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Events Calendar
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JAN. 6–FEB. 2, 2021
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Wed., Jan. 6 Life Design Course with David Gould
& Andy Stoll, University of Iowa Center for Advancement (foriowa.org), 4:30 p.m., Free (registration required)
Eco Film Discussion: ‘Climate Refugees,’
Iowa City Public Library and Green Iowa AmeriCorps (icpl.org), 7 p.m., Free
Critical Conversations, The Academy for Scholastic and Personal Success (@ theacademysps), 7 p.m., Free
Internet Watch Party: ‘I Drink Your Blood,’
Late Shift at the Grindhouse (@ICgrindhouse), 10 p.m., Free
Thu., Jan. 7 Steve Inskeep in conversation with
Charity Nebbe, Prairie Lights Bookstore (prairielights.com/live), 7 p.m., Free
Fri., Jan. 8 ‘An Evening of Oddity,’
Iowa City Community Theatre (iowacitycommunitytheatre.org), 7:30 p.m., Free
Out the Box Weekly Reading Series: ‘The Care and Feeding of Small Animals’ by Brooke-Erin Smith,
Mirrorbox Theatre (@MirrorboxTheatre), 8 p.m., Free (registration required)
Sat., Jan. 9 Walking with Walt (three-week class),
Iowa City Poetry (iowacitypoetry.com), 12:30 p.m., $75/series (tuition assistance available)
‘An Evening of Oddity,’ Iowa City Community Theatre (iowacitycommunitytheatre.org), 7:30 p.m., Free
Sun., Jan. 10 ‘An Evening of Oddity,’
Iowa City Community Theatre (iowacitycommunitytheatre.org), 2 p.m., Free
Wed., Jan. 13 Virtual 1 Million Cups Iowa City:
Journey Above Poverty, 1 Million Cups Iowa City (@1MillionCupsIC), 9 a.m., Free
Life Design Course with David Gould
& Kathy Eldon, University of Iowa Center for Advancement (foriowa.org), 4:30 p.m., Free (registration required)
Critical Conversations, The Academy for Scholastic and Personal Success (@ theacademysps), 7 p.m., Free
Internet Watch Party: ‘The Love
Witch,’ Late Shift at the Grindhouse (@ ICgrindhouse), 10 p.m., Free
Thu., Jan. 14 Iowa History 101: Iowa’s Native
Nations, State Historical Society of Iowa (@IowaHistory), 12 p.m., Free (registration required)
WHAT ARE WE DOING?
WEDNESDAYS, JAN. SUNDAY, JAN. 17 ‘We 6-27 Life Design the Interwoven: Course with David Immigration Gould University of Iowa Center Stories from
for Advancement (foriowa.org), 4:30 p.m., Free (registration required) Over the American the course of four Wednesdays in January, University of Iowa’s David Gould brings a Heartland’ Prairie Lights series of guest speakers toward the goal of Bookstore (prairielights.com/live), helping students from all walks of life reach 2 p.m., Free The third volume from the their goals. Classes can be attended stand- Bicultural Writers’ Fellowship was released alone or as a series. The course kicks off in December; this event includes a panel on Jan. 6 with Andy Stoll, senior program moderated by series editors Andrea Wilson officer of entrepreneurship at the Ewing and Alisha Jeddeloh. The program was deMarion Kauffman Foundation. He’s followed signed to raise the voices of Iowans who are by author, filmmaker and Creative Visions immigrants or from immigrant families (first, Foundation co-founder Kathy Eldon, former second or third generation)—to tell “the new Iowa wrestling coach Dan Gable and NYU’s story of Iowa.” Featured writers include Eyad Dan Lerner. Said, Dhuha Tawil, Shalini Jasti, Vanessa FRIDAY, JAN. 8 Out “Cueponi Cihuatl” Espinoza, George Khal, Hibbah Jarmakani and Salma Salama.
the Box Weekly WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20 Reading Series: In Two Voices: ‘The Care and Willis and Rainey
Feeding of Iowa City Poetry (iowacitypoetry.com), 7 p.m., Free Iowa City Poetry offers the Small Animals’ inaugural event of its new interview series, In Two Voices. Poet and filmmaker KayLee by Brooke-Erin Chie Kuehl is the series host. Episode one will feature Iowa City-based poet (and Best Smith Mirrorbox Theatre of the CRANDIC 2020 winner for Best Poet) Caleb Rainey (@MirrorboxTheatre), 8 p.m., interviewing three-time Free (registration required) Individual World Mirrorbox Theatre gets back Poetry Slam finalist into the swing of their renowned and current weekly reading series with University this 2020 play about a pair of of Iowa genetically engineered children MFA Acting tasked with ensuring the survival candidate of the human race. Directed by Steven Willis. Mirrorbox founder Cavan Hallman. The theater has promised to deliver fans 40 readings over the course of 2021, once again with a mix Jason of Iowa’s top artists and selected Smith guest performers from across the country. via Steven Willis’ website LITTLEVILLAGEMAG.COM/LV290 Jan. 6–Feb. 2, 2021 39
‘Pete the Cat’—A TCR Anywhere Special
Presentation, Theatre Cedar Rapids (theatrecr. org), available 24 hours daily through Jan. 20, $25 suggested
2nd Thursday Series: Richard Strauss’
‘Salome,’ Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre (youtube.com/cedarrapidsopera), 7 p.m., Free
Spring 2021 Obermann Conversations: Food Insecurity in Johnson County,
Obermann Center (obermann.uiowa.edu) w/ Iowa City Public Library, 7 p.m., Free
We the People: Protest and Peace—Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration,
Iowa City Public Library (icpl.org) with St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, NAACP, Mount Mercy College, Coe College and Cedar Rapids Public Library, 7 p.m., Free (registration required)
Tue., Jan. 19 ‘When Time Stopped’ Virtual Author Talk
and Book Signing, National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library (ncsml.org), 12 p.m., Free$28 (registration required)
The Healer’s Burden Book Launch
Celebration, Prairie Lights Bookstore (prairielights.com/live), 7 p.m., Free
Fri., Jan. 15 Out the Box Weekly Reading Series: TBD,
Mirrorbox Theatre (@MirrorboxTheatre), 8 p.m., Free (registration required)
Sat., Jan. 16 Walking with Walt (three-week class),
Iowa City Poetry (iowacitypoetry.com), 12:30 p.m., $75/series (tuition assistance available)
Sun., Jan. 17 ‘We the Interwoven: Immigration Stories
from the American Heartland,’ Prairie Lights Bookstore (prairielights.com/live), 2 p.m., Free
January Art in the Afternoon: Monica
Correia, Artifactory (artifactory.artsiowacity.org), 1 p.m., Free (registration required)
Free Generative Writing Workshop for
January, Iowa City Poetry (iowacitypoetry.com, iowacitypoetry@gmail.com), 5:30 p.m., Free
Entrepreneurship Workshop (two-
week class), Inside Out Reentry Community (@ioreentry) w/ UI Labb, 5:30 p.m., Free (registration required)
Dive In with the Stanley: Simone Leigh,
Stanley Museum of Art (stanleymusem.uiowa. edu), 7 p.m., Free
Stanley Studio Visit with Elena
Smyrniotis, Stanley Museum of Art (stanleymusem.uiowa.edu), 8 p.m., Free
Wed., Jan. 20 Virtual 1 Million Cups Iowa City:
RoboCash, 1 Million Cups Iowa City (@1MillionCupsIC), 9 a.m., Free
Life Design Course with David Gould
& Dan Gable, University of Iowa Center for Advancement (foriowa.org), 4:30 p.m., Free (registration required)
Kevin Barry in conversation with Susan
Orlean, Prairie Lights Bookstore (prairielights. com/live), 6 p.m., Free
In Two Voices: Willis and Rainey, Iowa City Poetry (iowacitypoetry.com), 7 p.m., Free
Mon., Jan. 18 Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.—What
does protest look like to me?, Cedar Rapids Public Library (crlibrary.org) w/ St. Paul’s United Methodist Church and Iowa City Public Library, 1 p.m., Free Critical Conversations, The Academy for Scholastic and Personal Success (@ theacademysps), 7 p.m., Free
Internet Watch Party: ‘The Monster
Squad,’ Late Shift at the Grindhouse (@ ICgrindhouse), 10 p.m., Free
NOTE! We are listing only ONLINE and OUTDOOR events in this calendar at the moment. “Locations” listed for online events reference the presenting institution. Please visit our online calendar for links, or check the organizations’ websites and Facebook pages. Thu., Jan. 21 Virtual Screening and Q&A with
filmmaker Philip Rabalais, Public Space One (publicspaceone.com), 7:30 p.m.
Fri., Jan. 22 ‘Divas 2021: An Evening with Janelle and
Lynne,’ Theatre Cedar Rapids (theatrecr.org), 7:30 p.m., $25 suggested
Out the Box Weekly Reading Series: TBD,
Mirrorbox Theatre (@MirrorboxTheatre), 8 p.m., Free (registration required)
Sat., Jan. 23 Walking with Walt (three-week class),
Iowa City Poetry (iowacitypoetry.com), 12:30 p.m., $75/series (tuition assistance available)
‘Divas 2021: An Evening with Janelle and
Lynne,’ Theatre Cedar Rapids (theatrecr.org), 2:30 & 7:30 p.m., $25 suggested
Mon., Jan. 25
Beat the Bitter: Kid Activity Kits, North Liberty Library, 8 a.m. (available for pickup through Jan. 29 at 6 p.m.), Free (registration required)
Tue., Jan. 26 Entrepreneurship Workshop (two-
week class), Inside Out Reentry Community (@ioreentry) w/ UI Labb, 5:30 p.m., Free (registration required)
Wed., Jan. 27 Virtual 1 Million Cups Iowa City: Shrpa,
1 Million Cups Iowa City (@1MillionCupsIC), 9 a.m., Free
Cultural Postmortem 2020, Obermann Center (obermann.uiowa.edu), 4:30 p.m., Free (registration required)
Life Design Course with David Gould
& Dan Lerner, University of Iowa Center for Advancement (foriowa.org), 4:30 p.m., Free (registration required)
Magical Writers Night ft. Laura Johnson,
Kae Apothecary (@kaeapothecary), 7 p.m., Free (registration required)
Critical Conversations, The Academy for Scholastic and Personal Success (@ theacademysps), 7 p.m., Free
Edward Carey, ‘The Swallowed Man,’
Prairie Lights Bookstore (prairielights.com/live), 7 p.m., Free
Internet Watch Party: ‘The Eyes of My
Mother,’ Late Shift at the Grindhouse (@ ICgrindhouse), 10 p.m., Free
Thu., Jan. 28 Iowa History 101: Tales of the Territory,
State Historical Society of Iowa (@IowaHistory), 12 p.m., Free (registration required)
Podcasting with Purpose: Annie Galvin, Obermann Center (obermann.uiowa.edu), 4 p.m.
Rebekah Kowal, ‘Dancing the World
Smaller,’ Prairie Lights Bookstore (prairielights. com/live), 7 p.m., Free
Fri., Jan. 29 ‘Divas 2021: An Evening with Janelle and
Lynne,’ Theatre Cedar Rapids (theatrecr.org), 7:30 p.m., $25 suggested
Out the Box Weekly Reading Series: TBD,
Mirrorbox Theatre (@MirrorboxTheatre), 8 p.m., Free (registration required)
Sat., Jan. 30
Beat the Bitter: Ice Sculpture Walk, Penn Meadows Park, North Liberty, 8 a.m. (available to view through Jan. 31 at 9 p.m.), Free
Beat the Bitter: Winter Storywalk, Penn Meadows Park, North Liberty, 8 a.m. (available to view through Jan. 31 at 9 p.m.), Free
Beat the Bitter: 5K-ish Obstacle? Run,
Penn Meadows Park, North Liberty, 10 a.m. (run anytime through Feb. 6 at 6 p.m.), Free
Artisanal Showcase: Glass Fusing w/ the Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass Studio,
Cedar Rapids Public Library (crlibrary.org), 12 p.m., Free
Online RPGs, Corridor Games on Demand
(@CorridorGoD), 1 p.m., Free
‘Divas 2021: An Evening with Janelle and
Lynne,’ Theatre Cedar Rapids (theatrecr.org), 2:30 & 7:30 p.m., $25 suggested
Beat the Bitter: Fireworks, Penn Meadows Park, North Liberty, 7 p.m., Free
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