Every year to mark Charles Darwin’s birthday, Iowa City Darwin Day organizes a two-day celebration of science designed to promote scientific literacy and increase public awareness of the contributions of science to society. Our featured speakers for the 2024 events on April 12 and 13 are Joseph Graves Jr., Harmit Malik, and Heather Sander. All...
Enjoy an afternoon of free music from Iowa City’s premier orchestra. Our spring concert features local rising star Esther Puderbaugh, soprano, performing arias by Mozart, Richard Strauss, and Johann Strauss. Esther will also perform a new piece commissioned especially for her and the ICCSO by composer Giselle Wyers entitled The Open Channel. This concert will...
The Gazette’s Business Breakfast Series is an in person gathering of business and community leaders from across industries that come together to talk about important issues impacting workforce and other elements of our regional economy. Join us for breakfast, networking, and discussion from a panel of industry leaders on The Business Take on Taxes. Lowering property...
Mine has been a life of frequent moves. I grew up as an "army brat", traveling across the US and Europe - graduating from high school in Frankfurt, Germany in 1977. Medical School (Uniformed Services University, 1986) and residency took place while spending 16 years in the Army. I considered myself a pretty savvy man...
NAMI Family Support Group is a peer-led support group for any adult with a loved one who has experienced symptoms of a mental health condition. Gain insight from the challenges and successes of others facing similar experiences. NAMI’s support groups are unique because they follow a structured model, ensuring everyone has an opportunity to be heard...
Join us for our latest virtual Local Libraries {LIT} event featuring Virginia Sole-Smith. This is a free event, with registration required. As a journalist, Virginia Sole-Smith has reported from kitchen tables and grocery stores, graduated from beauty school, and gone swimming in a mermaid’s tail. Virginia’s latest book, Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of...
The 28th Annual University of Iowa Powwow honors Native American music, dance, art, and food, and is integral to the social and cultural ties that Native students have with local Native communities in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and surrounding areas. It is also a chance for our non-Native neighbors and allies to share in our culture.
Iowa Writers for Palestine is hosting two drop-in sessions to write poetry in solidarity with Palestine. At the end of each session, we’ll submit our poems to Iowa City Poetry in Public. Poetry in Public selects poems by Johnson County residents of seven lines or less to be published around Iowa City. Through our poetry,...
NAMI Family Support Group is a peer-led support group for any adult with a loved one who has experienced symptoms of a mental health condition. Gain insight from the challenges and successes of others facing similar experiences. NAMI’s support groups are unique because they follow a structured model, ensuring everyone has an opportunity to be heard...
Join us at MERGE for Free Coworking Friday from 8am – 5pm – Final Friday of every month! Interested in joining a coworking space? Come try out MERGE in downtown Iowa City! MERGE offers open workspaces, complimentary coffee, speedy WiFi powered by ImOn, and much more. Learn more about coworking with us » mergeic.com
Iowa Writers for Palestine is hosting two drop-in sessions to write poetry in solidarity with Palestine. At the end of each session, we’ll submit our poems to Iowa City Poetry in Public. Poetry in Public selects poems by Johnson County residents of seven lines or less to be published around Iowa City. Through our poetry,...
Write at the Stanley is a monthly workshop series that explores different approaches to ekphrastic writing, the art of creative writing inspired by visual art. The Stanley Museum of Art provides the perfect backdrop for this form of expression with its stunning collection of art. Writers can engage with the art in the galleries as they delve into...
