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Local History Resources at ICPL

The Iowa City Public Library has many unique collections that focus on historical information about the Iowa City area. Adult Services Coordinator, Maeve Clark, discusses the online resources that...

Local History Weber Days

Voxman and Eble: Iowa City's Music Men

Starting in the 1950s, Himie Voxman and Charlie Eble traveled throughout the United States and Europe, collecting sheet music for arrangement, study, and sale in Iowa City. Katie Buehner, head of...

Local History Weber Days

Bike to Work Week: Legal Cycling with Lawyer Jim Freeman

Jim Freeman of Bike Law discusses bicycle safety, laws affecting cyclists, dangerous situations, interactions with law enforcement, what to do if you're involved in a collision, and...

Current Issues and Politics

DNA Day: Student Genetic Ancestry Testing

Charles "Chip" Aquadro, Ph. D., discusses his course, Personal Genomics & Medicine. During this course, students learn about their own genetic composition through ancestry...

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La Chicana: Memories of the Chicago Barrio and Readings in Latino Poetry

The Reading Aloud poetry group from the Iowa City Senior Center reads pieces from noted Latino poets that address the historical and contemporary experience of Latinos and Chicanos in the Americas...

Arts, Music, and Hobbies

ALT Speaker Series - Mission Creek 2017: #crushingit and #restingit

Peter Awad, founder and host of Slow Hustle Podcast, leads a panel to discuss the intersection of art and technology, and explain the role that both play in our growing community.

Panelists...

Current Issues and Politics

Mission Creek 2017 - The Window with Dan Lerner

Watch The Window be recorded live in front of the Mission Creek Festival audience, with noted teacher, speaker, strength-based performance coach – and now author, Dan Lerner, as the guest. Dan...

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Obermann Conversations: The Making of "Hot Tamale Louie"

UI Music Professor and jazz musician, John Rapson, talks about the making of his jazz-centered production, “Hot Tamale Louie.” He discusses the collaborative process with local folk singer-...

Arts, Music, and Hobbies

ALT Speaker Series - Mission Creek 2017: Demystifying the Maker Movement

Donald Bell, creator of Maker Project Lab, discusses the past, present and future of the DIY Maker Movement.

Mission Creek Art + Life + Technology (ALT) Speaker Series: Through a series of...

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University Town, Union Town

John W. McKerley, an oral historian at the University of Iowa Labor Center, gives an introduction to the labor history of Iowa City and Johnson County.

Weber Days is a series of local...

Local History Weber Days