Lisa Jane Persky visit: X-Offenders: A Year in the Life of a Proto-Punk (1976)
The University of Iowa Public Policy Center will co-sponsor a visit by Lisa Jane Persky during the 2016 Mission Creek Festival, which takes place in Iowa City April 5 to 10.
Persky will give a reading, writing workshop, film screening and artist talk centered around her photography show X-Offenders: A Year in the Life of a Proto-Punk (1976), at the Englert Theatre’s Douglas and Linda Paul Gallery.
Friday, March 25 - June 20, 2016
Photography Show: X-Offenders: A Year in the Life of a Proto-Punk (1976)
Englert Theatre Douglas and Linda Paul Gallery, 221 East Washington Street, Iowa City
Vintage photographs of bohemian life in downtown New York City during the mid-1970s featuring dozens of previously unseen photos of Blondie, Suicide, Divine and many others. The show is free and open to the public. Regular gallery hours are 12:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, and during Englert Theatre events on evenings and weekends.
Wednesday, April 6, 5 to 6 p.m.
Punk Rock Readings by Lisa Jane Persky and Kembrew McLeod
FilmScene Screening Room, 118 East College Street, Iowa City
McLeod will read from his new book in Bloomsbury’s 33 1/3 series, Blondie’s Parallel Lines, followed by Persky's reading based on her photography show, X-Offenders: A Year in the Life of a Proto-Punk (1976). The reading is free and open to the public.
Wednesday, April 6, 10 p.m.
Screening: Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park, part of FilmScene’s “Late Shift at the Grindhouse” series, with an introduction by Persky
FilmScene, 118 East College Street, Iowa City
Persky has had many memorable roles in films such as When Harry Met Sally and The Big Easy, but her most absurd dramatic turn was playing Dirty Dee in 1978’s Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park. Persky will introduce the film.
Thursday, April 7, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
POROI Rhetoric Seminar: Workshopping Lisa Jane Persky’s memoir
Obermann Center Library, 111 Church Street, Iowa City
Persky’s in-progress memoir details the adventures of a girl growing up Bohemian in the years between the Beat Generation and the Blank Generation. Set mostly in Greenwich Village, but also in Miami, Paris, Puerto Rico, San Francisco and Detroit. The seminar is free and open to the public, but there is limited seating. Contact naomi-greyser@uiowa.edu for a reservation.
Friday, April 8, noon to 1 p.m.
Lisa Jane Persky Artist Talk about her photo show X-Offenders: A Year in the Life of a Proto-Punk (1976)
Englert Theatre Douglas and Linda Paul Gallery, 221 East Washington Street, Iowa City
Persky will discuss the art, craft and people captured in her photography show. The talk is free and open to the public.
All events are made possible by contributions from the following co-sponsors: University of Iowa Lecture Committee, Public Policy Center, The Iowa Review, Project On Rhetoric of Inquiry, Department of Communication Studies, Englert Theatre and Mission Creek Festival.
More information about the Mission Creek Festival is available at www.missionfreak.com.
Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Leslie Gannon at 319-335-6817 or leslie-gannon@uiowa.edu.