Humanities Iowa E-newsletter february 2011 Voices from the Prairie

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E-Newsletter	February 2011
IN THIS ISSUE: • latest news • speakers bureau • major grant events • upcoming & ongoing events • questions and comments • web links	LATEST NEWS The 2011 Peace Through Corn tour began in the end of January and continues through February. This play is about the true story of the friendship between an Iowa farmer and a powerful communist leader. Check out the dates and locations for your chance to see the play*.
SPEAKERS BUREAU What free entertainment is happening near YOU? Find out. American Gothic has a history in Iowa, thanks to three very important men, including Grant Wood himself. Who are these men and what are their connections to the painting? Kristy Raine will tell you in Dubuque. Denny Rehder details all about folk songs and stories related to trains in Iowa, and the transcontinental race across Iowa. He will be in Independence this month. Come see what all the noise is about! Speaking of railroads, Galin Berrier explores the myths and legends of the Underground Railroad in Waukee. Find out for yourself, and separate fact from fiction! All of the above events are free and open to the public.	MINI & MAJOR GRANT EVENTS: On Air Radio Reading and Discussion of 'Driftless' Monday - Friday February 1-28 @ 6:30 PM KDLS 1310 AM Perry, IA Urban Youth in China Exhibit February 1-28 Cowles Library, Drake University 2507 University Ave Des Moines, Iowa 50311 The Global Rise of China in Historical and Comparative Perspectives February 15 @ 7 PM Parents Hall Olmstead Center Drake University 2875 University Ave Des Moines, IA 50311 Service Encounters: Retail Work, Consumption, and Inequality in Urban China February 21 @ 7 PM Collier Reading Room Cowles Library Drake University 2875 University Ave Des Moines, IA 50311 All of the above events are free and open to the public.	UPCOMING & ONGOING HI-SPONSORED EVENTS Peace Through Corn brings alive the true story of the friendship Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and Iowa farmer Roswell Garst. The play will tour throughout Iowa: Guttenberg: February 20 West Union: February 21 Indianola: February 24 Coon Rapids: February 27 Perry: February 27 Council Bluffs: February 28 Some of the performances are free and some will charge for tickets. Web Videos* Last month's On the Fly web videos include the following: Matt Hart & Nate Pritts, poets James Tate, National Book Award & Pulitzer Prize Winner Marvin Bell, former Iowa Poet Laureate Jane Smiley, Pulitzer Prize author & PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award winner Tom Grimes, novelist and playwright The videos are available on our website and on YouTube. Stay tuned for February writers: Jacki Leyden, David Shields, Mary Morris, and Alison Bechdel. All of the above events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
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