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Theatre Arts Fall Auditions

Thursday, August 28, 2025 7:00pm to 11:00pm
Theatre Building
Theatre Arts' fall auditions for performances are open to anyone, regardless of major.General AuditionsThursday, Aug. 28 from 7 to 11 p.m. & Friday, Aug. 29 from 6 to 11 p.m.Location: MacVey Theatre in the Theatre BuildingCallbacksSaturday, Aug. 30 from 10 to 11 p.m. & Sunday, Aug. 31 from 10 to 8 p.m.Location: Theatre Building - Rooms to be assigned
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IWP Panel Discussion Series: "Writing as a Form of Activism"

Friday, August 29, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Iowa City Public Library
A conversation between three IWP 2025 Fall Residency writers on the theme of "Storytelling in the Digital Age," followed by Q&A. Free pizza will be provided to those who attend in person. This event is supported by University of Iowa International Programs and the Stanley-UI Foundation Support Organization.Join us in Meeting Room A of the Iowa City Public Library, or watch live online via the ICPL YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/thelibrarychannelRoxana Crisólogo Correa (poet...
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Theatre Arts Fall Auditions

Friday, August 29, 2025 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Theatre Building
Theatre Arts' fall auditions for performances are open to anyone, regardless of major.General AuditionsThursday, Aug. 28 from 7 to 11 p.m. & Friday, Aug. 29 from 6 to 11 p.m.Location: MacVey Theatre in the Theatre BuildingCallbacksSaturday, Aug. 30 from 10 to 11 p.m. & Sunday, Aug. 31 from 10 to 8 p.m.Location: Theatre Building - Rooms to be assigned
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Theatre Arts Fall Auditions

Saturday, August 30, 2025 10:00am to 1:00pm
Theatre Building
Theatre Arts' fall auditions for performances are open to anyone, regardless of major.General AuditionsThursday, Aug. 28 from 7 to 11 p.m. & Friday, Aug. 29 from 6 to 11 p.m.Location: MacVey Theatre in the Theatre BuildingCallbacksSaturday, Aug. 30 from 10 to 11 p.m. & Sunday, Aug. 31 from 10 to 8 p.m.Location: Theatre Building - Rooms to be assigned
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Theatre Arts Fall Auditions

Sunday, August 31, 2025 10:00am to 1:00pm
Theatre Building
Theatre Arts' fall auditions for performances are open to anyone, regardless of major.General AuditionsThursday, Aug. 28 from 7 to 11 p.m. & Friday, Aug. 29 from 6 to 11 p.m.Location: MacVey Theatre in the Theatre BuildingCallbacksSaturday, Aug. 30 from 10 to 11 p.m. & Sunday, Aug. 31 from 10 to 8 p.m.Location: Theatre Building - Rooms to be assigned
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Write at the Stanley: A Generative Writing Workshop

Sunday, August 31, 2025 2:30pm to 4:15pm
Stanley Museum of Art
Write at the Stanley: A Generative Writing Workshop is back for the Fall Semester!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...
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Tony and Friends Chamber Music Recital

Sunday, August 31, 2025 3:00pm
Voxman Music Building
Tony and Friends Chamber Music RecitalAnthony Arnone, celloSuzanne Beia, violinKatie Wolfe, violinAnn Marie Hudson Brink, violaMike Center, celloThis concert is free and open to the public. 
Canceled
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UI Monthly Jazz Jam

Tuesday, September 2, 2025 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Sanctuary Pub
Our Jazz Studies faculty members host a monthly community jazz jam session, joined by students, alumni, community members, and musicians passing through Iowa City.All members of the community are welcome for this free community event, hosted the first Tuesday of each month during the school year at the Sanctuary Pub.To learn more or if you are interested in jamming, get in touch with Damani Phillips.

CNM Guest Artist Recital: Tim Gill, cello & David Gompper, piano

Wednesday, September 3, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
CNM Guest Artist Recital: Tim Gill, cello & David Gompper, pianoTim Gill, celloDavid Gompper, pianoThe event will feature 3 works from the 20th century for cello and piano, and a premiere of a duet by David Gompper.https://cnm.uiowa.edu/This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/950956This concert is free and open to the public.
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Opening Reception | Hayward Oubre: Structural Integrity

Thursday, September 4, 2025 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Stanley Museum of Art
Celebrate the opening of Hayward Oubre: Structural Integrity at the Stanley Museum of Art.Join us for an evening of opening remarks, refreshments, and music, as we celebrate the first-ever retrospective of the American modernist and University of Iowa alumnus, Hayward L. Oubre, Jr. (1916–2006).Organized by the Birmingham Museum of Art, this travelling exhibition features a stunning and extensive display of 52 sculptures, paintings, and prints by Oubre.Visitors will have a great time exploring...

Live from Prairie Lights | Amie Barrodale in conv with Diane Vadino - 'Trip'

Thursday, September 4, 2025 7:00pm
Prairie Lights Books
Amie Barrodale will discuss her newest book, a novel called Trip, with Diane Vadino. Described by Farrar, Straus and Giroux as "an absurd, profound and irresistibly entertaining odyssey," Trip follows a mother named Sandra who, three days after her unexpected death, discovers her son Anthony has run away from a troubled youth center in the American desert, and only she knows where he is and how to keep him from joining her in death too soon. Mary Gaitskill praises Barrodale as "witty, soulful...
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Dance Fall Auditions

Friday, September 5, 2025 9:30am to 12:20pm
Halsey Hall
Dance fall auditions for performances are open to anyone, regardless of major.AuditionsFriday, September 59:30-10:50 a.m., 11 a.m.-12:20 p.m.Warmups: 9-9:20 a.m. in Gym, 10:30-10:50 a.m. in LoftAudition Signup: available August 25 on the CallboardAudition Survey: available August 25 on the CallboardConcerts Auditioning:Grad Thesis ConcertsMFA Independent ProjectsChoreo I and III ClassesFaculty ConcertGrad/Undergrad ConcertIWP

Live from Prairie Lights | Peter Orner in conv with Kevin Brockmeier - 'The Gossip Columnist's Daughter'

Monday, September 8, 2025 7:00pm
Prairie Lights Books
Bestselling author Peter Orner will read from his newest book, a novel called The Gossip Columnist's Daughter, and will be joined in conversation by Kevin Brockmeier. Narrated by a character named Jed Rosenthal, a struggling writer who hasn't published a book in over a decade and whose wife separated from him and took full custody of their child, The Gossip Columnist's Daughter traces Jed's meticulous search for answers to a cold case murder of a young woman who was the daughter of his...
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Ben Folds & A Piano Tour

Monday, September 8, 2025 7:00pm
Hancher Auditorium
With special guest Lindsay KraftPart of Hancher's 53rd seasonAn artist whose career has unfolded in a myriad of genre-bending ways sits down at the piano.Widely regarded as a major music influencer of his generation, Ben Folds is an Emmy-nominated singer-songwriter-composer who has created an enormous body of work. His catalog includes pop albums with Ben Folds Five, multiple solo albums, and numerous collaborative records. As the tour title suggests, this time out he’s getting down to basics...

Live from Prairie Lights | Jess Walter - 'So Far Gone'

Wednesday, September 10, 2025 7:00pm
Prairie Lights Books
Bestselling author Jess Walter will read from his newest novel, So Far Gone. Set in contemporary times and featuring a protagonist named Rhys Kinnick who has "gone off the grid" (harpercollins.com), So Far Gone follows Rhys as he emerges from his chosen path of solitude to rescue his missing daughter and "save his sweet, precocious grandchildren from the members of a dangerous militia." Ann Patchett, bestselling author of Tom Lake and The Dutch House, praises So Far Gone as "a warm, funny...

Miles Bohlman and Evan Tanner Duo Recital, percussion

Wednesday, September 10, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Miles Bohlman and Evan Tanner Duo Recital, percussionThis concert is free and open to the public.
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Global Express

Thursday, September 11, 2025 7:30pm
Theatre Building
Students from the UI Department of Theatre Arts bring the page to life in an evening of staged readings of work by the International Writing Program Fall Residents.Global Express is a unique opportunity for writers from around the world and performers at Iowa to meet, work together, and present their work live on stage. Global Express, now, in its 24th year, help us to recognize our common humanity while celebrating our differences. The Express, part dramatic reading, part solo-turn, part poetry...
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The Nonfiction Writing Program Presents: NWP Alum John T. Price

Friday, September 12, 2025 6:00pm
Prairie Lights Books
NWP Alum John T. Price will read from Goethe's Oak: A Holocaust Story at Prairie Lights Books on Friday, September 12th at 6 p.m.
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NWP Faculty Reading: Tisa Bryant & Inara Verzemnieks

Friday, September 12, 2025 7:00pm
Nonfiction Writing House
Professors Tisa Bryant and Inara Verzemnieks, of the Nonfiction Writing Program, will give a faculty reading at the NWP House on Friday, September 12th at 7 p.m.530 N. Clinton St., Iowa City.
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Dulcé Sloan

Friday, September 12, 2025 7:30pm
Hancher Auditorium
Part of Club HancherPart of Hancher's 53rd seasonOne of the sharpest voices in comedy brings her incisive wit to Club Hancher.Winner of an Emmy Award and two NAACP Image Awards, Dulcé Sloan spent seven years as a contributor to The Daily Show, and her Comedy Central Presents special was included in The New York Times’ “Best Comedy of 2019” roundup. She always says what’s on her mind—and what’s on her mind inspires uproarious laughter.“Dulcé Sloan is wildly confident for a young stand-up. She...

Drag'daLore

Saturday, September 13, 2025 8:00pm
Theatre Building
By Adrian EnzastigaIn a world where everyone is born in DRAG, a young queen has dreams of making it in the big city, where she discovers a sinister plot that could destroy drag forever! Tickets:Tickets for readings are free of charge; seating is limited.

24+24 Composers Concert

Sunday, September 14, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
CNM: 24+24 Composers ConcertThis concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/950957This concert is free and open to the public.
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Faculty Chamber Recital: Kozenko/Jakovcic/Lecuona Trio

Monday, September 15, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Faculty Chamber Recital: Kozenko/Jakovcic/Lecuona TrioLisa Kozenko, oboeZoran Jakovcic, violaRéne Lecuona, pianoView the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/node/950958This concert is free and open to the public.

Cobalt Quartet

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 12:00pm
Voxman Music Building
Cobalt Horn QuartetJena Gardner, HornKatie Johnson-Webb, HornCaroline Steiger, HornKaty Ambrose, HornThis concert is free and open to the public.
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Sharon Van Etten in Conversation

Wednesday, September 17, 2025 1:00pm
Old Capitol Museum
TICKETSFree and open to the public. No ticket requiredPart of Hancher's Infinite Dream festivalPart of Hancher's 53rd seasonFor over 15 years, Sharon Van Etten has been a creature of evolution, her music moving across modes and styles. Her latest, self-titled record was conceived with a new band, The Attachment Theory. Join Van Etten as she discusses her latest work and the arc of her career.Seating opens at 12:30 p.m.Sharon Van Etten website

Previous Workshops & Events

Office Workshops & Events

Looking In, Zooming Out: Community-Engaged Learning in the Big Picture

Tuesday, April 6th, 2021

2:30 - 4:00p, virtual event via Zoom

In partnership with Iowa Campus Compact

Join us for an interactive workshop for anyone teaching a community-engaged course who is curious about how to introduce interdisciplinary, systems-level thinking, and/or local-global connections into their course design, assignments, and activities.  Participants will try on and explore a range of ideas and strategies, including:

  • How thinking about how toast is made can be a useful introduction to design-thinking practices and social innovation.

  • How to strategically use the 17 U.N. Sustainable Development Goals to scaffold and contextualize conversations about local community partnerships and the purpose community-engaged learning more broadly.

  • How their own disciplinary orientation and approach might inform their understanding of local and global "wicked problems".

See recording of event here.

 

Making an Impact: A Student's Perspective on Community Engagement.
Thursday, March 18th, 2021
3:00-4:00PM  - Virtual event Via Zoom
Live Student Panel

 

Are you a student enrolled in a community engaged course or interested in starting a project with a community partner? Are you interested in learning what you can expect, from students who have already successfully completed a community engagement project? This workshop will explore the nuts and bolts of working with community partners from a student’s perspective. A panel discussion of students will explore the challenges and opportunities of community engagement and highlight examples of successful projects and partnerships. Join us for a discussion and learn more about how you can make an impact in your community.

Engaged Faculty Institute
January 8th - 25th, 2021 
Virtual Institute, Asynchronous + Live Zoom
In partnership with Iowa Campus Compact

 

Whether you are new to teaching community-engaged learning courses, or are a community-engagement expert, this Institute provides opportunities for everyone to learn best practices for community engaged teaching and learning. Traditionally offered in-person every spring semester, this year the Institute will be offered both over winter break and in the spring semester through an online, asynchronous format, followed by a synchronous Zoom workshop. The Institute will cover all aspects of teaching a community-engaged course, including:

  • Foundations and critical commitments to community engagement
  • Planning and Facilitation
  • Partnerships and Engagement
  • Learning Outcomes and Reflection
  • Assessment and Evaluation

Defining and Sustaining Community Partnerships
Thursday, November 12th, 2020
3 - 4 pm, virtual meeting via Zoom

 

Community engagement best practices encourage the development of sustained, long-term relationships and partnerships between campus and community. This workshop will explore how faculty and staff build community partnerships through service-learning and engaged research. A panel discussion of faculty, staff and community partners will explore the challenges and opportunities of community engaged teaching and research and provide tips on how to build successful, sustained partnerships.

See recording of event here.

 

Community Engagement for Inclusion and Justice
Thursday, October 15th, 2020
12 - 2 pm, virtual meeting via Zoom

 

hosted by the Office of Community Engagement in partnership with Campus Compact. Emily Shields, Executive Director of Iowa/Minnesota Campus Compact, will be co-hosting this event and will be referring to a few texts throughout the training:

See recording of event here.

 

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Engagement & The Arts

"Writers Unmuffled" hosted by Michaeljulius, a Virtual Student Reading
Thursday, April 29th, 2021
6:30 pm, virtual webinar via Zoom

 

UI Arts Share, a program in the Office of Community Engagement, is presenting a virtual student Reading, Writers Unmuffled, Thursday, April 29th 6:30 p.m. During this Zoom event, five University of Iowa graduate student writers from a variety of genres (nonfiction, fiction, poetry, screenwriting, playwriting, and translation), will each give a five to eight minute reading and will field questions from the Zoom audience. Come join us as these writers allow their imagination to unmask for an evening of thought provoking readings!

 

See recording of this event here.

 

UI Percussion Arts Share Community Concert
Saturday, February 27th, 2021
3:00 pm, virtual via LiveStream

 

Iowa Percussion and the Iowa Steel Band will present a concert titled “All You Need is Love.” Originally a Valentine’s Day Concert, the program was rescheduled because of the late start of the Spring semester due to COVID.

 

"Writers Unmuffled" hosted by Michaeljulius, a Virtual Student Reading
Thursday, February 25th, 2021
7:00 pm, virtual webinar via Zoom

 

UI Arts Share, a program in the Office of Community Engagement, is presenting a virtual student Reading, Writers Unmuffled, Thursday, Feb. 25th 7:00 p.m. During this Zoom event, five University of Iowa graduate student writers from a variety of genres (nonfiction, fiction, poetry, screenwriting, playwriting, and translation), will each give a five to eight minute reading and will field questions from the Zoom audience. Come join us as these writers allow their imagination to unmask for an evening of thought provoking readings!

 

See a recording of this event here.

 

Fellow Talk Margarita BlushFeb, Grant Wood Art Colony
Monday, February 22th, 2021
7:30-8:30 pm, virtual via Zoom

 

My Voice: Creating Original Theatre Inspired by Personal Experiences and Fueled by Societal Issues 

Hosted by the Stanley Museum of Art

https://grantwood.uiowa.edu/event/63036

Writers Unmuffled, a Virtual Student Reading
Thursday, November 19th, 2020
6 - 7 pm, virtual webinar via Zoom

 

UI Arts Share, a program in the Office of Community Engagement, is presenting a virtual student Reading, Writers Unmuffled, Thursday, Nov. 19th 6:00-7:00 p.m. During this Zoom event, six University of Iowa graduate student writers from a variety of genres (nonfiction, fiction, poetry, screenwriting, playwriting, and translation), will each give a five to eight minute reading and will field questions from the Zoom audience. Come join us as these writers allow their imagination to unmask for an evening of thought provoking readings!

See a recording of this event here.