Winter Art Market at Big Grove
Dec
21
1:00 PM13:00

Winter Art Market at Big Grove


Our Art Market at Big Grove’s Iowa City taproom features dozens of artists in diverse media. Come get your holiday gifts and support local art!

artists:
StanzyArt
Atlas Feldmann
Refuge Studios
Ben Minniear
Sarah Ehlen
Bodie Williamson
Mikayla Lanman
Josie Schauls
Margaret Yapp
Yuchen Liu
Madelynn Langridge
Carlos Maldonado
Dani Sigler
Iowa Print Group
Amelia Blue Gotera
Penelope Wilkins
Elissa Yoder
Claire Thoele
Desiree Dahl
Tree of Liminality and Farmhouse Art Collective
Iowa City Press Co-op

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Dec
19
5:30 PM17:30

Gentle Yoga with Jennifer

  • PS1 Close House Dance Hall (2nd floor) (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

weekly PS1 Yoga Collective class
$16 drop-in or
purchase an 8-class pass for $100

Jennifer New has been teaching yoga since 2010 and practicing it since 1992. She received her 300-hour certification at Kripalu in Massachusetts and later got her 500-hour YTT in that same style. Her approach is gentle, casual, and community-oriented. As a certified TRE instructor, she has deep training in trauma. Jennifer is a creative writer dedicated to using the arts for community building and resilience. She is currently in a two-year training with Roshi Joan Halifax at Upaya Zen Center with a focus on eco-chaplaincy and systems change. Jennifer’s website.

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Dec
15
12:00 PM12:00

Radical Relaxation Yoga

  • PS1 Close House Dance Hall (2nd floor) (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

weekly PS1 Yoga Collective class
$16 drop-in or
purchase an 8-class pass for $100

Radical Relaxation: Tiffany, Maddie, and Alice recently earned their 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training Certificates. Committed to creating a safe and welcoming environment, they’re eager to address our communal sense of exhaustion. They hope you’ll join their community endeavor to release tension, reset, and experience Radical Relaxation. 

Teachers will rotate weekly:

  • Maddie Abu-Nameh discovered yoga in 2022 and found it to be the most complimentary practice to her Satire / DBR therapy sessions and trauma healing. Yoga has brought more relaxation, bodily autonomy, and self-compassion into her life. Maddie is excited to create a healing space that allows you to go inwards, reconnect, and find your alignment. 

  • Tiffany Hansen has been practicing yoga since 2008. She is RYT-200 and holds certification for Yin Yoga: level 1 and 2. She finds joy and healing with the practice and is committed to nurturing a space of self love and trust. 

  • Alice Creach has enjoyed the therapeutic and physical benefits of Yoga since a young age. To her, practicing Yoga is the art of being present and has the ability to unite the mind, body and soul through mindful breath and movement. She believes that creating art together in any form can lead to collective healing. Alice’s goal is to hold space for people to experience radical ease during her classes and to inspire connection throughout the community!

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Dec
15
11:00 AM11:00

Surreal House Family Day -- postponed to Sunday!

Explore our immersive Surreal House installation! Interactive and hands-on activities for all ages.

$10 suggested donation per group // no one turned away!

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Dec
12
6:00 PM18:00

Big Field Fund grantee celebration + SOUPMEET

celebrate the inaugural Big Field Fund grantees!

Join us for a SOUPMEET* to celebrate the inaugural Big Field Fund** grantees!

*SOUPMEET irregularly gathers visiting artists, artists-in-residence, and local artists to eat (vegan) SOUP and MEET each other. Attendees are requested to bring (or upload below) one photo/text/sketch/etc that reflects something you’re working on or creatively thinking about.

RSVP is required so we know how much soup to make!

**Big Field Fund (BFF) is annual artist grant administered by Public Space One and funded by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts as part of its Regional Regranting Program. In its inaugural year, BFF is awarding over $61,000 to 11 eastern Iowa artists and projects.

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Dec
8
8:00 PM20:00

Salsa & Bachata

Join Modei Akyea for weekly Sunday Salsa & Bachata Practice.

📆 Dates: 11/03, 11/10, 11/17, 12/08

All levels are welcome. Dance shoes are not required but highly recommended. Contributions are expected for each class. ($5-$20 per individual)

🏡ACCESS: Use ramp access to the back door and ring the door bell if it’s locked.

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Dec
8
5:30 PM17:30

Samba de Gafieira

Join Armando Duarte for weekly Samba Practices this fall at PS1 Close House, 5:30pm-7:30pm. (no lesson on 12/01)

All levels are welcome for the first hour. Please note that pending on the number of participants, class will run for 1 hour and an additional 30’ for practicing. The level of the class will be determined by those attending the activities.

Bring your floor-friendly shoes and dance the Samba with us!

Contributions are expected for each class.($20.00 per individual and $35.00 per couple, &15,00 for UI students)

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Dec
8
5:30 PM17:30

Samba de Gafieira

Join Armando Duarte for weekly Samba Practices this fall at PS1 Close House, 5:30pm-7:30pm. (no lesson on 12/01)

All levels are welcome for the first hour. Please note that pending on the number of participants, class will run for 1 hour and an additional 30’ for practicing. The level of the class will be determined by those attending the activities.

Bring your floor-friendly shoes and dance the Samba with us!

Contributions are expected for each class.($20.00 per individual and $35.00 per couple, &15,00 for UI students)

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Dec
8
1:00 PM13:00

Prints & Cocoa at ICPC

  • IC Press Co-op at Public Space One (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Stop by the IC Press Co-op for our annual Prints & Cocoa event!

We’ll have all the gear for you to print wrapping paper and gift tags and/or wrap your gifts with our print scraps while you enjoy winter sweet treats.

Optional donations at the door support our community print & book art studio!

RSVP
not required, but encouraged to help us prepare!

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Dec
8
12:00 PM12:00

Radical Relaxation Yoga

  • PS1 Close House Dance Hall (2nd floor) (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

weekly PS1 Yoga Collective class
$16 drop-in or
purchase an 8-class pass for $100

Radical Relaxation: Tiffany, Maddie, and Alice recently earned their 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training Certificates. Committed to creating a safe and welcoming environment, they’re eager to address our communal sense of exhaustion. They hope you’ll join their community endeavor to release tension, reset, and experience Radical Relaxation. 

Teachers will rotate weekly:

  • Maddie Abu-Nameh discovered yoga in 2022 and found it to be the most complimentary practice to her Satire / DBR therapy sessions and trauma healing. Yoga has brought more relaxation, bodily autonomy, and self-compassion into her life. Maddie is excited to create a healing space that allows you to go inwards, reconnect, and find your alignment. 

  • Tiffany Hansen has been practicing yoga since 2008. She is RYT-200 and holds certification for Yin Yoga: level 1 and 2. She finds joy and healing with the practice and is committed to nurturing a space of self love and trust. 

  • Alice Creach has enjoyed the therapeutic and physical benefits of Yoga since a young age. To her, practicing Yoga is the art of being present and has the ability to unite the mind, body and soul through mindful breath and movement. She believes that creating art together in any form can lead to collective healing. Alice’s goal is to hold space for people to experience radical ease during her classes and to inspire connection throughout the community!

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Nov
24
5:30 PM17:30

Samba de Gafieira

Join Armando Duarte for weekly Samba Practices this fall at PS1 Close House, 5:30pm-7:30pm. (no lesson on 12/01)

All levels are welcome for the first hour. Please note that pending on the number of participants, class will run for 1 hour and an additional 30’ for practicing. The level of the class will be determined by those attending the activities.

Bring your floor-friendly shoes and dance the Samba with us!

Contributions are expected for each class.($20.00 per individual and $35.00 per couple, &15,00 for UI students)

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Nov
24
12:00 PM12:00

Radical Relaxation Yoga

  • PS1 Close House Dance Hall (2nd floor) (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

weekly PS1 Yoga Collective class
$16 drop-in or
purchase an 8-class pass for $100

Radical Relaxation: Tiffany, Maddie, and Alice recently earned their 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training Certificates. Committed to creating a safe and welcoming environment, they’re eager to address our communal sense of exhaustion. They hope you’ll join their community endeavor to release tension, reset, and experience Radical Relaxation. 

Teachers will rotate weekly:

  • Maddie Abu-Nameh discovered yoga in 2022 and found it to be the most complimentary practice to her Satire / DBR therapy sessions and trauma healing. Yoga has brought more relaxation, bodily autonomy, and self-compassion into her life. Maddie is excited to create a healing space that allows you to go inwards, reconnect, and find your alignment. 

  • Tiffany Hansen has been practicing yoga since 2008. She is RYT-200 and holds certification for Yin Yoga: level 1 and 2. She finds joy and healing with the practice and is committed to nurturing a space of self love and trust. 

  • Alice Creach has enjoyed the therapeutic and physical benefits of Yoga since a young age. To her, practicing Yoga is the art of being present and has the ability to unite the mind, body and soul through mindful breath and movement. She believes that creating art together in any form can lead to collective healing. Alice’s goal is to hold space for people to experience radical ease during her classes and to inspire connection throughout the community!

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