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Iowa Summer Music Camps feature nine free performances
Published: 2013.05.17 | By Christopher Clair | 8:49 AM
Published: 2013.05.17
By Christopher Clair
8:49 AM
Top high-school musicians from throughout the Midwest and other parts of the United States are converging on the University of Iowa for the 2013 Iowa Summer Music Camps. The camps, which run June 9-28, will include nine free concerts. 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

Artist illness prompts cancellation of Hughes workshop, performance

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2013.03.29 | By Christopher Clair | 08:50 AM
holly hughes with toy ducks

UI Theatre is sorry to announce that the Holly Hughes Gay Marriage Performance Workshop (April 2-5) and the Holly Hughes performance (April 6) have been cancelled due to the artist’s illness. UI Theatre plans to reschedule the workshop and performance during the 2013-2014 season. Story

Bang, Sikelianos to read April 4

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2013.03.29 | By Christopher Clair | 08:00 AM

Mary Jo Bang, former visiting faculty at the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and Eleni Sikelianos will read at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 4, 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

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