# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Lunch & Learn | Margalea Warner Author Reading: Choosing Dance Over Despair
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 17 Dec, 2025 at 12:00 pm – Wed, 17 Dec, 2025 at 10:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Please join us for a Lunch & Learn in-person at R Place Recovery Center on Wednesday, December 17th, from 12:00–1:00 PM for an Author Reading with Margalae Warner: Choosing Dance Over Despair

When: 12.17.2025

Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 

Where: R Place 
702 S. Gilbert St Suite 111, Iowa City 

Join us as Margalea Warner reads from her inspiring memoir, Choosing Dance Over Despair. Choosing Dance Over Despair is a heartfelt memoir, not only for those on the path of mental health recovery but for anyone seeking hope, compassion, and resilience. Margalea offers more than her own story; she offers readers the keys to finding joy and courage within their own lives, knowing that even in the darkness, there’s a light—and sometimes, a dance—waiting to be embraced.

Margalea’s book is available from Prairie Lights, Amazon, or from her directly.

"I tell my story to engage my peers suffering from mental illness with empathy and compassion. I tell my story to offer the friends and families of persons on a mental health journey hope and support.”— Margalea Warner
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/iowa-city/lunch-and-learn-|-margalea-warner-author-reading-choosing-dance-over-despair/200029356824155
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, health-wellness, mental-health
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 5

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Iowa City
- **state**: IA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: R Place Peer Center
- **lat**: 41.65249
- **long**: -91.53045
- **full address**: R Place Peer Center, 702 S Gilbert St, Iowa City, IA 52240-1738, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Lunch & Learn | Margalea Warner Author Reading: Choosing Dance Over Despair being held?
  - **A:** Lunch & Learn | Margalea Warner Author Reading: Choosing Dance Over Despair takes place on Wed, 17 Dec, 2025 at 12:00 pm to Wed, 17 Dec, 2025 at 10:00 pm at R Place Peer Center, 702 S Gilbert St, Iowa City, IA 52240-1738, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Lunch & Learn | Margalea Warner Author Reading: Choosing Dance Over Despair?
  - **A:** Lunch & Learn | Margalea Warner Author Reading: Choosing Dance Over Despair is organized by NAMI Johnson County IA.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Lunch & Learn | Margalea Warner Author Reading: Choosing Dance Over Despair is ideal for party-goers, social butterflies, and anyone looking for a great night out with music, drinks, and good vibes. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Iowa City, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Lunch & Learn | Margalea Warner Author Reading: Choosing Dance Over Despair sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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