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Sapient: A performance exploring the intersection of dance, robotics, humanness, and labor

National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library 1400 Inspiration Pl SW, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

Join us for an outdoor art performance by Interdisciplinary Artist Amenda Tate. While three dancers perform a Polka and a contemporary freestyle, Amenda’s robot, Manibus, will translate those movements to a canvas with acrylic paint. “The whole process is like becoming a record of the moment in time, capturing the energy that is transmitted during...

A Conversation on the Kashmir Conflict

Dr. Ather Zia, a political anthropologist from the University of Northern Colorado, will speak with Dr. Pranav Prakash, a Windgate Fellow at the Center for the Book at the University of Iowa, about the dispute of Kashmir and ongoing people's resistance. The Kashmir conflict is often presented as a simple territorial dispute primarily between India...

History on Tap: Printers Revolt! Linocut Carve Along Party

Put your activism to work by creating your own linocut protest prints. Using printing blocks, you will carve images and/or text that can be used to mass produce prints to create signs, share with friends, and print on t-shirts. Join artist Jenny Gringer for a virtual community gathering and conversation while troubleshooting, carving, and printing...

Artists as Activists Virtual Talk & Tour

Learn about the Artists as Activists exhibit from its curator, Charlotta Kotik, and see it virtually before it closes on September 20. This exclusive online event includes a live presentation by Charlotta Kotik on Wednesday, September 16, at 7:00 p.m. CDT and a tour of the exhibit with NCSML Curator Stefanie Kohn that you can...

History on Tap: Printers Revolt! Linocut Carve Along Party

Put your activism to work by creating your own linocut protest prints. Using printing blocks, you will carve images and/or text that can be used to mass produce prints to create signs, share with friends, and print on t-shirts. Join artist Jenny Gringer for a virtual community gathering and conversation while troubleshooting, carving, and printing...

Immigrant Foodways: Svíčková na Smetaně

This class is going to be a real treat! All attendees will prepare one of the fanciest Czech meals most often served in the Czech Republic for special and important occasions. You will be going back-to-basics and preparing all parts of this meal totally from scratch. The meal includes delicious and tender beef roast, an...