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Upcoming Events

Archaeology at Iowa Project AWARE: Using Remote Sensing to Investigate Iowa’s Effigy Mounds promotional image

Archaeology at Iowa Project AWARE: Using Remote Sensing to Investigate Iowa’s Effigy Mounds

Thursday, July 16, 2026 7:30pm
Elkader City Park
On Thursday, July 16 at 7:30pm, Colin Betts from Luther College will present Using Remote Sensing to Investigate Iowa’s Effigy Mounds at Elkader City Park.
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Unearth a Story: Ice Age Iowa at the Conrad Public Library

Monday, July 20, 2026 4:30pm
Conrad Public Library
Cherie Haury-Artz from the University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist will present on Ice Age Iowa at the Conrad Public Library as part of their Unearth a Story summer reading program.
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Unearth a Story: What Do the Bones Tell Us? Children's Program at Waukee Public Library

Friday, July 24, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am
Waukee Public Library
Cherie Haury-Artz from the University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist will present, "What Do the Bones Tell Us? for children (entering grades Kindergarten to 5) at the Waukee Public Library as part of their Unearth a Story summer reading program.

Past Events

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Book Matters: Ashley Howard in conversation with Louise Seamster

Thursday, February 26, 2026 5:30pm to 7:00pm
Stanley Museum of Art
Join us for a reading a reading and discussion to celebrate Ashley Howard, assistant professor of history and African American studies, and her new book, Midwest Unrest: 1960s Urban Rebellions and the Black Freedom Movement.
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Creative Matters Conversation "American Icons: The Joffrey in Iowa City"

Friday, March 6, 2026 6:00pm
Hancher Auditorium

Free and open to the public

Join us for a Creative Matters conversation with Ashley Wheater MBE, Artistic Director of The Joffrey Ballet.

Marking the Joffrey’s 70th anniversary, the conversation will feature discussion of American Icons, the company’s landmark anniversary program, as well as reflections on the Joffrey’s past, present, and future. Wheater will also speak to the company’s longstanding relationship with Hancher and Iowa City, and what it has meant to bring the Joffrey’s work back to...

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