THE WEEKENDER

Your weekly editor-curated arts compendium

It’s Memorial Day weekend! Have fun and stay safe, reader.

North Ridge Pavillion

Music for Meals 2021

May 27 – 5:30pm

Join the Coralville Community Food Pantry for our first outdoor & virtual fundraiser of 2021!

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Mercer Park

People’s Truth and Reckoning Commission – Mercer Park

May 27 – 7:00pm

An autonomous space for truth & solidarity, issues & solutions, by the people & for the people – bring your grievances and resolutions. COVID precautions & masks required.

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Chuy Renteria in conversation with Michael Chibnik: An NEA Big Read Event

May 27 – 7:00pm

Prairie Lights and the Center for Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa present Chuy Renteria, who will read from his forthcoming memoir and be in conversation with U of I professor Michael Chibnik.

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Brucemore

Little Women

May 27 – 7:30pm

Theatre Cedar Rapids presents Heather Chrisler’s four-women adaptation of ‘Little Women,’ dir. Saffron Henke.

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No Touching Sessions ep26 // Death Kill Overdrive & Young Broke Radicals

May 27 – 8:00pm

Season 2: Full-bands, fully vaccinated.

A crowdless concert series recorded in an empty venue at Gabe’s Iowa City presented by Threshold Apprehension Sound.

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Brucemore

Little Women

May 28 – 7:30pm

Theatre Cedar Rapids presents Heather Chrisler’s four-women adaptation of ‘Little Women,’ dir. Saffron Henke.

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Middle Amana Community Park

2021 Iowa Renaissance Festival & Gathering o’ Celts

May 29 – 10:00am

Join us as we gather again in Middle Amana to celebrate all things Renaissance! Gather with your clan & celebrate making it through 2020!

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Queer as Form // a poetry writing workshop

May 29 – 11:00am (CDT)

Is queer poetry just using old tools to tell new stories? Are there poetic forms that are themselves queer? Iowa City Poetry presents a four-week workshop with Jessica Lawson.

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Wilson’s Apple Orchard

Wilson’s Orchard Strawberry Festival

May 29 – 5:00pm

Join the Dandelion Stompers for a performance at Wilson’s Orchard during their strawberry festival!

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WE ARE HERE – A Celebration of Iowa Music

May 29 – 7:00pm

The pandemic has had a devastating impact on America’s arts sector and has asked that artists pivot and adapt their efforts. And that’s exactly why this event was created.

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Brucemore

Little Women

May 29 – 7:30pm

Theatre Cedar Rapids presents Heather Chrisler’s four-women adaptation of ‘Little Women,’ dir. Saffron Henke.

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Iowa City Municipal Airport

Free Movie Series – The Croods: A New Age

May 29 – 9:00pm

The movie will be held at The Iowa City Municipal Airport starting around 9 PM. Registration will be required beforehand.

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Middle Amana Community Park

2021 Iowa Renaissance Festival & Gathering o’ Celts

May 30 – 10:00am

Join us as we gather again in Middle Amana to celebrate all things Renaissance! Gather with your clan & celebrate making it through 2020!

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Big Grove Brewery & Taproom

FREE SHOW: Big Grove Summer Jam Concert Series | David Zollo

May 30 – 1:00pm

Big Grove’s Summer Jam Concert Series is excited to host David Zollo, for a free show on the patio of Big Grove Brewery & Taproom in Iowa City on Sunday, May 30 from 1-3pm.

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