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NEA Big Read | Free Book Pick Up

Monday, January 20, 9:00am to Wednesday, February 12, 2025 5:00pm
Stanley Museum of Art
The Stanley Museum of Art will launch its National Endowment for the Arts Big Read program on Jan. 20, 2025, Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This event features a community wide reading of the novel Beloved by Toni Morrison. Pick up a free copy of Beloved at 12 pickup locations across Iowa City between Jan. 20 and Feb. 12, 2025.  Register here to pickup a free copy: https://uiowa.doubleknot.com/event/nea-big-reads-beloved-by-toni-morriso... An email confirmation must be presented to claim a book...
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Key Change Guest Solo Recital: Catherine Kautsky, piano

Wednesday, January 22, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
Key Change Guest Solo Recital: Catherine Kautsky, piano This concert is free and open to the public.  View the program here: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3A31233
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Hadestown

Friday, January 24, 2025 7:30pm
Hancher Auditorium
Intertwining two mythic tales—that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone—HADESTOWN is a haunting and hopeful theatrical experience that grabs you and never lets go.

Hadestown: Part of Hancher's Broadway Series

Friday, January 24, 2025 7:30pm
Hancher Auditorium

DMA III Recital: Kristen Ronning, horn

Friday, January 24, 2025 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building
DMA III Recital: Kristen Ronning, horn This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream. This concert is free and open to the public. 
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Hadestown

Saturday, January 25, 2025 2:00pm
Hancher Auditorium
Intertwining two mythic tales—that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone—HADESTOWN is a haunting and hopeful theatrical experience that grabs you and never lets go.

Hadestown: Part of Hancher's Broadway Series

Saturday, January 25, 2025 2:00pm
Hancher Auditorium

SEIBA Honor Band

Saturday, January 25, 2025 4:30pm
Voxman Music Building
4:30 p.m. - JH concert begins | 6:00 p.m. - HS concert begins
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Hadestown

Saturday, January 25, 2025 7:30pm
Hancher Auditorium
Intertwining two mythic tales—that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone—HADESTOWN is a haunting and hopeful theatrical experience that grabs you and never lets go.

Hadestown: Part of Hancher's Broadway Series

Saturday, January 25, 2025 7:30pm
Hancher Auditorium
Hadestown - Presented by Hancher Welcome to HADESTOWN, where a song can change your fate. Winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards® including Best Musical and the 2020 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Theater Album, this acclaimed new show from celebrated singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and innovative director Rachel Chavkin (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812) is a love story for today ... and always.  Adults $125 / $89 / $69 Students & Youth $125 / $89 / $45 Ticket prices are subject to...