Experience Iowa history brought to life through a powerful one-man performance by longtime Iowa actor Tom Milligan. In American Dreamer: The Life and Times of Henry A. Wallace, Milligan portrays […]
The Waverly Public Library will host Civil War historian O.J. Fargo on May 5, 2026 for a first-person presentation that brings history to life. Appearing in full Union Army uniform, Fargo portrays […]
The Wide Lens series highlights the breadth and depth of research happening at the University of Iowa. By bringing together scholars from wide-ranging fields, the annual event showcases innovative projects […]
The Bricker-Price Block in Earlham will host Sarah Uthoff on May 8, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. for a Humanities Iowa Speakers Bureau program. Uthoff, a librarian, educator, and nationally recognized […]
The Malvern Public Library will host Darcy Maulsby on May 11, 2026, for a Humanities Iowa Speakers Bureau program. Maulsby uncovers the remarkable and often overlooked Iowa connections to the Titanic disaster of 1912. From orphan […]
The Historical Society of Marshall County will host a Speakers Bureau program with O.J. Fargo on May 12, 2026. A historian, author, and Civil War re-enactor, Fargo brings Iowa’s past […]
The Big Creek Historical Society will host historian Michael Vogt on May 12, 2026, for a program exploring the pivotal role of Camp Dodge during World War I. Vogt, curator […]
Join Save Our Depot, Inc. in Red Oak on May 13, 2026 at 1 p.m. as Civil War historian O.J. Fargo explores Iowa’s role in the conflict from Fort Sumter […]
The Bondurant Community Library will host Darcy Maulsby on May 14, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. for a Humanities Iowa Speakers Bureau program. Maulsby takes audiences on a journey along the […]
Join the Adel Public Library on June 2, 2026 for this presentation by speaker Chad Timm. Working with the Enemy: German, Italian and Japanese Prisoners of War in Iowa during […]
Bricker-Price Block will welcome historian Chad Timm on June 5, 2026 at 10 a.m. for a presentation on Iowa’s little-known World War II prisoner of war camps. Chad Timm explores […]
The Iowa Rural Schools Museum of Odebolt will host Pete Grady on June 13, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. for a one-man performance that brings Civil War General and 18th President […]
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