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First Round

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

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....

Drag Show @ Studio 13

Studio 13 13 S. Linn Street, Iowa City, IA, United States

Show Starts @ 10:30 Dance floor opens up after.

Event Series Making the Book, Past and Present

Making the Book, Past and Present

University of Iowa Main Library, Main Gallery 125 West Washington St, Iowa City, IA, United States

On display in the Main Library Gallery: Making the Book, Past and Present explores the intersections of history, art, and practicality. What can we learn by placing books, materials, and makers from the Middle Ages through today in conversation with one another? Many techniques and materials common centuries ago still inspire contemporary book artists and bookbinders....

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Uche Okonkwo in conversation with Reyumeh Ejue

Prairie Lights Bookstore

Event date: Thursday, May 16, 2024 - 7:00pm Uche Okonkwo will read from her debut short story collection from Tin House, A Kind of Madness.  An Oprah Daily Most Anticipated Book of 2024, A Kind of Madness explores themes of community expectations, familial strife, and the struggle for survival. She will be joined in conversation by Iowa Writers' Workshop 2024...

Drag Show @ Studio 13

Studio 13 13 S. Linn Street, Iowa City, IA, United States

Show Starts @ 10:30 Dance floor opens up after.

Event Series Making the Book, Past and Present

Making the Book, Past and Present

University of Iowa Main Library, Main Gallery 125 West Washington St, Iowa City, IA, United States

On display in the Main Library Gallery: Making the Book, Past and Present explores the intersections of history, art, and practicality. What can we learn by placing books, materials, and makers from the Middle Ages through today in conversation with one another? Many techniques and materials common centuries ago still inspire contemporary book artists and bookbinders....

Book Babies

Iowa City Public Library 123 South Linn Street, Iowa City, IA, United States

10:30am to 11:00am In-person event + Online other Join us in person for Book Babies! Let's have fun together singing, reading, and rhyming. Book Babies is a program designed to stimulate your infant's language development and is geared towards ages 0-2 years. Parents and caregivers are encouraged to participate as much as possible. Book Babies will meet...

Event Series Chinese Bilingual Storytime

Chinese Bilingual Storytime

Iowa City Public Library 123 South Linn Street, Iowa City, IA, United States

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...

Featured Featured Event Series Reading Rooms

Reading Rooms

Public Space One 229 N Gilbert St, Iowa City, IA, United States

This month we are pleased to offer two reading rooms containing exhibition catalogs and archival ephemera from a long running art collective in Japan called Imadate Art Field with visiting artist Yoriyasu Masuda, alongside the UICB zine scholar’s curated grouping of zines, contemporary DIY publishing projects and work by PS1’s 2023-24 DIY publishing residents Esperanza...

Featured Featured Event Series Friday Night Concert Series

Friday Night Concert Series

Weatherdance Fountain Stage - Downtown Ped Mall 210 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA, United States

Summer of the Arts invites you to come out and get to know Eastern Iowa musicians. Running mid-May through September, this festival kicks off the summer season. Grab food and drink at nearby restaurants and food trucks and enjoy free, live entertainment! Full Schedule May 10        Iowa Steel Band (this performance ends at 8:00 PM) 17       ...

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Rachel Khong in conversation with Kaveh Akbar

Prairie Lights Bookstore

Event date: Friday, May 17, 2024 - 7:00pm Goodbye, Vitamin author Rachel Khong will read from her new book, Real Americans.  She will be joined in conversation by Kaveh Akbar.  "Rachel Khong's gripping second novel explores how biology, our parents' abstract hopes for us, sheer luck, and the forces of history itself make us who...

Drag Show @ Studio 13

Studio 13 13 S. Linn Street, Iowa City, IA, United States

Show Starts @ 10:30 Dance floor opens up after.