Events Archive
Spring-Summer 2026 Events
Art & Write Night
Friday, August 7, 2026 6:00pm to 8:00pm
∇ University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
Live from Prairie Lights | Rogue Workshops Faculty Reading
Wednesday, July 22, 2026 6:30pm to 8:00pm
∇ Prairie Lights Books
Summer Faculty Reading: Claire Lombardo and Margaret Ross
Wednesday, July 15, 2026 7:00pm
∇ Glenn Schaeffer Library
Summer Faculty Reading: Ada Zhang and Tom Drury
Wednesday, July 8, 2026 7:00pm
∇ Glenn Schaeffer Library
Live from Prairie Lights | Karen Parkman - 'The Jills'
Monday, June 22, 2026 7:00pm
∇ Prairie Lights Books
Summer Faculty Reading: Jamel Brinkley and James Han Mattson
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 7:00pm
∇ Dey House
Live from Prairie Lights | Uchenna Awoke in conversation with Reyumeh Ejue - "A Seige of Owls"
Monday, May 11, 2026 7:00pm to 8:00pm
∇ Prairie Lights Books
Live from Prairie Lights | Anna Barker in conversation with DK Nnuro - "13 Notes from Napoleon, Iowa: Musings on the Edge of the French Empire"
Tuesday, May 5, 2026 7:00pm to 8:00pm
∇ Prairie Lights Books
Book Club at the Museum
Monday, May 4, 2026 7:00pm to 8:00pm
∇ Old Capitol Museum
Art & Write Night
Friday, May 1, 2026 6:00pm to 8:00pm
∇ University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
Jeffrey Yang Reading
Thursday, April 30, 2026 8:00pm
∇ Dey House
Live from Prairie Lights | Tisa Bryant - 'Residual'
Tuesday, April 28, 2026 7:00pm
∇ Prairie Lights Books
Elizabeth Zuba & Farnoosh Fathi - "Where is Everyone!" and "Granny Cloud"
Monday, April 27, 2026 7:00pm to 8:00pm
∇ Prairie Lights Books
Live from Prairie Lights | Readings from translations of the work of Kim Hyesoon: Jack Saebyok Jung for 'Lady No' & Cindy Juyoung Ok for 'The Hell of That Star'
Friday, April 24, 2026 7:00pm
∇ Prairie Lights Books
Book Reading by Keiichiro Hirano
Thursday, April 23, 2026 5:00pm to 6:15pm
∇ University Capitol Centre
Live from Prairie Lights | Rebecca Lehmann in conversation with Paige Lewis - 'The Beheading Game'
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 7:00pm
∇ Prairie Lights Books
Live from Prairie Lights | Carrie Olivia Adams & Nathan Hoks in conversation with Danielle Wheeler
Tuesday, April 21, 2026 7:00pm
∇ Prairie Lights Books
Live from Prairie Lights | Margaret LeMay - 'sample.spring'
Sunday, April 19, 2026 4:00pm
∇ Prairie Lights Books
Robyn Schiff Reading and Q&A
Saturday, April 18, 2026 4:00pm
∇ Dey House
Live from Prairie Lights | Candice Wuehle - 'Ultranatural'
Monday, April 13, 2026 7:00pm
∇ Prairie Lights Books
Alice Sola Kim reading
Friday, April 10, 2026 8:00pm
∇ Dey House
Tony Tulathimutte & Kai Ihns: Visiting Faculty Reading
Thursday, April 9, 2026 8:00pm to 9:00pm
∇ Dey House
Live from Prairie Lights | Daniel Poppick - 'The Copywriter'
Wednesday, April 8, 2026 7:00pm
∇ Prairie Lights Books
CLAS Postgraduate Visiting Writers Reading featuring Josh Balicki, Eli Campbell, Spencer Jones, & Brian Orozco
Tuesday, April 7, 2026 7:00pm to 8:30pm
∇ English-Philosophy Building
Book Club at the Museum
Monday, April 6, 2026 7:00pm to 8:00pm
∇ Old Capitol Museum
Stop/Time Festival
Saturday, April 4, 2026 (all day)
∇ Hancher Auditorium
Art & Write Night
Friday, April 3, 2026 6:00pm to 8:00pm
∇ University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
Stop/Time Festival
Friday, April 3 to Saturday, April 4, 2026 (all day)
∇ Hancher Auditorium
Live from Prairie Lights | Lauren Haldeman in conversation with Carmen Maria Machado - 'Wild That We're Alive'
Wednesday, April 1, 2026 7:00pm
∇ Prairie Lights Books
Live from Prairie Lights | Jeff Boyd in conversation with James F. Thomas - 'Hard Times'
Monday, March 30, 2026 7:00pm
∇ Prairie Lights Books
Farnoosh Fathi & Louisa Hall: Faculty Reading
Friday, March 27, 2026 8:00pm to 9:00pm
∇ Dey House
Kevin Brockmeier: Reading & Q&A
Thursday, March 26, 2026 8:00pm to 9:00pm
∇ Dey House
Live from Prairie Lights | Benjamin Hale in conversation with Bennett Sims - 'Cave Mountain'
Monday, March 23, 2026 7:00pm
∇ Prairie Lights Books
Poetry WorkShop at Harlan, IA Community Library- The Invisible Poem: Hajri Aga and william o'neal ii
Saturday, March 14, 2026 11:00am to 1:00pm
∇ Harlan Community Library
Application Deadline: Obermann End-of-Year Writing Retreat
Friday, March 13, 2026 5:00pm
∇ North Ridge Pavilion
Sterling HolyWhiteMountain: Reading & Q&A
Thursday, March 12, 2026 8:00pm to 9:00pm
∇ Dey House
Many Keys, One Conversation: Schizophrenia, Neuroscience and Creativity
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 5:30pm to 8:30pm
∇ The James Theater
Art & Write Night
Friday, March 6, 2026 6:00pm to 8:00pm
∇ University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
Elizabeth McCracken: Reading
Thursday, March 5, 2026 8:00pm to 9:00pm
∇ Glenn Schaeffer Library
Book Club at the Museum
Monday, March 2, 2026 7:00pm to 8:00pm
∇ Old Capitol Museum
Poetry WorkShop at Lisbon, IA Public Library with Cole Chamberlain
Saturday, February 28, 2026 10:00am to 12:00pm
∇ Lisbon Public Library
Bret Anthony Johnston in conversation with Lan Samantha Chang
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 7:00pm
∇ Prairie Lights Books
Isidore String Quartet at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop
Tuesday, February 24, 2026 1:00pm
∇ Dey House
V. V. Ganeshananthan: Reading
Thursday, February 19, 2026 8:00pm to 9:00pm
∇ Dey House
Views presents: Hai-Dang Phan Reading and Q&A
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 7:00pm to 8:00pm
∇ English-Philosophy Building
Live from Prairie Lights | Jake Fournier- 'Punishment Bag'
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 7:00pm
∇ Prairie Lights Books
Jack Saebyok Jung and James F. Thomas: Reading
Friday, February 13, 2026 8:00pm to 9:00pm
∇ Dey House
Jennifer duBois: Reading
Thursday, February 12, 2026 8:00pm to 9:00pm
∇ Dey House
Art & Write Night
Friday, February 6, 2026 6:00pm to 8:00pm
∇ University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
Matthew Neill Null: Reading
Thursday, February 5, 2026 8:00pm to 9:00pm
∇ Dey House
Live from Prairie Lights | Tramaine Suubi in conversation with Margaret Yapp - 'Stages'
Tuesday, February 3, 2026 7:00pm to 8:00pm
∇ Prairie Lights Books
Book Club at the Museum
Monday, February 2, 2026 7:00pm to 8:00pm
∇ Old Capitol Museum
Carmen Maria Machado: Reading
Saturday, January 24, 2026 8:00pm
∇ Dey House