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...
Fridays, Sep 12 - Nov 21, 1-3 pm Location: 1st Floor Lobby Bring your personal devices and get help with your technology questions from knowledgeable community and student volunteers.
Friday, November 8, 2024 -4:30pm to 6:00pm Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C Adults, kids and families are invited to a celebration of Diwali at the library! Drop in to learn a bit about Diwali, the festival of lights, with crafts, food, stories and more! At 5:00, the Iowa Andhi, a competitive South Asian...
Craig Johnson Craig Johnson was born and raised on a farm west of Iowa City. He has enjoyed art, woodworking, welding, and solving problems for a good portion of his life. Two and a half years ago he was diagnosed with cancer and this changed the things that he could do, so he chose a...
Nationally acclaimed poet Rudy Francisco kicks off Mic Check Poetry Fest by performing his socially conscious and deeply heartfelt work at Hancher Auditorium. Rudy Francisco has been the National Underground Poetry Slam Champion, the Individual World Poetry Slam Champion, and the National Poetry Slam Champion. He’s performed his work on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy...
Historian and UIowa Professor of Law Samantha Barbas will read from and talk about her book, Actual Malice: Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press in New York Times V. Sullivan. "Actual Malice…unfurls the story of the case (New York Times V. Sullivan) and reminds readers that the triumph of press freedom was an outgrowth of...
Great Plains Action Society's 8th annual Truthsgiving celebration will be on stage at The Englert this year with Audiopharmacy, Morningstar Native Dance, guest speaker Karima Alabsy with Nebraskans for Palestine, and hosts Sikowis Nobiss and Jessica Engelking. Truthsgiving is a celebration that rejects the colonial myth behind Thanksgiving that perpetuates dangerous stereotypes and whitewashed history....
Guest Solo Recital: Laura Melton, piano View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3A31174 This concert is free and open to the public.
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! This two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of...
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...
Show Starts @ 10:30 Dance floor opens up after.
