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THE WEEKENDER Your weekly editor-curated arts compendium Duos Day is here! Don your favorite old Mission Creek festival T-shirt and get your tix here. Don’t sweat it if you want to catch Roxane Gay on Thursday and Noam Chomsky on Friday instead, though—Duos is available to stream until Sunday at midnight, so you can do […]

THE WEEKENDER Your weekly editor-curated arts compendium Happy Earth Day! Enjoy your weekend outside by exploring with the kids, rallying to support your community or listening to a live sonnet reading. It all honors the earth! If you know of an upcoming virtual, outdoor or otherwise safely distanced event that you’d like to see in […]

THE WEEKENDER Your weekly editor-curated arts compendium This weekend’s vibe is decidedly brainy, so I hope you brought your thinking caps. Prairie Lights presents readings from Maria Kuznetsova and Andrea Bajani; Grow Johnson County teaches teen gardeners the ropes; Art in the Afternoon presents Jason Snell, a multidisciplinary programmatic and AI creator; Dasia Taylor, Iowa […]

THE WEEKENDER Your weekly editor-curated arts compendium. This weekend brings us a conversation with “This Land” host Rebecca Nagle about podcasting, a class on making fresh donuts at home and a performance from UI Dance Company. Tune in and learn something! Online UI Theatre presents The People Before the Park Mar 26 – Apr 4 […]

THE WEEKENDER Your weekly editor-curated arts compendium is here! This weekend’s lineup features two presentations in honor of Women’s History Month, practical advice from master gardeners, a trivia night to benefit the Iowa City Public Library and more. If you know of an upcoming virtual, outdoor or otherwise safely distanced event that you’d like to […]

THE WEEKENDER Your weekly editor-curated arts compendium is here! This weekend we’ll be at virtual readings on wartime fashion design and diamond smuggling, baking buttery Czech rolls and enjoying story time with cats. What are you up to? Online ‘Stages’ by David Lee Nelson Mar 5 – Mar 21 – All day Riverside Theatre presents […]

THE WEEKENDER  Your weekly editor-curated arts compendium is here! Puppets for grown-ups, cookie dough for kids, writing workshops and more activities for the whole family this weekend. If you know of an upcoming virtual, outdoor or otherwise safely distanced event that you’d like to see in the Weekender, reply to this email to tell […]

THE WEEKENDER Your weekly editor-curated arts compendium is here! Virtual theatre in full swing! The 2021 Spring Gallery walk with accommodations for social distancing and mask requirements! The annual PS1 Art Auction, featuring the work of over 50 artists! I’m talkin’ bout DOGS IN SWEATERS, reader! If you know of an upcoming virtual, outdoor or […]

THE WEEKENDER Your weekly editor-curated arts compendium is here! Fascinating conversations, stimulating readings, live performances from the comfort of your couch and more abound, so there’s no excuse to spend another weekend just waiting for the weekend to end so the week can begin. If you know of an upcoming virtual or safely distanced event […]

The Weekender The editor’s pick of this weekend’s can’t-miss virtual events from local artists and venues is here! Online Steve Inskeep in conversation with Charity Nebbe Jan 7 – 7:00pm (CST) This Prairie Lights event celebrates the paperback release of Steve Inskeep’s “Imperfect Union,” with a reading and conversation with Iowa Public Radio’s Charity Nebbe. […]

The Weekender The weather outside is frightful, but the editor’s pick of this weekend’s best virtual events from local artists and venues is so delightful! Hunker down and snuggle up with a Christmas cabaret, an afternoon of art from Léonard Kibala and a talent show brought to you by the Iowa Freedom Riders. Happy holidays, […]