Spring-Summer 2025 Events

Art & Write Night 
Friday, August 1, 2025 6:00pm to 8:00  
∇  University of Iowa Museum of Natural History

Live from Prairie Lights | Anna Bruno in conv with Claire Lombardo - 'Fine Young People' 
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 7:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books

Live from Prairie Lights | Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo in conversation with Bruna Dantas Lobato — 'The Tiny Things Are Heavier'  
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 7:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books

Live from Prairie Lights | Karen Bender - 'The Words of Dr. L'  
Tuesday, July 22, 2025 7:00pm  
∇  Prairie Lights Books

Summer Faculty Reading: Evan James, Claire Lombardo and Margaret Ross  
Friday, July 18, 2025 7:00pm  
∇   Glenn Schaeffer Library

Live from Prairie Lights | Jared Joseph - 'Soft Lighting'  
Tuesday, July 15, 2025 7:00pm  
∇   Prairie Lights Books

Live from Prairie Lights | Robin Hemley - 'How to Change History'  
Monday, July 14, 2025 7:00pm  
∇   Prairie Lights Books

100-Word Microstory Contest  
Monday, July 14 to Friday, July 25, 2025 (all day)  
—  Virtual

Live from Prairie Lights | Madeline McDonnell in conv with Stephen Lovely - 'Lonesome Ballroom'  
Wednesday, June 25, 2025 7:00pm  
∇   Prairie Lights Books

Live from Prairie Lights | Michelle Huneven - 'Bug Hollow'  
Tuesday, June 24, 2025 7:00pm  
∇   Prairie Lights Books

Live from Prairie Lights | Lee Cole - 'Fulfillment'  
Monday, June 23, 2025 7:00pm  
∇   Prairie Lights Books

Live from Prairie Lights | Kelly Dwyer - 'Ghost Mother'  
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 7:00pm  
∇   Prairie Lights Books

Live from Prairie Lights | John Koethe and Julie Hanson  
Monday, June 16, 2025 7:00pm  
∇   Prairie Lights Books

Art & Write Night  
Friday, June 6, 2025 6:00pm to 8:00pm  
∇   University of Iowa Museum of Natural History

CANCELED: Live from Prairie Lights | Abby Geni - 'The Body Farm'  
Friday, May 30, 2025 7:00pm  
∇   Prairie Lights Books 
Canceled

Summer Faculty Reading : Tom Drury and Lan Samantha Chang  
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 7:00pm  
∇   Glenn Schaeffer Library

Write at the Stanley  
Sunday, May 25, 2025 2:30pm to 4:15pm  
∇   Stanley Museum of Art

Summer Faculty Reading : Afabwaje Kurian and Mark Levine  
Friday, May 23, 2025 7:00pm  
∇   Glenn Schaeffer Library

Northside Saturday Nights outdoor concert series | Joel Worford  
Saturday, May 10, 2025 6:00pm to 8:00pm  
∇   Northside Outside

Washington Writers Workshop: Julia Bohm at the Washington, IA Public Library  
Saturday, May 10, 2025 10:00am  
∇   Washington Public Library

Marilynne Robinson Q&A  
Thursday, May 8, 2025 2:00pm  
∇   Glenn Schaeffer Library

Live from Prairie Lights | Rawaan Alkhatib in conv w/Carmen Maria Machado & Rachel Yoder 'Hot Date! Sweet and Savory Recipes, From Party Food to Everyday Feasts'  
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 7:00pm  
∇   Prairie Lights Books

Art & Write Night  
Friday, May 2, 2025 6:00pm to 8:00pm  
∇   University of Iowa Museum of Natural History

Write at the Stanley  
Sunday, April 27, 2025 2:30pm to 4:15pm  
∇   Stanley Museum of Art

Live from Prairie Lights | Michelle Herman - 'If You Say So'  
Friday, April 25, 2025 7:00pm  
∇   Prairie Lights Books

Ariel Quartet  
Friday, April 25, 2025 12:00pm  
∇   Dey House

Simone White Reading  
Thursday, April 24, 2025 6:00pm  
∇   Glenn Schaeffer Library

Live from Prairie Lights | Karla Kelsey and Rebecca Lehmann  
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 7:00pm  
∇   Prairie Lights Books

Remembering the Life of Connie Brothers  
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 4:30pm  
∇   Prairie Lights Books

Live from Prairie Lights | Paul Lisicky in conversation with Garth Greenwell - 'Song So Wild and Blue'  
Monday, April 21, 2025 7:00pm  
∇   Prairie Lights Books

Spring faculty reading: Tom Drury  
Saturday, April 19, 2025 8:00pm  
∇   Glenn Schaeffer Library

Live from Prairie Lights | Sanjena Sathian in conversation with Ren Arcamone - 'Goddess Complex'  
Thursday, April 17, 2025 7:00pm  
∇   Prairie Lights Books

Writer's Workshop with Griffin Rockwell at the Lisbon, IA Public Library  
Saturday, April 12, 2025 10:00am to 12:00pm  
∇   Lisbon Public Library

Live from Prairie Lights | Jonathan Thirkield  
Friday, April 11, 2025 7:00pm  
∇   Prairie Lights Books

Jaap Blonk Poetry Performance  
Friday, April 11, 2025 4:30pm  
∇   Glenn Schaeffer Library

Live from Prairie Lights | Caitlin Roach in conversation with Rachel Yoder - 'Surveille'  
Thursday, April 10, 2025 7:00pm  
∇   Prairie Lights Books

Live from Prairie Lights | Chris Offutt in conversation with Dean Bakopoulos - 'The Reluctant Sheriff'  
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 7:00pm  
∇   Prairie Lights Books

Mission Creek Festival: Srikanth Reddy in conversation with Donika Kelly  
Saturday, April 5, 2025 2:00pm  
∇   FilmScene (Chauncey)

Art & Write Night  
Friday, April 4, 2025 6:00pm to 8:00pm  
∇   University of Iowa Museum of Natural History

Mission Creek Festival: Lit Walk  
Friday, April 4, 2025 5:00pm  
∇   Choose venue by readers:

Live from Prairie Lights | Karen Russell in conversation with Kaveh Akbar  
Wednesday, April 2, 2025 7:00pm  
∇   Prairie Lights Books

Live from Prairie Lights | Stuart Nadler in conversation with Eula Biss - Rooms for Vanishing  
Monday, March 31, 2025 7:00pm  
∇   Prairie Lights Books

English Department VIEWS: Jonathan Lethem Reading  
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 7:00pm to 8:00pm  
∇  English-Philosophy Building

Karen Joy Fowler: Q&A  
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 11:30am  
∇   Glenn Schaeffer Library

Karen Joy Fowler: Reading  
Monday, March 24, 2025 8:00pm  
∇   Glenn Schaeffer Library

Live from Prairie Lights | Mary Jo Bang & Yuki Tanaka: Translation  
Monday, March 24, 2025 6:00pm  
∇   Prairie Lights Books

Write at the Stanley  
Sunday, March 23, 2025 2:30pm to 4:15pm  
∇   Stanley Museum of Art

Sundays with the Docents | "it's a fine thing" exhibition tour  
Sunday, March 16, 2025 12:30pm to 1:30pm  
∇   Stanley Museum of Art

Live from Prairie Lights | GC Waldrep & Karen An-Hwei Lee  
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 7:00pm  
∇   Prairie Lights Books

Live from Prairie Lights | Curtis Sittenfeld in conversation with Lan Samantha Chang 
Monday, March 10, 2025 7:00pm  
∇   Prairie Lights Books

Signature Saturdays: Writer's Workshop with Molly Biskupic at the Lisbon, IA Public Library  
Saturday, March 8, 2025 10:00am  
∇   Lisbon Public Library

Live from Prairie Lights | Alyssa Perry & Daisy Atterbury  
Friday, March 7, 2025 7:00pm  
∇   Prairie Lights Books

Mary-Alice Daniel: Reading  
Sunday, March 2, 2025 8:00pm  
∇   Glenn Schaeffer Library

Ari Banias and Carmen Maria Machado Reading  
Friday, February 28, 2025 8:00pm  
∇   Glenn Schaeffer Library

Live from Prairie Lights | Lewis Robinson & Aaron McCollough  
Thursday, February 27, 2025 7:00pm  
∇   Prairie Lights Books

Write at the Stanley  
Sunday, February 23, 2025 2:30pm to 4:15pm  
∇   Stanley Museum of Art

Live from Prairie Lights | Steven Duong & Tramaine Suubi  
Friday, February 21, 2025 7:00pm  
∇   Prairie Lights Books

Schumann Quartet plays Beethoven at ∇  Dey House  
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 1:00pm  
∇   Dey House

Jack Saebyok Jung: Reading  
Sunday, February 16, 2025 8:00pm  
∇   Prairie Lights Books

Sundays with the Docents | Art by Indigenous Americans  
Sunday, February 16, 2025 1:00pm to 2:00pm  
∇   Stanley Museum of Art

English Department VIEWS: francine j. harris Reading, Q&A, & Book Signing  
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 6:30pm to 7:30pm  
∇  English-Philosophy Building

Washington Writers Workshop: Amiya Moretta at the Washington, IA Public Library  
Saturday, February 8, 2025 10:00am  
∇   Washington Public Library

Art & Write Night  
Thursday, February 6, 2025 6:00pm to 8:00pm  
∇   University of Iowa Museum of Natural History

Margaret Ross: Reading  
Sunday, February 2, 2025 8:00pm  
∇   Glenn Schaeffer Library

Write at the Stanley  
Sunday, January 26, 2025 2:30pm to 4:15pm  
∇   Stanley Museum of Art

48-Hour Flash Writing Contest | Write Now  
Friday, January 17 4:00pm to Sunday, January 19, 2025 4:00pm 
—  Virtual

Washington Writers Workshop: Adiah Siler at the Washington, IA Public Library  
Saturday, January 11, 2025 10:00am  
∇   Washington Public Library