What types of plants, animals, and fungal life might you find at the Ashton Prairie Living Laboratory? Let's find out! 

Join researchers in collecting, observing, and recording biodiversity at the Ashton Prairie Living Laboratory in our 6th Annual BioBlitz. Your findings will inform a major research project and will contribute to the fifth data point in a multi-year documentation of how diversity changes at this site over time. Collections will be housed with the UI Museum of Natural History...

Join us for a reading by Workshop summer faculty:

Claire Lombardo is the author of the nationally-bestselling novel Same As It Ever Was. Her debut, The Most Fun We Ever Had, was an instant New York Times bestseller and a Reese's Book Club pick. Her novels have been translated or are forthcoming in over a dozen languages.

Margaret Ross is the author of A Timeshare (Omnidawn, 2015) and of Saturday (The Song Cave, 2024). Her poems and translations have appeared in Granta, Harper’s, The Paris Review,...

Need a creative break at the end of the week? Swing by the Stanley on Friday afternoons to work on a craft project of your choice. Bring your own in-progress project or start a new one using the various supplies provided. Try your hand at sketching, coloring, knitting, embroidery, origami, and so much more in a relaxing, low-pressure environment. Stay as long as you like and make new connections. Light snacks will be provided.

Friday Crafternoons occurs almost every Friday at the Stanley Museum...