Event Series The Mikey Needleman Band

The Mikey Needleman Band

Elray's Live & Dive 211 Iowa Ave, Iowa City, IA, United States

21+. The Mikey Needleman Band takes the stage Fri Oct 11th & Sat Oct 12th from 10pm-1:30am to play all of your favorite songs Live From the Dive! Mikey Needleman Band Website

$5

Tile Painting / Taller de pintura de azulejos

Public Space One Close House 538 S Gilbert St, Iowa City, IA, United States

with Javier Espinosa Sunday, October 13, 12-4pm at PS1 Close House (538 S. Gilbert) pay-what-you-can: $10-$130 In this bilingual Spanish/English workshop, participants will explore the possibilities of ceramics as their canvas. Attendees will learn fundamental painting techniques, experiment with vibrant hues, and discover the joy of turning a simple tile into a personalized work of...

$10 – $130

Arrow Plait Bracelet

Beadology Iowa 355 S. Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA, United States

Using weaving techniques typically used on wheat, plait copper wire and shape it into a bracelet.  The weave is different on two sides, so you can decide which pattern you want to show on top.  Create a matching hook clasp.  No experience needed.  Instructor:  Zanetta Hoehle. Registration is $68 and includes all materials and instruction....

$68

Hawkeye Histories | Sporting Stories

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

From Nile Kinnick to Caitlin Clark and Duke Slater to Christine Grant, Hawkeyes have been breaking records, navigating barriers, and making sports history since the University of Iowa’s first teams emerged in the late 1800s. The fall 2024 Main Library Gallery exhibition, Hawkeye Histories | Sporting Stories, examines the role sports has played at Iowa...

Free

Claudia McGehee – Counting Winter

Prairie Lights Bookstore

Join us for a special event at 2pm!  Local author/illustrator Claudia McGehee will read from, talk about, and share images from the new children’s book she illustrated by Nancy White Carlstrom, Counting Winter! "It’s a counting book. It’s a winter animal book. It’s a just plain beautiful book! . . . Though weather and color palettes...

Event Series Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

David Thayer Theatre, UI Theatre Building North Riverside Drive, Iowa City, I, United States

5x Tony Award winning playwright and UI alum David Adjmi brings a contemporary take on the historic French Revolution. Protests! Sieges! Chants of “Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité” echo throughout the streets. Revolutionary unrest stirs the country as Queen Marie and King Louis XVI begin to face the repercussions of their cavalier reign. Tony Award winner and...

$5 – $20

Sunday With the Docents: Pairing Art with Literature

Stanley Museum of Art 160 West Burlington Street, Iowa City, IA, United States

Pairing Art with Literature will be led by Stanley Docent David Duer. Participants will consider and discuss selected artists, such as Pueblo potter Lucy M. Lewis, and their artworks in light of kindred writers and their literary works. David Duer is a poet and memoirist who recently retired from teaching English language arts at Cedar Rapids...

Free

IWP Sunday Reading Series: Karoline Kamel, Péter Závada

Prairie Lights Bookstore

Please join us for the IWP Sunday Afternoon Reading Series! This week’s event features IWP Residents Karoline Kamel, Péter Závada, and an MFA Candidate from the Iowa Writers' Workshop (TBA) Karoline Kamel (nonfiction and fiction writer, journalist, filmmaker; Egypt) is a Cairo-based journalist and the author of the novel Victoria (2022). She has published stories with a focus...