Office Events
Arts Share
There are currently no events to display.
Grant Wood Art Colony
There are currently no events to display.
Community Events
Guest Oboe Recital: Heather Huckleberry, University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Guest Oboe Recital: Heather Huckleberry, University of Wisconsin-Platteville
This concert is free and open to the public.
Q&A with Martyna Majok, featuring actress Marin Ireland
Recital: Rachel Walter, violin
DMA III Recital: Rachel Walter, violin
Rachel Walter, violin
Halie Augustus
This event will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream
This concert is free and open to the public.
Live from Prairie Lights | Lauren Haldeman in conversation with Carmen Maria Machado - 'Wild That We're Alive'
Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate Lauren Haldeman will read from her new graphic novel, Wild That We're Alive, and will be joined in conversation by Carmen Maria Machado. Described as "beautiful diary comics" by Simon & Schuster, Wild That We're Alive follows Haldeman's own life as a self-described "'Momboy:' part responsible child-rearing adult and part lovable feral kid." Praised as a "Midwestern, sweatpants-wearing Roz Chast," Haldeman "...portrays herself and those around her with affectionate...
UI Symphony Orchestra
UI Symphony Orchestra
This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.
This concert is free and open to the public.
Quad City Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs Then and Now: A James Dixon Retrospective
The impact of James Dixon, Quad City Symphony Orchestra (QCSO) conductor from 1965–1994, was often felt in his ambitious and adventurous music programming choices. In celebration of the exhibition Orchestrating Community: The Public Service of Iowa Conductor James Dixon, on display now in the University of Iowa Main Library Gallery, join the UI Libraries, the UI School of Music, and the QCSO for a virtual panel discussion of what makes one of its great symphony orchestra programs, then and now.
M...
Quick Pitch Challenge
Guest Artist Recital: Scott Sutherland, tuba
Guest Artist Recital: Scott Sutherland, tuba
This concert is free and open to the public.
Iowa Steel Bands Spring Concert
Iowa Steel Bands Spring Concert
This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule.
This concert is free and open to the public.
Dance Thesis Concert: Lauren Linder, Mikey Rioux
Free and open to the public.
This performance will feature works choreographed by graduate students Lauren Linder and Mikey Rioux from the University of Iowa Department of Dance.
Please be advised this performance includes adult language and moments where dancers will enter the house.
Program
Flowering Body Blooming Mind choreography and improvography by Mikey Rioux in collaboration with Rachel Carpenter, Olivia Farmerie, Sydney Gorak, Tori Lefler, Ally Meinders, Lindsey Wildman
tracing fragments/...
Stop/Time Festival
MA Recital: Jair Lopez, flute
MA Recital: Jair Lopez, flute
Casey Tse, piano
This concert is free and open to the public.
Old Gold a Cappella
Old Gold a Cappella
Soprano: Elisabeth Carlsson, Sophia Kizzier, Mia Roldan, Danielle Velasquez
Mezzo: Olivia Colloton, Victoria Delgado, Breanna Young
Alto: Maile Kruse, Claire Krysiak, Emily Patterson
Tenor: Eric Fox, Brady Meyers, Avery Theis
Baritone: Jacob Forney, Cooper Frank, JP Nemec, Jake Roth
Bass: Euan Mugisha, Ben Nededog, Joshua Nieman, Aaron Van Roosendaal
Vocal Percussion: Nathan Wight
This concert is free and open to the public.
Dance Thesis Concert: Lauren Linder, Mikey Rioux
Free and open to the public.
This performance will feature works choreographed by graduate students Lauren Linder and Mikey Rioux from the University of Iowa Department of Dance.
Please be advised this performance includes adult language and moments where dancers will enter the house.
Program
Flowering Body Blooming Mind choreography and improvography by Mikey Rioux in collaboration with Rachel Carpenter, Olivia Farmerie, Sydney Gorak, Tori Lefler, Ally Meinders, Lindsey Wildman
tracing fragments/...
Stop/Time Festival
Horn Festival Recital
Horn Festival Recital
This concert is free and open to the public.
Dance Thesis Concert: Lauren Linder, Mikey Rioux
Free and open to the public.
This performance will feature works choreographed by graduate students Lauren Linder and Mikey Rioux from the University of Iowa Department of Dance.
Please be advised this performance includes adult language and moments where dancers will enter the house.
Program
Flowering Body Blooming Mind choreography and improvography by Mikey Rioux in collaboration with Rachel Carpenter, Olivia Farmerie, Sydney Gorak, Tori Lefler, Ally Meinders, Lindsey Wildman
tracing fragments/...
Senior Recital: Darwin Kohl, Tenor
Senior Recital: Darwin Kohl, Tenor
Darwin Kohl - Tenor
Caleb Haselhuhn - Baritone
This concert is free and open to the public.
Faculty and Guest Recital: Doreen Lee, Jamie Clark, and Patrick Yim
Faculty and Guest Recital: Doreen Lee, Jamie Clark, and Patrick Yim
Event can be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream
This concert is free and open to the public.
Playwrights Workshop Reading: pill
pill
or, the unmedicated y-chromosome
or, blood clots, heart attack, bleeding, nausea, vomiting, weight gain, depression, dizziness, nervousness, headaches, mood changes, etc, etc, etc
by gwen docter
Five women sit in an office. Some women see the doctor. All of them take the pill.
Please be advised this play contains violence and mentions of suicide.
Part of Theatre Arts' Reading Series
Tickets:
Tickets for readings are free of charge; seating is limited.
Film Screening at FilmScene | Chameleon Street
The Stanley presents a Pay What You Can screening of the independent film, Chameleon Street, in collaboration with FilmScene. Arrive at 6:15pm for a pre-screening meal and stay after for a post-screening discussion.
This programming is related the exhibition, Flex: Masculinities in the Arts of Global Africa, on view at the Stanley from February 28, 2026 - July 26, 2026.
CHAMELEON STREET
(1989, Comedy, Drama, 94 min) Dir. Wendell B. Harris Jr.
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize...
Flute Studio Recital- Works by Living Composers
Flute Studio Recital- Works by Living Composers
University of Iowa Flute Studio
Emily Ho
Ryan MacDonald
Caleb Estrada-Valentín
Chaosupei Gao
Eric Luminais
Ana Clark
Jair Lopez
Isabella Anderson
Ella Boesen
Mikaila Matheson
Brady Johnson
Jay White
Ali Taylor
Jessica Ford
This concert is free and open to the public.
Zeitgeist Duo: Theodor Carlson, baritone and Hyun Kim, piano
Zeitgeist Duo: Theodor Carlson, baritone and Hyun Kim, piano
This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.
This concert is free and open to the public.
Recital: Sean Harken, bass-baritone
Recital: Sean Harken, bass-baritone
This concert is free and open to the public.
UI Monthly Jazz Jam
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:
- Difficult Discussions - Facilitating Political Dialogues
- Inclusive Teaching - How to Make Your Teaching More Inclusive
- Partnership and Power - Community Partnerships Study
- Re-imagining Engagement - Social Change Wheel 2.0
See recording of event here.
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!