https://www.thehearst.org/exhibitionsNORTH AMERICAN REVIEWSeptember 26-November 27, 20242024 marks the 60-year anniversary of the NAR coming to Iowa, the magazine is featuring all Iowan visual artists in their fall issue. Visit the […]
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6-on-6 Girl’s Basketball in Iowa: Traditions, Transitions, and LegaciesFor most of the 20th century, Iowa was known for its devotion to a unique form of women’s sport known as 6-on-6 […]
Grant Wood: Prairie RebelIn this 45-minute, one-man show, Grant Wood chats with the audience as if talking to an old friend across the backyard fence, or maybe at his home […]
Just Before the Battle Mother—A Visit from a Civil War SoldierMr. Fargo dresses in full Union Army regalia and focuses the first person presentation on an individual Iowa soldier’s Civil […]
Just Before the Battle Mother—A Visit from a Civil War SoldierMr. Fargo dresses in full Union Army regalia and focuses the first person presentation on an individual Iowa soldier’s Civil […]
Voicing a Cause, Voicing a Self: Jane Addams at the Hull HouseThroughout her long career advocating the needs of impoverished immigrants, exploited laborers, youth criminals and war victims, Jane Addams […]
Promoting Peace, Subverting Domesticity: Cookbooks Against War, 1970-2010This historical project analyzes peace activist cookbooks, revealing how such texts ignite activism, enable community identity for subcultures and adeptly subvert women’s domestic […]
Vinh NguyenVinh Nguyen was born in Saigon, Vietnam. After the Vietnam War ended, life in South Vietnam changed completely. In the summer of 1981, Vinh’s parents arranged for him to […]
Lilian OkechLilian Okech is a motivational speaker, entrepreneur, author, teacher, and visionary. She co-authored two Time Amazon # 1 bestselling books and is the co-founder of an organization that brings […]
Unconditional Surrender: A Visit with Ulysses S. Grant is a one-man show about the life and times of the Civil War General and 18th President of the United States. Pete Grady, the […]
AI and the Human FutureThis presentation focuses on the big moral and political issues surrounding artificial intelligence. What exactly is AI? Can it make our lives and our communities better, […]
