gazette community calendar - programs

Open Channel, Saturday, 5 to 6 p.m., PATV Studio, 206 Lafayette St., Iowa City. Open mic TV show. (319) 338-7035 or www.patv.tv

Lea VanderVelde reading from “Mrs. Dred Scott,” Wednesday, 7 p.m., Prairie Lights Books, 15 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City.

International Mondays: The Archaeology of Social Collapse, with guest speaker professor Katina Lillios, UI Department of Archaeology, Monday, noon to 1 p.m., Meeting Room A, Iowa City Public Library.