Events

Gusto Latino

Salsa sensation

Thursday, April 12, 2012
Join Salsa Vibe and the University of Iowa’s Global Village for a night of salsa dancing, musical performances, and a dance competition at this year’s Gusto Latino Friday, April 20, from 7:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the Iowa Memorial Union Second Floor Ballroom.

Tippie hosts Innovation Forum for local businesses to learn more about analytics

Thursday, April 12, 2012
The Tippie College of Business will host an innovation forum for local businesses that want to learn more about analytics on Friday, April 27 in Iowa City.

Center for New Music celebrates C.P. Cavafy

Thursday, April 12, 2012
The University of Iowa Center for New Music (CNM) will present C.P. Cavafy and Music, an evening of art songs and reflections celebrating the works of the esteemed Greek poet, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, in the University Capitol Centre Recital Hall.

Dance and music from India

Thursday, April 12, 2012
Madhavapeddi Murthy, Dancers and Orchestra will conclude a week-long residency in the University of Iowa Division of Performing Arts with a performance at 7 p.m. Friday, April 20, in the Space Place Theater of North Hall.

2012 Hitchcock Lecture looks at the science of rhetoric

Thursday, April 12, 2012
Lacan and the Science of Rhetoric is the subject of the University of Iowa Department of Communication Studies 2012 Hitchcock Lecture.

Raising awareness through the arts

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey will read at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 19, as part of The Derek Project.

Following in Grant Wood's footsteps

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
The first two Grant Wood Fellows share what they've been working on leading up to this year's Grant Wood Symposium.

Paul's Book Club tackles de Kretser novel

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Listen to a live Internet stream when Paul's Book Club discusses The Hamilton Case at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, in Prairie Lights Books.

Murder! Love! Espionage!

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Jeffrey Copeland will read from Shell Games: The Life and Times of Pearl McGill, Industrial Spy and Pioneer Labor Activist, at 7 p.m. Monday, April 16, in Prairie Lights Books.

shuster to give keynote address at UI conference April 19

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
stef shuster will give the keynote address at the University of Iowa College of Education’s “Beyond Tolerance Diversity Conference” at about 12:20 p.m. Thursday, April 19, in the Jones Commons, Room N300, in the UI Lindquist Center. shuster will begin speaking at approximately 12:20 p.m.

Groovin' for good

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Mount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids will host the second annual Cedar Rapids Dance Marathon from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, April 14, in the Hennessey Recreation Center at Mount Mercy University.

Miller-Meeks to lecture on health care policy April 11

Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Mariannette Miller-Meeks, director of the Iowa Department of Public Health, will speak as this week’s Policy Matters’ guest lecturer on the topic of health care policy at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 11 in the University of Iowa Main Library's Shambaugh Auditorium.