight from the challenges and successes of others facing similar experiences. NAMI’s support groups are unique because they follow a structured model, ensuring everyone has an opportunity to be heard...
Join us for our latest virtual Local Libraries {LIT} event featuring Virginia Sole-Smith. This is a free event, with registration required. As a journalist, Virginia Sole-Smith has reported from kitchen tables and grocery stores, graduated from beauty school, and gone swimming in a mermaid’s tail. Virginia’s latest book, Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of...
Thursdays at Gabes with DJ Crimson Mask 10-Close
10:30am to 11:00am Storytime Room Join us every Monday for a special Chinese Bilingual Storytime with Children's Librarian Fang! Together we will enjoy songs, rhymes, stories and fun crafts in Chinese and English. Children of all ages and their caregivers are welcome to join us. 每周一请与少儿部图书馆员王芳一起加入我们的中英双语故事会！我们将阅读中英文绘本，分享儿歌，童谣和趣味手工。欢迎各年龄段的小朋友们和看护者参加活动。 ¡Ven a la biblioteca cada lunes para disfrutar de una hora...
