TICKETSFree and open to the public, no ticket requiredPart of Hancher's 53rd seasonThe Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Hancher Auditorium, and the Iowa String Quartet Residency Program present the Harlem Quartet for an intimate hour-long afternoon concert at Glenn Schaeffer Library/Dey House in the Frank Conroy Reading Room. This event is free and open to the public with limited seating capacity.Harlem Quartet is a New York-based, award-winning ensemble engaged in a week-long residency at the University...

Guest Artist Masterclass: Michael Bunchman, collaborative pianoThis event is free and open to the public. 

Our Jazz Studies faculty members host a monthly community jazz jam session, joined by students, alumni, community members, and musicians passing through Iowa City.All members of the community are welcome for this free community event, hosted the first Tuesday of each month during the school year at the Sanctuary Pub.To learn more or if you are interested in jamming, get in touch with Damani Phillips.

Jazz Repertory EnsembleThis concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule.This concert is free and open to the public.

Guest Artist Recital: Hsaopei Lee, violaHsaopei Lee, violaMichael Bunchman, pianoThis concert is free and open to the public.

Concert Band & Symphony BandThis concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/events/school-music-livestream.This concert is free and open to the public.

Join Royal C. Gardner, the Professor of Law, Hugh F. Culverhouse Chair, and Director of the Stetson Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy at Stetson Law, when he discusses his new book Waters of the United States: POTUS, SCOTUS, WOTUS, and the Politics of a National Resource, published by Island Press. In 2023, the Supreme Court made one of its most devastating rulings in environmental history in Sackett v. EPA. By narrowing the legal definition of ‘waters of the United States’ (WOTUS), the...

With A.B. Spellman, OratorPassion for Bach and ColtranePart of Hancher's 53rd seasonPresented in collaboration with the University of Iowa String Quartet and Woodwind Ensemble Residency ProgramsFunded in part by the Richard E. Kerber Woodwind Excellence FundEnsembles from different traditions share a passion for two of music’s towering figures.Jeff Scott was a founding horn player of the wind quintet Imani Winds and created the Grammy-winning oratorio Passion for Bach and Coltrane. The current...

Black Pop Music EnsembleThis concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule.This concert is free and open to the public.

By William ShakespeareReinterpreted and Directed by Søren OlsenFrom its chaotic, unorthodox opening brawl, Søren Olsen’s Romeo and Juliet delivers a bold, unapologetic reimagining that challenges the legacy of Shakespeare’s classic romance. Hot-mess celebrity parties, perilous make-outs, and passion-fueled duels collide in this director-designer’s vision of theatrical candy. Barreling forward at breakneck speed and interlaced with the iconic text, this highly physical production offers its own...