Downtown
Iowa City: area resources and businesses in the downtown
area http://icdowntown.com/
Iowa
City Coralville Convention & Visitors Bureau: http://www.icccvb.org
The
University of Iowa: 28,00 students live in Iowa City.
The University is home to the renowned Writers’ Workshop
as well as the largest teaching hospital in the country. UI
also invented the MFA degree and features several fine museums.
http://www.uiowa.edu
Johnson
County Cultural Allianc: a consortium of local non-profit
cultural venues: http://www.culturalcorridor.org
Englert
Civic Theatre: currently undergoing restoration
as a lively, local performance venue: http://www.englert.org
Iowa
Arts Festival: annually in June: http://www.iowaartsfestival.com
Iowa
City Jazz Festival: annually around the July 4th:
http://www.iowacity.com/icjazz
Riverside
Theatre: professional theatre that also runs the Summer
Shakespeare Festival: http://www.riversidetheatre.org
Prairie
Lights Bookstore: home to nationally broadcast readings
by visiting authors: http://www.prairielights.com
