Events Calendar

Oct 2, 2023

7:00 PM

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Writers' Workshop graduate Juliana Lamy will read from her new short story collection, You Were Watching From the Sand. She will be joined in conversation by Rasheeda Saka. "Every sentence Juliana Lamy writes is like a match being struck. Not many authors debut with her clarity of vision, inventiveness, and verbal agility, and I would wager almost anything that You Were Watching from the Sand will mark only the first chapter in an important body of work." - Kevin Brockmeier Juliana Lamy is ...

Oct 3, 2023

8:00 PM - 9:00 PM

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Come enjoy the Homecoming Spirit and see UI’s Mayflower Hall along the Iowa River, along the Dubuque Street side of the building to see residents have their room lights spell out I-O-W-A.

Oct 4, 2023

4:00 PM

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The Truman Capote Award Ceremony will take place at 4 p.m. Oct. 4 in the Old Capitol Senate Chamber. The event will feature remarks by the winner and a reception in the Old Capitol Museum. Both events are open to the public. R.A. Judy, professor of critical and cultural studies at the University of Pittsburgh, has been selected by the University of Iowa as the 2023 recipient of the Truman Capote Literary Trust Award for Literary Criticism in Memory of Newton Arvin. To subscribe to a weekly...

Oct 5, 2023

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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The Department of English welcomes Ida Cordelia Beam Speaker, Jane Smiley, to speak on Thursday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. Jane is a Pulitzer-Prize winning author and alumni of the University of Iowa's Department of English. A reception will follow. Her visit is made possible with the support of the Provost's office and the Department of English.

Oct 5, 2023

7:00 PM

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Join us for an evening with Writers’ Workshop graduates and poets Michael Dumanis and Johannes Göransson. Jericho Brown calls Michael Dumanis’s Creature “a brilliant book, a gift that fills needs we didn’t know we needed. This book is a word-drunk movement. I am so envious that I didn’t write it.” Michael Dumanis is the author of the poetry collections Creature (Four Way Books, 2023) and My Soviet Union (University of Massachusetts Press, 2007), winner of the Juniper Prize for Poetry. Born...

Oct 5, 2023

7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

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Iowa SHOUT! highlights students’ Hawkeye spirit by showcasing the creativity of student organizations all across campus in a fun-filled talent show. Groups may demonstrate their talents via skits, dances, performances, etc., encompassing the Homecoming theme. Homecoming Royalty will be announced by Coach Lisa Bluder at the conclusion of the SHOUT! competition. Registration forms will be due for each act prior to the event. Participating FSL organizations will receive forms at their represe...

Oct 6, 2023

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

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From dedicated volunteers to inspirational leaders, University of Iowa graduates know how to go for the gold in all they do—and each year since 1963, we’ve recognized a select group of these luminaries with our prestigious University of Iowa Distinguished Alumni Awards. UI President Barbara Wilson cordially invites you and a guest to join us in celebrating our 2023 recipients, who have followed their dreams and helped change the world. A reception will immediately follow the ceremony. RSVP...

Oct 6, 2023

5:45 PM - 7:30 PM

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Join us in downtown Iowa City for the Iowa Homecoming Parade, the university's largest student-run event with 125 entries and 20,000+ spectators! This year's grand marshals:

Oct 6, 2023

8:15 PM - 9:30 PM

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SCOPE Productions in collaboration with UI Homecoming proudly presents highly regarded hip-hop artist, Swae Lee! This show is free and live on the Pentacrest right after the annual homecoming parade. Everyone in the community is welcome—bring your friends, family, and most importantly have fun!

Oct 8, 2023

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

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Our 2023 One Community, One Book is The Farm by Joanne Ramos. Told from the perspective of four women, The Farm explores gender, race, and class, and of who has access to power, freedom, and choice. Join us for the 2023 One Community, One Book Author Keynote on Sunday, Oct. 8 at C20 Pomerantz Center. Doors open at 1 p.m. Author Keynote begins at 1:30 p.m. Author book signing immediately following the lecture. This event is free and open to the public. This event will have ASL interpreta...

Oct 8, 2023

7:30 PM

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Black Pop Music Ensemble This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule. View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui:30415 This concert is free and open to the public.

Oct 11, 2023

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

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This year we are joined by Heather Wolfe, a consulting curator of manuscripts at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC. She will present her talk “How to read old paper: Searching for meaning in early modern English writing paper” at 6 p.m. Oct. 11 in Shambaugh Auditorium.   In the late 1580s and 1590s, England experienced a writing paper renaissance. High status people began to have access to and develop a vocabulary for an expanding range of imported fine paper. At the same tim...

Oct 11, 2023

7:00 PM

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The Iowa City Book Festival presents Writers' Workshop faculty member Tracie Morris, who will share her latest poetry collection, Human/Nature.  "Tracie Morris is the genius poet of the double-dutch: crafted, elegant, urgent, playful, fun, and musically timed. In human/nature poems, Morris dismantles gentrification, climate violence, space/history travel, ancestry, and inspires us to look at our relationship to what we call 'nature,' and what we deem 'human.' Our memories are stirred toward...

Oct 12, 2023

1:00 PM - 4:30 PM

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Join us at the 2023 UI Research Services Fair! About the Research Services Fair The Research Services Fair (RSF) is a vendor-style fair that provides an opportunity for researchers to learn about campus resources and services available for their research and scholarship activities. This year, over 60 campus units are registered to introduce their services to faculty, staff, and students. This year’s event will be hosted at the IMU Main Lounge. Click here to view information for vendors. F...

Oct 12, 2023

7:30 PM

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Concert Band and Symphony Band This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule. View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3A30491 This concert is free and open to the public.

Oct 12, 2023

7:30 PM

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TICKETS Adult $35 Students & Youth $10 Presented in collaboration with Feed Me Weird Things Part of Hancher's Infinite Dream festival This double bill brings together two astonishing projects for one evening of gripping artistry.Love In Exile is the daring new collaboration from Grammy Award-winning singer Arooj Aftab, multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily, and iconic pianist Vijay Iyer. Occupying a space between jazz, creative music, and unflinching curiosity, Love In Exile is describe...

Oct 13, 2023

5:00 PM

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FREE Part of Hancher's Infinite Dream festival 2021 Bessie Outstanding Performer award winner and New York Times-lauded “Best Dance & Breakout Star,” LaTasha Barnes is an internationally awarded and critically acclaimed dance artist, choreographer, educator, and tradition-bearer of Black American Social Dance from Richmond, Virginia. She is globally celebrated for her musicality, athleticism, and joyful presence throughout the cultural traditions she bears: house dance, hip-hop, waacking, ...

Oct 13, 2023

7:30 PM

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L'amico Fritz By Pietro Mascagni Directed & Conducted by Wayne Wyman L’amico Fritz is a charming romantic story set amidst cherry orchards and vineyards. Fritz Kobus is a wealthy landowner who has sworn to remain a bachelor. When his friend, the rabbi David, bets him that within a year he will get married, the confident Fritz wagers his Clairfontaine vineyard. It’s Fritz’s birthday and more friends arrive for the celebration. The atmosphere changes when Suzel, the young daughter of Fritz'...

Oct 14, 2023

1:00 PM

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The Iowa City Book Festival presents Writers' Workshop graduate Eskor David Johnson, who will read from his debut novel Pay As You Go.  “A madcap odyssey through the hellscape that is the metropolis of the near future. […] Like Dante, Slide wanders in circles, soaking in weirdness, tragedies, and occasional flashes of beauty. And like Joyce, Johnson builds a world that, for all its improbabilities, is recognizable. […] An inventive, beautifully written debut that will leave readers wanting ...

Oct 14, 2023

2:00 PM

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FREE Presented in collaboration with the International Writing Program and Department of Dance   Part of Hancher's Infinite Dream festival Writers from the annual International Writing Program (IWP) fall residency will provide written texts as inspiration for University of Iowa dance students to choreograph new work, resulting in a performance at Infinite Dream. This longstanding collaboration between the IWP and Dance explores interdisciplinary practices across literature and movement an...

Oct 14, 2023

4:00 PM

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The Iowa City Book festival presents an afternoon reading of The Unsettled by Writers' Workshop graduate Ayana Mathis, whom Yiyun Li has described as "one of the most brilliant writers working in today's America." "[A] powerful book.” —Marilynne Robinson Mathis’ first novel, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie was a New York Times bestseller, an NPR Best Book of 2013, the second selection for Oprah’s Book Club 2.0. and has been translated into sixteen languages. Her nonfiction has been published i...

Oct 15, 2023

2:00 PM

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L'amico Fritz By Pietro Mascagni Directed & Conducted by Wayne Wyman L’amico Fritz is a charming romantic story set amidst cherry orchards and vineyards. Fritz Kobus is a wealthy landowner who has sworn to remain a bachelor. When his friend, the rabbi David, bets him that within a year he will get married, the confident Fritz wagers his Clairfontaine vineyard. It’s Fritz’s birthday and more friends arrive for the celebration. The atmosphere changes when Suzel, the young daughter of Fritz'...

Oct 17, 2023

6:00 PM

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FREE Presented in collaboration with Creative Matters, a program of the Office of the Vice President for Research Part of Hancher's Infinite Dream festival Theater, video, and arts technologist Andrew Schneider and creative producer Jecca Barry will discuss the process of building and performing N O W I S W H E N W E A R E (the stars), Schneider’s new performance installation work. Associate Professor Daniel Fine (Departments of Dance and Theatre Arts) will moderate this discussion that e...

Oct 18, 2023

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Discover Your University helps Iowa faculty and staff discover great things happening around campus. The program offers sponsored visits to various campus sites during normal working hours, providing opportunities to learn about innovative programs like the Driving Safety Research Institute, Recreational Services, University Libraries, Hancher, Pentacrest Museums, and more. Discover Your University lets individuals and teams experience the breadth of incredible work going on at the universit...

Oct 20, 2023

12:00 PM

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Tree Tours are back: this time, we’ll bring opportunity for connectedness, wonder, and movement closer to our friends across the river. New route, new trees, same wonderful experience. Join the Pentacrest Museums in partnership with liveWELL and UI Facilities Management for guided strolls on campus featuring the ecological diversity, symbolism, history, and lore of our trees. We'll use the lunch hour once in the spring (on Arbor Day!), summer, autumn, and winter on these nature walk & talks...

Oct 22, 2023

2:30 PM - 4:30 PM

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Join us monthly to generate new creative writing inspired by works in the Stanley collection. Each session will be led by a different talented writer from our area, who will be offering a new prompt and a new approach to ekphrastic writing (writing inspired by visual art). Bring your own notebook and pencil or computer and leave with the beginning of a newly written piece. Co-sponsored by Iowa City Poetry. Teen and adult writers in all genres are welcome. Write at the Stanley meets every fo...

Oct 26, 2023

9:00 AM - 2:45 PM

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WHAT:       2023 Iowa Regents Institutions Disability Awareness Summit WHERE:     University Capitol Centre, University of Iowa WHEN:       Oct. 26, 2023, 9 a.m. – 2:45 p.m. WHY:          Advancing Access and Equity for Individuals with Disabilities The University of Iowa will host the 2023 Iowa Regents Institutions Disability Awareness Summit on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, at the University Capitol Centre in Iowa City. The Summit is hosted on a rotating basis by the University of Iowa, t...

Oct 28, 2023

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

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Pog by Lyn Lee tells the story of a small monster named Pog. He is brave but has one major fear: CHILDREN! Are they lurking under his bed? Hiding in a cupboard? They could be anywhere. What's a monster to do? After the story, kids can choose to make a monster mask or crown. Workshop led by Debra Marqusee. Stanley Creates is planned with families in mind; UI students are also welcome to attend. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Space is limited. Please reserve your spot at https:...

Oct 28, 2023

3:00 PM

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Iowa Percussion Fall Concert This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule. View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3A30499 This concert is free and open to the public.

Oct 29, 2023

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

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In this class, participants will draw artworks in the museum's collection. Each session will focus on a different piece. The sessions will begin with an introduction to and discussion of the selected work. Participants will be encouraged to pursue their own visions and to take inspiration from the piece. Classes will be held Sept. 17, Oct. 29, Nov. 19, Dec. 17.  Pencils and sketchbooks/paper are the only art-making materials allowed in the galleries. The museum has golf pencils with erasers...

Oct 29, 2023

7:30 PM

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Composers' Workshop Concert I More concert details can be viewed here on the Center for New Music website: https://cnm.uiowa.edu/ This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule. View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3A30500 This concert is free and open to the public.

Nov 2, 2023

7:00 PM

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UI Nonfiction Writing Program alum Brittany Means will read from her new book of essays, Hell If We Don't Change Our Ways, on Thursday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. at Prairie Lights Books. This Krause Series in Contemporary Nonfiction event, sponsored by the Nonfiction Writing Program, is open to the public.

Nov 2, 2023

7:30 PM

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Guest Artist Recital: Parker Quartet The Parker Quartet will be giving a recital as a part of their residency with the University of Iowa String Quartet Residency Program. This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule. View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3A30580 This concert is free and open to the public.

Nov 3, 2023

8:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Men on Boats By Jaclyn Backhaus Directed by Mary Beth Easley 1869 - Four boats chart a course down the Colorado River toward the Grand Canyon. Led by John Wesley Powell, the eclectic and confident explorers face treacherous conditions, raging rapids, and ever-depleting rations. Jaclyn Backhaus’s comedy Men on Boats explores masculinity, bravery, and legacy in this atypical history play—all while in boats! Performances: Friday, November 3 at 8:00 P.M. Saturday, November 4 at 8:00 P.M. ...

Nov 4, 2023

7:30 PM

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TICKETS General Admission $42 Students $23 Presented in collaboration with FEaST Festival and Feed Me Weird Things Part of Hancher's 51st season Iowa's premier avant-garde presenting series Feed Me Weird Things returns with its adventurous, multimodal FEaST festival. Hancher joins the celebration as a programmatic partner during the festival's closing event featuring Sun Ra Arkestra and Theon Cross.  Originally founded in the mid-20th century by jazz composer Sun Ra—and now led by saxo...

Nov 5, 2023

1:30 PM

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Piano Sundays at the Old Capitol: Alan Huckleberry and Studio 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 open to the public. 

Nov 5, 2023

3:00 PM

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Band Extravaganza This is a ticketed event: Adults -- Youth/Senior -- UI Students $5 All seating is general admission. View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3A30582

Nov 10, 2023

7:00 PM

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Nov 15, 2023

7:30 PM

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Symphony Band This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule. View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3A30588 This concert is free and open to the public.

Nov 16, 2023

7:30 PM

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Iowa Steel Bands Concert This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule. View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3A30589 This concert is free and open to the public.

Nov 19, 2023

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

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In this class, participants will draw artworks in the museum's collection. Each session will focus on a different piece. The sessions will begin with an introduction to and discussion of the selected work. Participants will be encouraged to pursue their own visions and to take inspiration from the piece. Classes will be held Sept. 17, Oct. 29, Nov. 19, Dec. 17.  Pencils and sketchbooks/paper are the only art-making materials allowed in the galleries. The museum has golf pencils with erasers...

Nov 26, 2023

2:30 PM - 4:30 PM

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Join us monthly to generate new creative writing inspired by works in the Stanley collection. Each session will be led by a different talented writer from our area, who will be offering a new prompt and a new approach to ekphrastic writing (writing inspired by visual art). Bring your own notebook and pencil or computer and leave with the beginning of a newly written piece. Co-sponsored by Iowa City Poetry. Teen and adult writers in all genres are welcome. Write at the Stanley meets every fo...

Nov 29, 2023

7:30 PM

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UI Symphony Orchestra & UI Choirs This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule. View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3A30591 This concert is free and open to the public.

Dec 17, 2023

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

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In this class, participants will draw artworks in the museum's collection. Each session will focus on a different piece. The sessions will begin with an introduction to and discussion of the selected work. Participants will be encouraged to pursue their own visions and to take inspiration from the piece. Classes will be held Sept. 17, Oct. 29, Nov. 19, Dec. 17.  Pencils and sketchbooks/paper are the only art-making materials allowed in the galleries. The museum has golf pencils with erasers...

Feb 13, 2024

6:00 PM

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Reggie Wilson is the artistic director and choreographer of Fist and Heel Performance Group. He is a graduate of New York University, Tisch School of the Arts (1988, Larry Rhodes, Chair) and is an inaugural Doris Duke Artist. He has studied composition and been mentored by Phyllis Lamhut and performed and toured with Ohad Naharin before forming Fist and Heel. He has lectured, taught and conducted extended workshops and community projects throughout the U.S., Africa, Europe, and the Caribbean...

Mar 27, 2024

All Day

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Every year, thousands of Hawkeyes come together to make an important—and meaningful—impact for Iowa. All gifts made in March will count toward the One Day for Iowa total.  Be a Hawkeye that gives back on One Day for Iowa. Support students, faculty, research, health care, athletics, and more.