To Enter, Bring 3 of your best poems Sign up begins at 6:30pm. Slam starts at 7pm poets compete for audience adoration and great prizes in a three round elimination. Join us for a bard room brawl of poetic excellence The last mondy of every month at Coffee Emporium
Writers' Workshop alumni Jorrell Watkins and Romeo Oriogun will read from their poetry. Jorrell Watkins will read from Play/House, published by Northwestern University Press. “The ideas of 'play' and 'house' are interwoven gradually in Jorrell Watkins’s debut collection, with the changing light stretching and bending the shadows of masculinity, familial intimacy, and societal violences. Through his...
Event date: Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 7:00pm David Coster will read from Even So: Stories from an Overpopulated Farmhouse, published by Ice Cube Press. He will be joined in conversation by Ralph Savarese. “Even So is a rich, loving, and irreverent description of a chaotic and resilient family: both a snapshot of a quickly receding past and...
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...
Join the long, rich, historical tradition of artists creating in our spaces. Professional, aspiring, and amateur artists alike, make our museum your muse. The return of this popular program series welcomes guests into the Museum of Natural History's magical gallery spaces after-hours to work on sketching or writing projects with other campus and community artists. Tell...
Event date: Friday, May 3, 2024 - 7:00pm Please join us for a special event with beloved Iowa folk musician Greg Brown, who will read from and talk about Ring Around The Moon - A Songbook. Due to limited space, this will be a ticketed event for the first 150 takers. Tickets are free, must be picked...
Event date: Saturday, May 4, 2024 - 4:00pm Join us a at 4pm with the Frank N. Magid Center for Undergraduate Writing for a reading and reception to celebrate the launch of Ink Lit Mag No. 26! The mission of Ink Lit Mag is to provide experience and support to undergraduate students who are interested in learning about publishing...
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...
Event date: Monday, May 6, 2024 - 7:00pm Edgar Award nominated, New York Times & USA Today Bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf will read from her latest thriller, Everyone is Watching. Described by Mary Cobb as a "Big Brother meets Clue" locked-room mystery, this latest thriller explores what happens when a high-stakes game/reality show proves life-threatening. "Riveting, relentless, and absolutely captivating! Heather Gudenkauf...
Event date: Tuesday, May 7, 2024 - 7:00pm Poet Séamus Fey about their new poetry collection decompose, published by Not a Cult Media. He will be joined in conversation by Carmen Maria Machado. decompose explores pruning our past to make room for future growth; the expanse we are offered through the crush of heartbreak, discovering family beyond our...
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...
Saturday, May 11, 2024 -3:00pm to 4:00pm Storytime Room Edith Renfrow Smith, age 110, was the first Black woman to graduate from Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1937. Grinnell resident Monique Shore has just published "No One is Better Than You: Edith Renfrow Smith and the Power of a Mother's Words," a picture book biography of...
