This virtual stand-up comedy showcase by the Black Girl Giggles Comedy Festival features Donna Lewis of Hampton, Va., and Memphis residents Tootie 2 Times and LaToya Tennille. You're encouraged to support the festival with donations through CashApp, $BGGBenefit.
Emotion Code and Body Code are considered possible means to release negative trapped emotions and baggage. Join Bob Randklev, Certified Emotion Code and Body Code Practitioner, in person at ReAlive Metaphysical or through Zoom. Watch the Facebook page for more information.Visit https://GettingAnswers.com to learn more about Bob and emotional healing!
This month, "Over The Top" by Jonathan Van Ness of "Queer Eye" is the focus.
Unity Chicago hosts this online event, which applies the Unity method of understanding and interpretation to explore inner spiritual meanings and practical applications of New Testament Christian Scriptures (Matthew through Revelation) Donations optional. Zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87199790268# Meeting ID: 871 9979 0268 OR One tap mobile 13126266799,,87199790268# US (Chicago)
The Iowa City Public Library welcomes children online for songs, stories and fun. This event is free.Iowa
Join Mary Kate Leister, LMSW, for this free one-hour webinar on how to recognize the signs and symptoms of seasonal affective disorder, know when they're worsening, seek treatment, and support others who are experiencing the same. Leister is a therapist and social worker who also co-chairs an anti-human trafficking task force. Pre-register here.
Studio Thirteen and Iowa City Yacht Club promise a socially distanced New Year's Eve celebration with a drag show, karaoke, and all-night kitchen. Tickets and tables can be reserved at https://www.icnightlife.com/shop
This will be The Garden's last New Year's Eve show at its current location. Join the party, hosted by Jol D. Principle. Masks required; limited capacity!
LMX is a a grassroots collective of former, current, and non-Methodist faith leaders seeking to welcome those who have been turned away from the traditional Methodist denomination over the past year. The denomination describes itself as "POC+T-centered." Join LMX for a New Year’s Eve five-hour online event! More details to come.
Mary's on 2nd hosts a night of drag performances, champagne and a midnight balloon drop.
Join Katheryn CrystalClearVision, Crescent Moon Reiki Center, and ReAlive Metaphysical for their first Reiki circle of the year. Open to both practitioners and newbies to Reiki.
Learn how to complete this stitch, rooted in Russia, from instructor Karen Kubby. Class is limited to six for COVID safety; pre-register here.
Hear from two regional experts about Project Drawdown, a worldwide coalition of 200 authors pressing for adoption of ways to reverse global warming through scientifically supported methods. Connect through Zoom at https://uuma.zoom.us/j/112081914, Meeting ID: 112 081 914. Phone in: 1 312 626 6799 US PASSCODE: 320407
This week's theme: what are our intentions for 2021? Join Katheryn of CrystalClearvision. Limited space in person; call 319-329-0611 to reserve your spot. Sign in online at 6:20.
Join this opportunity for the "comradely exchanges of ideas" and received a basic understanding of socialist theory and history. Explore why the socialist movement is built around the working class. Readings from the Communist Manifesto and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor's "From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation" available but not required at https://bit.ly/sns7-1. Pre-register here.
Join NARAL Pro-Choice Iowa to preview the upcoming Iowa legislative session and ask elected pro-choice champions questions about issues important to you! Join Iowa Senate Minority Leader Zach Wahls, House Minority Whip Jennifer Konfrst, and Human Resources Ranking Member Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell for a look at the upcoming legislative session. Pre-register here.
Learn about the upcoming legislative session, and the good/bad bills, with One Iowa Director of Policy and Advocacy Keenan Crow and Iowa Senate Minority Leader Zach Wahls.
Sidetrack the Video Bar offers LGBTQ storytelling every first Tuesday of the month, celebrating personal stories from across the LGBTQ community.
The African American Museum of Iowa hosts a monthly online gathering focused on a topic of Black culture and history. Watch for details.
Learn how to have an impact during this legislative session even while doing things differently to keep yourself and those in your life safe. Learn the different tactics to use during a pandemic to keep legislators accountabne and talk about important issues.
Learn how to identify issues and decision makers, craft your message, and advocate. Pre-register here.
Learn from Marilyn Moore, fiber wire expert, on how to crochet these snowflake pendants.
Purchase a bundle of FilmScene's famous popcorn and tickets to online viewing, and enjoy in the privacy of your home. $5 of each purchase goes to a local organization; this week, it's Shelter House! Fin all the details at FilmScene's Kernels for Kindness page.
Ask to learn any word in ASL during this one-hour webinar. Email aslizeyourlife@gmail.com with questions.
Joliet Junior College teams with the Northern Illinois Food Bank on this effort twice each month. Anyone in need of food assistance is welcome to attend; no identification or proof of address or income required. Head to Parking Lot E3 on JJC's Main Campus, 1215 Houbolt Road, Joliet. In case of poor weather, a decision will be made by 3 p.m. Jan. 8 on whether to distribute.
Explore the story of a different African American or group of African Americans and their achievements each month. Watch for more details.
This is part of a series of "healing circles" that will explore the need to "acknowledge and tell the truth" about systemic racism and its consequences. this event is part of the Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation initiative of the Woods fund aimed at repairing damage done to BIPOC, immigrant and working-class communities. pace is limited; registered participants will receive the Zoom link 24 hours before the event.
Our Revolution's Core Group will introduce candidates, ask a few simple questions, allow each candidate to speak for up to seven minutes, and then open up to the panel for questions.
On the same date as Gov. Kim Reynolds "Condition of the State" address, join Iowa CCI Action Fund to hear from real Iowans and their struggles to handle the basics during the coronavirus pandemic. Participate online or register to join in person here.
Enjoy an overview of the year's Calendar . You can also register to receive a complimentary bag of popcorn mailed to your home from Epic Popcorn. Pre-register here.
The Human Rights Campaign joins with Trans Can Work to present this series to showcase employment opportunities for transgender people, and information on how to apply for them. Also featuring resume prep and interviewing skills.
This new series is a chance focus on power to benefit yourself, people close to you, and the world around you through tools of empowerment for forgiveness, letting go, self-care, meditation, grounding and vibrational medicine. Attend live online, or watch the recording later.
Join Dr. Kesho Scott, Marengo resident Jennifer Jordan, and Rev. Kate West of Belle Plaine in this memorial to George Floyd and others hurt by police brutality, inappropriate policing, and systemic racism, and accompanying discussion on fighting racism in small towns. This event is hosted by the People's Church Unitarian Universalist, based in Cedar Rapids.
Beadology Iowa continues its ongoing class on bringing flair and personality to your COVID-protective face shield. It's a great tool in your arsenal of fighting COVID fatigue. Learn how to 'beadazzle" your own face shield with gems. This class is presented by Beadology Iowa assistant manager Alyssa Jakowchuk through Kirkwood Community College's continuing education program. Register soon; capacity is limited to six because of COVID prevention efforts.
The MLK Love Train Caravan will begin in Harrisburg, travel through Marion and Carbondale; and end in Murphysboro. You're welcome to request the caravan stop in your area; contact Nancy Maxwell at 618-549-4807, ext. 249, or 618-306-5885, by Jan. 10. Or, email carbondaleunited15@gmail.com.
Join featured writers Eyad Said, Dhuha Tawil, Shalini Jasti, Vanessa “Cueponi Cihuatl” Espinoza, George Khal, Hibbah Jarmakani, and Salma Salama, and moderators Andrea Wilson and Alisha Jeddeloh, to explore the big question of, "What does it mean to be an American today?" Register here.
This drive to help kids have access to books is dalong and features two guest readings: New York Times-bestselling and Caldecott and Coretta Scott King award-winning children's book author Andrea Davis Pinkney (Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and his Orchestra, Pretty Brown Face, Dear Benjamin Banneker, and A Poem for Peter), reading from Loretta Little Looks Back: Three Voices Go Tell It; and award-winning middle-grade author Hena Khan novels (Amina’s Voice, Amina’s Song, and More to the Story ). Pre-register here.
Join your friends for an open skate for $6, which includes skate rental. We'll also choose a $25 gift certificate winner. Wear your masks!
This month's book club revisits last month's book: "Red, White, and Royal Blue," a light-hearted novel about the British royals by Casey McQuiston. Join on Zoom.
Tonight's conversation starts with a video from the American Immigration Council on the Biden administration's possibilities during its first 100 days. The event will also feature an opportunity to send inquiries to the administration.
Join Katheryn of Crystal ClearVision for this weekly meditation. You can join online, or participate in person with pre-registration (space limited). Call 319-629-0611 with questions or to reserve your in-person space.
Enjoy music, speakers, and awarding of the "Dr. Percy and Lileah Harris Who Is My Neighbor Awards" to an adult and a high school senior have worked diligently for justice in Linn County.
Creighton University in Omaha provides this annual opportunity to "unite the community in the spirit of inclusion and fellowship." Among the event's highlights: The Drum Major Award, given to an individual who serves as an advocate of social justice, and the Stovall Award. Keynote speaker is Barry Thomas, director of equity and diversity for Omaha Public Schools in Nebraska.
"Question. Persuade. Refer." is the safest, most caring way to reach a person considering suicide, or even showing signs. Learn about it here through this training provided by Iowa State University. This is for both laypeople and adults, but intended for adults and not youth. Register here.
In this series presented by the University of Iowa and several community organizations, hear a talk by Joan Y. Reede, dean for diversity and community partnership and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Reede's focus is creating programs that help increase underrepresented minority, women, LGBTQ faculty, and faculty with disabilities.
This session focuses on Chapters 4 and 5. Email info@becomingbelovedcommunity.org for more information.
This is your chance to share and celebrate your hopes for the new administration. You can dance to a DJ, , create parade signs, join in online games, or whatever works for you. Prizes awarded for best sign, best attire, and for each of the games. Pre-registration required here by Jan. 19
Join The Great Plains Action Society and Vote Mob to challenge the Biden/Harris administration to keep its pledges made during its first 100 days. "We must not forget that this country is intrinsically founded upon slavery, genocide, and land theft. We are now in a time where we need to hold the next administration to the fire. Is the incoming administration still plagued by white supremacy? Yes. Do we need to hold them accountable for the next four years? Absolutely." Click to view this YouTube event here.
Iowa City Poetry kicks off its new poetry interview series where host KayLee Chie Kyehl and author/poet Caleb "The Negro Artist" Rainey interviews fellow spoken word artist Steven Willis. Pre-register her to participate in this free event.
Hear from Goddess(they/them/theirs), founder of the online healing platform Sun Seed Community. Learn more about Goddess's efforts to lead others in "sitting with emotional, mental, and physical trauma while acknowledging whiteness, cis-heteronormativity, and patriarchy."
Use Beadology’s creation lab, and work with its experienced staff, at no charge. You can knit, crochet, scrapbook, quilt, read tarot cards, or anything else at no charge. Advanced facilities are also available for rent: flame studio for soft and hard glass, and a basic metals studio. Contact Beadology at 319-338-1566 or info@beadologyiowa.com to inquire.
How do we stay committed to work for justice and equity over the long haul while taking care of ourselves and renewing our energy in the new year? Dr. Joi Lewis, a Minneapolis-based facilitator for issues surrounding justice and healing from trauma, presents three workshops in collaboration with Teach for America Twin Cities. These two sessions will both explore "holding grief for our collective trauma in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and through COVID." The Jan. 21 workshop is for white allies while the Jan. 28 event…
Hear the candidates for Peoria mayor lay out their views in this event co-sponsored by WCBU, the League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria, and the Peoria Public Library. You can watch on WCBU's Facebook page, listen on-air at 89.9FM, or go to WCBU.org. To submit your questions ahead of time, click here.
The Blazing Saddle in Des Moines hosts an internationally-themed drag show featuring Tyona, Karma, Crimson, Robin, Sharaya, Vana, Kitty B, and Selene Cass.
Learn from frontline group leaders in the fight against food insecurity about how COVID=19 has amplified food insecurity throughout Iowa; the existing federal and state responses to food insecurity; information on nutrition programs like the SNAP program; legislative opportunities to tackle food insecurity; and how you can be an effective advocate. Pre-registration is required here. Register to attend: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZErdu-pqjwjGdf1uxYB4k... We hope you can join us in our fight to end hunger and food insecurity in Iowa.
The peyote stitch is a "fundamental of loom-weaving," writes Beadology Iowa, and useful for many projects. Learn this technique yourself while creating your own Peanut Bead Bracelet, "a substantial piece that looks great on your wrist." Space limited in this masked, socially-distanced class; order soon! Admission includes all supplies, tools and instruction.
Joliet Junior College teams with the Northern Illinois Food Bank on this effort twice each month. Anyone in need of food assistance is welcome to attend; no identification or proof of address or income required. Head to Parking Lot E3 on JJC's Main Campus, 1215 Houbolt Road, Joliet. In case of poor weather, a decision will be made by 3 p.m. Jan. 8 on whether to distribute.
This class will teach you the art of lampworking, Learn to use a torch to melt glass rods and create shapes! These are the fundamentals of bead-making and of lamp-working. VERY LIMITED CAPACITY! Pre-register here. MUST BE AT LEAST 15 YEARS OLD.
Join United Action for Youth, Black Lives Matter at School, and Iowa City Parks and Recreation for these youth sessions to help those in 6th through 12th grades better understand Dr. King's vision for the future. This online event includes games, converstaions, skill-building and more. "Students will be in community with educators who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) with support from allies. This is a space cultivated to support the needs of BIPOC students while students of other backgrounds are also welcome. All youth will be in…
Join the Rev. Rich Hendricks and other guest speakers for the weekly online service from MCCQC, Iowa's only church that is part of the LGBTQ-identified Metropolitan Community Church worldwide denomination.
The Rev. Jay Wolin and others lead weekly online services for UUCQC, part of the Unitarian Universalist denomination that includes Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Humanist, Jewish, Muslim, Pagan, atheist and agnostic, believers in God, and more. The UU has been on the forefront of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer inclusion for more than 40 years.
For every order you place through CHOMP Delivery today, $1 goes to Corridor Community Action Network, a community group devoted to supporting other community groups.
Join Katheryn of Crystal ClearVision for this weekly meditation. You can join online, or participate in person with pre-registration (space limited). Call 319-629-0611 with questions or to reserve your in-person space.
Partake of this opportunity to clarify some of the myths and misconceptions about women's issues in the religion of Islam. "We will examine the often-blurry lines between the guidance of the faith and the behaviors influenced by a wide range of cultures. " Topics to be covered include marriage, motherhood, finances, and education will be explored by women representing 3 continents, and diverse backgrounds. The Panelists Dr. Lisa Killinger, Marwa Genena, and Sophia Farooqui represent three continents. Click here to participate, using Passcode 066681
Use Beadology’s creation lab, and work with its experienced staff, at no charge. You can knit, crochet, scrapbook, quilt, read tarot cards, or anything else at no charge. Facilities available for rent: flame studio for soft and hard glass, and a basic metals studio. Contact Beadology at 319-338-1566 or info@beadologyiowa.com to inquire.
How do we stay committed to work for justice and equity over the long haul while taking care of ourselves and renewing our energy in the new year? Dr. Joi Lewis, a Minneapolis-based facilitator for issues surrounding justice and healing from trauma, presents three workshops in collaboration with Teach for America Twin Cities. These three sessions will both explore “holding grief for our collective trauma in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and through COVID.” The Jan. 28 workshop is for Blacks and People of Color, while a…
Joined Planned Parenthood of Illinois to celebrate 2020's election victories and raise funds for 2021.
Washington for Justice has started a bi-monthly book club, and this month's focus is "Me & White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor" by Layla Saad. Saad describes her book as a "journey to help you explore and unpack your relationship with white supremacy" and a ."personal antiracism tool structured to help people with white privilege understand and take ownership of their participation in the oppressive system of white supremacy." Participants are asked to purchase the book, pre-read for each session, and keep a personal,…
Join Jason Tester, researcher at the Institute for the Future, to talk about how a queer perspective might help reveal solutions to today's problems. Tester is also a board member for the National LGBTQ Task Force.
Breakout sessions, opening and closing speakers, and more are part of this first-ever event for eastern Iowa, a collaboration among One Iowa, the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, and the College of Public Health. Ideal for both community members and health care professionals. Pre-register here.
Join the Rev. Rich Hendricks and other guest speakers for the weekly online service from MCCQC, Iowa's only church that is part of the LGBTQ-identified Metropolitan Community Church worldwide denomination.
The Rev. Jay Wolin and others lead weekly online services for UUCQC, part of the Unitarian Universalist denomination that includes Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Humanist, Jewish, Muslim, Pagan, atheist and agnostic, believers in God, and more. The UU has been on the forefront of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer inclusion for more than 40 years.
Join Katheryn of Crystal ClearVision for this weekly meditation. You can join online, or participate in person with pre-registration (space limited). Call 319-629-0611 with questions or to reserve your in-person space.
How do we stay committed to work for justice and equity over the long haul while taking care of ourselves and renewing our energy in the new year? Dr. Joi Lewis, a Minneapolis-based facilitator for issues surrounding justice and healing from trauma, holds the last of three sessions to explore “holding grief for our collective trauma in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and through COVID.” This session focuses on a plan of action. Pre-register here.
Candidates for the 2020 Aldermanic seats in Rockford, Ill., will talk about gun violence, r-enetry, economic opportunity, and more. Register in advance here.Register here to join our candidate's forum for the 2021 Municipal Election. We want to hear from Candidates on the issues of gun violence, reentry, and economic opportunity.
Use Beadology’s creation lab, and work with its experienced staff, at no charge. You can knit, crochet, scrapbook, quilt, read tarot cards, or anything else at no charge. Facilities available for rent: flame studio for soft and hard glass, and a basic metals studio. Contact Beadology at 319-338-1566 or info@beadologyiowa.com to inquire.
Join Key City Pride for the 3rd Annual Black History Month Drag Showcase. Check the website for all kinds of special features, including a red carpet and VIP seating. Masks will be required, and temperature checks will also be performed upon all attendees. Let's be safe!
