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Month: February 2022

Feb 24 2022

Virtual Tour Available for ‘We Are Hawkeyes’ Exhibit

Posted on February 24, 2022April 8, 2022 by Sara J. Pinkham

For those distant to campus, or who would like to experience the latest Main Library Gallery exhibition from home, a virtual tour of We Are Hawkeyes: Celebrating 175 Years of Student Life at the University of Iowa is now available online.

Visit the virtual exhibition by clicking here, or on the image below.

A view of the Main Library Gallery. Icons on items in the exhibit note that more information is available.
From the We Are Hawkeyes: Celebrating 175 Years of Student Life at the University of Iowa virtual tour, Main Library Gallery.

The tour features 360° photos of the Main Library Gallery, which allow the viewer to move from area to area. The text panels and the cases containing the items on display are clickable, meaning close-up views of most objects are available along with insights from co-curators David McCartney, Aiden Bettine, and Denise Anderson. 

The exhibition features student life-centered items from the University Archives and the Iowa Women’s Archives in celebration of the University of Iowa’s 175th anniversary. Student publications, protest flyers, Hawkeye sports memorabilia, and much more are included. The virtual exhibition includes videos and links to extra articles and historical context scattered throughout. 

To read about the specific items on display in the Main Library Gallery, check out the exhibition guide online. Statements by the co-curators are included.

Learn more about the exhibition and view object highlights here.

For more information, visit the Main Library Gallery website.


Thank you to the University of Iowa Pentacrest Museums for partnering with the Main Library Gallery to make this virtual experience available.

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Feb 08 2022

Local Libraries LIT Welcomes R.O. Kwon – March 3

Posted on February 8, 2022April 8, 2022 by Sara J. Pinkham

This banner features a portrait of the author, an Asian woman in a black top with long black hair. It notes that the event is online on March 3 at 7 PM.

Local Libraries LIT (Listen, Initiate, Talk) will feature author R.O. Kwon on Thursday, March 3, 2022 at 7:00 PM. This is the sixth FREE virtual event in the series, which is offered by all public libraries in Johnson County as well as the University of Iowa Libraries and Kirkwood Community College Libraries (Iowa City Campus) with support from the Community Foundation of Johnson County and The Tuesday Agency. The North Liberty Library will host.

The cover of R.O. Kwon's novel The Incendiaries. It is an colorful geometric abstract full of pointed pieces fitting together.R.O. Kwon was born in South Korea and has lived most of her life in the United States. As an author and essayist, her writing explores identity, sexuality, and the comforts and complications of religion.

R.O. worked for ten years on her nationally bestselling debut novel, The Incendiaries, which The Atlantic describes as a “[portrayal of] America’s dark, radical strain, exploring the lure of fundamentalism, our ability to be manipulated, and what can happen when we’re willing to do anything for a cause.” The San Francisco Chronicle calls her novel “a debut of dark, startling beauty” while The Guardian lauds it as “a startlingly assured book by an important new writer.”

Named a best book of the year by over forty publications, The Incendiaries also received the Housatonic Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Award, the Los Angeles Times First Book Prize, and the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association Fiction Prize. R.O.’s writing has appeared—and often gone viral shortly thereafter—in the New York Times, The Guardian, The Paris Review, Buzzfeed, NPR, and elsewhere. She has received fellowships and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, Yaddo, MacDowell, the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and the Sewanee Writers’ Conference.

The goal of Local Libraries LIT is to grow a thriving community which shines with diversity, equity, and inclusion. This author event is open to the public.

The Local Libraries LIT speaker series is offered at no charge to participants. Donations are welcomed to help sustain and grow Local Libraries LIT. 

Register here to receive the Zoom link for this event via the Iowa City Public Library: https://bit.ly/ROKwon

 
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