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SUMMARY:Curator Guided Tour: Hey Buddy\, I’m Bill
DESCRIPTION:Hey Buddy\, I’m Bill tells the story of Bill Sackter\, the namesake of Wild Bill’s (formerly Wild Bill’s Coffee Shop) in the University of Iowa School of Social Work. From his early life in Minneapolis to his 44-year institutionalization for an intellectual disability to his years of friends and fame in Iowa City\, the exhibit shares a glimpse into Bill’s life and legacy. The exhibit also acknowledges some of Iowa’s own history with institutionalization and progress with disability rights\, and places Bill’s story in the context of the historic treatment of people with disabilities. The exhibit not only tells how Bill’s life embodied the disability practices and perspectives of his time\, but also how the national prominence of his life story helped America make progress toward better understanding and treatment of people with disabilities. \nThe exhibition features artifacts\, documents\, and ephemera from Bill’s life as well as ways for visitors to contribute stories about their own experiences with disability.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/curator-guided-tour-hey-buddy-im-bill/
LOCATION:University of Iowa Main Library Gallery\, 125 W Washington St\, Iowa City\, IA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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SUMMARY:Sarah Cypher: The Skin and Its Girl
DESCRIPTION:A young\, queer Palestinian American woman pieces together her great aunt’s secrets in this sweeping debut\, a family saga confronting questions of sexual identity\, exile\, and lineage. \nIn a Pacific Northwest hospital far from the Rummani family’s ancestral home in Palestine\, the heart of a stillborn baby begins to beat and her skin turns a vibrant\, permanent cobalt blue. On the same day\, the Rummanis’ centuries-old soap factory in Nablus is destroyed in an air strike. The family matriarch and keeper of all Rummani lore\, Aunt Nuha\, believes that the blue girl embodies their sacred history\, harkening to a time when the Rummanis were among the wealthiest soap-makers and their blue soap was a symbol of a legendary love. \nDecades later\, Betty returns to her Aunt Nuha’s gravestone\, faced with a difficult decision: Should she stay in the only country she’s every known or should she follow her heart for the woman she loves\, perpetuating her family’s cycle of exile? Betty finds her answer in partially translated notebooks that reveal her aunt’s complex life and struggle with her own sexuality\, which Nuha hid to help the family emigrate to the U.S. But as Betty soon discovers\, her aunt hid much more than that. \nThe Skin and Its Girl is a searing\, poetic tale about desire and identity and a provocative exploration of how we let stories divide\, unite\, and define us–and even wield the power to restore a broken family. Sarah Cypher is that rare debut novelist who writes with the mastery and flair of a seasoned storyteller.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/sarah-cypher-the-skin-and-its-girl/
LOCATION:Prairie Lights Books\, 15 S. Dubuque St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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SUMMARY:The Machine Stops: A New Opera by John Lake and Cecile Goding
DESCRIPTION:The Machine Stops: A New Opera by John Lake and Cecile Goding\nSelected Videoclips and Talkback \nOpera fan and UI Professor Emerita Miriam Gilbert leads a talkback session on The Machine Stops: A New Opera by John Lake and Cecile Goding\, joined by the opera’s lead soprano Élise DesChamps (UI School of Music) and sci-fi scholar Brooks Landon (UI Dept. of English). \nThe Machine Stops\, featuring a libretto written by Iowa author and UI workshop graduate Cecile Goding and original score composed by Iowa City musician John Lake\, debuted at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts in July 2022. Based on a 1909 science fiction story by E. M. Forster\, the opera imagines a world where all reality is filtered through The Machine. Everyone lives alone\, communicating solely through their hand-held devices. Sound familiar? \nSelected videoclips of the CCPA production of The Machine Stops will be shown. Audiences responded to the debut performance with high praise: “Surprisingly contemporary;” “a powerful experience;” “a stunning success;” “beautiful and complex;” “gorgeous music and strong libretto.” \n 
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/the-machine-stops-a-new-opera-by-john-lake-and-cecile-goding/
LOCATION:Iowa City Public Library\, 123 S. Linn St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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