Iowa artist Judy Bales will lead a workshop on making art from everyday materials on Saturday, April 14, at 1 p.m. in the Old Capitol Museum at the University of Iowa. The workshop, for individuals 18 and older, requires prior registration by calling the Old Capitol Museum, 319-335-0548.

As part of Earth Month 2012, the University of Iowa Office of Sustainability and UI Recreational Services will present a free screening of environmental education film Mother Nature's Child at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 10, in the Illinois Room (348) of the Iowa Memorial Union.

University of Iowa Children's Hospital in Iowa City will host an open house event to introduce its Fragile X Clinic from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 14 at the Center for Disabilities and Development, 100 Hawkins Drive.

Science fiction scholars and a renowned filmmaker will join host Joan Kjaer for a Friday, April 13 WorldCanvass program at 5 p.m. in the Old Capitol Senate Chamber on the University of Iowa campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Walk It Out, a multicultural fashion show that will tout both domestic and international diversity, will be held Saturday, April 7, in the Iowa Memorial Union Main Lounge.

Become part of Iowa City’s most spot-tacular community art installation! Just Do(t) Art is a month-long, community-based collaborative art installation, which will be open for public participation April 6-May 4 at hotelVetro in downtown Iowa City.

Deidra Franzen Baker, the UI College of Education's 2012 Yager Educational Accomplishment Honor recipient, and education professor Bonnie Sunstein will present “Math in the Margins: Expanding the Five-Minute Universe with Geometry and Writing” at 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, in the Teacher Leader Center, N140 Lindquist Center.

Influential multi-instrumentalist and composer Peter Apfelbaum, founder of the Hieroglyphics Ensemble, will be a special guest soloist in a free concert by the University of Iowa's Johnson County Landmark big band at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 13, in the Englert Theater.

New works from the University of Iowa Composers Workshop will be presented in a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 15, in the Riverside Recital Hall.

The Latin Jazz Ensemble of the University of Iowa School of Music will be joined by guest artists Rich Medd, trombone, and John Lorenz, bata, in a free concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 15, in the Riverside Recital Hall.

How is science fiction film imagined outside of the U.S.? Find out at Visions of the Future, a global science fiction film conference.

Don "The Fossil Guy" Johnson returns to the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History in April with educational programs at 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoons.