Mission Creek Festival is a 3-day music and literature festival that takes place every spring in downtown Iowa City, Iowa. The festival thrives on intimacy and visceral connections between artists and audiences. We host events indoors at traditional venues and local shops converted into performance spaces solely for the festival. The program champions independent-minded musicians...
Dr. Boureima Diamitani and Dr. Samuel Nortey will explore the historical, political, educational, and gendered dimensions surrounding ceramic pottery in West Africa today. Diamitani’s research addresses challenges around the (mis-)representation, production, and restitution of pottery among Senufo communities in Burkina Faso, while Nortey’s work examines ceramics as an agent of community cohesion, social inclusion, and...
Terminal Care exhibition opens at the Public Space One North Gallery (229 N. Gilbert, Iowa City) this coming Friday, March 1st (6-8p) and closes on April 12th. This exhibition includes live performance and multimedia installations exploring themes around machine learning, artificial intelligence, surveillance, human choice and desire. Big data algorithms have permeated every aspect of...
Your favorite monthly event with backdrop views of Iowa City! Felix and Fingers Dueling Pianos is a high energy, all request sing along show. This interactive act brings together music and comedy for a night you’ll be laughing about for weeks!
Terminal Care exhibition opens at the Public Space One North Gallery (229 N. Gilbert, Iowa City) this coming Friday, March 1st (6-8p) and closes on April 12th. This exhibition includes live performance and multimedia installations exploring themes around machine learning, artificial intelligence, surveillance, human choice and desire. Big data algorithms have permeated every aspect of...
Venue : Dance Hall | PS1 Close House 538 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City, IA REGISTER FOR APR 7 REGISTER FOR APR 21 Join us in the Dance Hall at the PS1 Close House for the Long Pose Studio Group. Enter through the eastern alley side with the handicap ramp. Please register to get the access...
Please join us and mark your calendar for other performances in this year's series: Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023 1:30 p.m.: Ksenia Nosikova and Studio Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023 1:30 p.m.: Alan Huckleberry and Studio Sunday, March 3, 2024 1:30 p.m.: Doreen Lee and UI Collaborative Pianists Sunday, April 7, 2024 1:30 p.m.: Réne Lecuona and Studio This concert is free and...
Event date: Sunday, April 7, 2024 - 2:00pm Cellist Janet Horvath will read from her sweeping history of three generations darkened by the long shadow of the Holocaust, The Cello Still Sings - A Generational Story of the Holocaust and of the Transformative Power of Music. The Cello Still Sings received a starred review from...
Sunday, April 7, 2024 -2:00pm to 4:00pm Storytime Room An important holiday is coming up soon, National Unicorn Day! Stop by the Storytime Room to create your own custom unicorn complete with flowing rainbow yarn hair, and after you're done you can ride off into the sunset with your magical mythical horned friend! Be sure to grab...
Event date: Monday, April 8, 2024 - 7:00pm The Ancient Exchanges speaker series presents poet and translator Dan Beachy-Quick, who will talk about his work. Dan Beachy-Quick's translations from ancient Greek include the lyric collection Stone Garland and The Thinking Root, a collection of fragments of early philosophy (both from Milkweed Editions), as well as most recently Wind--Mountain--Oak: The Poems of...
Tuesday -4:00pm to 5:00pm Digital Media Lab Girls Who Code Club is for girls and non-binary youth in grades 3-5 who are interested in learning how to code. No previous experience necessary! The goal of this club is to create a safe and supportive environment of peers and role models where students learn to see themselves as...
Tuesday, July 11, 2023 -5:00pm to 7:00pm Digital Media Lab Register Do you love to make things in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, GIMP, Canva, or other graphic design software? Would doing it around others at this specific time motivate you to finally start or finish a project, experiment more, and share ideas? Of course it would! Join...
