Cultivating Rurality: Building Community around Rural Research — 2025–26 Obermann Symposium promotional image

Cultivating Rurality: Building Community around Rural Research — 2025–26 Obermann Symposium

Friday, March 27, 2026 (all day)
Iowa City Public Library

Directed by Brian R. Farrell, Daria Fisher Page, and Ryan T. Sakoda (UI College of Law), "Cultivating Rurality: Building Community around Rural Research" will bring together scholars, community leaders from across the U.S., and professionals who work with rural populations and in rural spaces. During the symposium, attendees will be invited to collaborate in theorizing rurality, share how it impacts their work, examine how rurality is represented and celebrated, and begin to discuss challenges...

"Her Booke - Experiences in 17th Century Bookbinding" Louisa Eastley MFA Thesis Exhibition

Friday, March 27, 2026 (all day)
North Hall
Louisa Eastley’s MFA thesis exhibition at the University of Iowa Center for the Book’s K.K. Merker Gallery in North Hall
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Pride Week

Friday, March 27, 2026 (all day)
Pride Alliance Center
Pride Week
Labor of Care - Rebecca Oehler MFA Exhibition - School of Art, Art History, and Design promotional image

Labor of Care - Rebecca Oehler MFA Exhibition - School of Art, Art History, and Design

Friday, March 27, 2026 8:00am to 8:00pm
Visual Arts Building
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Lucky Bingo

Friday, March 27, 2026 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

St. Patrick's Day may be over but it's never too late to be lucky! Join us for Lucky Bingo March 27 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Hawkeye Room at the IMU.☘Registration of a student organization does not imply University of Iowa endorsement of its views, activities, or content. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in a student organization activity, please fill out the accommodations form in the link in our Instagram bio (@uiowacab) in advance.

Reading by Elissa Washuta, author of 'White Magic' promotional image

Reading by Elissa Washuta, author of 'White Magic'

Friday, March 27, 2026 7:00pm
Nonfiction Writing House

The Nonfiction Writing Program presents a reading by Krause Visiting Writer Elissa Washuta.

Elissa Washuta is a member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and a nonfiction writer. Her essay collection, White Magic, was selected as a finalist for the PEN/Open Book Award, longlisted for the PEN/Jean Stein Award, and named among the best books of 2021 by Time, the New York Public Library and NPR. She is the author of Starvation Mode and My Body is a Book of Rules, and with Theresa Warburton, she is the co...

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The Music Man

Friday, March 27, 2026 7:30pm to 10:15pm
Hancher Auditorium

There’s trouble in River City when a fast-talking salesman gets his heart stolen by the town librarian. Meredith Willson’s six-time, Tony Award-winning musical comedy The Music Man follows fast-talking traveling salesman, Harold Hill, as he cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band that he vows to organize — this, despite the fact that he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for...

Dance Thesis Concert: Tori Lefler promotional image

Dance Thesis Concert: Tori Lefler

Friday, March 27, 2026 7:30pm
Public Space One

Free and open to the public. RSVP encouraged!

This site-specific performance at Public Space One will feature work choreographed by graduate student Victoria Lefler from the University of Iowa Department of Dance.

RSVP here: https://www.publicspaceone.com/events/blog/2026/3/26/placeholder-victoria-dance-thesis-event

It's all part of #NewWorkCity, the spring initiative by #PerformingArtsAtIowa to highlight new work created by our talented graduate students in the performing arts. Join us as we...

Symbiosis Duo

Friday, March 27, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Symbiosis Duo

Gail Robertson, euphonium
Stacy Baker, tuba
Kazuo Murakami, piano

Click here for program.

This concert is free and open to the public.