Iowa Center News

The University of Iowa Center for New Music, under the direction of David Gompper, will be joined by two guest artists -- violist Natalie Cruden and mezzo-soprano Ann Cravero -- in a free concert at 7:30 p.m. today in the Riverside Recital Hall .

As a result of budget cuts, 38 Iowa nursing home facilities are in the process of closing.

During last year's event, "we weren't able to do all the testing because there wasn't enough time," ICARE Program Coordinator Kurt Pierick said.

Dec. 1 is World AIDS Day, when we remember those who have lost their lives to the disease and celebrate those who are currently living with the disease.

Documentary filmmaker Ian Cheney will speak at 7 p.m. today at a showing of his film, 'King Corn,' at the Iowa City Public Library.

The Jack Quartet, a guest of the University of Iowa Center for New Music, will perform a free concert at 7:30 p.m. today in the Riverside Recital Hall on N. Riverside Drive in Iowa City.

Jim Sherraden, chief designer and archivist of Hatch Show Print, will explore 'Hatch Show Print: 130 Years of Letterpress' in a free University of Iowa Center for the Book event at 8 p.m. today in the Tippie Auditorium of the Pappajohn Business Building on the University of Iowa campus.

A new study, which examined the water quality of private rural drinking water wells in Iowa, shows continuing problems with nitrate and bacterial contamination.

The Iowa Farm Energy Working Group has awarded $5,000 grants to three farmers to show how they can meet their energy needs through energy efficiency or the use of renewable sources on their farms.

Area legislators and representatives from local health care facilities will attend a long-term care legislative forum at Scottish Rite Park at 9:30 a.m. Monday.

Iowa nursing homes are no longer a place where people spend a large portion of their retirement years, a pair of industry association officials said Friday.

The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights and the Landlocked Film Festival will sponsor a Human Rights Film Series today through Friday.

Carrie Brown's "The Rope Walk" will be the featured book at the All Iowa Reads discussion at noon Wednesday at the Coralville Public Library.

A recent report from the University of Iowa Center on Aging found a startling gap between the growing number of people who need geriatric health care services and the limited supply of those services in the state.

A Des Moines native who disappeared from public view for 30 years, only to resurface in 2008 with an acclaimed novel, has become the latest author whose work will be read statewide.

There's no shiny trophy or black-tie awards banquet. Just a phone call that strikes like a bolt of lightening - unexpected, unexplained - from foundation headquarters in Chicago.

Pianist David Gompper, director of the University of Iowa Center for New Music, will be joined by violinist Wolfgang David, his frequent collaborator, in a performance of works by Mozart, Brahms and Gompper at 2 p.m. today in the Senate Chamber of the UI Old Capitol.

Eager readers braved the drizzle to attend the 2009 Iowa Author Fair, held this past Wednesday night at the Des Moines Central Library.

For two hours Wednesday nearly 50 Iowa authors will be together under one roof for the Iowa Author Fair.

It's no secret that Iowans love books. With the University of Iowa Writers Workshop turning out literary talent year after year, this state has a reputation for nurturing bibliophiles.