Hancher @HancherUI
Hancher is the University of Iowa's performing arts presenter, connecting great artists with great audiences. hancher.uiowa.edu Iowa City, IA Joined July 2009-
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The Irish ensemble @thechieftains are joining us at Hancher tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m. to share traditional Irish music! Buy tickets, pre-order meals from the Stanley cafe, and learn more here: bit.ly/2IhkhO4 Listen to their music ahead of time: spoti.fi/3cuWgko
Don't forget @TimRobbins1 and The Actor's Gang are at Hancher on Saturday performing The New Colossus, a play that tells the incredible true story of twelve people whose families fled to the United States to escape oppression and war. Buy tickets here: bit.ly/2SWLQ5y
We loved having Garth and Taylor with us! The full audio is on our SoundCloud!
A new episode of our podcast Hancher Presents has been published! The previously unreleased conversation between Taylor Mac and Garth Greenwell at Creative Matters has been released in full here: bit.ly/31pSeoo
The Tony Award-winning musical The Color Purple is coming to Hancher! Described as "a direct hit to the heart," the story about a young woman's journey to love and triumph in the American South has three shows at Hancher this weekend. Buy tickets here: bit.ly/2RiEkkJ
Happy New Year from all of us here at Hancher! We hope you've had a wonderful holiday season so far. Keep it going into the new year and get excited for fantastic performances by looking ahead to see what events we've got coming up here: bit.ly/37qLvwf
We are so thrilled that @PCPArch is getting more recognition for their beautiful and inventive design of the new Hancher! We were very lucky to partner with such a fantastic group and we hope that they continue to be recognized for their incredible designs. #uiowa @AIAConnecticut
Our first holiday show is coming up this Saturday! Join us at 7:30 to see the multiple Grammy-award-winning Louisiana French musicians @BeauSoleil_Band as they play swamp-pop takes on classic holiday tunes & music from their own careers. Buy tickets here: bit.ly/33Q2VjS
Episode 4 of Hancher Presents is up! Chuy and Micah are joined by Miriam Alarcón Avila to talk about her upcoming exhibit at Hancher: a photo-documentary re-imagining Latinx immigrants in Iowa as Luchadores wearing original Lucha Libre masks. Listen here: bit.ly/353v3Rt
We're getting excited for CONTRA-TIEMPO and Las Cafeteras to join us- you don't want to miss the chance to see these amazing groups collaborate for a celebration of joy! They're performing joyUS justUS at Hancher next Thursday at 7:30PM. Buy tickets here: bit.ly/2NMnMhJ
Episode four of our podcast, Hancher Presents with Micah and Chuy, is out! Anne Bogart, co-artistic director of SITI Company, talks with Alan MacVey after The Bacchae about unpacking meaning as part of the UI Creative Matters Series. Listen to it here: bit.ly/328zjNT
We just released Episode 3 of our fourth season of the Hancher Presents Podcast with Chuy and Micah, who talk about how we kicked off our "senior year" in the new Hancher with incredible performances and events! Listen here: bit.ly/33XGOIr
Hey Hawkeyes! The Grammy-winning @LAGQ is joining us tomorrow for a night filled with incredible music! Check out details at hancher.uiowa.edu/2019-20/LAGQ Student tickets are available for $10 online or at the box office! #LosAngelesGuitarQuartet #UIowa #AmericanGuitarMasters
Thank you to @ubwdance for an excellent program at tonight's Hair Party! Make sure to see the ensemble's full performance of Hair and Other Stories this Saturday at @HancherUI. Tickets available at hancher.uiowa.edu/2019-20/UrbanB…. #UntanglingTheRoots #HairParty #UrbanBushWomen
Last week we celebrated National Intern Day in style! We were joined this Summer by two graduate students through a collaboration with the Obermann Center's "Humanities for the Public Good Summer Internship." Mark… instagram.com/p/B0jfpQ1nBww/…
Only 3 more days until @DianaRoss kicks off our 2019/2020 season. Listen to Ms. Ross on Spotify in anticipation of her concert this Friday night at 7:30 pm. spoti.fi/2Shev3n
STUDENTS: Fill out this survey for a chance to win a free pair of RENT tickets! Winners will be announced during our “Hancher is for Hawkeyes” event on August 29th. bit.ly/2RC5Bgl
Celebrating Visual Arts with Big Picture Gallery & Studio begins tonight at 5:30 pm at the Stanley Café! There are still open spots for next week’s “Family Fun Nights” event: Celebrating Dance. bit.ly/2MVNljk
Listen to the second to last episode of Hancher Presents as we recap another exciting year of Hancher Programming! Here is the link: soundcloud.com/hancherpresent… In anticipation of the 19/20 Season Announcement, let’s reflect on this past season. Which show was your favorite?

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