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Chamber Music: Caleb J. Estrada-Valentín, flute

Sunday, February 22, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Chamber Music: Caleb J. Estrada-Valentín, flute

Sayyod Mirzomurodov, clarinet
Alec Gabel, oboe
Keegan Hockett, bassoon
Ana Clark, flute

This concert is free and open to the public.

Canceled
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Center for New Music Ensemble Concert III

Sunday, February 22, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Center for New Music Ensemble Concert III

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Part of Free Week 2026, a festival sponsored by Think Iowa City and the Iowa City Downtown District.

More concert details can be viewed here on the Center for New Music website: https://cnm.uiowa.edu/

This concert will be livestreamed here: https://music.uiowa.edu/about/live-stream-concert-schedule.

This concert is free and open to the public. It's also part of New Work City, the spring initiative by Performing Arts At Iowa to...

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Playwrights Workshop Reading: Soup Chicken

Monday, February 23, 2026 5:30pm
Theatre Building

By Emily Kaufman-Bell

Theodora is hiding a dark secret from her granddaughter, Atlas.

Please be advised this play contains depictions of blood and violence.

Part of Theatre Arts' Reading Series

Tickets:
Tickets for readings are free of charge; seating is limited.

Recital: Omar H Elmusa, Trombone

Monday, February 23, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

DMA Qualifying Recital: Omar H Elmusa, Trombone

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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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Isidore String Quartet at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop

Tuesday, February 24, 2026 1:00pm
Dey House
The Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Hancher Auditorium, and the Iowa String Quartet Residency Program present the Isidore String Quartet for an intimate hour-long afternoon concert at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop Frank Conroy Reading Room.
Grant Wood Country Forum: "'Wild and Tame Flowers': Context, Symbolism and Musings on Possible Meanings in Grant Wood’s Flower Lithographs" promotional image

Grant Wood Country Forum: "'Wild and Tame Flowers': Context, Symbolism and Musings on Possible Meanings in Grant Wood’s Flower Lithographs"

Tuesday, February 24, 2026 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Virtual

"Wild and Tame Flowers: Context, Symbolism and Musings on Possible Meanings in Grant Wood’s Flower Lithographs," by Thomas Harvran

Havran will explore the paired prints, Wild Flowers and Tame Flowers, during this talk and share an original poem inspired by the works.

Thomas Havran, occasional artist and writer, but perpetually obsessed plant nerd, cultivates a simple life within Grant Wood’s “Young Corn” landscape near Amana, Iowa.

Recital: Luke Gage, Clarinet

Tuesday, February 24, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Optional Recital: Luke Gage, Clarinet

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor Hill Harper speaking on his experience in TV, Film, and Theatre

Wednesday, February 25, 2026 10:00am to 11:30am
Theatre Building
Hill Harper visits the UI Department of Theatre Arts, speaking on His Experience in TV, Film and Theatre, moderated by Theatre Assistant Professor Caroline Clay

Catie Hickey - Trombone Guest Artist

Wednesday, February 25, 2026 7:30pm
Voxman Music Building

Catie Hickey - Trombone Guest Artist

This concert is free and open to the public.

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Isidore String Quartet

Thursday, February 26, 2026 7:30pm
Hancher Auditorium
“Live performance is where the four of us love to be because so many things are possible,” says Adrian Steele, violinist in the Isidore String Quartet.