All Videos

Intro to Virtual Reality | Virtual Class for Adults with Iowa City Public Library

Interested in experiencing VR, but not sure where to start? Join us to see what makes Virtual Reality such an engaging experience.

We’ll start with a brief history and overview of VR,...

Technology Classes for Adults

The Machine Stops : A New Opera by John Lake & Cecile Goding | Iowa City Book Festival 2023

The Machine Stops: A New Opera by John Lake and Cecile Goding
Selected Videoclips and Talkback

Opera fan and UI Professor Emerita Miriam Gilbert leads a talkback session on The...

Arts, Music, and Hobbies Iowa City Book Festival

2023 International Writing Program (IWP) Panel: Style in the Hard Light of Algorithm

A conversation between four IWP 2023 Fall Residency writers on the theme of "Style in the Hard Light of Algorithm," followed by Q&A.

Yasuhiro Yotsumoto (poet, translator,...

Books and Writing International Writing Program

Scrutinizing the Shelves: Banned Books | An Obermann Conversation | Intellectual Freedom Festival

Recently, there has been an escalation of book bans and censorship in public school classrooms and libraries across the U.S. Many of the current book ban campaigns target books by or about LGBTQIA...

Current Issues and Politics Intellectual Freedom Festival, Obermann Conversations

Understanding Anti-LGBTQIA+ Law Targeting Iowa Classrooms | Intellectual Freedom Festival

Keenan Crow, Director of Policy and Advocacy of One Iowa, will present an explanation of IA SF496, Iowa's new anti-LGBTQ+ education law. Among other things, this law includes a "don...

Current Issues and Politics Intellectual Freedom Festival

Jamaica: Holdin' a Vibe in a Textured Landscape | Iowa City Foreign Relations Council

From Lorna Goodison’s third-world woman as mystic healer to Reggae and Dancehall pulsing through Kingston nights, Jamaica moves to its own drum beat, making a dance out of its troubles. It is a...

Arts, Music, and Hobbies Iowa City Foreign Relations Council

2023 International Writing Program (IWP) Panel: Writing the Not-Self

A conversation between three IWP 2023 Fall Residency writers on the theme of "Writing the Not-Self," followed by Q&A.

Azhar Noonari (poet, translator, journalist; Ukraine) is...

Books and Writing International Writing Program

Is Brazil at a Tipping Point? Democracy and Climate Change | Iowa City Foreign Relations Council

From forest fires in the Amazon to a mob storming the presidential palace, scholars warn Brazil could be at a tipping point. Dr. Smith discusses these threats, but also Brazil's hopeful...

Current Issues and Politics Iowa City Foreign Relations Council

What Does It Mean to Be a Good Citizen? | Iowa City Foreign Relations Council

UI College of Education Associate Professor Carolyn Colvin, Ph.D., and colleagues from West Liberty will speak about the success of a program to bring citizenship and more to immigrants in West...

Current Issues and Politics Iowa City Foreign Relations Council