The University Theatres Mainstage season will open Oct. 11 with "Lady M," adapted and directed by Master of Fine Arts graduate student Matt Hawkins. Story
Iowa Cello Daze, an annual celebration for performers and fans of the violoncello, will be hosted by the University of Iowa School of Music Sept. 29 and 30. Story
The University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts will launch its 2012-13 Gallery series with "Fields Below," written by theater and cinema student Levi Smith. Story
Top high-school musicians from throughout the Midwest and as far away as Texas are converging on the University of Iowa for the 2012 Iowa Summer Music Camps, which will offer nine free concerts June 12-29. Story
The University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts will present the 2012 Iowa New Play Festival, the most ambitious new-play festival in collegiate theater, with readings, staged productions, and discussion from Monday, April 30, through Saturday, May 5, in the UI Theatre Building. Story
The most famous operatic adaptation of Shakespeare’s timeless tale of young love doomed by feuding families will come to the stage of the Englert Theatre when the University of Iowa School of Music presents Romeo et Juliette by Charles Gounod April 26-29. Story
For all the acclaim, standing ovations, medals, presidential command performances, and success that Simon Estes has had, he still thinks of himself at times as one of five children in a coal-mining family from Centerville, Iowa. Story from: Quad-City Times
