The University of Iowa hosts a free, public screening of the film "The Waiting Room," a character-driven documentary that captures the raw reality of the uninsured patients and doctors and staff at Highland Hospital, a safety-net hospital in Oakland, Ca. The event takes place at 7 p.m. in the HNI Auditorium of the Pomerantz Center and is sponsored by the UI's Public Policy Center. Story
Directing a theater production is a bit of a balancing act. Kristin Clippard has walked this tightrope many times, and loves every minute of it. She will direct "She Stoops to Conquer," the final production of the 2012-2013 University Theatres Mainstage season; the show opens April 19 in E.C. Mabie Theatre. Story
2013.04.04 | By University Communication and Marketing | 10:23 AM
Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Sanford Goldberg, will deliver a public lecture titled “Thinking for Oneself: Testimony, Epistemic Dependence, and the Aims of Education” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 11, in Room 107 in the English-Philosophy Building. Story
Cristina Ortiz grew up as part of the lone Latino family in Leon, Iowa. The UI anthropology graduate student now lives in Columbus Junction, Iowa, and is researching the growing Chin Burmese refugee population that lives in this community. She will present her research Friday, April 5 as part of a panel presentation during the Refugees in the Heartland Provost's Global Forum. Story
The University of Iowa School of Music will present “Music Through the Centuries,” a free concert of music for organ, harpsichord, and voice, at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 13, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus. Students will sing a variety of solo vocal music from composers Monteverdi, Purcell, Handel, Bach, Boulanger, Faure, and Davidson.
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The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free performance by the UI Symphony Band, conducted by Mark Heidel, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 11, in the Second Floor Ballroom of the Iowa Memorial Union on the UI campus. Story
Writers' Workshop alumni Shane McCrae and Carmen Giménez Smith will read from their poetry at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City. The reading also will be streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website. Story
University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumnus Michael Tyrell will read from his poetry at 7 p.m. Friday, April 12, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City. The reading also will be streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website. Story
The University of Iowa’s Hancher is collaborating with Iowa City’s Working Group Theatre on an ambitious community engagement project that will culminate in the presentation of The Broken Chord, a new play that explores issues of memory. Story
