The Bijou Cinema will hold a free screening of The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 27. The film celebrates the resilience of the Japanese people in the aftermath of the 2011 tsunami and the healing power of Japan's most beloved flower as the cherry blossom season begins.

The University of Iowa’s Hancher will present Dave Pietro on Thursday, April 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the Englert Theatre in downtown Iowa City. The performance features new songs called Iowa Memoirs, inspired by his trips around the state.

The University of Iowa Old Capitol Museum Piano Sundays concert series will culminate at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 1, with a free public performance featuring UI piano students.

Economies only grow when they allow people to innovate, but a pair of University of Iowa legal scholars think federal law as it exists now does not encourage creativity, and even actively works to stifle it. Their new book outlines a way to change this.

This year's Iowa City Polar Plunge might not feature the chill, but for participants like Alex Jaber, it won't be lacking the thrill.

For the first time in nearly 70 years, the Concerto for Violin by Vernon Duke will be performed in orchestral form, thanks to the affinity of University of Iowa School of Music Distinguished Alumnus Scott Dunn.

Robert Hass, former U.S. poet laureate and University of Iowa Writers' Workshop faculty member, will return to the UI as an Ida Beam Visiting Professor, including a free reading at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 29, in the Buchanan Auditorium in the Pappajohn Business Administration Building.

The Iowa Board of Regents on Wednesday voted to approve schematic designs and funding to bring arts buildings destroyed by the 2008 flood back to life, a significant step forward in the campus recovery process.

Three co-founders of Silicon Valley-based Onomy Labs—which conceives and builds interactive exhibits and related project —will examine formulas for innovation.

Queer, transgender, and disability rights activist Eli Clare will visit Iowa City Thursday, April 5 thanks to the University of Iowa’s student and community-based group, TransCollaborations, and the UI Council on Disability Awareness.

Rebecca Chun and Melinda Myers, Master of Fine Arts candidates in the University of Iowa Department of Dance, will present their thesis works in a shared concert at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, March 29-31, in the Space Place Theatre of North Hall.

National Football League scouts, coaches, and general managers had stopwatches and measuring tape out March 19 in the Hayden Fry Football Complex.