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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
 

University Choir, Kantorei to perform April 5

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2013.04.01 | By Christopher Clair | 08:26 AM

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free performance by the University Choir and Kantorei at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 5, in the Second Floor Ballroom of the Iowa Memorial Union. Story

Lecuona performs for Old Capitol Piano Sunday

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2013.04.01 | By Kathrine Moermond | 08:25 AM

The University of Iowa Old Capitol Museum will host a Piano Sundays concert at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 7, in the Senate Chamber. This free, public concert marks the last of the Piano Sundays 2012-2013 series. UI Professor Rene Lecuona will perform select pieces and will be joined by four of her students. Story

Choral ensemble Camerata to perform April 7

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2013.04.01 | By Christopher Clair | 08:24 AM

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free performance by the choral ensemble Camerata, conducted by David Puderbaugh, assistant director of choral activities, at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 7, in the Second Floor Ballroom of the Iowa Memorial Union. The program will include select works by Mozart, Felix Mendelssohn, Ester Mägi, Kirke Mechem, and Antonio Caldara. Story

Essayist Gornick to read April 8

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2013.04.01 | By Christopher Clair | 08:22 AM

Vivian Gornick, who wrote for many years at the "Village Voice," will read from her work at 7 p.m. Monday, April 8, 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

UI Press book features James brothers' letters

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2013.04.01 | By Christopher Clair | 07:00 AM
wm and hry book cover

"Wm & H’ry: Literature, Love, and the Letters Between William and Henry James" by J.C. Hallman is now available from the University of Iowa Press. Story

Redemption project

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2013.04.01 | By Tom Snee | 07:00 AM
Srinivas "Cheeni" Rao

Srinivas Rao has gone from junkie and small-time thug working the streets of Chicago to an Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate and current full-time MBA student in the Tippie School of Management. Story

Sold-out Kendrick Lamar show rescheduled for May 6

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2013.03.29 | By Christopher Clair | 11:55 AM
kendrick lamar

The Kendrick Lamar concert originally scheduled for Monday, April 1, has been rescheduled for Monday, May 6. Story

Hancher and Working Group Theatre ask you to save a memory

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2013.03.29 | By Martin Andrews | 09:53 AM
poster of event

Working Group Theatre is collecting memories on postcards. The cards will be on display at performances of 'The Broken Chord,' a collaboration between Hancher and Working Group Theatre. Story

UNI voice professor Hines to perform guest recital April 7

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2013.03.29 | By Christopher Clair | 09:29 AM

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a guest recital by John Hines, associate professor of voice at the University of Northern Iowa, at 6 p.m. Sunday, April 7, in the University Capitol Centre recital hall. The performance is free and open to the public. Story

The faith, art, and madness of life with Nola

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2013.03.29 | By Christopher Clair | 08:59 AM
robin and nola

Robin Hemley’s memoir goes beyond a remembrance for a sibling consumed by a passion for finding and understanding God; it's also a quest to understand what people choose to reveal and conceal, and an examination of the enormous toll mental illness takes on a family. The book is finding new life via the University of Iowa Press. Story

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