Audrey Altman, master's student in the UI School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) in the Graduate College, will present “Attack of the Digital Map! The Wonderful Monsters We Create When Humanities and Technology Collide,” from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, in room 3052 of the University of Iowa Main Library.

Pianist Michael Brown and cellist Nicholas Canellakis, both of New York, will perform a free public concert at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 18, in the Senate Chamber of the University of Iowa Old Capitol Museum. The performance will feature music by Brown as well as by Dvorak and Brahms.

The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History continues its fall series, “Storytime Adventures,” at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 18. Join us on the third Sunday of each month as we explore animals and the environment in Iowa and around the world.

The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History will continue its Explorers Seminar Series on Thursday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. with “In and Out of Africa—The Horned Giants that Ate Our Ancestors,” a lecture by Chris Brochu, UI associate professor of geoscience.

The St. Lawrence String Quartet is one of the world's great ensembles, and in this Hancher performance the music celebrates another famed ensemble.

Pilobolus Dance Theatre has performed for nearly 20,000 people in Iowa City over the years. This time, however, the famed company will perform for intimate audiences.

Pianist Michael Brown and cellist Nicholas Canellakis, both of New York, will perform in the atrium of the John Colloton Pavilion at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics at noon Monday, Nov. 19. The performance is free and open to the public.

The University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts will hold open auditions Nov. 10-15 for more than 75 roles in 10 spring productions. General auditions will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, and from 6 to 10 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11. Callbacks will be held from 6 to 11 p.m. Monday-Thursday, Nov. 12-15.

On Tuesday, Nov. 27, the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine will host a Mini Medical School program, "Personal Genetic Information: Its Power, Promise, and Problems."

Join us at the University of Iowa Old Capitol Museum on Wednesday, Nov. 14, for an evening of trivia for students and adults, and craft making fun for kids. The doors open at 4:45 p.m. Trivia starts at 5 p.m. with snacks and refreshments for everyone, and prizes for winners.

University of Iowa alumna Ethel Kjaer Barker, an author and a retired reading educator in Iowa City, will read from "For the Love of Pete" at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, 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.

The University of Iowa Symphony Band and Chamber Winds will perform a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, in the Second Floor Ballroom of the Iowa Memorial Union.