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Trilingual Reading of Chuck Miller's Poetry at Shambaugh House
Tuesday, March 5, 2019 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Shambaugh House

Join us for a reading (in English, French, and German) and discussion by Walter Gruenzweig of Technische Universitaet Dortmund and Vincent Dussol of Université Montpellier III - Paul Valéry of their co-translated edition of poetry, co-published in Germany & France, by Iowa City poet Chuck Miller, one of the original “Actualists.”
Free – All are Welcome!

What Happens: A Festival of Poets' Theater (Year 2!) promotional image
What Happens: A Festival of Poets' Theater (Year 2!)
Saturday, March 2, 2019 7:00pm
Public Space One

Please join us Friday, March 1 and Saturday, March 2 for What Happens: A Festival of Poets' Theater (Year 2!)

March 1 at 8pm:

Sonia Farmer, Morgan Grambo, Andy King, Dakota Parobek, Nora Claire Miller, Stephen Ira, Kiley Reid, Nicole Gabrione, Jorrell Watkins (Writer and Director)

March 2 at 7pm:

Tracie Morris, Eric Marlin, Bernadette Mayer, Erica Vannon & Bianca Rae Messenger

What Happens: A Festival of Poets' Theater (Year 2!) promotional image
What Happens: A Festival of Poets' Theater (Year 2!)
Friday, March 1, 2019 8:00pm
Public Space One

Please join us Friday, March 1 and Saturday, March 2 for What Happens: A Festival of Poets' Theater (Year 2!)

March 1 at 8pm:

Sonia Farmer, Morgan Grambo, Andy King, Dakota Parobek, Nora Claire Miller, Stephen Ira, Kiley Reid, Nicole Gabrione, Jorrell Watkins (Writer and Director)

March 2 at 7pm:

Tracie Morris, Eric Marlin, Bernadette Mayer, Erica Vannon & Bianca Rae Messenger

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Live from Prairie Lights: Christopher Castellani
Friday, March 1, 2019 7:00pm
Prairie Lights Books

Christopher Castellani will read from his new novel, Leading Men.  “With echoes of Tender is the Night and The Sun Also Rises, Leading Men tells the extraordinary love story of Tennessee Williams and Frank Merlo. Castellani elegantly weaves together Merlo's final days with memories of a dramatic (and delicious) Italian summer in 1953 that changes his world forever. Throw in an aging Swedish actress, Truman Capote, Italian cinema and the staging (and script!) of a lost Williams play and you have...