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Napoleon Dynamite LIVE! 20th Anniversary

Englert Theatre 221 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, IOWA CITY, IA, United States

Presented by The Englert Theatre and FilmScene Napoleon Dynamite LIVE! 20th Anniversary Celebration A Very Special Evening with Jon Heder, Jon Gries & Efren Ramirez Event is BYOT (Bring Your Own Tots) The beloved indie classic "Napoleon Dynamite" was released 20 years ago. Since then, much has changed; but the characters, as enduring as they are endearing, stay in our...

$25 – $185

Stories Of Community

FilmScene (at the Chauncey) 404 E College St., Iowa City, IA, United States

Join Resilient Sustainable Future for Iowa City and FilmScene for twelve short films about community members doing good things! Celebrate and learn more about your neighbors across Iowa City creating positive change through community building including three new stories of holiday cheer and connection.  For More Info: www.rsfic.org/stories

Free

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X Marks The Arts Presents: Free Week

Downtown Iowa City 210 S Dubuque St, Iowa City, IA, United States

A Winter Arts & Culture Festival Shake off the winter blues and immerse yourself in a week of arts and culture with Free Week, presented by X Marks the Arts and sponsored by Think Iowa City and the Iowa City Downtown District. Taking place at various venues throughout the Downtown Iowa City Cultural & Entertainment...

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Women at Work: Cameraperson

FilmScene (at the Chauncey) 404 E College St., Iowa City, IA, United States

About the Series Storytellers often tell their own histories, so it's no surprise that the majority of stories of labor both historical and fictional, remain mostly white and mostly male with women in the workforce often being overlooked. This International Women's Month, we're putting a spotlight on the workers who form the backbone of our...

$8 – $13
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Women at Work: The Chambermaid

FilmScene (at the Chauncey) 404 E College St., Iowa City, IA, United States

  Women at Work "Exposes not only the often-occluded labour of the hotel chambermaid, but also the restricted field of agency and the precarious alignments these conditions of labour can produce."—Hannah Paveck, Another Gaze Eve is a young chambermaid working in one of the most luxurious hotels in Mexico City, an exclusive glass tower inhabited by...

$8 – $13
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The University Lecture Committee: Harper Steele

Englert Theatre 221 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, IOWA CITY, IA, United States

The University Lecture Committee presents our 2024 - 2025 Notable Iowan Award: Harper Steele   Date: Monday, March 10, 2025 Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: The Englert Theatre, 221 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240 Tickets: Free and open to the public. There will be a free screening of Will & Harper at the Englert prior to the...

March Madness in the Archives: ‘Dribble’ Screening and Panel Discussion

FilmScene (at the Chauncey) 404 E College St., Iowa City, IA, United States

This March Madness season, celebrate basketball history with the Iowa Women’s Archives (IWA)! In partnership with FilmScene and the Bijou Film Board, join us at FilmScene at the Chauncey for clips from the 1979 film Dribble, a women’s basketball comedy filmed in Cedar Rapids and featuring the Iowa Cornets, who played in the professional Women’s Basketball...

Free
Featured Featured Event Series Women at Work: The Chambermaid

Women at Work: The Chambermaid

FilmScene (at the Chauncey) 404 E College St., Iowa City, IA, United States

  Women at Work "Exposes not only the often-occluded labour of the hotel chambermaid, but also the restricted field of agency and the precarious alignments these conditions of labour can produce."—Hannah Paveck, Another Gaze Eve is a young chambermaid working in one of the most luxurious hotels in Mexico City, an exclusive glass tower inhabited by...

$8 – $13
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WATCHING, WRITING, WITNESSING: DIFFICULT LOVE

FilmScene (at the Chauncey) 404 E College St., Iowa City, IA, United States

A Community Collaborations Event Presented in partnership with the University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program Connect with the local writing and moviegoing community for a night of documentary, writing, and discussion. In partnership with FilmScene and the Bijou Film Board, as well as local MFA writer in Nonfiction Grace Morse, join us for a screening...

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Women at Work: Golden Eighties

FilmScene (at the Chauncey) 404 E College St., Iowa City, IA, United States

Women at Work "A wryly funny, vividly colourful musical-microcosm; one that succeeds in being effervescent and wildly entertaining at the same time as sharply critical in its depiction of love and desire in an era of unbridled consumerism."—Angelica Waite, Cinema Reborn The exuberant enchantments of the singing, dancing musical meet the feminist, formalist sensibility of cinematic...

$8 – $13

“Female Lead” Flicks – Retrospective Film Screening

Iowa City Public Library Meeting Room D 123 S Linn Street, Iowa City, United States

Six short films produced and directed by retired Howard University film professor S.Torriano Berry will be screened followed by a lively Q&A.

Free
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Pride at FilmScene: Raw

FilmScene (at the Chauncey) 404 E College St., Iowa City, IA, United States

Presented through a generous partnership with Iowa City Pride  "Raw is about discovering your own appetites, your kinks, the secret joys that make you feel full."—Amy Nicholson, MTV At 16, Justine is a brilliant, promising student and a strict vegetarian. But when she starts veterinary school, she quickly encounters a decadent, merciless and dangerously seductive world. Desperate to...