The University of Iowa’s Hancher is co-presenting a concert by Mucca Pazza during the Mission Creek Festival. The unique band will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 6, at The Englert Theatre, brining a unique sensibility to the stage—and beyond the stage—with a marching band meets rock band vibe.

Writers' Workshop alumni Shane McCrae and Carmen Giménez Smith will read from their poetry at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, 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.

University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumnus Michael Tyrell will read from his poetry at 7 p.m. Friday, April 12, 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 Broken Chord' project was designed to collect, archive, and present the personal stories of those working on the front lines of memory and aging research and patient care, as well as those who are suffering from memory-related diseases.

The University of Iowa’s Hancher is collaborating with Iowa City’s Working Group Theatre on an ambitious community engagement project that will culminate in the presentation of The Broken Chord, a new play that explores issues of memory.

The performing arts component of University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Project Art will present a performance of works by Felix Mendelssohn, P.I. Tchaikovsky, and Mikhail Glinka in the atrium of the John Colloton Pavilion at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics at noon Monday, April 8.

Leaders of University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics will present a special national award to faculty and staff on Tuesday, April 9, in recognition of their success in making organ and tissue donation possible.

The University of Iowa String Quartet Residency Program will present a free, public performance by the Cavani String Quartet and pianist Navah Perlman at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 11, in Riverside Recital Hall on the UI campus. The concert is part of the Cavani’s extended residency April 9-13 at the UI School of Music.

Women leaders from across campus—including UI faculty, staff, and students—will be honored at the UI Celebration of Excellence and Achievement Among Women at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 9, in the Iowa Memorial Union Second Floor Ballroom. The event is free and open to the public.

The University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication will induct two alumni—Dean Mills and Alan Waxenberg—into its Hall of Fame, the School's highest honor.

The UI Foundation’s Student Philanthropy Group is inviting members of the UI campus community to participate in a social media event to celebrate the impact of philanthropy on campus.

A literacy expert will describe her research on reading and immigrant children at the University of Iowa College of Education Monday, April 8. The talk, which is free and open to the public, will take place at 2:30 p.m. in Room N300 Lindquist Center.