Please join us at FilmScene this fall for a monthly screening and discussion series, Out of the Archive: Envisioning Blackness. A continuation of conversations begun last spring in the inaugural Out of the Archive program, the series showcases the vibrant, multifaceted tradition of Black cinema by presenting rarely screened and/or recently restored films. Tickets are pay-what-you-can (with students, in particular, encouraged to pick $0). Join us before each screening for a free dinner reception...

Taylor Cowdery will deliver a presentation on "Middlebrow Style and Social Identity in the Canterbury Tales?" Cowdery is Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and the author of Matter and Making in Early English Poetry: Literary Production from Chaucer to Sidney (2023, Cambridge UP). This presentation stems from Professor Cowdery's current book-in-progress, The Middle Classes of Medieval London: A Literary History.

Russian journalist Elena Kostyuchenko, author of I Love Russia, will read and speak with Bela Shayevich, translator and UI Nonfiction Writing Program student, at a special event on Friday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. at the newest building on campus, the Nonfiction Writing House (530 N. Clinton Street). This event, which is part of the Krause Series in Contemporary Nonfiction, is sponsored by the Nonfiction Writing Program.

Writer Douglas Kearney, author of Optic Subwoof, will read from his work on Thursday, November 16 at 8:00pm at the UI Nonfiction Writing House (530 N. Clinton Street). His reading will be followed by conversation. This event, which is part of the Krause Series in Contemporary Nonfiction, is open to the public.

Join us monthly to generate new creative writing inspired by works in the Stanley collection. Each session will be led by a different talented writer from our area, who will be offering a new prompt and a new approach to ekphrastic writing (writing inspired by visual art). Bring your own notebook and pencil or computer and leave with the beginning of a newly written piece. Co-sponsored by Iowa City Poetry. Teen and adult writers in all genres are welcome. Write at the Stanley meets every fourth...

Blaine Greteman Professor and DEO of English University of Iowa

Join the long, rich, historical tradition of artists creating in our spaces. Professional, aspiring, and amateur artists alike, make our museum your muse. The return of this popular program series welcomes guests into the Museum of Natural History's magical gallery spaces after-hours to work on sketching or writing projects with other campus and community artists. Tell a friend, grab a notebook, and join us on the first Friday of each month. We'll provide a new inspo prompt for each session...

Please join us at FilmScene this fall for a monthly screening and discussion series, Out of the Archive: Envisioning Blackness. A continuation of conversations begun last spring in the inaugural Out of the Archive program, the series showcases the vibrant, multifaceted tradition of Black cinema by presenting rarely screened and/or recently restored films. Tickets are pay-what-you-can (with students, in particular, encouraged to pick $0). Join us before each screening for a free dinner reception...

Reggie Wilson is the artistic director and choreographer of Fist and Heel Performance Group. He is a graduate of New York University, Tisch School of the Arts (1988, Larry Rhodes, Chair) and is an inaugural Doris Duke Artist. He has studied composition and been mentored by Phyllis Lamhut and performed and toured with Ohad Naharin before forming Fist and Heel. He has lectured, taught and conducted extended workshops and community projects throughout the U.S., Africa, Europe, and the Caribbean. ...