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X-WR-CALNAME:CalDiscovery - cedar-rapids-ia BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dis/Comfort: Confronting Histories of African Art in the United St ates DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260527 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260528 DTSTAMP:20260815T073204Z UID:10046399-1779840000-1803859199@downtowniowacity.com CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:On View May 12\, 2026–Spring 2027\n\n\n\nShitengamatu [ope n your ears] mask\, Makonde style. Mid-20th century\, Terracotta. The Stan ley Collection of African Art\, X1990.70. Unrecorded artist\; Mozambique.  Provenance: The Stanley Collection of African Art\, Muscatine\, IA\; gi ft from Elizabeth Stanley to the University of Iowa Museum of Art via bequ est\, 1990.\nCurated by students enrolled in the Fall 2025 course MUSM/ART H: 4081\, “Curating African Art in America\,” taught by Cory Gundlach at the University of Iowa. \nFor over a century\, historical African art h as served as a cornerstone of American museum collections\, facilitating e ducation\, research\, and community engagement. The impact of such collect ions is deeply rooted here at the University of Iowa\, where an exhibition of African belongings inspired the introduction of the nation’s first P hD in African art history in 1957. While these collections remain common t o the American cultural experience today\, they continue to evoke a comple x range of emotions—ranging from deep connection\, comfort and joy\, to grief\, anger\, and discomfort. \nDis/Comfort: Confronting Histories of Af rican Art in the United States invites visitors to acknowledge diverse an d complex emotional responses to African collections in US art museums\, a nd to confront histories of ethical debate surrounding them. \nThis studen t-curated exhibition features select works from the Stanley Museum of Art ’s African collection. Referred to as “belongings” rather than “ob jects\,” they are presented through three thematic lenses—women’s agency\, environment and spirituality\, and the ethics of categorization.  This shift in terminology emphasizes ownership history\, particularly be cause the provenance for historical African collections often begins wit h individuals and locations outside of Africa. \nStudent Curators\nNames are listed in relation to text panels coauthored by students for each them atic section of the exhibition. \n\n\n\n\nCategorization Ethics\nEnvironme nt & Spirituality\nWomen’s Agency\n\n\n\n\nObatola Layiwola\nOlivia Ande rs\nJulie Brachmann\n\n\nRanee Taylor\nAngelina Gentry\nCecil Campbell\n\n \nArchie Wagner\nAly Hurley\nHannah Grillot\n\n\nLauren Woessner\nMadalynn Vega\nMaryellen Lerg\n\n\n\n\n\nAcknowledging Unrecorded Ownership Histor ies In Africa\nThis exhibition and the related course emphasize provenance \, or ownership history for an artwork. In museum records\, documented own ership histories usually include the names of dealers\, collectors\, and i nstitutions in Europe and the United States who acquired belongings when o r after they left Africa. The names of earlier owners within that continen t\, as well as artists’ names\, are often absent. With support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation\, the Stanley Museum of Art is conducting prov enance research on its historical African collection to better understand the ownership histories of belongings within it\, and its ethical status i n relation to collecting practices during the colonial period (1884–1994 ). \nEach label in this exhibition includes provenance information that re presents a partial view of ownership history. A semicolon separating two n ames confirms that the work passed directly between two owners\, while a p eriod suggests that a direct transfer did not happen or is not known to ha ve happened. Although many of the associated makers and owners within Afri ca remain unidentified\, the Stanley Museum of Art acknowledges their cent ral importance as the people who gave these belongings meaning. \n \n\n\n\ n\nGallery Hours\n\n\nMonday\nClosed\n\n\n\nTuesday\n10 a.m.–4:30 p.m.\n \n\n\nWednesday\n10 a.m.–4:30 p.m.\n\n\n\nThursday\n10 a.m.–8:00 p.m.\ n\n\n\nFriday\n10 a.m.–4:30 p.m.\n\n\n\nSaturday\n10 a.m.–4:30 p.m.\n\ n\n\nSunday\n12:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.\n\nOngoing through February 28\, 2027. LAST-MODIFIED:20260815T073204Z LOCATION:Stanley Museum of Art\, 160 West Burlington Street\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52242\, United States URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/event/dis-comfort-confronting-histories-o f-african-art-in-the-united-states/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Iowa City Downtown District X-SOURCE-URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Portraiture & Archives in African Photography DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260825 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261214 DTSTAMP:20260825T182008Z UID:10047657-1787616000-1797206399@downtowniowacity.com CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:On View August 22\, 2026 – December 13\, 2026\nWhat relevan ce does portrait photography carry today? \nThis exhibition features photo graphy works by six modern and contemporary artists of African descent\, m ade between 1963 and 2024\, that explore culture\, identity\, memory\, and modern life. On loan from the Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana Universit y\, it is the first exhibition of its kind at the Stanley Museum of Art\, reimagining the notion of an archive to include personal\, familial\, and community collections depicting the past. \nSpanning the colonial and inde pendence periods in Africa\, historic portraits from public archives often depict family and friends and thus hold deeply personal significance. The exhibition draws on strengths in the Eskenazi Museum’s collection of Ma lick Sidibé’s and Tijani Sitou’s photography from the mid- to late tw entieth century. Sidibé and Sitou became well known within their respecti ve communities in Bamako and Mopti\, both in Mali. Sidibé also garnered g lobal recognition for his portraits of Malians following political indepen dence from France in 1960\, earning his fame as one of the most celebrated photographers from the African continent. \nPortraiture & Archives in Afr ican Photography considers the significance of Sidibé’s and Sitou’s work today. It also traces new directions in portrait photography by conte mporary artists Zohra Opoku\, Ibrahima Thiam\, Hassan Hajjaj\, and Zanele Muholi who engage with portraiture\, archives\, and use photography alongs ide other media like textiles and painting. These six artists work in diff erent parts of Africa— including Ghana\, Senegal\, Mali\, Morocco\, and South Africa—and the African diaspora. Today\, Opoku\, Thiam\, Hajjaj\, and Muholi also actively participate in the global art world by exhibiting in international platforms that connect their practices to larger dialogu es about photography and portraiture. This exhibition offers a new take on Sidibé’s and Sitou’s legacy with Thiam—as both artist and co-curat or— re-inventing their images and reinscribing them with new meaning tod ay. \nA Collaborative Exhibition\n\n\n\nUntitled work from the Portraits “Vintage” series\, 2017. Inkjet print on Hahnemühle paper. 39 11/16 x 31 1/4 inches. Loan from the Eskenazi Museum of Art\, 2024.223. Ibrahima Thiam (Senegalese\, 1976—)\nContemporary artist Ibrahima Thiam guest cur ated this exhibition with Eskenazi Museum curator Allison Martino and Indi ana University faculty Beth Buggenhagen. This was the first time that the Eskenazi Museum invited an artist to serve as an exhibition co-curator. Th rough this collaborative process\, Thiam sought to reinvent the portraitur e tradition in Africa to provide renewed appreciation for African photogra phic archives. This tradition encompasses the work of renowned photographe rs such as Malick Sidibé and Tijani Sitou\, as well as photographs dating back to the arrival of the camera in Saint-Louis\, Senegal\, in 1862. The curators prioritize Thiam’s vision to reimagine African photographic ar chives by placing communities and families\, as they pictured themselves\, at the center. \nThiam and Buggenhagen began working together in Senegal in 2016\, and Thiam first visited Indiana University in 2019 to participat e in a roundtable about his work. He returned in the summer of 2024 for a residency at the Eskenazi Museum of Art to study Sidibé’s and Sitou’s photography and to work on curating the exhibition. Stanley Museum of Art curator Cory Gundlach met Thiam at Dakar in 2022. After acquiring Thiam ’s work for the Stanley Museum of Art in 2023\, he began planning with T hiam and Martino to bring this exhibition to Iowa. Thiam\, Buggenhagen\, a nd Martino worked together to select photographs for the exhibition at Ind iana. The exhibition at Iowa also includes Gundlach’s recent acquisition of work by Hassan Hajjaj and Zanele Muholi. Thiam collaborated on exhibit ion design with staff at the Stanley and Eskenazi museums\, where he also served as curator-in-residence. His vision drove the exhibition narrative\ , foregrounding the perspective of a contemporary photographer. \n \n\n\n\ n\nGallery Hours\nOffice Hours\n\n\nMonday\nClosed\n9 a.m.–5 p.m.\n\n\nT uesday\n10 a.m.–4:30 p.m.\n9 a.m.–5 p.m.\n\n\nWednesday\n10 a.m.–4:3 0 p.m.\n9 a.m.–5 p.m.\n\n\nThursday\n10 a.m.–8:00 p.m.\n9 a.m.–5 p.m .\n\n\nFriday\n10 a.m.–4:30 p.m.\n9 a.m.–5 p.m.\n\n\nSaturday\n10 a.m. –4:30 p.m.\nClosed\n\n\nSunday\n12:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.\nClosed\n\n\n\n  \n\nAcknowledgments\nThe Stanley Museum of Art and Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University express gratitude and thanks to Malick Sitou and Dr . Candace Keller for their contributions to this exhibition. Son of photog rapher Tijani Sitou\, Malick Sitou allowed the reproduction of his father ’s work in the creation of new artwork by Ibrahima Thiam. Keller graciou sly shared her expertise on Malick Sidibé’s and Tijani Sitou’s photog raphy. Indiana University undergraduate students Sam Berensztein\, Diana B onilla\, Hanh Bui\, and Marie Jones completed curatorial and graphic desig n projects related to this exhibition as part of their summer 2024 interns hips at the Eskenazi Museum. \nAt the Eskenazi Museum of Art\, this exhibi tion received support from Indiana University’s Institute for Advanced S tudy\, College Arts and Humanities Institute\, Office of the Vice Presiden t for International Affairs\, and the Walter Center for Career Achievement \, as well as the Raymond and Laura Wielgus Endowed Curatorship for the Ar ts of Africa\, Oceania\, and Indigenous Art of the Americas.  At the Stan ley Museum of Art\, this exhibition loan and associated programming were m ade possible with support from the Stanley-UI Foundation Support Organizat ion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260825T182008Z LOCATION:Stanley Museum of Art\, 160 West Burlington Street\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52242\, United States URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/event/portraiture-archives-in-african-pho tography/2026-08-25/1/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Iowa City Downtown District X-SOURCE-URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Techno Night w/ Ethan Kilcoin DTSTART:20260905T020000Z DTEND:20260905T060000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T002607Z UID:10047863-1788555600-1788570000@downtowniowacity.com CATEGORIES:drink,music DESCRIPTION:Gabes Techno Night with Ethan Kilcoin! \n9:00pm – 1:00am \n$ 5 Cover // $3 Cocktails LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T002607Z LOCATION:Gabe’s\, 330 E Washington St\, Iowa City\, 52240 URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/event/techno-night-w-ethan-kilcoin/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Iowa City Downtown District X-SOURCE-URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Felix and Finger | Dueling Pianos DTSTART:20260905T030000Z DTEND:20260905T060000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T062446Z UID:10042928-1788559200-1788570000@downtowniowacity.com CATEGORIES:comedy,music DESCRIPTION:Felix and Fingers Dueling Pianos is a high-energy\, all-reques t sing-along show. This interactive act brings together music and comedy f or a night you’ll be laughing about for weeks! \nFrom John Lennon to Joh n Legend\, Beach Boys to Beastie Boys\, Felix and Fingers will play anythi ng. Come ready with your favorite requests and prepare to laugh\, sing\, a nd dance with this one-of-a-kind dueling pianos show. \nGreat for birthday parties\, reunions\, and bachelorette parties! \n$10 Advance Tickets or $ 10 cash cover at the door upon availability. \nAdvance ticket purchase is available for everyone! While those who purchase tickets in advance will b e guaranteed entry to the event\, seating is NOT GUARANTEED. \nWhat is Du eling Pianos? \nIt’s a high-energy sing-along for all ages featuring 2 p ianos\, 2 wildly skilled players\, and a dance floor if you feel like bust ing a move! \nWhat type of music do they play? \nThe high energy and comed ic players will surprise and delight you with their extreme range from Joh n Lennon\, to John Legend\, to beach boys\, to Disney musicals. You reques t it and they can probably play it! \nWhat should I bring? \n\n\nYour frie nds – because it’s always more fun when you can share the fun \n\n\nYo ur song requests – we’re not kidding when we say they can play almost anything!  \n\n\nYour energy – The Felix and Fingers players thrive on audience participation \n\n\n​ \nSeating\nAll seating is first come firs t serve. Seating is limited so please plan to arrive early as these events typically fill to standing-room-only capacity. \nDinner\nIf you plan on j oining us for dinner before the show please make a separate dinner reserva tion by emailinginfo@vuerooftop-ic.com LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T062446Z LOCATION:VUE Rooftop at Hilton Garden Inn\, 328 S. Clinton Street\, Iowa C ity\, IA\, United States URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/event/felix-and-finger-dueling-pianos/202 6-09-04/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Iowa City Downtown District X-SOURCE-URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Drag Show @ Studio 13 DTSTART:20260905T030000Z DTEND:20260905T063000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T062446Z UID:10042139-1788559200-1788571800@downtowniowacity.com CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:Show Starts @ 10:30 \nDance floor opens up after. LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T062446Z LOCATION:Studio 13\, 13 S. Linn Street\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United S tates URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/event/drag-show-studio-13/2026-09-04/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Iowa City Downtown District X-SOURCE-URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Krista Lynn Meadow Band DTSTART:20260905T030000Z DTEND:20260905T063000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T062446Z UID:10047854-1788559200-1788571800@downtowniowacity.com CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Nashville band makes the trip from Music City to Iowa City and takes the stage Friday September 4th & Saturday September 5th from 10pm-1 :30am while DJ’s spin dance tunes in our other 2 rooms! 21+ LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T062446Z LOCATION:Elray’s Live & Dive\, 211 Iowa Ave\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, U nited States URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/event/krista-lynn-meadow-band/2026-09-04/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Iowa City Downtown District X-SOURCE-URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Iowa City Farmers Market DTSTART:20260905T123000Z DTEND:20260905T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T062446Z UID:10043104-1788593400-1788609600@downtowniowacity.com CATEGORIES:market DESCRIPTION:Open-air market with fresh\, homegrown produce\, baked goods\, handicrafts\, plants\, and flowers. Enjoy live music and activities in th e park each week.\n\n\n Saturdays\, May 2 – October 31\n 7:30 a.m. – 1 2 p.m.\n Chauncey Swan Parking Ramp\n\n\nVisit www.icgov.org/farmersmarke t for more information. LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T062446Z LOCATION:Chauncey Swan Parking Ramp\, 405 E. Washington St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/event/opening-day-of-iowa-city-farmers-ma rket/2026-09-05/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Iowa City Downtown District X-SOURCE-URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Family Storytime DTSTART:20260905T153000Z DTEND:20260905T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T062446Z UID:10026477-1788604200-1788606000@downtowniowacity.com CATEGORIES:family DESCRIPTION:Saturdays 10:30am to 11:00am \n\n\n\n\n\nStorytime Room \n\n \n\n\n\nFamily Storytime is recommended for all ages and includes both sho rter and longer stories combined with action games and activities. \n家 庭故事会包括较长或较短的故事，并结合动作游戏和相 关活动，适于各年龄段共同参与。 \n如您因为身体原因 需要特别安排，请联系图书馆。 \n———\nFamily Storytime e s para todas las edades e incluye historias más cortas y más largas comb inadas con juegos y actividades de acción. \n\n\n\nIf you need disability -related accommodations in order to participate in this event\, please con tact the Library. \n\n\n\n\nThis event is open to the public. LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T062446Z LOCATION:Iowa City Public Library\, 123 South Linn Street\, Iowa City\, IA \, 52240\, United States URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/event/family-storytime/2026-09-05/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Iowa City Downtown District X-SOURCE-URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Conocimiento DTSTART:20260905T170000Z DTEND:20260905T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T062446Z UID:10047740-1788609600-1788620400@downtowniowacity.com CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:This project examines Gloria Anzaldúa’s concept of “conoc imiento” through photographic installation\, archival research\, and spa tial storytelling. Expanding from my recent installations\, Sana Sana and Three Ladders y un Recuerdo\, the work explores how inherited trauma\, mig ration\, ritual practice\, and maternal memory move through the body and d omestic spaces rather than through direct narration. Using photography in these constructed environments and threshold spaces\, I explore materializ ing “conocimiento” as both a personal and generationally collective pr ocess of processing hidden truths. \nIn 2020\, Alzheimer’s and dementia gradually altered my grandmother’s mental cognition. To her relationship with memory\, language\, and recognition. Conversations became nonlinear. Time collapsed in on itself. Stories that had remained buried for decades surfaced unexpectedly through fragmented recollections\, repeated phrases \, and moments where past and present became indistinguishable. Hidden obj ects throughout her apartment became points of connection\, linking materi al traces to oral narratives\, inherited memories\, and forms of knowledge that had remained dormant for generations. \nThrough this framework\, I b egan exploring the idea that my grandmother had become our family’s “N epantlera”\, a term Anzaldúa refers to as an individual who can explore thresholds of conflicting worlds. My grandmother moved throughout these f ractured spaces psychologically\, spiritually\, and ancestrally. Allowing her living family moments of generational respite through her uncovered tr uths. \n\nARTIST BIO: Sammie Correa is an interdisciplinary artist\, photo grapher\, and educator whose work examines maternal lineage\, migration\, ritual practice\, grief\, and inherited trauma through photography\, insta llation\, archival research\, and performance. Working primarily with 4×5 large-format photography\, family archives\, sculptural materials\, and d omestic objects\, Correa constructs immersive environments that investigat e how memory is transmitted through embodied practices\, spirituality\, an d everyday rituals rather than direct narration. Her installations functio n as spaces where personal histories intersect with broader conversations surrounding diaspora\, care\, religion\, and collective memory. \nCorrea i s currently an MFA candidate in Photography and Intermedia at the Universi ty of Iowa and holds dual Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in Photography & F ilm and Art Education from Virginia Commonwealth University. Prior to grad uate school\, she spent nearly a decade as an art educator in public schoo ls\, museums\, and community arts organizations throughout the Washington\ , D.C. region\, developing photography and visual arts programming. \n229 N. Gilbert (gallery) open: Wednesdays 5-7p & Saturdays 12-3p LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T062446Z LOCATION:Public Space One\, 229 N Gilbert St\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, Un ited States URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/event/conocimiento/2026-09-05/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Iowa City Downtown District X-SOURCE-URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:National Theatre Live: Hamlet (2026) DTSTART:20260905T170000Z DTEND:20260905T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T122524Z UID:10047789-1788609600-1788620400@downtowniowacity.com CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:About the Series\n\nFilmScene presents National Theatre Live\, a groundbreaking series of live and recorded broadcasts of performances f rom the Royal Theatre in London. \n\n\n\n\n\nNational Theater Live is pre sented by FilmScene in partnership with The Englert Theatre and Riversid e Theatre. Discounted admission is available to FilmScene Members and ext ended to Englert Friends and Riverside Members at the box office. \nTICKET S\n$10.00 for FilmScene Members\, Friends of the Englert\, and Riverside T heatre Members\n$15.00 for students and seniors\n$20.00 public \nA fearles s\, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy. LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T122524Z LOCATION:FilmScene (at the Chauncey)\, 404 E College St.\, Iowa City\, IA\ , 52240\, United States URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/event/national-theatre-live-hamlet-2026/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Iowa City Downtown District X-SOURCE-URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Flash Forward DTSTART:20260905T180000Z DTEND:20260905T193000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T062550Z UID:10047565-1788613200-1788618600@downtowniowacity.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Flash Forward is PorchLight’s monthly studio session for wri ters interested in short form writing: flash fiction\, micro essays\, pros e poetry\, and more. Join us to learn more about these miniature marvels. Each session includes a discussion of short form works we love\, a genera tive writing prompt\, optional sharing\, and light positive feedback. \nWh ether you’re new to these very short forms or an old hand\, we’d love to have you join us! \nFirst meeting is free. If you decide you want to be come a regular group member purchase a monthly membership for as little as $5 here. Memberships help us keep the Porchlight on! LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T062550Z LOCATION:PorchLight Literary Arts Center\, 1019 E Washington St\, Iowa Cit y\, IA\, United States URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/event/flash-forward/2026-09-05/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Iowa City Downtown District X-SOURCE-URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Northside Saturday Nights a Music Series Curated by the Englert DTSTART:20260905T230000Z DTEND:20260906T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T062550Z UID:10046524-1788631200-1788638400@downtowniowacity.com CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Big Announcement! The Englert and ICDD are proud to present N orthside Saturday Nights 2026! The free concert series will run May throu gh October\, featuring a local artist on the Northside Patio (mostly) ever y Saturday from 6 to 8pm. \n5/9/2026           Strum Drum\n5/16/2026          Flash in a Pan\n5/23/2026         Blake Shaw Trio & IC Speaks\n5/30/2026         Dodge Street Duo\n6/06/2026         Jo el Worford\n6/13/2016         Jack Lion\n6/20/2026         The F eralings\n6/27/2026         Brianfest (4:00 – 9:00 p.m.) featuring Flash in a Pan\, The Gglitch Family Band\, & The Uniphonics\n7/11/2026         Freegrass Trio\n7/18/2026         The Swampland Jewels\n7/ 25/2026         Burlington Street Bluegrass Band\n8/01/2026         Fork in the Road\n8/08/2026         Brian Johannesen\n8/15/2026          The Regular Joes\n8/22/2026         Kevin Burt\n8/29/20 26         The Steve Grismore Trio\n9/05/2026         Blake Shaw & Alyx Rush\n9/12/2026         The Night Lights\n9/19/2026         The Lonesome Thrillbillies\n10/03/2026       Lou Sherry\n10/10/20 26       Dave Moore LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T062550Z LOCATION:Northside Outside\, Corner of Market St & Linn St\, Iowa City\, I A\, 52245\, United States URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/event/northside-saturday-nights-a-music-s eries-curated-by-the-englert/2026-09-05/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Iowa City Downtown District X-SOURCE-URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Lady Franklyn Improv Show DTSTART:20260906T000000Z DTEND:20260906T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T062550Z UID:10047751-1788634800-1788638400@downtowniowacity.com CATEGORIES:comedy DESCRIPTION:Willow Creek’s long form team Lady Franklyn perform a night of improv! Doors open at 6:30 pm! \n\n\n\n\nCome see Willow Creek’s long est-running house team\, Lady Franklyn\, presents a series of long-form im prov scenes based on YOUR suggestions! After hearing your suggestions\, th ey’ll tell a true story then make up scenes based on that story right on the spot. \nThis ticket is for the 7 pm Lady Franklyn show. \nAll ticket sales directly support local artists\, and with that in mind we do not off er refunds for tickets for any reason. Although some tickets can be transf ered to alternative dates for shows that run for more than one performance . \nUnder 17 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. Please use discreti on\, as our improv shows can potentially use adult material and language u nless otherwise indicated. LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T062550Z LOCATION:Willow Creek Theatre Company\, 327 South Gilbert Street\, Iowa Ci ty\, IA\, 52240\, United States URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/event/lady-franklyn-improv-show-3/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Iowa City Downtown District X-SOURCE-URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:International Lights Salon Series DTSTART:20260906T000000Z DTEND:20260906T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T062550Z UID:10047720-1788634800-1788640200@downtowniowacity.com CATEGORIES:community,literary DESCRIPTION:Enjoy conversation\, connection\, and community over light sna cks and wine. A collaboration with the International Writing Program\, the International Lights Salon provides a space for visiting International wr iters\, local artists\, university students\, and community members to eng age in dialogue. \nJoin us online or in person. For a zoom link email Jenn ifer at jennifer@porchlightliterary.org \nSeptember 5th’s topic will rev olve around queer aesthetics in writing and creating queer writing communi ties. Our conversationalists will be: \nNina Dragičević is a poet\, writ er\, sound artist\, and sociologist\, the author of nine volumes of poetry \, essays\, and theory\, as well as numerous sound-poetry compositions and installations. Known for a distinct formal and stylistic hybridity\, ling uistic precision\, and an articulated queer and feminist stance\, her work has been characterised by critics as “striking\,” “pioneering\,” and “majestic\,” as “strong\, powerful poetry that deserves a lot of attention.” \nDragičević is the recipient of the 2025 Lastovka Award\ , the 2023 Werner Düttmann Fellowship (Akademie der Künste\, Berlin)\, t he 2023 Dr Ana Mayer Kansky Award (University of Ljubljana)\, the 2021 Jen ko Award\, the 2020 Župančič Award\, two 2018 Knight of Poetry Awards\, and was a 2018 Palma Ars Acustica finalist. \nAmber Esau is the author of Hungus\, her debut poetry collection published earlier this year\, and co -editor of a queer poetry anthology\, Spoiled Fruit (2023). She has perfor med her poetry extensively\, and her work has been published in various jo urnals and anthologies in Aotearoa-New Zealand. She is working on a mixed media speculative fantasy novel set in the South Pacific. \nJun Li is a Ho ng Kong writer director. His film works include Tracey (2018)\, Drifting ( 2021)\, and Queerpanorama (2025). He won Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Director at the 58th and 62nd Golden Horse Film Awards for the latter two. His theatre works include Song of Grief (2018-2019) and In a Perfect Worl d (2025)\, which is nominated for Best Production and Best Play at the Hon g Kong Drama Awards. \nSangyoung Park is a prominent South Korean novelist and screenwriter\, internationally recognized for his sharp emotional ins ight\, wit\, and nuanced exploration of urban life\, intimacy\, and identi ty. His bestselling novel\, Love in the Big City\, has been translated int o more than twenty languages and was longlisted for the International Book er Prize\, the Dublin Literary Award\, and the Prix Médicis étranger. Be yond the page\, Park has established himself as a versatile creator\, serv ing as the writer and creator for the global television adaptation of his own work. \nElizabeth Rodriguez Fielder is a scholar of twentieth and twen ty-first century transnational American literature and culture. Her teachi ng and research interests include multiethnic literature and culture\, (sp ecifically African American and Latinx Studies)\, performance studies\, wo men of color feminism\, southern studies\, and social movement activism. S he received her PhD from University of Mississippi in English\; an MA in A merican Studies from Columbia University\; and a BA in English/Creative Wr iting from SUNY Binghamton. Her book project “Cultural Activism and the Civil Rights Movement” is a multidisciplinary study of creative activism and performance by minority artists and revolutionaries in the 1960s and 70s. This book engages in the role of creativity in social movements and a rgues that the aesthetics of cultural production shaped civil rights polit ics. Rodriguez Fielder presents a vision of social movement activism where the collaborative production of performances and of experimental media ov erlapped with quotidian activities\, such as farming okra and sewing quilt s. LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T062550Z LOCATION:PorchLight Literary Arts Center\, 1019 E Washington St\, Iowa Cit y\, IA\, United States URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/event/international-lights-salon-series/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Iowa City Downtown District X-SOURCE-URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:FilmScene in the Park: Jules and Jim DTSTART:20260906T003000Z DTEND:20260906T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T062550Z UID:10047122-1788636600-1788645600@downtowniowacity.com CATEGORIES:film DESCRIPTION:About the Series\n\nFilmScene in the Park is an outdoor cinema built in partnership with the Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department l ocated at Chauncey Swan Park. Regular Screenings between May and October h ighlight a diversity of all ages programming. \nFilmScene in the Park is p resented by Dr. Suzanne Stock\, Orthodontist\, and serves the goals of bot h FilmScene and Iowa City Parks & Recreation by providing free cultural ac tivities to thousands of citizens annually. Our park cinema was made possi ble in 2021 by the transformative Strengthen Grow Evolve campaign\, a coll aboration with The Englert Theatre\, and The City of Iowa City’s Annual Park Improvement and Economic Development funds. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nTI CKETS\nAdmission to FilmScene in the Park is free and open to the public. Seating is first-come-first-served for all screenings\, with movies typica lly beginning at sunset. We encourage moviegoers to bring their own blanke ts and chairs\, or purchase a commemorative blanket from us. \nConcessions \nFilmScene offers popcorn\, movie candy\, soda\, beer and wine for sale a t our outdoor concession stand beginning 30 minutes prior to the film’s start time. Beer and wine can only be purchased in closed containers from FilmScene for consumption in the park. No outside alcohol is allowed. An yone consuming alcohol must present a valid identification certifying they are 21 years of age or older to receive a wristband allowing purchase and consumption in the park. \nHailed as one of the finest films ever made\, Jules and Jim charts\, over twenty-five years\, the relationship between t wo friends and the object of their mutual obsession. LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T062550Z LOCATION:FilmScene (at the Chauncey)\, 404 E College St.\, Iowa City\, IA\ , 52240\, United States URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/event/filmscene-in-the-park-jules-and-jim / X-SOURCE-NAME:Iowa City Downtown District X-SOURCE-URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Crooked Path Theater Presents: As You Like It DTSTART:20260906T003000Z DTEND:20260906T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T062550Z UID:10047465-1788636600-1788645600@downtowniowacity.com CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:As You Like It – Crooked Path Theater \n  \nCrooked Path Th eatre presents Shakespeare’s beloved comedy\, As You Like It. Join us f or pastoral hijinks\, mistaken identities\, and romance in the Forest of A rden. \n  \nThe James Theater | 213 N Gilbert St\, Iowa City\, IA \nAugus t 28-30 & September 4-6 | 7:30pm Fri-Sat / 2pm Sun \n$25 General Admission | $15 Student LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T062550Z LOCATION:The James Theater\, 213 N Gilbert St\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, U nited States URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/event/crooked-path-theater-presents-as-yo u-like-it/2026-09-05/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Iowa City Downtown District X-SOURCE-URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:HOUSE OF HEAVY - Nu Metal + Metalcore Night DTSTART:20260906T010000Z DTEND:20260906T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T062550Z UID:10047864-1788638400-1788649200@downtowniowacity.com CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:Kickstand Productions present HOUSE OF HEAVY – Nu Metal + Me talcore Night\n8:00pm Doors // 8:30pm Show LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T062550Z LOCATION:Gabe’s\, 330 E Washington St\, Iowa City\, 52240 URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/event/house-of-heavy-nu-metal-metalcore-n ight/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Iowa City Downtown District X-SOURCE-URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Pitchy! The Improvised Musical DTSTART:20260906T013000Z DTEND:20260906T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T062550Z UID:10047752-1788640200-1788643800@downtowniowacity.com CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:Willow Creek’s musical improv creates a never-before-seen of f off off Broadway musical based on YOUR suggestions! \n\n\n\n\nIowa City ’s home-town musical improv team Pitchy! creates a brand new never-befor e-seen musical based on YOUR suggestions! \nNote that this ticket is for t he 8:30 pm improv show. \nAll ticket sales directly support local artists\ , and with that in mind we do not offer refunds for tickets for any reason other than show cancellation. \nUnder 17 must be accompanied by a parent/ guardian. Please use discretion\, as our improv shows can potentially use adult material and language unless otherwise indicated. LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T062550Z LOCATION:Willow Creek Theatre Company\, 327 South Gilbert Street\, Iowa Ci ty\, IA\, 52240\, United States URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/event/pitchy-the-improvised-musical/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Iowa City Downtown District X-SOURCE-URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:One More Hour Record Release Show !! DTSTART:20260906T013000Z DTEND:20260906T043000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T122241Z UID:10047873-1788640200-1788651000@downtowniowacity.com CATEGORIES:music DESCRIPTION:One More Hour & Make Good Choices \n8:30pm doors\, 9pm music \ n$10/pay what you can\, all ages LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T122241Z LOCATION:Trumpet Blossom Cafe\, 310 E Prentiss Street\, Iowa City\, IA\, 5 2240\, United States URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/event/one-more-hour-record-release-show/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Iowa City Downtown District X-SOURCE-URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Bijou After Hours: The Florida Project DTSTART:20260906T030000Z DTEND:20260906T053000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T182507Z UID:10047759-1788645600-1788654600@downtowniowacity.com CATEGORIES:film DESCRIPTION:About the Series\n\nA late-night series featuring cult classic s\, fan favorites\, recent releases\, and the best in modern genre films. Saturdays at 10pm during the semester. \n\n\n\n\n\nTICKETS\nFREE for UI S tudents\n$8.00 Members | $10 Public \nAfter Hours is presented by The Bijo u Film Board a student film group at the University of Iowa. \nA single m other and the manager of a roadside motel do their utmost to maintain the innocence of a six-year-old girl’s life. LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T182507Z LOCATION:FilmScene (at the Chauncey)\, 404 E College St.\, Iowa City\, IA\ , 52240\, United States URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/event/bijou-after-hours-the-florida-proje ct/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Iowa City Downtown District X-SOURCE-URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Drag Show @ Studio 13 DTSTART:20260906T030000Z DTEND:20260906T063000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T002343Z UID:10042140-1788645600-1788658200@downtowniowacity.com CATEGORIES:theater DESCRIPTION:Show Starts @ 10:30 \nDance floor opens up after. LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T002343Z LOCATION:Studio 13\, 13 S. Linn Street\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United S tates URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/event/drag-show-studio-13/2026-09-05/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Iowa City Downtown District X-SOURCE-URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Krista Lynn Meadow Band DTSTART:20260906T030000Z DTEND:20260906T063000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T061916Z UID:10047855-1788645600-1788658200@downtowniowacity.com CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Nashville band makes the trip from Music City to Iowa City and takes the stage Friday September 4th & Saturday September 5th from 10pm-1 :30am while DJ’s spin dance tunes in our other 2 rooms! 21+ LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T061916Z LOCATION:Elray’s Live & Dive\, 211 Iowa Ave\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, U nited States URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/event/krista-lynn-meadow-band/2026-09-05/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Iowa City Downtown District X-SOURCE-URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Writing Grief DTSTART:20260906T150000Z DTEND:20260906T163000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T061916Z UID:10047544-1788688800-1788694200@downtowniowacity.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Grief Writing – A monthly exploration of loss and heartbreak \n“I am not suggesting that we live a life preoccupied with sorrow. I a m saying that our refusal to welcome the sorrows that come to us\, our ina bility to move through these experiences with true presence and conscious awareness\, condemns us to a life shadowed by grief. Welcoming everything that comes to us is the challenge. This is the secret to being fully aliv e.” – Francis Weller \n \nJennifer New leads this monthly group that uses writing as a reflective tool to explore loss. Francis Weller’s Fiv e Gates of Grief provides a backbone to consider grief from multiple ang les\, e.g.\, death of loved ones\, loss of health or ability\, grief for t he world. This is an ongoing group\; you’re welcome to attend once or ea ch time. No writing experience is needed. \nTime: First Saturday of each m onth\, 10 am to 11:15 am Central Time.  \nRegister here to receive a Zoo m link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScCAE8cbaf5Va-3V5TrXUTtTO J9-PIlnE4eqq3xEw5kIR9_1A/viewform Or come in-person. \nPayment: This clas s is offered via dana – the Buddhist concept of giving without expectat ion of receiving anything in return. Making donations to recognize the lea der’s teachings are appreciated. LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T061916Z LOCATION:PorchLight Literary Arts Center\, 1019 E Washington St\, Iowa Cit y\, IA\, United States URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/event/writing-grief/2026-09-06/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Iowa City Downtown District X-SOURCE-URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sunday Funday: Puerto Rican Vejigante Mask Craft DTSTART:20260906T190000Z DTEND:20260906T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T061916Z UID:10047652-1788703200-1788710400@downtowniowacity.com CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Puerto Rican culture and creativity with a colorful Vejigante mask craft! Learn about the history and cultural significance of these vibrant masks\, then design and decorate your own unique Vejigante- inspired mask using colorful art supplies. Bring your imagination to life with bold colors\, patterns\, and creative designs! \nSunday Fun Days are suitable for all ages\, but younger children should make the crafts togeth er with caregivers. One craft per child\, please. \n星期天手工坊： 波多黎各面具 \n通过制作色彩缤纷的波多黎各面具，一 起探索波多黎各的文化与艺术！了解 Vejigante 面具的历史 和文化意义，然后发挥创意，用鲜艳的颜色、图案和各 种艺术材料设计属于自己的面具。 \n本活动适合所有年 龄段参与。本活动适合所有年龄段参与。低龄儿童需由 大人陪同，每位小朋友限做一份手工。 \n¡Celebra la cultura y la creatividad puertorriqueña creando tu propia máscara de Vejigante! Aprende sobre la historia y el significado cultural de estas coloridas m áscaras y después deja volar tu imaginación mientras diseñas y decoras tu propia máscara con colores\, patrones y diseños únicos. \nLos Domin gos Divertidos son eventos para todas las edades\, pero los niños más pe queños deben hacer las manualidades junto con sus cuidadores. Una manuali dad por niño\, por favor. \n  \n\nOpen to the public \n\nIf you need dis ability-related accommodations in order to participate in this event\, ple ase contact the Library. LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T061916Z LOCATION:Iowa City Public Library\, 123 South Linn Street\, Iowa City\, IA \, 52240\, United States URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/event/sunday-funday-puerto-rican-vejigant e-mask-craft/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Iowa City Downtown District X-SOURCE-URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Crooked Path Theater Presents: As You Like It DTSTART:20260906T190000Z DTEND:20260906T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T061916Z UID:10047466-1788703200-1788714000@downtowniowacity.com CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:As You Like It – Crooked Path Theater \n  \nCrooked Path Th eatre presents Shakespeare’s beloved comedy\, As You Like It. Join us f or pastoral hijinks\, mistaken identities\, and romance in the Forest of A rden. \n  \nThe James Theater | 213 N Gilbert St\, Iowa City\, IA \nAugus t 28-30 & September 4-6 | 7:30pm Fri-Sat / 2pm Sun \n$25 General Admission | $15 Student LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T061916Z LOCATION:The James Theater\, 213 N Gilbert St\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, U nited States URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/event/crooked-path-theater-presents-as-yo u-like-it/2026-09-06/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Iowa City Downtown District X-SOURCE-URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:IWP Sunday Afternoon Reading Series DTSTART:20260906T210000Z DTEND:20260906T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T061916Z UID:10047621-1788710400-1788714000@downtowniowacity.com CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our annual IWP Sunday Afternoon Reading Ser ies! This week’s event features IWP Residents Nisrine Mbarki Ben Ayad (N etherlands)\, Nina Dragičević (Slovenia)\, and Hidayat Nordin (Singapor e). They will be accompanied by Iowa Literary Translation MFA candidate   Zubair Ibrahim Siddiqui. \nNisrine Mbarki Ben Ayad (she/her)\, the Poet La ureate of the Netherlands (2026–2027)\, is an Amsterdam based Dutch Moro ccan versatile multilingual writer\, poet\, literary translator\, and prog rammer. Her work spans poetry\, fiction\, theatre\, and literary translati on. Rooted in Dutch\, Arabic\, and Tamazight\, and fluent in English and F rench\, she operates across multiple literary contexts. As a literary tran slator\, she primarily translates female voices from Arabic and English in to Dutch. In January 2022\, she debuted with her poetry collection Oeverl oos (Shoreless). The collection was nominated for the C. Buddingh’ Priz e for best poetry debut and the prestigious Herman de Coninck Prize. Her d ebut novel Kookpunt (Boiling Point) was published in 2025. In addition t o her literary practice\, Mbarki collaborates with various international l iterature festivals as curator and serves as an active member of several l iterary organizations\, juries\, and boards. \nNina Dragičević is a poet \, writer\, sound artist\, and sociologist\, the author of nine volumes of poetry\, essays\, and theory\, as well as numerous sound-poetry compositi ons and installations. Known for a distinct formal and stylistic hybridity \, linguistic precision\, and an articulated queer and feminist stance\, h er work has been characterised by critics as “striking\,” “pioneerin g\,” and “majestic\,” as “strong\, powerful poetry that deserves a lot of attention.” Dragičević is the recipient of the Cankar Award 20 26\, the 2025 Lastovka Award\, the 2023 Werner Düttmann Fellowship (Akade mie der Künste\, Berlin)\, the 2023 Dr Ana Mayer Kansky Award (University of Ljubljana)\, the 2021 Jenko Award\, the 2020 Župančič Award\, two 2 018 Knight of Poetry Awards\, and was a 2018 Palma Ars Acustica finalist. She was nominated by Ljubljana City of Literature. \nHidayat Nordin is a S ingaporean writer\, theatre director\, and cultural practitioner working a cross fiction\, poetry\, performance\, and film in Malay and English. In 2 025\, he won the Golden Point Award — Singapore’s most prestigious lit erary prize — taking both First Prize and Honourable Mention in short fi ction in the same year. He was appointed Duta Bahasa (Malay Language Ambas sador) by MBMS in 2025\, in recognition of his sustained contribution to t he Malay language and literary arts in Singapore.  His poetry has appeare d in publications across Singapore\, Malaysia\, and Australia\, including a solo collection\, Optimis (2020)\, supported by the National Arts Counci l. He is the founder and Artistic Director of Aras Theatre and co-founder of Meja Conteng\, a writers’ collective that has produced three publicat ions and a nationwide poetry competition since its founding in 2024. A pra ctitioner of dikir barat — a Malay oral performance tradition of call an d response — he has also represented Singapore internationally at litera ry festivals in Jakarta\, Kuala Lumpur\, and Perak. \nZubair Ibrahim Siddi qui is a poet and translator from Karachi\, Pakistan. They received an MFA in Poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and an MFA in Literary Transl ation from the University of Iowa. Their poems have appeared in Quarterly West\, Diode\, and Frozen Sea among others. LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T061916Z LOCATION:Prairie Lights Bookstore URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/event/iwp-sunday-afternoon-reading-series -10/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Iowa City Downtown District X-SOURCE-URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Community Collaborations: The Grapes of Wrath DTSTART:20260906T210000Z DTEND:20260906T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T061916Z UID:10047776-1788710400-1788719400@downtowniowacity.com CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:About the Series\n\nCommunity Collaborations is an ongoing ser ies of engaging cinematic events in partnership with nonprofits\, advocacy groups\, passionate individuals\, and community organizations to generate conversation and action inspired by film. \n\n\n\n\n\nPARTNER\nFilmScene encourages community groups and individuals to propose topics or specific films which they believe will generate positive action in our community. \n \n\n\n\n\nSPONSOR\nCommunity Collaborations is presented with generous support from Barb McFadden & Tom Rocklin. \nAn Oklahoma family\, driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl\, joins th e westward migration to California\, suffering the misfortunes of the home less in the Great Depression LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T061916Z LOCATION:FilmScene (at the Chauncey)\, 404 E College St.\, Iowa City\, IA\ , 52240\, United States URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/event/community-collaborations-the-grapes -of-wrath/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Iowa City Downtown District X-SOURCE-URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Chimera Open Stage Burlesque and Drag DTSTART:20260907T020000Z DTEND:20260907T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T061916Z UID:10047302-1788728400-1788735600@downtowniowacity.com CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Every Sunday it’s Chimera Open Stage at 9pm– Doors open at 8\, no cover– Anyone can perform\, sign up by 8:45\, show at 9– Karao ke after the show– Fabulous food & drink deals– 19+ to party | 21+ to drink LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T061916Z LOCATION:The AlleyCat\, 13 S Linn St\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United Sta tes URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/event/chimera-open-stage-burlesque-and-dr ag/2026-09-06/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Iowa City Downtown District X-SOURCE-URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Studio 13 Star Search SEASON 6 DTSTART:20260907T020000Z DTEND:20260907T043000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T061916Z UID:10047841-1788728400-1788737400@downtowniowacity.com CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:Whats black and white and red all over? Studio 13 Star Search SEASON 6! This Sunday\, 12 contestants will be battling it out to become S tudio 13s next star searched! Its going to be a battle you wont wanna miss ! Show starts at 9PM see you there! LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T061916Z LOCATION:Studio 13\, 13 S. Linn Street\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United S tates URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/event/studio-13-star-search-season-6/2026 -09-06/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Iowa City Downtown District X-SOURCE-URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Chinese Bilingual Storytime DTSTART:20260907T153000Z DTEND:20260907T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T061916Z UID:10042250-1788777000-1788778800@downtowniowacity.com CATEGORIES:family DESCRIPTION:10:30am to 11:00am \n\n\n\n\n\nStorytime Room \n\n\n\n\n\nJo in us every Monday for a special Chinese Bilingual Storytime with Children ’s Librarian Fang! Together we will enjoy songs\, rhymes\, stories and f un crafts in Chinese and English. Children of all ages and their caregiver s are welcome to join us. \n每周一请与少儿部图书馆员王芳一 起加入我们的中英双语故事会！我们将阅读中英文绘本 ，分享儿歌，童谣和趣味手工。欢迎各年龄段的小朋友 们和看护者参加活动。 \n¡Ven a la biblioteca cada lunes para dis frutar de una hora de cuentos bilingües en chino con la bibliotecaria inf antil Fang! Juntos disfrutaremos de canciones\, rimas y cuentos en chino e inglés. Los niños de todas las edades y sus cuidadores están invitados al programa. \nSi necesita adaptaciones relacionadas con la discapacidad para participar en este evento\, por favor avísale a la biblioteca. \n\n\ n\nIf you need disability-related accommodations in order to participate i n this event\, please contact the Library. \n\n\n\n\nThis event is open to the public. LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T061916Z LOCATION:Iowa City Public Library\, 123 South Linn Street\, Iowa City\, IA \, 52240\, United States URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/event/chinese-bilingual-storytime-2/2026- 09-07/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Iowa City Downtown District X-SOURCE-URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Labor Day 2026: Workers Over Billionaires Training with Iowa City SURJ DTSTART:20260907T223000Z DTEND:20260908T003000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T061916Z UID:10047609-1788802200-1788809400@downtowniowacity.com CATEGORIES:arts DESCRIPTION:This Labor Day\, get trained with Iowa City SURJ (Showing Up f or Racial Justice). We will build the skills we need to organize our peopl e\, defend each other’s rights\, and imagine a future that works for the many\, not the few. \nWe’ll ground in the current political climate and skill up on how we need to respond to fascism and authoritarianism. We wi ll also take action together to make our voices heard in Johnson County. L astly\, we’ll have many opportunities to stay involved for the long haul because we know that right now we need to stick together. \nCommemorate L abor Day with us and so many others part of the May Day Strong Solidarity Schools network on September 7th from 5:30-7:30pm at Sacred Collective\, w ith snacks and drinks to share. Can you join us? https://tinyurl.com/icla borday26 LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T061916Z LOCATION:Sacred Collective\, 213 N Linn St\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52245\, Unit ed States URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/event/labor-day-2026-workers-over-billion aires-training-with-iowa-city-surj/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Iowa City Downtown District X-SOURCE-URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Help with Writing DTSTART:20260907T230000Z DTEND:20260908T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T061916Z UID:10042774-1788804000-1788811200@downtowniowacity.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Free help with writing at the Iowa City Library. Drop by with any project: \n\njob applications materials\, including resumes and cover letters\nschool assignments\, scholarship essays\, college application ess ays\, and materials\nemails\, social media posts\, website content\nletter s of all kinds\, including to judges\, immigration officials\, parole offi cers and landlords\nautobiographical writing\, family histories\, and loc al history projects\nspeeches and presentations\ncreative writing: short stories\, books\, plays\, poetry\nbasic Microsoft Word and web navigation skills related to writing\n\nThe Johnson County Community Writing Center is staffed and funded by the University of Iowa Writing Center and Kirk wood Community College. LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T061916Z LOCATION:Iowa City Public Library\, 123 South Linn Street\, Iowa City\, IA \, 52240\, United States URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/event/help-with-writing/2026-09-07/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Iowa City Downtown District X-SOURCE-URL:https://downtowniowacity.com/events END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR