The University Theatres Mainstage season will open Oct. 11 with "Lady M," adapted and directed by Master of Fine Arts graduate student Matt Hawkins.

Faculty oboist Andrew Parker will be the featured soloist in a free concert by the University of Iowa Chamber Orchestra at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, in the Riverside Recital Hall.

University of Iowa Political Science Professor Tim Hagle says that inaction on the farm bill could have an effect in races where it plays into a larger narrative.

The University of Iowa UNESCO City of Literature (UCOL) Mobile Application Development Team—will unveil the newest version of its “City of Lit” app from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, at the Englert Theatre in downtown Iowa City. City of Lit features information on Iowa City's rich literary history, highlighting authors and local sites of interest. Visitors can guide themselves around town in...

On Wednesday, Oct. 3, you can join hundreds of University of Iowa faculty, staff, and students in one of the biggest walks of the year, the Healthiest State Walks.

The Oct. 8-11 readings at Prairie Lights Books and on Virtual Writing University live streams will feature two Iowa Poets Laureate, Marvin Bell and Mary Swander, and an all University of Iowa line-up.

The University of Iowa School of Art and Art History will present "Tall Tales from a Large Man," a lecture by graphic design artist Aaron Draplin, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, in Room 116 of Art Building West.

University of Iowa astronomer and experiment principal investigator Craig Kletzing jokes that his wife calls the chirps and whoops captured by one of NASA's two recently launched Radiation Belt Storm Probes spacecraft "alien birds."

A University of Iowa professor is encouraging Iowans to bring their memories and fondness for the state to a creative process that will inspire floats and more for an Iowa City Carnaval Parade. Four sessions of Carnaval Art will be held at the UI’s Old Capitol Museum beginning Oct. 4.

Geoff Dyer, a visiting faculty member in the University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program, will present a free reading at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, in the Englert Theater in downtown Iowa City. A reception will follow.

The University of Iowa Department of Mathematics will present the third annual Rockwell Lecture, delivered by Suncica Canic, Cullen Distinguished Professor in the University of Houston Department of Mathematics, at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 3, in Lecture Room 1 of Van Allen Hall on the UI campus.

The Gallery series of the University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts will present The Rink of Red, a student production written by Eva Adderley and directed by Mark Smolyar, at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 5 and 6, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, in the UI Theatre Building.