• Iowa Museum Association Hosts 2025 Small Museum Convening

    Prairie Trails Museum 515 E Jefferson St, Corydon, Iowa, United States

    Cost:  IMA Members $75; IMA Student Members $35; non IMA members $130This gathering is open to all - "small" is subjective.  You decide how you would define your organization. Schedule:9 a.m. Registration & Refreshments 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.  Bringing History to Life Through Visual Art at Hoyt Sherman Place - Emily Roeder, Education Program Coordinator, Hoyt Sherman Place […]

  • Des Moines Art Center Hosts the Fingerman Lecture 2025: Jeffrey Gibson

    Des Moines Art Center, 4700 Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA 50312, USA

    Event Details We invite you to join the Des Moines Art Center in welcoming artist Jeffrey Gibson as the featured speaker of the annual Fingerman Lecture series. Gibson (American, born 1972) is an interdisciplinary artist, curator, and convener celebrated for his painting, installation, video, and performance work. For over two decades, he has explored how […]

  • Speakers Bureau Presents: Adventures Along the Historic Lincoln Highway in Iowa

    Stuart Public Library, 111 Front St, Stuart, IA 50250, USA

    The Stuart Public Library will host Darcy Maulsby on April 11, 2026, for a Humanities Iowa Speakers Bureau program. Maulsby takes audiences on a journey along the historic Lincoln Highway, better known today as Highway 30. Developed more than a century ago, the Lincoln Highway transformed travel in Iowa and across America. In this engaging presentation, Maulsby shares stories of innovation, […]

  • 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 girls’ basketball. As other states abandoned 6-on-6 in the 1970s, Iowa remained committed to this half-court game until 1993, when the final 6-player championship was […]

  • Poetry in Public Reading at the Iowa City Book Festival

    Iowa City Public Library, 123 S Linn St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA

    Hear from poets of all ages and backgrounds, including 2025-26 Iowa Student Poet Ambassador Daniel Somotochukwu Umemezie, at the Poetry in Public Reading on the last day of the Iowa City Book Festival. This event is free and open to the public. Find more details at iowacityofliterature.org/event/poetry-in-public-reading/

  • ICFRC Presents: Indigenous Strength: Food Sovereignty and Language Revitalization

    Iowa City Public Library, 123 S Linn St, Iowa City, IA 52240, USA

    Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day with the Iowa City Foreign Relations Council! Join Leah Slick-Driscoll and Stephanie BadSoldier Snow of the Meskwaki Nation as they share how their community is elevating Native voices—especially youth—through food and language. This conversation will explore how longstanding indigenizing practices strengthen sovereignty, celebrate heritage, and challenge the ongoing legacies of colonialism. […]

  • Speakers Bureau Presents: Making Waves: The People and Places of Iowa Broadcasting

    Malvern Public Library, 502 Main St, Malvern, IA 51551, USA

    The Malvern Public Library will host Jeff Stein on April 13, 2026 for a Humanities Iowa Speakers Bureau program. Stein—an award-winning author, historian, and broadcaster—shares the groundbreaking story of how radio and television developed in Iowa and shaped life across the nation. Based on his book Making Waves, the presentation features original broadcasts, photographs, and memorabilia, while inviting audience members to reflect […]

  • Des Moines Art Center Hosts Artist Lecture: Ben Millett

    Des Moines Art Center, 4700 Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA 50312, USA

    Event Details Presented in recognition of LGBTQ+ History Month, join Ben Millett, the Des Moines Art Center’s 2025 Iowa Artist, for an artist lecture. During this talk, Millett will discuss how he came to the technique of quilting as his artistic medium, the influence of modernist artists such as Ellsworth Kelly, and how his work has […]

  • Speakers Bureau Presents: AI and the Human Future

    Join speaker Scott Samuelson at the Polk City Community Library on March 10 to learn more about AI and its implications for the future. This 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, or is it going to […]

  • Speakers Bureau Presents: 6-on-6 Girls’ Basketball in Iowa: Traditions, Transitions, and Legacies

    Ackley Public Library, 401 State St, Ackley, IA 50601, USA

    The Friends of the Ackley Public Library will host Jennifer Sterling on October 21, 2025 for a Speakers Bureau program. Sterling, a Lecturer in Sport Studies at the University of Iowa, explores Iowa’s unique 6-on-6 girls’ basketball tradition, which lasted until 1993. This multimedia presentation traces the history of the game, its role in shaping […]