The University of Iowa’s Hancher is co-presenting a concert by Mucca Pazza during the Mission Creek Festival. The unique band will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 6, at The Englert Theatre, brining a unique sensibility to the stage—and beyond the stage—with a marching band meets rock band vibe. Story
Fiction writer/essayist Roxane Gay and University of Iowa professor of English John D’Agata will read from their work at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City as part of the Mission Creek Festival. The reading also will be streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website. Story
Eileen Pollack and Jen Percy will read from their work at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City as part of the Mission Creek Festival. The reading also will be streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website. Story
2013.03.25 | By University Communication and Marketing | 11:51 AM
The University of Iowa and Mission Creek Festival will host a lecture by Tim Quirk from Google Play at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 1 in the second floor Senate Chamber of the Old Capitol. The lecture, titled "The Quiet Revolution: From the Walkman to the iPod, How Portability and Infinite Storage Have Changed the Way We Listen, and What We Listen To," is free and open to the public. Story
2012.03.27 | By University Communication and Marketing | 01:41 PM
In conjunction with the Mission Creek Festival of music and literature, the Special Collections department at the University of Iowa Libraries will host “The Zine Dream and the Riot Grrrl Scene” from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, March 30. Story
