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Art provides outlet for grief
Published: 2013.05.22 | By Christopher Clair | 10:47 AM
Published: 2013.05.22
By Christopher Clair
10:47 AM
A celebratory moment—the bestowment of the 2013 Yale Drama Series Award—is one that grew out of painful loss and honest conversation between a University of Iowa professor and a student (now alumna) of the Iowa Playwrights Workshop. Story
 

Spencer native son, Chuck Swanson, remembers home

Spencer Daily Reporter: Spencer native son, Chuck Swanson, remembers home
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2013.05.11
Vince Nelson smiles while listening to music in his hometown of Spencer, Iowa

Chuck Swanson, a Spencer native and director of Hancher at the University of Iowa, enjoys the energy exchanged between Terrance Simien and his Zydeco Experience Band, and the young children at Fairview Elementary as part of the SPOT program. Story from: Spencer Daily Reporter

Spencer Daily Reporter

Stories of Iowans' Civil War experiences

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2013.05.13 | By Rebecca Pope | 07:00 AM

The Civil War experiences of six eastern Iowans, including two with links to the University of Iowa and its Old Capitol building, are the focus of a free public lecture set for Thursday, May 16, at 5:30 p.m. in the Hanson Family Humanities Gallery of the UI’s Old Capitol Museum. Story

Hancher to present Buddy Guy at inaugural Iowa Soul Festival

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2013.05.09 | By Rob Cline | 09:45 AM
Buddy Guy

Buddy Guy will bring the blues to Iowa City as part of a new Summer of the Arts Festival. The University of Iowa's Hancher is presenting the concert during the Iowa Soul Festival Sept. 13. Story

Free art museum admission on May 18

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2013.05.08 | By Marianna Gunn | 10:45 AM
A wide angle photograph of works of art in a museum

Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) Art Museum Day is Saturday, May 18. To celebrate, the University of Iowa Museum of Art is offering free admission at its temporary locations on that date, including the Figge Art Museum in Davenport. Story

Lifelong Learning series presents string quartet events

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2013.05.07 | By Christopher Clair | 10:27 AM
ardore string quartet

The University of Iowa Alumni Association’s Lifelong Learning series will present “The Magic Behind the Ardore Quartet,” an exclusive, behind-the-scenes experience with Elizabeth Oakes, University of Iowa String Quartet Residency Program Coordinator, and the Ardore String Quartet. Story

Hancher to present free Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience concert

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2013.05.07 | By Erin Donohue | 09:16 AM
Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience

The University of Iowa’s Hancher will present Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience on Friday, May 17, at 6:30 p.m. in the Iowa City Pedestrian Mall, next to the Sheraton Hotel. The concert will kick off the 2013 edition of the Summer of the Arts Friday Night Concert Series. Story

Scenes from ArtsFest 2013

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2013.05.06 | By Bill Adams | 12:22 PM
A woman's reflection in a mirror that has mannequin legs sticking out from under it.

ArtsFest, held Friday in the University of Iowa's Studio Arts Building, was a free, interactive art experience presented by graduate and undergraduate students in the UI School of Art and Art History that featured artwork by the students, as well as demonstrations and hands–on opportunities in studio art and art history. Photo Feature

UI encourages Lemme students with bilingual writing experiment

Iowa City Press-Citizen: UI encourages Lemme students with bilingual writing experiment
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2013.05.05
Martín Rodriguez Chaparro reads with Lemme fourth-grader Emmett Blanton during a session March 6 practicing Spanish and English writing and literature. / Benjamin Roberts / Iowa City Press-Citizen

UI students and faculty have been leading weekly writing workshops at Lemme Elementary School, helping the kids craft stories and visual projects using Spanish and English as part of the bilingual Iowa Youth Writers Project. (Editor's Note: A paid subscription may be required.) Story from: Iowa City Press-Citizen

Iowa City Press-Citizen

Spotlight: Rising Waters, Rapid Changes

UI Obermann Center for Advanced Studies website: Spotlight: Rising Waters, Rapid Changes
Published: 
2013.05.01
A photo of water moving over sandbags and around trees during the Iowa flooding of 2008 in Iowa City

An exhibition and oral history about the flood of 2008, "Rising Waters, Rapid Changes," is on display now through the month of May in the window of Hands Jewelers, co-sponsored by the UI Obermann Center for Advanced Studies as part of the first-ever UI graduate seminar in public histor Story from: UI Obermann Center for Advanced Studies website

UI Obermann Center for Advanced Studies website

Guest artists to join Agrell for May 11 concert

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2013.05.03 | By Christopher Clair | 10:18 AM

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a faculty recital by Jeffrey Agrell, associate professor of horn, at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 11, in the University Capitol Centre Recital Hall in downtown Iowa City. Agrell will be joined by guest artists Matt Smart (piano), William Koehler (bass), and Sean Connors (percussion). The recital is free and the public is welcome. Story

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