The Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center’s "Reading Aloud" poetry group will recognize the last day of Women’s History Month by reading poems from National Book Award Finalist Patricia Smith’s Shoulda Been Jimi Savanna. This special presentation will also include a live musical performance of Smith's beloved Motown tunes by Bruce Teague, with family and friends. The event will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 31 in the Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center Assembly Room, 28 South Linn Street in Iowa City.

As reviewer Anique Taylor describes, “ Shoulda ...

Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department has announced that Oakland Cemetery's Cherish Columbarium, which was formerly reserved for infant cremains, is now available for general internment of cremains. The cemetery, located at 1000 Brown Street, offers two columbariums -- the Cherish and the Forestview. Oakland Cemetery is the City's publicly owned cemetery, which is overseen by the Parks and Recreation Department.

The Cherish Columbarium is located in the far east side of the cemetery and offers 64 niches for cremains. Pricing will vary depending on size of the niche, location of...

The Iowa City Fire Department reminds residents that when you change your clocks ahead one hour this Sunday, March 13 to start Daylight Saving Time, you should also change the batteries in your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors. Maintaining fresh batteries in these systems is one of the simplest, most effective ways to reduce the incidence of injuries or fatalities, and the National Fire Protection Association reports that people have nearly a 50 percent better chance of surviving a fire if their home has the recommended number of working smoke alarms.

In addition to...

The 03/10/2016 City Council Information Packet is available at http://www.icgov.org/councildocs .