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UI unveils plan for revitalizing old Art Building

Tuesday, October 29, 2024
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The University of Iowa is seeking permission from the Iowa Board of Regents to proceed with remodeling the old Art Building, once a vibrant part of the university’s arts campus that has been vacant since the 2008 flood, to become the future home of the Graduate College.

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Washington Writers Workshop: Miciah Pendarvis at the Washington, IA Public Library

Saturday, November 9, 2024 10:00am
Washington Public Library
The Washington Public Library will be holding its next Washington Writers Workshop this Saturday beginning at 10 am. This workshop will feature Miciah Pendarvis, a poet from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. There will be a presentation the first hour of the workshop, and the second hour will be dedicated to workshopping submissions. This event is free, and open to teens and adults. To subscribe to a weekly emailing list of Writers' Workshop events, please fill in the linked form or email iww@uiowa...

Prairie Lights Books | IWP Sunday Afternoon Reading Series: Nurit Kasztelan, Saad Z. Hossai, & Camila Urioste

Sunday, November 10, 2024 4:00pm
Prairie Lights Books
Join us with the IWP Sunday Afternoon Reading Series featuring 2024 Fall Residency writers Nurit Kasztelan (poet, fiction writer, editor, bookseller; Argentina), Saad Z. Hossain (fiction writer; Bangladesh), and Writers’ Workshop MFA candidate Camila Urioste (poet, playwright, fiction writer; Bolivia). Nurit Kasztelan (poet, fiction writer, editor, bookseller; Argentina) is the author of the novel Tanto (2023), which was the recipient of an honorable mention for the National Award for...

Live from Prairie Lights | Shane Book & Mark Levine

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 7:00pm
Prairie Lights Books
Poets Shane Book and Mark Levine will read from their work. Shane Book will read from All Black Everything (Kuhl House Poets, 2023). Mark Levine will read from Sound Fury (Univ. of Iowa Press). “All Black Everything proposes an expansive, global poetics, which is equally a poetics of Black diasporan fluency. All Black’s poems ride the crosscurrents of history and popular culture through African America, the Caribbean, West Africa, the United Kingdom, and Canada. As references whirl and...
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Divers will be surveying Iowa River Oct. 22—25

A team of divers will be conducting survey work in the Iowa River on the University of Iowa campus on Oct. 22—25. This work was contracted by the city of Iowa City and is related to the city of Iowa City’s future project to replace the Burlington Street bridges.

Know your way around the rules of bicycles, e-scooters on the UI campus

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When riding a bicycle or electric scooter, make sure you know what regulations you need to follow and how to be a safe and courteous rider.

New to the area? How to register to vote in Johnson County

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If you are new to the Iowa City area and want to register to vote in Johnson County on Nov. 5, follow these easy steps.

Back and shoulder pain? It might be your backpack

No matter how organized you are, it can be easy for all of us—especially children—to stuff more than necessary into our backpacks. Constantly lugging around a heavy backpack or wearing it improperly can have health consequences, though, which is why it’s important for children to wear a light backpack that fits correctly.
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