Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

Harlem Quartet at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 1:00pm
Glenn Schaeffer Library
TICKETSFree and open to the public, no ticket requiredPart of Hancher's 53rd seasonThe Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Hancher Auditorium, and the Iowa String Quartet Residency Program present the Harlem Quartet for an intimate hour-long afternoon concert at Glenn Schaeffer Library/Dey House in the Frank Conroy Reading Room. This event is free and open to the public with limited seating capacity.Harlem Quartet is a New York-based, award-winning ensemble engaged in a week-long residency at the University...
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Art & Write Night

Thursday, November 6, 2025 6:00pm to 8:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
Join the long, rich, historical tradition of artists creating in our spaces.Professional, aspiring, and amateur artists alike, make our museum your muse. The return of this popular program series welcomes guests into the Museum of Natural History's magical gallery spaces after-hours to work on sketching or writing projects with other campus and community artists.Tell a friend, grab a notebook, and join us on the first Friday of each month. We'll provide a new inspo prompt for each session and...

Live from Prairie Lights | Sara Gilmore and Alicia Wright

Friday, November 7, 2025 7:00pm
Prairie Lights Books
Two Workshop grads will read from their debut books of poetry, Sara Gilmore from, The Green Lives, forthcoming in October from Fonograf Editions, and Alicia Wright from, You’re Called by the Same Sound, forthcoming from Thirdhand Books in August.To subscribe to a weekly emailing list of Writers' Workshop events, please fill in the linked form or email iww@uiowa.edu with “Events Mailing List Subscribe” in the subject line.Readings at Prairie Lights are sponsored by the Writing University.
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Art & Write Night

Thursday, December 4, 2025 6:00pm to 8:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
Join the long, rich, historical tradition of artists creating in our spaces.Professional, aspiring, and amateur artists alike, make our museum your muse. The return of this popular program series welcomes guests into the Museum of Natural History's magical gallery spaces after-hours to work on sketching or writing projects with other campus and community artists.Tell a friend, grab a notebook, and join us on the first Friday of each month. We'll provide a new inspo prompt for each session and...

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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
Iowa Writers' Workshop alum Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo will read from her debut novel, The Tiny Things Are Heavier, and will be joined in conversation by local writer, translator, and professor, Bruna Dantas Lobato. Named a Best Book of 2025 by Vogue and Harper's Bazaar, The Tiny Things Are Heavier follows Sommy, a Nigerian woman who comes to the United States for graduate school two weeks after her brother, Mezie, attempts suicide. Plagued by the guilt of leaving Mezie behind, Sommy struggles to...
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Room 1078 [Quartet]

Wednesday, July 23, 2025 5:00pm
Glenn Schaeffer Library
Chamber quartet, Room 1078 will give a free concert in the Frank Conroy Reading Room at Glenn Schaeffer Library/ Dey House. From the quartet's website:Room 1078’s mission is to support the 21st-century evolution of performance as "classical" musicians, using innovative takes on contemporary repertoire, improvisation, and folk music to break down barriers between musicians and audience members. For us, the process is about connecting with you as much as with each other, and we are constantly...

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