The Corning Opera House will welcome historian Chad Timm on April 3, 2026, for a presentation on Iowa’s little-known World War II prisoner of war camps. Chad Timm explores life in the […]
Join the Cedar Rapids Public Library for the Speakers Bureau presentation "Promoting Peace, Subverting Domesticity: Cookbooks Against War, 1970-2010. This historical project analyzes peace activist cookbooks, revealing how such texts […]
The Union Public Library will host Darcy Maulsby on April 6, 2026 for a Humanities Iowa Speakers Bureau program. Maulsby uncovers the remarkable and often overlooked Iowa connections to the […]
Join the West Des Moines Public Library for the presentation AI and the Human Future by Scott Samuelson. This presentation focuses on the big moral and political issues surrounding artificial […]
The Polk County Conservation Board will host Darcy Maulsby on April 7, 2026 for a Humanities Iowa Speakers Bureau program. Maulsby uncovers the remarkable and often overlooked Iowa connections to […]
Join the Lakin Library & Envisioning Center for the Speakers Bureau presentation "Your Grampa and Gramma's Farm" by Rich Tyler. Farming in the late 1800s and early 1900s represents a […]
Join the Guttenberg Library Foundation for the Speakers Bureau presentation Packing Up by Sarah Uthoff. "Look in on Laura Ingalls Wilder as she is packing up to move to Missouri. […]
Join Simpson College for Open Book, a dialogue-centered program that invites participants to reflect on history, culture, and civic life through conversations with culture bearers from their own communities. This […]
Join Save Our Depot, Inc. in Red Oak on April 8, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. for a one-man performance by Pete Grady, Unconditional Surrender: A Visit with Ulysses S. Grant. […]
The Tama County Historical Society will host Jeff Stein on April 8, 2026 for a Humanities Iowa Speakers Bureau program. Stein—an award-winning author, historian, and broadcaster—shares the groundbreaking story of […]
The Elgin Historical Society will host Larry Stone on March 3, 2026 for a Humanities Iowa Speakers Bureau program. A longtime journalist, author, and nature photographer, Stone draws on decades […]
On April 13, the Dubuque County Public Library will host military historian Michael Vogt for a presentation on the history of Camp Dodge during World War I. Using period images, maps, […]
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