The Q Brothers

The Q Brothers

The Q Brothers’ four-member ensemble and UI Emeritus Professor of English Miriam Gilbert spoke on the University of Iowa campus Sept. 20, 2016 to deliver the first lecture in the Creative Matters series sponsored by the UI Office of the Vice President for Research. Below are stories, text, video, photos, and other materials chronicling and related to the visit.

The Q Brothers

Before Hamilton: The Musical, there were The Q Brothers. The Chicago-based ensemble is world renowned for rewriting Shakespeare plays into contemporary expressions including Othello: The Remix and Funk It Up About Nothin’.

Coverage by Rebekah Tilley

A video of the remarks is also available at https://youtu.be/hi46p9mqnRA

Photos by Michael Stenerson.

Creative Matters is an initiative of the UI Arts Advancement Committee and is sponsored by the UI Office of the Vice President for Research.

All events are free and open to the public.

The Office of the Vice President for Research provides resources and support to researchers and scholars at the University of Iowa and to businesses across Iowa with the goal of forging new frontiers of discovery and innovation and promoting a culture of creativity that benefits the campus, the state, and the world.

More at http://research.uiowa.edu, and on Twitter: @DaretoDiscover.