Join barre3 + Sidekick Coffee & Books for a morning just for the parents! Kids are back at school and we want to celebrate a summer well spent with movement, treats, and connections! We'll start with 45-minutes of movement at barre3 with Maureen Beran to kickstart the academic year with self care. We'll head to

Prairie Lights Virtual - Zoom REGISTER HERE to attend this virtual event! Writers’ Workshop Graduates Sarah Thankam Mathews and Sanjena Sathian, will talk about Mathews’ new novel, All This Could Be Different. Mathews will do also do a reading from the book. Described by Lithub as a “bildungsroman, an immigrant story, a hero’s journey not to be

Gather in the Stanley’s lobby for a special performance of selections from The Grant Wood Operas: Strokes of Genius by Iowa composers Robert Lindsay Nassif, Jean-Francois Charles, and Michael Ching, performed by Jessica Patel, Ian Butler, Élise DesChamps, Mitchell Widmer, Jean-François Charles, and Hsin-Hui Liu. The concert will be preceded by a short introduction to

Hear some of this years’ International Writing Program residents read from their work. Readers TBA.

A reading and conversation with Darius Stewart in celebration of the release of his book Intimacies in Borrowed Light (EastOver Press, 2022).

A conversation between three IWP 2022 Fall Residency writers on the theme of "Cultures in Conflict: What Is the Writer's Place?" Join us in Meeting Room A of the Iowa City Public Library, or watch live online via the ICPL YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/thelibrarychannel Zaza Muchemwa (poet, playwright, arts administrator; Zimbabwe) has had her poetry appear

Hear some of this years’ International Writing Program residents read from their work. Readers TBA.

A reading and conversation with Adria Bernardi in celebration of the release of her book Benefit Street. She will be joined in conversation by Katie Runde and Louisa Hall. Register for this Zoom event HERE

A reading and conversation with Belinda Huijuan Tang in celebration of the release of her book A Map for the Missing. She will be joined in conversation by Sanjena Sathian. You can register for this virtual event HERE