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Featured Featured Event Series ALHAMDU: MUSLIM FUTURISM

ALHAMDU: MUSLIM FUTURISM

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

learn more about the Muslim Futurism project here! “ALHAMDU | MUSLIM FUTURISM” is an evolving experiential art exhibition and digital archive created by MIPSTERZ that explores Muslim Futurism—a cultural and artistic aesthetic that learns from frameworks of Afrofuturism and imagines a broader Muslim future free from the oppression of today, set in a utopic tomorrow...

Featured Featured Event Series Whales in the Sky

Whales in the Sky

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

Whales in the Sky: the Star Death, the River Now and the Imaginal Future ( A Triptych) This autobiographical exhibit is a  time-based art installation that coalesces as its layers change, deepen, and grow over the four weeks it is open. It is a meandering interactive river of poetry, mythic portals, playfulness, song and visual...

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Tim Johnston – Distant Sons

Prairie Lights Bookstore

Iowa City author Tim Johnston will read from the new paperback edition of Distant Sons, named a Best Mystery Fiction of 2023 by Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine. "Distant Sons is a mystery about a serial killer, yes, but it’s also not that at all: It’s a heartbreaking story about family, failure, and the fallout from violence. Tim...

Featured Featured Event Series A Grand Night for Singing!

A Grand Night for Singing!

Englert Theatre 221 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52240, IOWA CITY, IA, United States

Presented by Iowa City Community Theatre Rodgers & Hammerstein's A Grand Night for Singing Sponsored by: Hills Bank   Directed by: JOSH SAZON Musical Direction by: WES HABLEY Music by: RICHARD RODGERS Lyrics by: OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II Musical Arrangements by: FRED WELLS Orchestration by: MICHAEL GIBSON AND JONATHAN TUNICK Conceived by: WALTER BOBBIE   On-Sale...

$18 – $38

REZN w/ Mute Duo & Aseethe

Gabe's Iowa City 330 E Washington St, Iowa City, IA, United States

REZN at Gabes with special guest Mute Duo 730 Doors // 830pm Show

$18

Roseland

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

21+ & no cover paired with our Summer Friday Drink Deals! Roseland takes the stage at 8pm followed by the Cody Clark Band from Nashville from 10pm-1:30am! Roseland Website Meeting at a Battle of the Bands, Cam and Gavin were in different bands competing for a grandstands slot opening for Brantley Gilbert. Shortly thereafter, they...

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 Cody Clark

Cody Clark

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

Nashville band makes the trip from the Music City to Iowa City for a two night stand

$5
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Body Parts | Aug 10

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

Beppie Weiss  will share her drawing experience of the human body. She has drawn and painted hundreds, maybe thousands, of portraits and people drawings, and will help you improve your own drawing skills. Our goal will be to understand how it all comes together, and be able to draw it with more accuracy. There will...

$20
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LibCon 4

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

Saturday, August 10, 2024 -10:00am to 3:00pm Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C, Meeting Room D, Lobby Join us for our fourth comic con for fans of all ages -- Lib Con at the Iowa City Public Library on Saturday, August 10! Tour Artist Alley to check out and buy cool creations from local...

Featured Featured Event Series ALHAMDU: MUSLIM FUTURISM

ALHAMDU: MUSLIM FUTURISM

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

learn more about the Muslim Futurism project here! “ALHAMDU | MUSLIM FUTURISM” is an evolving experiential art exhibition and digital archive created by MIPSTERZ that explores Muslim Futurism—a cultural and artistic aesthetic that learns from frameworks of Afrofuturism and imagines a broader Muslim future free from the oppression of today, set in a utopic tomorrow...

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Second Saturday All Ages Art: Draw Your Salad

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

Join us second Saturdays for informal workshops designed to get your creativity flowing by having fun trying a new technique, medium, or material! August: Draw Your Salad Plein-air (outdoor) drawing and painting veggies and other edible plants from the Close House Gardens. We’ll experiment with different mark-making tools to create a colorful salad. Snacking encouraged!...