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Chris Goetz Reading from New Book at Prairie Lights

Friday, March 22, 2024

Join us on Thursday March 21st for a reading by Chris Goetz from his acclaimed new book The Counterfeit Coin: Videogames and Fantasies of Empowerment. Chris will be in conversation with Corey Creekmur.

Screenwriting program highlighted on Des Moines newscast to coincide with the Oscars

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Anna Morrison Reading from Her New Book

Monday, October 30, 2023

Midwest Graduate Student Symposium in Film Studies

Wednesday, February 28, 2024 - 4:28 PM

Upcoming Events

STUFFED: Film screening at Museum of Natural History

Saturday, August 10, 2024 3:00pm to 5:00pm

University of Iowa Museum of Natural History

Join us for an afternoon at the UI Museum of Natural History as we host a special screening of the film STUFFED.

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