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SUMMARY:SlamoVision Slam
DESCRIPTION:SlamoVision is a project of the international UNESCO Cities of Literature. Slam poets in some of the 53 Cities of Literature around the world will compete in their home cities. One poet from each participating city will move on to an international competition to be judged by fans from the other cities. At the end of the process\, one poet will be named the SlamoVision champion for 2024. \nHenry Morray\, winner of the 2022 Iowa City event\, will emcee the slam. \nThe Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature and Iowa City Poetry will co-host Iowa City’s slam poetry event at 7 p.m. on Sunday\, Sept. 22 at Close House\, 538 S. Gilbert St. Poets from across Iowa may participate. Sign-up begins at 6:30 p.m.\, the slam begins at 7 p.m. Each poet has four minutes to perform. At the completion of three rounds\, the winning poet will be chosen to represent Iowa City in the international competition. \n 
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/slamovision-slam/
LOCATION:PS1 Close House\, 538 S Gilbert St\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:General
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SUMMARY:Jr. High Writing Jam! Featuring the IYWP and author Jen Ferguson
DESCRIPTION:All 6th\, 7th\, and 8th graders who like to write are invited. Come together with other writers to compare ideas and be inspired to write something new. Instructors from the Iowa Youth Writing Project will moderate this awesome event. Open mic\, and amazing door prizes. FREE!  \nLoading… \n  \nCredit Jen Ferguson\nMétis with ancestral ties to the Red River (on her father’s side) and Canadian settler (on her mother’s side)\, an activist\, a feminist\, an auntie\, and an accomplice armed with a PhD in English and Creative Writing. Jen believes writing\, teaching and beading are political acts. She is represented by Patricia Nelson at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency. \nHer debut young adult novel\, THE SUMMER OF BITTER AND SWEET\, won a 2022 Govenor General’s Literary Award and is a 2023 Stonewall Honor Book\, among other accolades. Her newest book THOSE PINK MOUNTAIN NIGHTS is a Junior Library Guild Gold Selection and has four starred reviews. Her novella “Missing” won the Malahat Review’s 2022 Novella Prize and her essay “Off Balance” was selected for the Best Canadian Essays 2020. \nJen lives on the traditional and unceded territories of the Meskwaki\, the Báxoje and Očhéthi Šakówiŋ nations\, and teaches fiction writing at Coe College. \n  \nThe Tuesday Agency is located in The Chauncey\, just upstairs from the festival\, on the 4th floor\, Unit 408.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/jr-high-writing-jam-featuring-the-iywp-and-author-jen-ferguson/
LOCATION:The Tuesday Agency\, 404 E College St\, Unit 408\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:One Book Two Book Festival
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SUMMARY:Author Talk with Jen Ferguson
DESCRIPTION:Métis with ancestral ties to the Red River (on her father’s side) and Canadian settler (on her mother’s side)\, an activist\, a feminist\, an auntie\, and an accomplice armed with a PhD in English and Creative Writing. Jen believes writing\, teaching and beading are political acts. She is represented by Patricia Nelson at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency. \nHer debut young adult novel\, THE SUMMER OF BITTER AND SWEET\, won a 2022 Govenor General’s Literary Award and is a 2023 Stonewall Honor Book\, among other accolades. Her newest book THOSE PINK MOUNTAIN NIGHTS is a Junior Library Guild Gold Selection and has four starred reviews. Her novella “Missing” won the Malahat Review’s 2022 Novella Prize and her essay “Off Balance” was selected for the Best Canadian Essays 2020. \nJen lives on the traditional and unceded territories of the Meskwaki\, the Báxoje and Očhéthi Šakówiŋ nations\, and teaches fiction writing at Coe College.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/author-talk-with-jen-ferguson/
LOCATION:FilmScene at The Chauncey\, 404 E College St\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:One Book Two Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240224T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240224T113000
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SUMMARY:I Quit! with Jean Herring – Cancelled
DESCRIPTION:  \nUnfortunately this event is cancelled due to illness. Please check out I Quit! at you local library or bookstore.  \nHave you ever quit something? \nParents\, educators\, and coaches often emphasize the importance of motivation\, perseverance and determination\, but rarely acknowledge the importance of quitting\, and how it goes hand in hand with life satisfaction and trying new things. Because sometimes quitting is the best thing – sometimes quitting leads to BETTER things. \nIn this story\, Sophie wants to find an activity she loves. She tries new things and quits along the way as she searches for the perfect fit. Join Sophie and her dog\, Dilly\, on all their adventures!
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/i-quit-with-jean-herring/
LOCATION:FilmScene at The Chauncey\, 404 E College St\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:One Book Two Book Festival
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240224T110000
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SUMMARY:The Little Old Lady and the Riceballs with Monica Leo
DESCRIPTION:The Little Old Lady and the Riceballs\, a Japanese tale told with puppets\, followed by a short discussion of the history of Eulenspiegel as told in Monica Leo’s new book\, Hand\, Shadow\, Rod. from Ice Cube Press. \nSince 1974\, Eulenspiegel has toured in thirty-one states and four countries around the world. All along establishing and maintaining an internationally known puppetry center in West Liberty\, Iowa. Hand. Shadow\, Rod traces the theatre’s history and explores the relationship between work and play\, between loss and recovery\, and between puppets and puppeteers. It also reflects\, first hand\, on life and culture between the late 1970s and the present day.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/hand-shadow-rod-the-story-of-eulenspiegel-puppet-theatre-with-monica-leo/
LOCATION:FilmScene at The Chauncey\, 404 E College St\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:One Book Two Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231015T140000
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SUMMARY:Jonathan Lethem\, Brooklyn Crime Novel
DESCRIPTION:“The levels of mystery here astound. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts and then the parts decide to act alone and challenge the whole. Lethem is not only interrogating the form of the crime novel\, but the venture of storytelling itself. All of this while remaining a joy to read. Full of strange characters and expertly rendered place. This brilliant\, genre-defying work will certainly leave a mark.”\n—PERCIVAL EVERETT \nOn the streets of 1970s Brooklyn\, a daily ritual goes down: the dance. Money is exchanged\, belongings surrendered\, power asserted. The promise of violence lies everywhere\, a currency itself. For these children\, Black\, brown\, and white\, the street is a stage in shadow. And in the wings hide the other players: parents; cops; renovators; landlords; those who write the headlines\, the histories\, and the laws; those who award this neighborhood its name. \nThe rules appear obvious at first. But in memory’s prism\, criminals and victims may seem to trade places. The voices of the past may seem to rise and gather as if in harmony\, then make war with one another. A street may seem to crack open and reveal what lies behind its glimmering facade. None who lived through it are ever permitted to forget. \nWritten with kaleidoscopic verve and delirious wit\, Brooklyn Crime Novel is a breathtaking tour de force by a writer at the top of his powers. Jonathan Lethem\, “one of America’s greatest storytellers” (Washington Post)\, has crafted an epic interrogation of how we fashion stories to contain the uncontainable: our remorse at the world we’ve made.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/jonathan-lethem-reading-brooklyn-crime-novel/
LOCATION:Prairie Lights Books\, 15 S. Dubuque St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231014T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231014T160000
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SUMMARY:Ayana Mathis: The Unsettled
DESCRIPTION:Ayana Mathis with special guest moderator Lan Samantha Chang. \nFrom the moment Ava Carson and her ten-year-old son\, Toussaint\, arrive at the Glenn Avenue family shelter in Philadelphia 1985\, Ava is already plotting a way out. She is repulsed by the shelter’s squalid conditions: the barely edible food\, and the shifty night security guard. She is determined to rescue her son from the perils and indignities of that place\, and to save herself from the complicated past that led them there. Ava has been estranged from her own mother\, Dutchess\, since she left her Alabama home as a young woman barely out of her teens. Despite their estrangement and the thousand miles between them\, mother and daughter are deeply entwined\, but Ava can’t forgive her sharp-tounged\, larger than life mother whose intractability and bouts of debilitating despair brought young Ava to the outer reaches of neglect and hunger. Ava wants to love her son differently\, better. But when Toussaint’s father\, Cass\, reappears\, she is swept off course by his charisma\, and the intoxicating power of his radical vision to destroy systems of racial injustice and bring about a bold new way of communal living. \nMeanwhile\, in Alabama\, Dutchess struggles to keep Bonaparte\, once a beacon of Black freedom and self-determination\, in the hands of its last five Black residents—families whose lives have been rooted in this stretch of land for generations—and away from rapidly encroaching white developers. She fights against the erasure of Bonaparte’s venerable history and the loss of the land itself\, which she has so arduously preserved as Ava’s inheritance. \nAs Ava becomes more enmeshed with Cass\, Toussaint senses the danger simmering all around him—his well-intentioned but erratic mother; the intense\, volatile figure of his father who drives his fledgling Philadelphia community toward ever increasing violence and instability. He begins to dream of Dutchess and Bonaparte\, his home and birthright\, if only he can find his way there.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/ayana-mathis-the-unsettled/
LOCATION:Prairie Lights Books\, 15 S. Dubuque St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231014T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231014T143000
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SUMMARY:Nathan Hill: Wellness
DESCRIPTION:Nathan Hill’s best-selling debut novel\, The Nix\, was named the number one book of 2016 by Entertainment Weekly and one of the year’s best books by The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, NPR\, Slate\, and many others. The native Iowan returns with Wellness. Moving from the gritty ’90s Chicago art scene to a suburbia of detox diets and home-renovation hysteria\, this new novel mines the absurdities of modern technology and modern love to reveal profound\, startling truths about intimacy and connection.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/nathan-hill-wellness/
LOCATION:Iowa City Public Library\, 123 S. Linn St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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SUMMARY:Mindy Mejia: To Catch a Storm
DESCRIPTION:Mindy Mejia is a CPA and a graduate of the Hamline University MFA program. Her debut novel\, The Dragon Keeper\, was published by Ashland Creek Press in 2012. She lives in the Twin Cities with her family\, and is the author of Strike Me Down\, Everything You Want Me to Be\, and Leave No Trace. Her latest mystery novel is To Catch a Storm.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/mindy-mejia-to-catch-a-storm/
LOCATION:Prairie Lights Books\, 15 S. Dubuque St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231014T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231014T130000
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SUMMARY:Eskor David Johnson: Pay As You Go
DESCRIPTION:Eskor David Johnson is a writer from Trinidad and Tobago and the United States. His writing has appeared in BOMB Magazine\, and McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern. A graduate of Harvard University and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, he currently lives in New York City. Pay As You Go is his debut novel.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/eskor-david-johnson-pay-as-you-go/
LOCATION:Prairie Lights Books\, 15 S. Dubuque St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231014T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231014T130000
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SUMMARY:Kristen Roupenian: Cat Person
DESCRIPTION:Kristen Roupenian holds a PhD in English from Harvard\, an MFA from the Helen Zell Writers’ Program at the University of Michigan\, and a BA from Barnard College. She is the author of the short story\, “Cat Person\,” which was published in The New Yorker. She will read from her short story collection\, Cat Person. Presented in partnership with the ReFocus Film Festival.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/kristen-roupenian-cat-person/
LOCATION:Iowa City Public Library\, 123 S. Linn St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231014T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231014T113000
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SUMMARY:Daniel Kraus: Whalefall
DESCRIPTION:Daniel Kraus is a New York Times bestselling author. His collaboration with legendary filmmaker George A. Romero\, The Living Dead\, was acclaimed by The New York Times and The Washington Post. The Iowa native will discuss his new novel\, Whalefall. 
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/daniel-kraus-whalefall/
LOCATION:Prairie Lights Books\, 15 S. Dubuque St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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SUMMARY:Justin Torres: Blackouts
DESCRIPTION:Justin Torres is the author of We the Animals\, which won the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award\, was translated into fifteen languages\, and was adapted into a feature film. A graduate of the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, he will read from and discuss his new book\, Blackouts. Fellow Workshop graduate Jamel Brinkley will moderate.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/justin-torres-blackouts/
LOCATION:Iowa City Public Library\, 123 S. Linn St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231014T100000
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SUMMARY:Josh Larsen: Fear Not!
DESCRIPTION:Josh Larsen is the co-host of the radio show and podcast Filmspotting and author of Movies Are Prayers. He will discuss his new book\, Fear Not! A Christian Appreciation of Horror Movies. Presented in partnership with the ReFocus Film Festival.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/josh-larsen-fear-not/
LOCATION:Iowa City Public Library\, 123 S. Linn St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231012T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231012T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T152711
CREATED:20230823T155442Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230905T201528Z
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SUMMARY:The Swine Republic: Struggles with the Truth about Agriculture and Water Quality
DESCRIPTION:Author Dr. Chris Jones (The Swine Republic) is joined by journalists Keith Schneider and Erin Jordan to examine Iowa and the Midwest’s efforts at water quality\, public information\, and the modern myth of the “farmer.” \n  \n 
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/the-swine-republic-struggles-with-the-truth-about-agriculture-and-water-quality/
LOCATION:Iowa City Public Library\, 123 S. Linn St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231011T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231011T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T152711
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230824T144307Z
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SUMMARY:Tracie Morris: human/nature poems
DESCRIPTION:Weaving intimate portraits of home with what could be the travel journals of a 21st-century troubadour\, Tracie Morris’s human/nature poems is a hymn to the human and more-than-human world. These poems bear the record of a state of heightened perception\, springing from the displacements of travel and returning\, of memory and its triggers\, of global pandemics\, ecological catastrophe\, political unrest\, and mourning. With great precision and abundant insight\, Morris articulates the seam of our “human/nature”: “Sol has hands in Cairo\, in Luxor / today He Rises. I wonder where / the outstretch lands. It matters knot / what circles your head. What your / kin says is power. Aspects of ever / lasting light\, life is always made from parting.”
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/tracie-morris-human-nature-poems/
LOCATION:Prairie Lights Books\, 15 S. Dubuque St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231011T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231011T120000
DTSTAMP:20260405T152711
CREATED:20230823T154616Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230825T163235Z
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SUMMARY:Marta McDowell: Gardening Can Be Murder
DESCRIPTION:With their deadly plants\, razor-sharp shears\, shady corners\, and ready-made burial sites\, gardens make an ideal scene for the perfect murder. But the outsize influence that gardens and gardening have had on the mystery genre has been underappreciated. Now\, Marta McDowell\, a writer and gardener with a near-encyclopedic knowledge of the genre\, illuminates the many ways in which our greatest mystery writers\, from Edgar Allen Poe to authors on today’s bestseller lists\, have found inspiration in the sinister side of gardens. \nFrom the cozy to the hardboiled\, the literary to the pulp\, and the classic to the contemporary\, Gardening Can Be Murder is the first book to explore the mystery genre’s many surprising horticultural connections. Meet plant-obsessed detectives and spooky groundskeeper suspects\, witness toxic teas served in foul play\, and tour the gardens—both real and imagined—that have been the settings for fiction’s ghastliest misdeeds. A New York Times bestselling author herself\, McDowell also introduces us to some of today’s top writers who consider gardening integral to their craft\, assuring that horticultural themes will remain a staple of the genre for countless twisting plots to come. \n 
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/marta-mcdowell-gardening-can-be-murder/
LOCATION:Coralville Public Library\, 1401 5th St.\, Coralville\, IA\, 52241\, United States
CATEGORIES:Iowa City Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231010T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231010T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T152711
CREATED:20230926T153717Z
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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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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231002T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231002T203000
DTSTAMP:20260405T152711
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SUMMARY:SlamoVision Poetry Competition
DESCRIPTION:Slam poets from around Iowa are invited to participate in a special international slam event in Iowa City on Oct. 2. \nSlamoVision is a project of the international UNESCO Cities of Literature. Slam poets in some of the 42 Cities of Literature around the world will compete in their home cities. One poet from each participating city will move on to an international competition to be judged by fans from the other cities. At the end of the process\, one poet will be named the SlamoVision champion for 2023. This is the fifth year for the international competition. \nThe Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature and Iowa City Poetry will co-host Iowa City’s slam poetry event at 6:30 p.m. on Monday\, Oct. 2\, at the Public Space One location at the Close House\, 538 S. Gilbert St. Poets from across Iowa may participate. Sign-up begins at 6:30 p.m.; the slam begins at 7 p.m. Each poet has three-and-a-half minutes to perform. At the completion of three rounds\, the winning poet will be chosen to represent Iowa City in the international competition. \nTwelve Cities of Literature are participating in Slamovision 2023: Dublin (Ireland)\, Exeter (UK)\, Iowa City (US)\, Kuhmo (Finland)\, Ljubljana (Slovenia)\, Manchester (UK)\, Melbourne (Australia)\, Nottingham (UK) Québec City (Canada)\, Reykjavik (Iceland)\, Tartu (Estonia)\, and Vilnius (Lithuania). \nA video of the winning poet from the Oct. 2 event will be entered into the international contest. Audiences in each participating City of Literature will gather to watch and score the dozen video. The Iowa City watch event will be held as part of the Mic Check Poetry Fest\, Nov. 3-4. The scores from all of the cities will be tabulated and an international SlamoVision poet will be crowned during an online event on Dec. 5 hosted by the Nottingham City of Literature in England. \nCheck out the 2022 and 2021 winners:\nStrong Tea by Abíọ́dún ‘Abbey’ Abdul\nIsland Screams by Cara Thompson \nTo learn more and see all previous Slamovision Contestants\, please visit:\nhttps://cityofliterature.com.au/slam-o-vision/
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/slamovision-poetry-competition/
LOCATION:PS1 Close House\, 538 S Gilbert St\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:General
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230624T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230624T103000
DTSTAMP:20260405T152711
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230606T151110Z
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SUMMARY:Family Concert
DESCRIPTION:To round out the season\, MusicIC will return to the Iowa City Public Library to perform its beloved family concert at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday\, June 24\, featuring a program of musical storytelling for kids of all ages\, in partnership with the Iowa City Public Library children’s department. \n 
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/family-concert/
LOCATION:Iowa City Public Library\, 123 S. Linn St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:MusicIC Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230623T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230623T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T152711
CREATED:20230509T184536Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230606T164422Z
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SUMMARY:Anonymous Was a Woman (ticketed event)
DESCRIPTION:A pre-concert lecture by Marian Wilson Kimber will begin at 6:30 p.m.\, followed by the concert at 7:30 p.m. \nFriday\, June 23\, will see MusicIC present Anonymous Was a Woman\, an intimate concert at 7:30 p.m. at Riverside Theatre (119 E College Street)\, drawing connections between two powerhouse women: Prominent English author and feminist icon\, Virginia Woolf\, and composer Dame Ethel Smyth – the first female composer to be granted a damehood. The program will begin with Smyth’s Violin Sonata in A minor (Op. 7)\, written in 1887. Though the classical music canon has historically relegated her to a footnote\, Smyth is enjoying some long overdue recognition\, both for her distinctive musical voice and larger than life personality. Ahead of her time\, Smyth was a suffragette and defiantly out about her sexuality and relationships with women. \nFollowing Smyth’s Sonata\, audiences will be treated to a semi-staged version of Dominick Argento’s song cycle From the Diary of Virginia Woolf\, which won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for Music\, the same year in which it was premiered in Minneapolis. Smyth and Woolf would meet near the end of their lives and continue a fruitful intellectual and artistic relationship\, lasting until Woolf’s suicide in 1941. By pairing Smyth’s music and Woolf’s private words\, we can begin to allow the deeply personal etchings of these two women to fully come to the forefront\, in a way they were unable to during their lives. \nBefore the concert\, music scholar\, author\, and University of Iowa Professor Marian Wilson Kimber will give a pre-concert lecture exploring the development of works by women artists and the barriers they faced. General admission tickets to the Friday\, June 23\, concert are $20; $10 for students. They are available at the Riverside Theatre box office\, by calling (319) 259-7099\, or emailing boxoffice@riversidetheatre.org. \n \n 
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/anonymouswasawoman/
LOCATION:Riverside Theatre – A pre-concert lecture will begin at 6:30 p.m.\, followed by the concert at 7:30 p.m.\, 119 E. College St.\, Iowa City\, 52240
CATEGORIES:MusicIC Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230622T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230622T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T152711
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SUMMARY:Centering Women’s Perspectives
DESCRIPTION:Thursday’s concert\, Centering Women’s Perspectives\, will feature myriad contemporary female composers\, incorporating perspectives from a collection of Western and non-Western musical traditions. The program aims to re-examine musical and literary hierarchies by presenting string quartets of oral- based storytelling songs from Mali\, Indian Ragas\, and melodies based on Iranian poetry. Composers represented on this concert include Caroline Shaw\, Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté\, Jessie Montgomery\, Aftab Darvishi\, Reena Esmail\, and MusicIC’s own Tricia Park. This concert will be presented at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday\, June 22\, at Trinity Episcopal Church (320 E College Street)\, and is free and open to the public.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/centering-womens-perspectives/
LOCATION:Trinity Episcopal Church\, 320 E. College St\, Iowa City\, IA\, United States
CATEGORIES:MusicIC Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230621T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230621T190000
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SUMMARY:Caroline Shaw and Marilynne Robinson\, In Conversation
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, June 21\, at 7 p.m.\, MusicIC will present a pre-recorded conversation between Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and essayist\, Marilynne Robinson and Pulitzer Prize- and Grammy Award–winning composer Caroline Shaw\, moderated by MusicIC’s Founding Artist Director Tricia Park. The women will discuss Shaw’s string quartet Three Essays\, the first movement of which was written to mimic Robinson’s writing. Segments of the string quartet will be performed live\, in tandem with the conversation. Three Essays was a 2023 Grammy Award-winner\, as part of the Attacca Quartet’s album Evergreen\, which won Best Chamber Music / Small Ensemble Performance. The conversation will be free and open to the public and will be presented in Meeting Room A at the Iowa City Public Library (123 S. Linn St.).
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/caroline-shaw-and-marilynne-robinson-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Iowa City Public Library\, 123 S. Linn St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:MusicIC Festival
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230602
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230603
DTSTAMP:20260405T152711
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SUMMARY:Paul Engle Glory of the Senses High School Essay Contest Deadline to Submit
DESCRIPTION:To continue Paul Engle’s tradition of inspiring writers and celebrating the rich culture of Iowa\, the City of Literature organization annually solicits essays from Iowa high school sophomore about an “Iowa experience\,” drawing on a specific memory to capture the sights\, sounds\, smells\, tastes and touches of the day. The author of the essay judged by reviewers to be the best receives one year of free tuition to the University of Iowa. A select number of runners up receive a $500 scholarship from the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature. \nThe contest is based on Engle’s writings\, particularly his memoir\, A Lucky American Childhood. \nThe deadline for submissions for the 2023 contest is June 2. To view details about this year’s contest and how to submit\, click here.
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/paul-engle-glory-of-the-senses-high-school-essay-contest-deadline-to-submit/
CATEGORIES:General
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230225T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230225T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T152711
CREATED:20230216T202134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230217T191306Z
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SUMMARY:Jr. High Writing Jam! Featuring the IYWP and author Mike Meginnis
DESCRIPTION:All 7th and 8th graders who like to write are invited. Come together with other writers to compare ideas and be inspired to write something new. Instructors from the Iowa Youth Writing Project will moderate this awesome event. Open mic\, and amazing door prizes. FREE! \nLoading… \nMike Meginnis is the author of Drowning Practice (2022\, Ecco) and Fat Man and Little Boy (2014\, Black Balloon). His short fiction and essays have appeared in Hobart\, PANK\, The Lifted Brow\, Recommended Reading\, Booth\, The Pinch\, The Collagist\, The Sycamore Review\, Fanzine\, American Book Review\, and Writer’s Digest. His story “Navigators” appeared in Best American Short Stories 2012. He lives and works in Iowa City. \n 
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/2023-jrhighwritingjam/
LOCATION:Poindexter Coffee\, 210 S Dubuque St.\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:One Book Two Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230225T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230225T120000
DTSTAMP:20260405T152711
CREATED:20230221T154956Z
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SUMMARY:Can I Play Too by Mo Willems performed by Ella and Lisee Field\, Independently Registered Girl Scouts of Muscatine County Service Unit 836
DESCRIPTION:Join Ella Field (Brownie) and Lisee Field (Daisy) as they present Can I Play Too?  by Mo Willems (with some support from their scoutleaders).
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/can-i-play-too/
LOCATION:FilmScene at The Chauncey\, 404 E College St\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:One Book Two Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230225T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230225T113000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230217T193319Z
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SUMMARY:Author and Illustrator Michelle Edwards
DESCRIPTION:Michelle Edwards is the author and illustrator of many books for children\, one book for adults\, and nearly one hundred essays and cards for knitters. In her spare time\, she enjoys talking about her books\, writing\, illustrating\, and on occasion\, knitting\, in schools and community venues throughout the US and beyond. \n\nMichelle will join us to talk about her latest book\, Me and the Boss: A Story About Mending and Love. \nCORETTA SCOTT KING ILLUSTRATOR HONOR AWARD WINNER\nCHARLOTTE ZOLOTOW AWARD WINNER
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/author-and-illustrator-michelle-edwards/
LOCATION:FilmScene at The Chauncey\, 404 E College St\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:One Book Two Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230225T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230225T150000
DTSTAMP:20260405T152711
CREATED:20220726T185305Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230220T172106Z
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SUMMARY:Book Fair
DESCRIPTION:At FilmScene at The Chauncey \nJoin us for a celebration of children’s literature and writing! Books\, author readings\, writing workshops\, film screenings\, crafts\, costume characters\, and more! \nFeatured Guests: Iowa City Public Library\, Coralville Public Library\, Iowa Youth Writing Project\, North Liberty Library\, PaperPie\, Scattergood Friends School\, Sidekick Coffee & Books\,  Sylvan Learning Center of Coralville\, The Book End\, The Iowa Children’s Museum\, Willowwind School\, and more! \n  \nInterested in reserving a space for your school or organization? One Book Two Book is a great opportunity to meet families and showcase your programs and services. Email info@iowacityofliterature.org for more information. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/one-book-two-book-2023/
LOCATION:FilmScene at The Chauncey\, 404 E College St\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:One Book Two Book Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230225T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230225T120000
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SUMMARY:The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales
DESCRIPTION:Free screenings from 10 a.m. – noon.  \nThe countryside isn’t always as calm and peaceful as it’s made out to be\, and the animals on this farm are particularly agitated: a fox who mothers a family of chicks\, a rabbit who plays the stork\, and a duck who wants to be Santa Claus. If you think life in the country is a walk in the park\, think again! Directors Benjamin Renner and Patrick Imbert adapt Renner’s own acclaimed graphic novel into a delirious\, delightful triptych of interlocking stories\, with a pacing and visual spontaneity that harkens back to classic Looney Tunes shorts and slapstick two-reelers. But underneath the gags (and there are plenty of them)\, the three stories offer a sensitive and beautiful portrayal of family\, and the anxieties of modern life. \n“Ideal viewing for young children.” – Chicago Reader \n“A delightful animated anthology which brings three laugh out loud stories to the big screen with wit and grace.” – HeyUGuys \n“Appropriate for ages 5+.” – Common Sense Media \n \n 
URL:https://www.iowacityofliterature.org/event/family-friendly-film-shorts/
LOCATION:FilmScene at The Chauncey\, 404 E College St\, Iowa City\, IA\, 52240\, United States
CATEGORIES:One Book Two Book Festival
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