Santa will be bringing the sounds of the season to the University of Iowa with the help of Collegium Tubum. The group will hold its annual Holiday Tubas concert on the steps of the Old Capitol Museum from 12:30 to 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13. Toys for Tots will be collecting new, unwrapped toys.

Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumni Kate Christiansen and D.A. Powell will give a free reading at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Glenn Schaeffer Library, adjacent to the Dey House on the University of Iowa campus.

The University of Iowa Museum of Art is seeking 12 artists to create wearable works of art inspired by Pollock’s Mural. Works will be featured in a fashion show at the Museum Party and then displayed for two weeks in downtown Iowa City.

The University of Iowa School of Music Department of Jazz will present the 2013 Latin Jazz Festival, which features a major concert on Thursday, Dec. 12, and a daylong educational event for area high school musicians on Friday, Dec. 13.

The University of Iowa Bands in the School of Music will present a free Chamber Winds concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

The Dec. 4 University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra performance with the combined School of Music choirs and the Dec. 8 All-University String Orchestra and UI Chamber Orchestra performance will be streamed live via the Web on Iowa Now.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a Jazz Combo recital at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, in the University Capitol Centre Recital Hall. The recital is free and open to the public.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present recitals by students in the String/Piano Chamber Music Program at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 9, and Wednesday, Dec. 11, in the University Capitol Centre Recital Hall. The recitals are free and open to the public.

Tom Rocklin, UI vice president for student life, writes about the many ways the UI fosters student success in the 2013 UI Division of Student Life Annual Report welcome message with this year's theme focusing on leadership development, multiculturalism, and safety and health.

All works choreographed by graduate and undergraduate students in the University of Iowa Department of Dance will come to life on stage at the Graduate/Undergraduate Concert at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Dec. 12-14, in Space Place Theater, located at 101 North Hall on the UI campus.

More than 100 artists from across the Midwest and beyond will sell their original work at the Iowa Memorial Union in the annual Holiday Thieves’ Market.

Elementary-school teachers, administrators, and interested community members are invited to a free, informal discussion about how students learn. The discussion is part of an ongoing initiative by UI psychology department researchers to develop improved learning interventions for struggling students.