Poets Shane Book and Mark Levine will read from their work. Shane Book will read from All Black Everything (Kuhl House Poets, 2023). Mark Levine will read from Sound Fury (Univ of Iowa Press). “All Black Everything proposes an expansive, global poetics, which is equally a poetics of Black diasporan fluency. All Black’s poems ride the crosscurrents of history and popular...
Faculty Chamber Recital: Katie Wolfe, violin and Réne Lecuona, piano Rhapsodies and Fantasies by Georg Phillip Telemann, Jessie Montgomery, Béla Bartók, and Franz Schubert Katie Wolfe, violin Réne Lecuona, piano View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3A31179 This concert is free and open to the public.
A poetry open mic, brought to you by Iowa City Poetry Slam and Alley Cat. Mic at 8:30! Sign up in person! Karaoke after poetry!
Candles & Classics is a new concert series from Orchestra Iowa where classical masterpieces meet classic rock and pop hits. Set in some of the Corridor’s most intimate and unique venues, small ensembles perform diverse works in the glow of hundreds of candles. Experience popular masters of the past and present.
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
Show Starts @ 10:30 Dance floor opens up after.
for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf By Ntozake Shange Directed by Dr. Tawnya Pettiford-Wates Choreographed by Christine Catherine Wyatt Historic and groundbreaking, Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf is a choreopoem that celebrates womanhood and discovery through an inimitable combination of...
Bessie Flores Zaldívar will read from Libertad, a queer YA coming-of-age novel set during the rigged Honduran presidential election about a young poet discovering the courage it takes to speak her truth about the people and country she loves. Kirkus Reviews calls it “An emotionally charged must-read,” and in a starred review, Publishers Weekly says, “Through...
Horn Studio Recital This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream. View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3A31180 This event is free and open to the public.
Show Starts @ 10:30 Dance floor opens up after.
for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf By Ntozake Shange Directed by Dr. Tawnya Pettiford-Wates Choreographed by Christine Catherine Wyatt Historic and groundbreaking, Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf is a choreopoem that celebrates womanhood and discovery through an inimitable combination of...
Fridays, -12:00pm to 1:30pm In-person event + Livestream Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C Images of America The Fall IWP Residents share impressions of their time in the United States. The IWP Friday Panel Discussion series provides an opportunity for the residents of Iowa City to meet and converse with writers from around...
