Science Thursdays

🥵 It's a hot one, but we've got plenty of reasons to spend your lunch break with us! ☀️🎶🌮

Join us today from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM for Science Thursdays!

🎸 Live Music: The Recliners
An Iowa City favorite with seven talented musicians bringing classic rock, great energy, and the perfect soundtrack for your lunch hour.

🍴 Food Trucks:

Bloom
Caribbean Kitchen
Chicken Salad Chick
Crystalsweetsllc
The Dhaba Express - Food Truck
Eaton Good Kettlecorn
elgringoloco.ia
JT's Sips
Keepinupwiththejones's Mobile-Catering
Maggie's Farm Wood-Fired Pizza
Moys Food from the Streets
Nothing Bundt Cakes
T.C. Bonez BBQ & Catering
The Heights Rooftop
Travelin' Tom's of Cedar Rapids & Iowa City
Wheel Good Ice Cream
Wildwood BBQ & Saloon

💧We'll have plenty of shade around the plaza, so grab your lunch, enjoy some live music, and take a well-deserved break from the office!

📍 University of Iowa Health Care Campus
🕚 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

See you this afternoon!

☀️ Sunshine, live music, amazing wildlife, and great food... what more could you ask for?

Join us TODAY for Science Thursdays!

🦅 Meet the Iowa Raptor Project and get up close with live raptors while learning about these incredible birds of prey.

🎶 Enjoy live music from Hard Luck & the Troubles as you grab lunch from one of our food trucks and soak up this beautiful Iowa weather.

Bring your coworkers, friends, or family, and spend your lunch break with us. We can't wait to see you!

📍 Science Thursday
⏰ 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

10:30 means everyone is in place doing last minute prep to serve you the best food of your week! Science Thursdays kicks off with music by Lojo Russo & all of your favorites! Picture perfect weather, spend your lunch hour with us!

☀️ Science Thursdays is back tomorrow! ☀️

Join us Thursday from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the MERF Courtyard for great food, live music, and community.

🎶 Live Music
Sweet Cacophony
A folk quintet performing blues, popular music, folk, Cajun, Irish, and other genres. Their unique sound features guitars, banjos, harp, ukulele, upright bass, accordions, bodhran, and harmonicas.

🩸 University of Iowa DeGowin Blood Center Blood Drive
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. in the MERF Atrium
Walk-ins are welcome!
❤️ All successful donors will receive a DeGowin Blood Center t-shirt while supplies last.

🍴 Food Vendors
Bloom
Caribbean Kitchen
Chicken Salad Chick
Clare’s Tenderloins By Mya
Crystalsweetsllc
The Dhaba Express - Food Truck
Eaton Good Kettlecorn
JT's Sips
Keepin up with the Jones's Mobile Catering
Maggie's Farm Wood-Fired Pizza
Moys Food from the Streets
O's Grill
Snacky Mini Mart
T.C. Bonez BBQ & Catering
The Heights Rooftop
Travelin' Tom's of Cedar Rapids & Iowa City
Wheel Good Ice Cream
Wildwood BBQ & Saloon

Whether you're stopping by for lunch, enjoying the music, donating blood, or all three, we hope to see you tomorrow!

🔥 Welcome Back, Wildwood BBQ! 🔥

We're excited to welcome Wildwood BBQ back to Science Thursdays beginning tomorrow!

Stop by for your barbecue favorites, including:

🍖 Pulled Pork Sandwich
🥩 Brisket Burnt Ends Sandwich
🐷 Pork Burnt Ends Sandwich
🌽 Pork Sundae
🧀 Walking Porko
🥤 Pop & Water

Complete your meal with coleslaw, cornbread, baked beans, or fries!

If you've been attending Science Thursdays for a while, you may remember Wildwood BBQ from previous seasons. We're excited to have them back in the lineup.

📍 Science Thursdays
🕦 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
📅 Thursdays
📍 MERF Courtyard

Wildwood BBQ & Saloon

🚨 New Vendor Alert! 🚨

Please help us welcome Snacky Mini Mart to Science Thursdays this week!

Stop by and try:🥢 Snacky Sauté Rice Bowls🥟 Homemade Pork Chive Dumplings🥗 Cold Sesame Noodles🌶️ Homemade Kimchee🥤 Lychee Coolers

Looking for gluten-free options? Their tofu, chicken, and kimchee offerings are gluten-free.

We're excited to have another new food option joining the lineup this Thursday. Be sure to stop by and give them a try! They will be next to Maggie’s Pizza