The Iowa Print Fair, featuring six art dealers from across the nation and fine art prints from the 17th century to the present, will be held in the University of Iowa Studio Arts Building lobby from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2.

Party for art at the next University of Iowa Museum of Art First Friday reception, 5-7 p.m. Dec. 7, at hotelVetro. For $5, enjoy drinks and hors d’oeuvres, a showcase of UI student work, an exclusive UIMA pop-up store, and toe-tapping tunes.

Iowa Percussion and the PanAmerican Steel Band welcome winter to Iowa City with "Holiday Percussion Pops," which will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, in the Englert Theatre in downtown Iowa City. The concert, under the direction of Dan Moore, professor of percussion in the University of Iowa School of Music, is free and open to the public.

Enjoy a weekend of family fun at the University of Iowa Pentacrest Museums Friday, Dec. 7 through Sunday, Dec. 9, including a tuba concert, lots of activities and games for children, and a screening of the film “Little Women.”

The University of Iowa School of Music jazz faculty ensemble will perform original compositions at a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, in the Englert Theatre in downtown Iowa City.

The Gallery series of the University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts will present "Champagne Gods," a student production written by Emily Dendinger and directed by Kristin Clippard, at 8 p.m. Thursday–Saturday, Dec. 6-8, in Theatre B of the UI Theatre Building.

Charles Baxter and University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumna Arda Collins will present a free reading at 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Glenn Schaeffer Library, adjacent to the Dey House.

Steel Band II and III, student ensembles in the University of Iowa School of Music, will present a free concert at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, in Room 150 of Music West Interim Building on the UI campus.

Robin Hemley, director of the University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program, and MFA candidate Mieke Eerkens will read from "Fakes", an anthology of short stories edited by David Shields and Matthew Vollmer, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City.

The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History closes the fall series of Night at the Museum programs with “Dinosaur Dig” from 6-9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7. Children who participate will receive an MNH miner hat with headlamp and participate in fun and games in the darkened galleries.

The Chamber Winds ensemble in the University of Iowa School of Music will present a free performance at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

The University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra and Choruses will present Brahms’ Schicksalslied, op. 54 (Song of Fate) and Carmina Burana (Songs of Beuren) by Carl Orff at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, in the Main Lounge of the Iowa Memorial Union.