Hancher

Spanning classical, romantic, and contemporary music, Flemming offers a live and affecting soundtrack to a film about life itself. In the second half of the program, Fleming will perform music by Fauré, Grieg, Puccini, Jerome Kern, and Andrew Lippa. 

Ribot will read from his book Unstrung: Rants & Stories of a Noise Guitarist as part of the Iowa City Book Festival. Note: the Iowa City Book Festival event will be free and open to the public.

Steve Schick will perform with the Center for New Music Ensemble for the first time in nearly three decades, in a program featuring two major compositions which will bring together acoustic and electronic media.

Inuksuit comes to Iowa City where Schick will be joined by nearly a hundred percussionists from around the Midwest to celebrate this music and its legacy.  

In celebration of Steve Schick’s residency, Iowa Percussion will present a gala concert.

Steven Schick will present a lecture and recital that explores the importance of engaging with complex music.

As part of “Infinite Dream,” Patti Smith will read from her acclaimed poetry at The Englert Theatre.

Mara Liasson is the national political correspondent for NPR and a contributor to FOX News Channel. She joined FOX in 1997 and serves as a panelist on “Special Report with Brett Baier” and “FOX News Sunday,” FOX Broadcasting Company's public affairs program that airs nationwide each Sunday morning.

The Jerusalem Quartet brings an evening of Dmitri Shostakovich’s searingly intense music to Hancher’s intimate onstage experience. The ensemble will perform two Shostakovich quartets in the first concert and two different quartets by the composer in the second concert.