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Featured Featured Event Series Women at Work: Nightshift

Women at Work: Nightshift

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

Women at Work "An extraordinary work of oneiric imagination, punkish sensibility, and a requiem to women's labor in the hazy terrain of night work"—Elena Gorfinkel, Mubi Over the course of a single night shift, a West London hotel clerk (U.K. counterculture icon Jordan) plays mute witness to a nocturnal constellation of guests ranging from punk rockers...

$8 – $13
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Samira Mehta in conversation with Ari Ariel

Prairie Lights Bookstore

Scholar and essayist Samira Mehta will read from her book of blended memoir, cultural criticism, and theory, The Racism of People Who Love You. She will be joined in conversation by Ari Ariel.  What Kirkus Reviews describes as "Thoughtful meditations on identity" and what Simran Jeet Singh, author of The Light We Give, describes as "insightful, provocative,...

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Science on Screen: Fungi: Web of Life

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

A Science on Screen® Presentation   Presented for the National Evening of Science on Screen! Including a pre-show presentation: Cool Mushrooms Grow in Iowa Too, Silly: Iowa’s Fungal Biodiversity, presented by Prairie States Mushroom Club "The script is full of cool wrap-your-brain-around-them facts, which makes it great for nature-loving kids."—Cath Clarke, The Guardian Come see FUNGI: WEB...

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Thru It All w/ TV Cop & Fishbait

Gabe's

THRU IT ALL, the pop punk trio from Tulsa, is coming to Gabe's on their tour! With special guests TV Cop and Fishbait 7pm Doors

$10
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Late Shift at The Grindhouse

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

Wednesdays get weird at Filmscene at the Chauncey in Downtown Iowa City. Horror, Exploitation, Action, Bikers, Monsters, Cult, Slashers, Nudity! 30 Minute Trailer Reel Starts the Show See the upcoming line up of films, here

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 Jerusalem Quartet

Jerusalem Quartet

Hancher Auditorium 141 Park Rd, Iowa City, IA, United States

Tickets Adults $30* / $20* Students & Youth $10* *Prices for each concert Thursday, March 27, 2025, 6:00 pm Buy Tickets Thursday, March 27, 2025, 8:00 pm Buy Tickets Part of Hancher's 52nd Season Intensity and refinement are hallmarks of one of the world’s most electrifying string quartets. Adept at balancing individual expression with respectful...

$10 – $30

ICPL Fiber Arts Hangout

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

6:00pm to 8:00pm Digital Media Lab Do you knit, crochet, spin, punch needle, embroider or do some other fiber arts activity?  Bring your current work in progress and join us the last Thursday of each month for an evening of conversation and group crafting. Whether you're experimenting with a new hobby or a seasoned veteran, people of...

Artist Talk by Bruce Dorfman | An Artist’s Life (Before, During and After Iowa)

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

An Artist's Life (Before, During and After Iowa) | Artist Talk by Bruce Dorfman Date: March 27, 2025 Time: 6:30pm to 8:00pm Location: Stanley Museum of Art Come join us for an engaging talk by artist and UIowa alumnus, Bruce Dorfman at the Stanley Museum of Art. Get a unique insight into his creative process,...

Free
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Phil Dorthy Drawing Studio

Artifactory 120 N Dubuque St, Iowa City, IA, United States

The Thursday night life drawing group in memory of our dear friend, Phil Dorothy. Bring your own drawing materials which can include graphite, charcoal, pastels or watercolors. Drawing boards and easels will be available. Water-based oils and acrylics will be allowed. Solvent based oils may be used with odorless solvents. It is suggested that artists...

$10
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Iowa Disability Film Festival: This is Going to Be Big

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

FilmScene is proud to present the second annual Iowa Disability Film Festival. This festival showcases award winning films by and about people with disabilities with engaging programs that bring together communities to explore, discuss, embrace, and celebrate the diversity of our shared human experience. Presented by the Iowa Disability Film Festival "A quirky, funny and...

A. Kendra Greene in conversation with Inara Verzemnieks

Prairie Lights Bookstore

A. Kendra Greene will read from her marvellous new essay collection, No Less Strange or Wonderful: Essays in Curiosity. She will be joined in conversation by Nonfiction Writing Program Faculty Inara Verzemnieks. "No Less Strange or Wonderful doesn't so much live up to its title as explode out of it. What the amazing A. Kendra Greene makes of...