Weekend arts and events lineup across Iowa venues
Johnathan Buffalo and Suzanne Wanatee present Meskwaki History at 7 30 p m Friday at the US Museum of Art Iowa City in conjunction with the Lure of the West exhibit Hancher Auditorium hosts Jazz at Lincoln Center Sextet at 8 p m Friday Cornell Lyric Theatre opens The Secret Garden with shows 7 30 p m Friday and Saturday and 2 p m Sunday in Armstrong Theatre Mount Vernon Delve into genealogy with Brian O Harra at 9 30 a m Saturday at Iowa City Public Library UNL Concert Choir and Women’s Choral perform 7 30 p m Saturday at First Lutheran Cedar Rapids Relay for Life Run Walk Saturday at Clark Racquet Center Coe College Invitational Craft Festival Friday through Sunday at Westdale Mall Cedar Rapids and Winter Film Festival Secrets of the Source Rocky Mountain National Park at Effigy Mounds National Monument Saturday and Sunday.
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Johnathan Buffalo
Suzanne Wanatee
US Museum of Art
Iowa City
Psst
Cornell Lyric Theatre
Cornell
Armstrong Theatre
Mount Vernon
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
First Lutheran Church
Cedar Rapids
Rockies
Rocky Mountain National Park
Effigy Mounds National Monument
Whazzup interview spotlights Larry Myer and folk rock
Iowa City musician Larry Myer discusses his folk rock style in a Whazzup interview. He explains influences from regional scene, guitar approach, lyric themes, and upcoming gigs shaping his evolving sound. He emphasizes immediacy and storytelling in performances.
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City
Larry Myer
James Earl Jones Delivers Sandburg Reading at UNI
Actor James Earl Jones spoke to a full Gallagher-Bluehorn Center audience at the University of Northern Iowa, but filled the program with readings from Carl Sandburg. He discussed his life, career plans, and his journey from silence to speech, sharing personal anecdotes and audience questions.
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James Earl Jones
University of Northern Iowa
Gallagher-Bluehorn Performing Arts Center
Jones
Carl Sandburg
Sandburg
UNI
Harbor
City
Remembrance Rock
Abraham Lincoln
I O City Mourns Prof Harry Oster Folklore Scholar
Harry Oster 77, University of Iowa professor emeritus and folklorist, died January 19 after a long illness. He authored The Penguin Dictionary of American Folklore and led efforts to document Southern rural music including blues talents found at Angola Penitentiary. His work paralleled Lomax and Smith in preserving American heritage.
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John Kenyon
Owa City
Harry Oster
University of Iowa
Oster
Robert Pete Williams
Angola Penitentiary
Louisiana
Folk Lyric
Harry Smith
Alan Lomax
Warner Bros Buys Rights to Elkader Author Harstad Novels
Warner Bros. Studios has purchased film rights to Don Harstad’s three published novels plus a fourth in progress. The project is led by director Channing Gibson with a crew including producer and screenwriter and an executive producer. Harstad’s deputy sheriff background informs the Carl Houseman series set in National County Iowa.
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Pat McTaggart
Lkader — Elkader
Don Harstad
Warner Bros. Studios
Doubleday Books
Clayton County
Carl Houseman
National County
Iowa
Harstad
Sheriff's Department
Houseman
Warner Bros
Elkader
Gibson
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Hancher
Lincoln Center
Brian O’harra
Iowa City Public Library
Divine Word College
Epworth
American Cancer Society
Clark Racquet Center
Coe College
Westdale Mall
Khan Ersahin
Sultana
Paramount Theatre
Cindy Cullen
Chapman Gazette Arts & — Entertainment
Edar Falls
The
Voice
I.C
Penguin Dictionary
Elvis Presley
Iowa Memorial Union
IMU
Presley
Arts Pulse
Mary Helen Stefaniak
University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop
Prairie Lights Books
Stefaniak
Prairie Lights
Workshop
Amy Tan
Patrick McCabe
Marvin Bell
Coalhouse Walker
Harry Oster Folklorist
Elkader Man
Gazette
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