Local Libraries LIT (Listen, Initiate, Talk) will feature Roxane Gay, award-winning author and contributing op-ed writer for The New York Times, on Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 6:30 PM. This is the third virtual event in a new program series offered by public libraries in Iowa City, Coralville, North Liberty, and University of Iowa Libraries withContinue reading “Local Libraries Welcome Author Roxane Gay”
Monthly Archives: April 2021
‘Building Our Own Community’ Exhibit Virtual Tour Launched
For those distant to campus, or who would like to experience the latest Main Library Gallery exhibition from home, a virtual tour of Building Our Own Community: 50 Years of the Latino Native American Cultural Center, Founded by Chicano and American Indian Students in 1971 is now available online. Click here to visit the virtual BuildingContinue reading “‘Building Our Own Community’ Exhibit Virtual Tour Launched”
The Mural: Controversial Change
A mural in the Latino Native American Cultural Center (LNACC) has both a celebrated and a controversial past. In their Main Library Gallery exhibition, Building Our Own Community: 50 Years of the Latino Native American Cultural Center, Founded by Chicano and American Indian Students in 1971, co-curators Rachel Garza Carreón and Christopher Ortega have placed theContinue reading “The Mural: Controversial Change”