Larry Stone: Whitetail: Treasure, Trophy or Trouble?

Newton Public Library 100 N 3rd Ave W, Newton, IA, United States

Whitetail: Treasure, Trophy or Trouble?Although Iowa’s original deer herd vanished in the face of white settlement, the animals rebounded during the 20th century to the point of overpopulation. Adapted from […]

Darcy Maulsby: Savor Iowa’s Culinary History

Bondurant Community Library 104 2nd St NE, Bondurant, IA, United States

Savor Iowa’s Culinary History Savor Iowa’s amazing food heritage! Iowa’s delectable cuisine is quintessentially Midwestern, grounded in its rich farming heritage and spiced with diverse ethnic influences. From the chili-and-cinnamon-rolls […]

Darcy Maulsby: Savor Iowa’s Culinary History

Gibson Memorial Library 200 W Howard St, Creston, IA, United States

Savor Iowa’s Culinary History Savor Iowa’s amazing food heritage! Iowa’s delectable cuisine is quintessentially Midwestern, grounded in its rich farming heritage and spiced with diverse ethnic influences. From the chili-and-cinnamon-rolls […]

Tom Milligan: Grant Wood

Lake City Library 400 E Washington St, Lake City, IA, United States

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 […]

Abby Dubisar: Promoting Peace, Subverting Domesticity

Bricker-Price Block 105 S Chestnut Ave, Earlham, IA, United States

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 […]

Barbara Lounsberry: Nancy Drew

Corning Opera House 800 Davis Ave, Corning, IA, United States

Nancy Drew: Iowa’s Heroine to the WorldNancy Drew is the most popular female detective in fiction. Few know, however, that Nancy is an Iowa heroine and that her creator was […]

Liz Garst: Corn and Kruschev

Big Creek Historical Museum 116 S 3rd St, Polk City, IA, United States

Corn and KhrushchevThe Garst Family has deep roots in the history of Iowa. Based on her family experience in Coon Rapids, Liz recounts the history of agricultural development in Iowa, […]

Jennifer Sterling: 6-on-6 Girl’s Basketball in Iowa

Wieting Theatre 101 S Church St, Toledo, IA, United States

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 […]

OJ Fargo: Just Before the Battle, Mother

FoVMP (AL Post 26) 702 W 35th St, Davenport, IA, United States

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 […]