Public Space One will host a new gallery exhibition, opening Dec. 11, titled Maintenance Mode. The pieces explore the often tense relationship between art and work, and the ways in which artists interact with the “maintenance work” that is a necessary part of their lives…
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Edible Outdoors hosts Fall Harvest Potluck at Public Space One
Iowa City-based community organization Edible Outdoors (EO) will host a potluck dinner party at the Wesley Center of Public Space One this Saturday, Nov. 7 at 6 p.m. The ultimate goal of the potluck is to bring together hunted, fished, foraged or homegrown goods, though store-bought items will be accepted and shared just the same.
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Post Facto Future: Art Show and Auction Opening at PS1
At 7 p.m. this Friday, Public Space One invites the public to an art auction exhibition that highlights the facility’s past, as well as what the future might have in store. A press release sent out by PS1 Director John Engelbrecht sums up the exhibit perfectly: “This is a dual-purpose show: at once a showcase of […]
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PS1’s ‘Sanstress’ project reminds us just how awesome it is to build things out of cardboard
Public Space One (PS1) will send off its summer studio project “Sanstress” with a festive gathering this Saturday starting at 1 p.m. Sanstress is an artistic…
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Watch stand-up and eat some tacos this Thursday at PS1
Tonight at 7 p.m., Public Space One is set to host Tacomedy Thursday — a monthly series put together by local comedian Jason Jeffers (aka Q-tip) — where patrons have the option to eat tasty tacos while…
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‘Invisible Faces’ art show opens tonight at PS1
A show featuring the work of eastern Iowa Latino artists opens tonight at Public Space One. The exhibit, Invisible Faces: Identity Portraits, is the culmination of over six months of bilingual workshops and classes with young people in Iowa City and West Liberty. The classes included photography and silkscreen printing, as well as critiques and […]
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New PS1 recording studio to offer weekly workshops
Over the last few months, local musician (and former Little Village editor) Max Johnson has been spending a lot of his free time turning a small, windowless storage room behind Public Space One’s (PS1) stage into a fully functional recording studio. The upshot? Starting this week, he’s rolling out weekly, collaborative recording workshops that will run through July 21.
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Dance scholar celebrates Michael Jackson with Dance Party at Public Space One
A night of dance and appreciation dedicated to the King of Pop takes place at Public Space One this Friday, courtesy of local…
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Iowa UNA hike to raise awareness of worldwide refugee crisis
The number of refugees worldwide has increased dramatically in just a few short years. According to the Iowa United Nations Association (IUNA), the number…
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Dorm cooking 2.0: Class to highlight gourmet meals made in the microwave
In a college town where many residents don’t have kitchens, microwave meals of ramen and frozen burritos can become an inevitable part…
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Sandbox: The last monarch
Please now pretend you are a butterfly. I will guide you through how to do so, as I am well practiced, for I pretend to be a butterfly several times every day. Here’s how you do it: close your eyes and invent antennae on your head. Feel them sprouting long and complex from your scalp, weighing your head and neck until your chin is drawn toward your chest. But now your chest is thorax, so get used to it, and the calcium of your bones has dissipated into pretty wings that now span the length of the room. You feel powerful, strange and timid.
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PS1 show features artists who use light as a medium
Artists working with digital videos, film and overhead projectors, shadow puppets, televisions and flashlights (or any other light-emitting device) should join the fun of BYOBeamers at Public Space One, a light show with locally-made animations, appropriated imagery and open-source video loops. The show takes place on March 5 at 7 p.m. (set-up begins at 6 […]
