With a voice as smooth as hot buttered rum, Leslie Odom Jr. warmed more than 4,000 people from the inside out on a perfect autumn evening on the Hancher Green.
Odom rose to fame with his 2016 Tony-winning portrayal of Aaron Burr in the boundary-breaking musical “Hamilton.” He left the show in July 2016 to see what other doors might open — including an all-star remake of “Murder on the Orient Express,” opening in movie theaters around Thanksgiving.
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The Gazette - Monday, October 2, 2017
The Gazette - Saturday, September 30, 2017
Musicians who want to explore fusing Latin musical styles into their repertoire are invited to a free clinic and jam session with Grammy-winning Mexican-American band La Santa Cecilia on Monday.
The group performs many styles of music including cumbia, bossa nova and bolero. The band will start with a master class-style demonstration, followed by an open jam session.
Iowa City Press Citizen - Friday, September 29, 2017
What may be the biggest concert of the year in Iowa City is about to take place this Sunday in front of Hancher Auditorium.
If you didn't know already, it's also free to attend.
At 7 p.m. Sunday in front of the University of Iowa's Hancher Auditorium, Hancher will present a free concert from Tony Award winner Leslie Odom Jr., co-star for the Broadway sensation "Hamilton."
Iowa City Press Citizen - Tuesday, September 26, 2017
The world, I think we can agree, is a complicated place. Unfortunately, it seems much of our current dialogue about important issues seeks to minimize those complications, seeking instead to divide us with overly simple dichotomies. We’re facing a moment where we are called to resist the dangerous notion of “us vs. them” — where “them” is some groups that get marginalized even while being undeniably part of “us.”
One such marginalized group at this fraught moment is the Muslim community. All of us at Hancher are delighted to have the opportunity to undermine the “us/them” dichotomy via our Embracing Complexity project. Thanks to a grant from the Association of Performing Arts Professionals’ Building Bridges: Arts, Culture, and Identity program, we are presenting a series of programs and performances focusing on contemporary Islamic cultures and Muslim identities.
The Gazette - Sunday, September 24, 2017
Singer Azam Ali said she is “as American as you can be,” yet recently had racial insults hurled at her while shopping at a popular global foods store in Los Angeles.
Born in Iran and raised in India from ages 4 to 14, she and her family came to the United States 1985. She became a citizen in 1990, while still a teenager.
The Daily Iowan - Thursday, September 21, 2017
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis is going to give Iowa City an opportunity to see what some call the finest of jazz.
At 7:30 p.m. Friday, Hancher will present the group, which will transform the building from an auditorium into a house of jazz.
Iowa Now - Monday, September 18, 2017
A new semester is a new beginning.
It provides an opportunity to remind returning students—while also informing new students—that the University of Iowa prides itself on being inclusive.
“This is a welcoming place, a diverse and dynamic institution strengthened by our differences,” UI President Bruce Harreld said in a message to campus during the first week of classes.
One part of campus leading inclusion efforts this fall is Hancher Auditorium.
Iowa City Press Citizen - Tuesday, September 5, 2017
With the University of Iowa back in session, UI's Hancher Auditorium has kicked off its 45th year season.
With its mix of concerts, dance, Broadway shows, speakers and more, Hancher has been bringing some of the nation's most highly regarded artists to Iowa City for 45 years now. The 2017-2018 season is no different.
The Daily Iowan - Friday, September 1, 2017
For Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., his political revolution was never about whether the people of Iowa, or the United States, were prepared to accept ideas what he said some might call outside-of-the-box ideas, but about Americans realizing that if they stood together against what he called the greed of the billionaire class, great things could be accomplished.
Sanders spoke at Hancher Auditorium on Thursday night to discuss his book Bernie Sanders’ Guide to Political Revolution, in an event presented by Prairie Lights
Daily Iowan - Thursday, August 24, 2017
Think dance. Unthink.
Think buttery popcorn. Unthink.
Fall into slap-a-doodle dandy. Unfall.
You’re getting closer. Maybe.
Today and Friday, Monica Bill Barnes & Company will produce Happy Hour in Hancher’s Strauss Hall. The production puts office antics in a new light, with Barnes and Anna Bass playing two men, one in a well-worn gray suit, the other in blue.