The 11th annual Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival takes place April 11-13. The festival presents different forms of film and video that explore the boundaries of documentary and nonfiction filmmaking from around the world.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free recital by Volkan Orhon, UI associate professor of double bass, and pianist Rose Chancler at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 19, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus. The program will include works by Nicholas Walker, David Anderson, Giovanni Bottesini, Gaspor Cassado, and César Franck.

Debra Spark, alumna of the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, will read from her work at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 18, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City. Spark also will give a lecture called “That’s Funny” at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 18, in the Frank Conroy Reading Room of the Glenn Schaeffer Library, adjacent to the Dey House.

Fiction writer Madeline McDonnell and poet Caryl Pagel, both graduates of the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, will read from their work at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, in a free reading at Prairie Lights Books in downtown Iowa City. The reading also will be streamed live on the University of Iowa Writing University website.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free performance by the Iowa Brass Quintet, the resident faculty brass ensemble, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus. School of Music instructor Jonathan Allen will join the quintet on several pieces.

The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free performance by the Iowa Brass Quintet, the resident faculty brass ensemble, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus.

Iowa City Police are investigating the sexual assault of a female University of Iowa student during a party at a private residence that was reported in the early morning hours of Sunday, April 7.

University of Iowa Chief Diversity Office staff members invite everyone to celebrate the diversity contributions of six award recipients at the 14th Annual Diversity Catalyst Awards Reception and Awards Program Thursday, April 18, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Iowa Memorial Union Second Floor Ballroom.

David Frasier, who currently oversees the full-time graduate business programs at the University of Buffalo, has been named associate dean of MBA programs at the University of Iowa’s Tippie School of Management.

The University of Iowa Old Capitol Museum will host a free public showing of the film “Love & Valor, The Intimate Civil War Letters,” followed by a director’s talk Thursday, April 25 at 6 p.m., in the Senate Chamber.

How did a fourth-grader at a football game and a fifth-grader who wanted to be a teacher end up sharing a dream to become doctors and making it come true at the University of Iowa? This married couple shares their story.

"The Best Specimen of a Tyrant: The Ambitious Dr. Abraham Van Norstrand and the Wisconsin Insane Hospital" by Thomas Doherty is now available from the University of Iowa Press.