Brooklyn-based writer and Iowa Writers' Workshop alum Paul Lisicky will read from his newest book, Song So Wild and Blue: A Life with the Music of Joni Mitchell. He will be joined in conversation with fellow Writers' Workshop alum and current Iowa City resident, Garth Greenwell. Named a Most Anticipated Book of Spring 2025 by Kirkus...
University Band M. Cory Schmitt, conductor Jarrid Jaynes and Courtney Ridge, guest conductors This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream. View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/943870 This concert is free and open to the public. Monday, April 21, 2025 7:30pm Voxman Music Building Concert Hall - VOX 2101 93 East Burlington Street, Iowa City, IA 52240
In-person event + Online other Join us every Tuesday for a special Spanish Bilingual Storytime with Children's Librarian Raquel! Together we will enjoy songs, rhymes and stories in Spanish and English. Children of all ages and their caregivers are welcome to join us. Masks are required for all individuals over the age of two. Social...
Join the University of Iowa Libraries and the Department of French and Italian for a special event celebrating the impact of French Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé. Experience his groundbreaking poem “Un Coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hasard (A Roll of the Dice Will Never Abolish Chance)” read in both French and English by Rosemarie...
Meeting Room A, Online StoryJAM is a music and movement program designed to model, encourage, and facilitate music-making as an early literacy skill. Parents and caregivers are encouraged to participate as much as possible. Masks are required for all individuals over the age of two. Social distancing between groups in attendance is encouraged. In order...
Poet Karla Kelsey will read from her newest book, Transcendental Factory: For Mina Loy. Described as a "lyric-documentary rendezvous with iconoclastic writer and visual artist Mina Loy (1882–1966)" (karlakelsey.com), Transcendental Factory is praised by writer Danielle Dutton as "a brilliant novel from inside and outside Mina Loy—a novel that is also a poem, a dictionary, a historical compendium,...
Ariel Quartet with Orion Weiss, piano The University of Iowa String Quarter Residency Program presents the Ariel Quarter with Orion Weiss, piano. Learn more about the performers here: https://www.arielquartet.com/ https://www.orionweiss.com/ This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream. View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/943872 This concert is free and open to the public. Voxman Music Building Concert Hall - VOX 2101...
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Join us for a compelling panel discussion moderated by Katherine Simóne Reynolds and featuring Kelley Lemon, Naima Green, and Alicia Olushola Ajayi. Join us for a compelling panel discussion moderated by Katherine Simóne Reynolds and featuring Kelley Lemon, Naima Green, and Alicia Olushola Ajayi. This conversation will illuminate the many ways Black artists and practitioners are engaging with ecological narratives, uncovering hidden histories,...
New York Times bestselling author and former Prairie Lights bookseller Claire Lombardo will return to Iowa City to read from her newest novel, Same As It Ever Was, which was just released in paperback! New York Times book critic and author, Hamilton Cain, praised Same As It Ever Was in a June 2024 NYT review as a "refashion domestic drama into...
Faculty/Grad Concert All performances are free and open to the public. Seating is first come, first served.
Show Starts @ 10:30 Dance floor opens up after.
