Supporting writers and building community
Rooftop Music & Reading for July
Fri, Jul 31
|202 N Linn St
A one-of-kind Iowa City arts experience mixing music, poetry, prose, and rooftop views.
Time & Location
Jul 31, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
202 N Linn St, 202 N Linn St, Iowa City, IA 52245, USA
Guests
About the event
Join us on the deck of Market House in IC's North Side for an evening of music, poetry, and prose. The Rooftop Music & Reading Series brings together some of Iowa's most exciting artists for a one-of-a-kind collaborative program. Bring a buddy, date, or come alone. Stay for the lovely views, and good company.
Our July session features:
Lauren Haldeman is the author of Instead of Dying (winner of the 2017 Colorado Prize for Poetry), Calenday, and The Eccentricity is Zero. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Poetry, Tin House, The Colorado Review, Fence, Tupelo Quarterly, among others. A graphic novelist and poet, she’s received an Iowa Arts Fellowship, a Sustainable Arts Foundation Award, and fellowships from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.
Scott Russell Morris is a writer and enthusiast. He is the author of Points of Tangency: Essays (Cornerstone Press, Sept 2024) and is the editor and creator of…