Programs and Events**Due to the 2008 Flood and the closing of the UIMA building, most adult programming and events have been moved to the Old Capitol Museum or other alternate locations. Keep in mind that events are subject to change -- both additions and cancellations -- as we iron out details, so check this page often for updates!
Fall 2008 Adult Programs and Events
WHAT: Writer-in-Residence Reading: Spring Ulmer with Stephen Kuusisto
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Friday, September 19
WHERE: Senate Chamber, Old Capitol Museum
Spring Ulmer grew up in Vermont. She attended The Cooper Union School of Art in New York City, worked as a photojournalist and reporter in eastern Kentucky, and holds a M.F.A. in poetry from the University of Arizona, where she taught for five years before coming to Iowa City. Ulmer’s honors include grants from the Kentucky Foundation for Women, the Kentucky Arts Council, and the Andrea Frank Foundation. In 1998, she was an artist-in-residence at the Headlands Center for the Arts. Her book of poetry, Benjamin’s Spectacles, was selected by Sonia Sanchez for Kore Press’s 2007 First Book Award. She will write her M.F.A. nonfiction thesis abroad in Rwanda while a Fulbright scholar this year.
Stephen Kuusisto is the author of Only Bread, Only Light, a collection of poems from Copper Canyon Press, and of the memoirs Planet of the Blind (A New York Times Notable Book) and Eavesdropping. He holds a dual appointment at the University of Iowa in English, where he teaches courses in creative nonfiction, and the College of Medicine, where he serves as a public humanities scholar.
WHAT: Know the Score LIVE!
WHEN: 5-7 p.m. Friday, October 10
WHERE: Senate Chamber, Old Capitol Museum
Iowa Public Radio's "Know the Score" brings the best of the local arts and culture scene to life. Host Joan Kjaer will introduce you to a world of ideas through discussions with creative artists and great minds, and treat you to live performances of the highest order by local and regional musicians. The two-hour, Friday afternoon program is regularly broadcast from the Lasansky Room adjoining the Nancy and Craig Willis Atrium in the Museum, and it is free and open to the public. Due to the flood, these programs have been moved to the Old Capitol Museum's Senate Chamber. The program also travels on occasion so that it may broadcast from arts venues throughout the state. Broadcasts can be heard live on KSUI (91.7 FM), KHKE (90.7 FM), and KUNZ (91.1 FM). The statewide rebroadcast of Know the Score is the following Saturday morning at 10:00 on all stations of Iowa Public Radio Classical (check for station details at www.iowapublicradio.org).
WHAT: The Museum pARTy!
WHEN: 8-11 p.m. Saturday, October 11
WHERE: Hotel Vetro, 201 S. Linn St., Iowa City
WHAT: Know the Score LIVE!
WHEN: 5-7 p.m. Friday, November 7
WHERE: Senate Chamber, Old Capitol Museum
Iowa Public Radio's "Know the Score" brings the best of the local arts and culture scene to life. Host Joan Kjaer will introduce you to a world of ideas through discussions with creative artists and great minds, and treat you to live performances of the highest order by local and regional musicians. The two-hour, Friday afternoon program is regularly broadcast from the Lasansky Room adjoining the Nancy and Craig Willis Atrium in the Museum, and it is free and open to the public. Due to the flood, these programs have been moved to the Old Capitol Museum's Senate Chamber. The program also travels on occasion so that it may broadcast from arts venues throughout the state. Broadcasts can be heard live on KSUI (91.7 FM), KHKE (90.7 FM), and KUNZ (91.1 FM). The statewide rebroadcast of Know the Score is the following Saturday morning at 10:00 on all stations of Iowa Public Radio Classical (check for station details at www.iowapublicradio.org).
WHAT: Writer-in-Residence Reading -- David Torrey Peters with Jo Ann Beard
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Friday, November 14
WHERE: Senate Chamber, Old Capitol Museum
David Torrey Peters, a native of Chicago, took a career aptitude test in high school that determined he had the makings of either a plumber or a fighter pilot. An unabashed pacifist with a fear of grime, he attempted to cheat his fate by fleeing to the Dominican Republic, then Hampshire College, then Cameroon, all on the pretext of education. Eventually, he took a job as a production assistant in television news, but the news desk too closely resembled a cockpit, the fiber optic cables traveled in bunches too much like pipes. He moved to Iowa to try his hand at writing, a prospective career that combines the thrills of plumbing with a job market like that of the aviation industry.
Jo Ann Beard is a graduate of the Nonfiction Writing Program at Iowa, and the author of a collection of autobiographical essays, The Boys of My Youth, and a forthcoming novel. Her writing has appeared in magazines, literary journals, and anthologies, and she is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in nonfiction writing, a grant from the New York Foundation for the Arts, and a Whiting Award for Emerging Writers. She grew up in Moline, Illinois, and now lives in Rhinebeck, New York.
WHAT: Gallery Talk -- Daniel Heyman: The Amman Portfolio
WHEN: 4 p.m. Thursday, December 4
WHERE: Old Capitol Museum, room TBD
Join artist Daniel Heyman for a tour of his haunting and highly topical artwork, which includes portraits of former Abu Ghraib prisoners. Heyman, accompanying lawyers to Amman, Jordan, scratched his impressions directly onto etching plates during the former prisoners' legal depositions. In this talk, hear Heyman discuss his working process and motivation, and get a chance to ask questions.
WHAT: Know the Score LIVE!
WHEN: 5-7 p.m. Friday, December 5
WHERE: Senate Chamber, Old Capitol Museum
In conjunction with the Daniel Heyman: The Amman Portfolio exhibition, this special edition of Know the Score LIVE! will be in the form of a panel discussion about art, human rights, and current political issues. This exhibitions and its programming are a collaborative venture between the UIMA, Old Capitol Museum, and the UI Center for Human Rights.
Iowa Public Radio's "Know the Score" brings the best of the local arts and culture scene to life. Host Joan Kjaer will introduce you to a world of ideas through discussions with creative artists and great minds, and treat you to live performances of the highest order by local and regional musicians. The two-hour, Friday afternoon program is regularly broadcast from the Lasansky Room adjoining the Nancy and Craig Willis Atrium in the Museum, and it is free and open to the public. Due to the flood, these programs have been moved to the Old Capitol Museum's Senate Chamber. The program also travels on occasion so that it may broadcast from arts venues throughout the state. Broadcasts can be heard live on KSUI (91.7 FM), KHKE (90.7 FM), and KUNZ (91.1 FM). The statewide rebroadcast of Know the Score is the following Saturday morning at 10:00 on all stations of Iowa Public Radio Classical (check for station details at www.iowapublicradio.org).
