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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
 

Figge to display art by UI faculty

Quad-Cities Online: Figge to display art by UI faculty
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2013.02.21
Photo: "History, 2012" -- a work by University of Iowa's Susan Chrysler White, made from acrylic, enamel, glassine, plexiglass, and wool on canvas -- is among art displayed in a new exhibit opening Saturday at the Figge Art Museum, Davenport.

The Figge Art Museum in Davenport will present an exhibit of current works by University of Iowa Studio Art faculty, considered one of the best studio arts public offerings in the country, according to museum spokeswoman Natalie Dunlop. Story from: Quad-Cities Online

Quad-Cities Online

Faculty art exhibit opens Saturday at Figge Museum

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2013.02.21 | By Marianna Gunn | 10:41 AM
A poster with the words Art Faculty Biennial Exhibition

The University of Iowa Art Faculty Biennial Exhibition runs Feb. 23 through May 5 at the Figge Art Museum, 225 West 2nd Street in Davenport, and kicks off this Sunday, Feb. 24, with an artists’ reception from 3-5 p.m. Story

Linden String Quartet to perform concert March 2

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2013.02.21 | By Christopher Clair | 10:23 AM
linden string quartet

The University of Iowa String Quartet Residency Program will present a free public performance by the Linden String Quartet at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 2, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus. The concert is part of the Linden’s extended residency Feb. 26-March 6 at the UI School of Music. Story

UIowa Saxophone Quartet to perform March 4

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2013.02.21 | By Christopher Clair | 10:13 AM

The UIowa Saxophone Quartet will perform works by Bach, Edvard Grieg, Jun Nagao, Camille Saint-Saens, George Gershwin, and Jean Matitia at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 4, in Riverside Recital Hall on the University of Iowa campus. Story

Blair to read from 'By the Iowa Sea' March 6

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2013.02.21 | By Christopher Clair | 10:04 AM
joe blair portrait

Joe Blair, graduate of the University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program, will read from "By the Iowa Sea: A Memoir of Disaster and Love" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, 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

Humorist Pandl to read from memoir March 7

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2013.02.21 | By Christopher Clair | 10:00 AM

Author and humorist Julia Pandl will read from "Memoir of the Sunday Brunch," her debut book, at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 7, 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

Weschler to read from essay collection March 6

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2013.02.20 | By Christopher Clair | 11:47 AM
lawrence weschler portrait

Lawrence Weschler will read from his essay collection, Uncanny Valley, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, in a free reading in the Room 101 of Biology Building East on the University of Iowa campus. Story

March 4 Bradburd reading canceled

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2013.02.20 | By Christopher Clair | 08:00 AM
make it take it book cover

Rus Bradburd will read from "Make It, Take It," a novel that lays bare college basketball's web of conflicts, at 7 p.m. Monday, March 4, 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

Orchestra Invitational Gala Concert set for Feb. 22

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2013.02.20 | By Christopher Clair | 08:00 AM

The University of Iowa School of Music will present the 2013 University of Iowa Orchestra Invitational Gala Concert, performed by the UI Chamber Orchestra and School of Music faculty, at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus. The concert is free and the public is welcome. Story

Visiting author Livesey to give free reading Feb. 28

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2013.02.19 | By Christopher Clair | 10:14 AM
margot livesey

Margot Livesey, Jonathan Goldsmith Visiting Author at the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, will present a free reading at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Glenn Schaeffer Library, adjacent to the Dey House. Story

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