Events
2009 Events
November
- 20Pianist Paul Barnes will feature several of his arrangements of the music of Philip Glass in a UI School of Music guest recital
- 18UI Symphony Band performs November 18
- 16Jazz ensemble to perform set inspired by Ray Charles and Quincy Jones
- 13University Theatres Mainstage season presents 'Reefer Madness: The Musical'
- 13Race, Revision and Revenge: Alternate American histories of the Black Superhero
- 12UI Afro-Cuban Drum and Dance Ensemble performs Nov. 12-14
- 12Jim Sherraden of Hatch Show Print to visit UICB
- 11'Supernovae: Stars that Explode' public lecture, Professor Randall L. McEntaffer, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
- 09Annual UI Band Extravaganza will be Nov. 9 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena
- 05'Word Painters' readings feature Robin Hemley, Janet Hendrickson
- 05UI Department of Dance presents 'Dance Gala 2009: Synergy' Oct.29-31 and Nov. 5-7
- 03Center for Human Rights celebrates 10th anniversary with series of activities throughout November
October
- 30UI Pentacrest Museums, Geoscience Department offer frightening fun
- 29UI Department of Dance presents 'Dance Gala 2009: Synergy' Oct.29-31 and Nov. 5-7
- 27UI Symphony performs Gompper's Violin Concerto Oct. 27
- 23UI presents world premiere of play about Paul Engle Oct. 23-24
- 22Strand comes home to the UI Writers' Workshop for Oct. 22 reading
- 22Moral Virtue and the Composition of Plutarch's Lives
- 20UI, Iowa City-area writers can participate in National Day on Writing
- 19Multifaceted actor and musician Avery Brooks will present free UI event October 19
- 14International Year of Astronomy Lecture features "Black Holes of All Sizes"
- 14 Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor—TRACY C. DAVIS
- 09 "That Will be $3 Million Dollars, Please": Copyright Issues and Multimedia Scholarship
- 09 UI School of Social Work's Latino Conference in Des Moines set for October 9
- 08 Sedaris' 'Book of Liz' opens University Theatres Mainstage season
- 01UI presents Works-in-Progress Arts Festival October 1-3
September
- 30 UI Symphony plays the 'Firebird' Suite and a Rachmaninoff concerto Sept. 30
- 25 Mathematical Field of Dreams Conference at UI set for Sept. 25-27
- 24 UIMA's 'Word Painter' series kicks off with Sept. 24 readings
- 12 Cello Daze includes free concerts on the UI campus Sept. 12 and 13
- 11 Painted Ladies Speaking Out
- 11 CLAS Alumni Fellow will speak on 'life and meaning' Sept. 11
- 11 IWP participants discuss 'Teaching Writing' in Sept. 11 public event
- 06 Two UI graduate students featured as 'Piano Sundays' series opens Sept. 6
- 04 Opus Two will perform UI School of Music guest recital Sept. 4
- 03 Iowa Review 'Rivers' reading responds to the flood of 2008
August
July
June
May
- 31 UI offers 'Overhead Bots' workshops at Children's Museum
- 23 UI Dance Forum and Youth Ballet will perform 'Sleeping Beauty' excerpts
- 20 Angels & Demons, The Science Revealed, Lecture May 20
- 17 UI percussionists will honor former professor with May 17 concert
- 14 UI alum honored at spring commencement for helping decipher 'Spanish flu' causes
- 10 'Last Chance' for Iowa percussionists will be May 10
- 09 Veteran of original No Shame Theatre returns as graduate playwright
- 09 Kantorei and University Choir share concert program May 9
- 08 Hollywood screenwriter has lead in Iowa New Play Festival production May 8
- 08 Gregory Hand will present free Baroque organ music recital May 8
- 08 Choral ensembles will wrap up the semester's activities with May 8 concert
- 07 UI Writers' Workshop poet James Galvin reads May 7
- 6-9 What is a 'rave cave'? Find out Wednesday night at the Iowa New Play Festival
- 06 University and Concert Bands will perform May 6
- 06 Future Spacecraft Exploration of the Solar System in Van Allen Hall May 6th
- 04 Saito's Iowa New Play Festival script draws on his work with Mayan youth
- 04 UI Writers' Workshop student Dr. Austin Ratner reads May 4
- 04 Iowa New Play Festival May 4-9 provides a deluge of new theater
- 01 UI Writers' Workshop alumna Z.Z. Packer reads May 1
- 01 CLAS Opera Theater presents Offenbach's 'Orpheus in the Underworld' May 1-3
April
- 30 Guitarist Tim Lowly and vocalist/pianist Matthew Ganong perform April 30
- 30 UI to host conference on language acquisition April 30 through May 2
- 30 UI Department of Dance presents undergraduate concert April 30-May 2
- 29 UI Writers' Workshop guest poet Mark McMorris reads April 29
- 29 CLAS Symphony Orchestra concludes 2008-09 season with April 29 concert
- 27 CLAS poet Cole Swensen introduces new anthology in April 27 reading
- 27 Piccolo recital April 27 to include variety of styles and one world premiere
- 26 Philharmonia, All-University String Orchestra to share concert program April 26
- 25 UI undergraduate students to present research at April 25 celebration
- 24 Political poet, labor activist Mark Nowak reads April 24
- 22 CLAS Writers' Workshop guest poet Margot Livesey reads April 22
- 19 New exhibition at Figge April 19 features famous UI Museum of Art works
- 19 Concerto/Aria Competition winners to perform April 19 with Chamber Orchestra
- 17 CLAS Maia String Quartet and soprano Hagiwara perform Schoenberg April 17
- 16 CLAS Writers' Workshop guest poet Zagajewski reads April 16
- 16 CLAS Department of Dance presents thesis concert April 16-18
- 16 Music from Bach to Debussy, and some new works for brass, fill April 16 concert
- 15 Violinist Conklin will play 'Southern Comforts' with Symphony Band April 15
- 15 Finding Our Place in the Cosmos
- 14 Award-winning UI poets Collins and Thirkield read April 14
- 13 Take Back Your Time leader de Graaf to speak on sustainability April 13
- 7 V.V. Ganeshananthan will read from 'Love Marriage' April 7
- 6 Poets Buchanan and Stonecipher, Writers' Workshop alumnae, will read April 6
- 5 Kantorei and University Singers present joint UI concert April 5
- 4 'Parlor-style' performance features work by British women poets April 4
- 3 Writers' Workshop faculty members D'Ambrosio and Brockmeier read April 3
- 2 UI Department of Dance presents 'Sadie Hawkins Dance' thesis concert April 2-4
- 2 UI Center for New Music presents Festival of Contemporary Music, April 2-5
- 1-5 UI postgraduate writer is the brains behind the Mission Creek Festival
March
- 31 UI guest artists Muir and McElhinney present simultaneous lectures March 31
- 31 University Symphony will present operatic excerpts and tenor arias March 31
- 29 'Percussion Spectacular' will be performed March 29 at the UI
- 28 Graduate students present research and civic engagement efforts March 28
- 26 UI's new Delta Center will explore new ways of studying learning and development
- 26 Poet Taggart, guest of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, reads March 26
- 26 Speaker will discuss visual impact of lynching March 26
- 24 Differential equations in the sciences subject of March 24 lecture
- 23 Tickets go on sale March 23 for Joffrey Ballet benefit for Hancher/School of Music
- 11 Ussama Makdisi "The United States and the Middle East: Historical Perspectives"
- 11 Raskin will screen his Academy Award finalist at the UI March 11
- 10 Clarinetist Mead's March 10 program runs from Brazilian to Brahms
- 9 University and Concert Bands share concert March 9
- 5 UI holds annual high school Mathematics Tournament March 7
- 4 Writers' Workshop alumnus Dr. Abraham Verghese reads March 4
- 3 Yiyun Li, alumna of UI fiction and nonfiction programs, reads March 3
- 2 UI to host talk by world famous mathematician Maxim Kontsevich March 2
- 1 UI Chamber Orchestra features violin and piano soloists March 1
February
- 27 Maia Quartet and Philharmonia Orchestra share the program Feb. 27
- 26 Convocation takes look at 'Europe in the World' Feb. 26-28
- 26 Bialosky's Feb. 26 reading will be recorded by UI Writing University
- 21 Local students share the stage with UI Symphony Band Feb. 21
- 19 UI Department of Theatre Arts hosts 10-minute play festival Feb. 19-22
- 19 Violist Avshamalov joins with Maia Quartet, pianist Lecuona for concert Feb. 19
- 18 UI Symphony Orchestra performs at West High School Feb. 18
- 18 Paul Harding's Feb. 18 reading will be streamed live by UI Writing University
- 17 Physics and Astronomy Demonstration Show in Van Allen Hall Feb. 17
- 15 Gurnett to discuss Iowa exploration of space in Presidential Lecture Feb. 15
- 15 Violinist Jakovcic will play 'compelling, complex and grand' music Feb. 15
- 12 UI Department of Dance presents Faculty/Graduate Concert Feb. 12-14
- 10 Andrew Porter's Feb. 10 reading will be streamed live by UI Writing University
- 9 UI poets Powell and Mead share a free reading Feb. 9
- 8 Center for New Music will present 'New Music for Violin and Viola' Feb. 8
- 6 UI School of Music will present Liszt Festival Feb. 6-7
- 5 University Theatres celebrates return to Theatre Building with 'As You Like It'
- 4 Swanson will sing 'Songs of War' with Gompper and Esposito, Feb. 4
- 1 Tsachor performance launches spring 'Piano Sundays' series at the UI
- 1 Benjamin Coelho will perform virtuoso bassoon recital Feb. 1