Williams Friedricks Profiles Iowa State Fair Keeper
William Friedricks, director of the Iowa History Center and author of A Great State Fair, recounts his lifelong engagement with the Iowa State Fair. He credits his wife for his initial interest and explains the Blue Ribbon Foundation’s role in reviving the grounds. He notes the book blends history with lessons for future fair preservation and will sign copies at multiple dates at the Fair's Blue Ribbon Foundation booth.
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William Friedricks
California
Friedricks
Iowa History Center
Iowa
Blue Ribbon Foundation
Pomona
Rex Laird
Des Moines Register
Des Moines
Bill Knapp
John Putney
Foundation
Simpson College
Grand Concourse
East 30Th Street
East University Avenue
Jowans
Aunt Mary’s
Bauder
Amazon
Iowa City Book Festival to Be Its Biggest Ever
The ninth Iowa City Book Festival runs Oct 8 to 15 celebrating the 50th anniversary of the International Writing Program. Readings and panels feature Trae Crowder, Alexander Chee, Raphael Campo, Nathan Englander and others with events at Prairie Lights, Englert, Old Capitol and Coralville Public Library. All but the WellRED Comedy Tour are free. full schedule at iowacitybookfestival.org.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Wilson
Egypt
Mubarak
US Center For Human Rights
Town City
Prairie Lights Books
Trae Crowder
Corey Ryan Forrester
Drew Morgan
Englert Theatre
Englert.org
Paul Engle
Alexander Chee
Coralville Public Library
Garth Greenwell
Moby Dick
Old Capitol Steps
Macbride Hall
Raphael Campo
Old Capitol Senate
Nathan Englander
University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop
Center of the Earth
Chris Adrian
Donald Ray Pollock
Will Bardenwerper
U.S
Saddam Hussein
Lori Erickson
The
Gazette
Ted Genaways
Melissa Fraterrigo
Jennifer Colville
Uncanny Girls
Steve Paul
Hemingway
Julia Fiero
Iowacitybookfestival.org
Musician Joseph Brisben reads from Skip Day at Prairie Lights
Iowa City author and musician Joseph Brisben will read from his semi autobiographic novel Skip Day at 7 p.m. Friday at Prairie Lights Books. The book blends 1959 setting with humor and nostalgia, and Brisben also wrote Marvin's Garden.
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I.C
Iowa City
Joseph Brisben
Prairie Lights
Animal House
Brisben
Marvin
University of Chicago
Drake University
Prairie Lights Books
S. Dubuque St
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Liz Martin
the Gazette
I.C. Book Festival
the Mill
Burlington St
Carson McCullers
Discover Great New Writers Book Group
Barnes & Noble
Collins Rd
Cedar Rapids
Bright Ideas
Matthew Sullivan
Paul
Paul Harding
Art Lover’s Book Club
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Third Ave
Nina Siegal
Chilbury Ladies Choir
Jennifer Ryan
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