MONMOUTH, ILINOIS (April 6, 2023) — Award-winning poet and teacher Gina Franco will revive an in-person Monmouth College series when she reads some of her works on April 12.

The Knox College professor will be the first Writers@Monmouth guest speaker to appear on campus since before the pandemic.

DUBUQUE, IOWA (April 4, 2023) — The University of Dubuque and Northeast Iowa School of Music will host Treble Fest, 2-5PM, Sunday, April 16, 2023, at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2155 University Avenue. The new music festival will conclude with a free public concert presentation at 4PM with Heartland Harmony, University of Dubuque Treble Singers, and collaborative performances featuring Treble Fest participants singing in massed chorus with both choral groups.

DUBUQUE, IOWA (March 31, 2023) — The Archway Reading and Lecture Series at the University of Dubuque will host a reading and discussion with author Barrett Swanson at 6:30PM, Thursday, April 13, 2023, in the Multicultural Student Center, Peter and Susan Smith Welcome Center, on campus.

The event is free and open to the public. It will include a brief Q&A with Swanson.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA (March 30, 2023) — Coe College will host a re-entry simulation on Wednesday, April 12, 6-8PM, in Eby Fieldhouse on the Coe campus. This interactive simulation is free and open to the public, and provides a glimpse into the challenges those returning from incarceration face. A previous reentry simulation occurred last year in April.