2013.06.17 | By Lin Larson and Tom Jorgensen | 12:28 PM
In 1972, Preservation Hall Jazz Band was the first act to play the newly opened Hancher Auditorium. Last week, the band came back to town to mark progress toward a new Hancher and to tell communities across Iowa that, when it comes to confronting floods, we’re all in this together. Photo Feature
The University of Iowa, the University of Iowa Foundation, and the UI arts community hosted the Celebration of Partnership on Friday, June 14—an event that honored shared efforts to rebuild UI arts facilities following the historic flood of 2008. Story
2013.06.14 | By Bill Adams and Lin Larson | 06:52 PM
University of Iowa President Sally Mason’s message was clear. “I can say thank you over and over again to each and every one of you,” she said, “and it wouldn’t be enough.” She addressed government leaders, faculty, staff, students, and community members at a June 14 event marking the start of construction on new UI arts facilities. Photo Feature
2013.06.14 | By University Communication and Marketing | 10:46 AM
Due to an increased risk of thunderstorms, today’s Arts and Minds: A Celebration of Partnership program is moving to its rain location—Macbride Auditorium in Macbride Hall on the University of Iowa Pentacrest.Story
New Orleans' Preservation Hall Jazz Band performed a concert in Muscatine as part of the university's and Hancher's Living With Floods project.
Story from: Muscatine Journal
For more than a century, the University of Iowa has offered students like Jessica Pray a chance to realize their potential in the performing and visual arts, helping the arts maintain a fundamental role in higher education. Story
The University of Iowa will mark the start of construction on new arts facilities—and thank the state and federal leaders who made the projects possible—during a June 14 event on the UI Pentacrest. Story
It just makes sense that the Preservation Hall Jazz Band (PHJB) would be booked to provide the music for “Living With Floods,” a statewide project to commemorate historic floods in 2008 and 2011. Story
