The University of Iowa School of Music's 2012-13 Distinguished Clarinet Lecture/Recital Series on Brazilian Music will begin with a free event by faculty clarinetist Maurita Murphy Mead, assisted by guitar student ZeEmilio Gobbo, at 3:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 30, in the Senate Chamber of the Old Capitol.

Iowa Cello Daze, an annual celebration for performers and fans of the violoncello, will be hosted by the University of Iowa School of Music Sept. 29 and 30.

Hancher will present Stew & The Negro Problem Sept. 27 and Ti-Coca & Wanga Nègès Oct. 5, both at The Mill, 120 E. Burlington St. in downtown Iowa City with performances at 7:30 and 10 p.m. for both events.

Poets Cole Swensen and Cal Bedient, former faculty members of the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, will present a free reading at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, in Prairie Lights Books and on a Virtual Writing University live stream.

Atina Diffley of Organic Farm Works will read from the memoir 'Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works' at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, in Prairie Lights Books.

The University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts and the UI International Writing Program will present Global Express, a free evening of staged readings of works by current participants in the IWP at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, in Theatre B of the UI Theatre Building.

The University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts will launch its 2012-13 Gallery series with "Fields Below," written by theater and cinema student Levi Smith.

Men are marching in cherry red stiletto-heeled shoes to put an end to sexual violence. The second annual UI Walk a Mile in her Shoes will be Sunday, Sept. 30, raising both awareness about sexual assault prevention and funds for the Rape Victim Advocacy Program.

The University of Iowa awarded an estimated 850 degrees at the close of the 2012 summer session.

T. Geronimo Johnson, an alumnus of the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, will read from "Hold It ‘Til It Hurts," his debut novel, at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24, in Prairie Lights Books.

Short-story writer Deborah Eisenberg, a former visiting faculty member in the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, will return as a guest of the workshop to present a free reading at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Dey House.

Libyan fiction writer Hisham Matar, who is based in London, will be an Ida Beam Visiting Professor in the University of Iowa International Writing Program, a residency that includes free public events.