The Witching Hour Festival - Browse Photos

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Oct. 14, 2018 3:37 pm, Updated: Oct. 18, 2018 3:28 pm

The Witching Hour Festival - Browse Photos

Browse a gallery of photos from the Witching Hour Festival in Iowa City.

The festival includes food, literature, comedy, music, and more.

Bartenders fill wine glasses at St. Burch during the Witching Hour Festival in Iowa City on Friday, Oct. 13, 2018. (James Year/Freelance)

St. Burch as seen during the Witching Hour Festival in Iowa City on Friday, Oct. 13, 2018. (James Year/Freelance)

Chef Gabe Branch speaks to the crowd about the meal at St. Burch during the Witching Hour Festival in Iowa City on Friday, Oct. 13, 2018. (James Year/Freelance)

Writer Gina Cole speaks to the crowd at St. Burch during the Witching Hour Festival in Iowa City on Friday, Oct. 13, 2018. Cole is originally from New Zealand and is in Iowa for the International Writing Progam at UI. (James Year/Freelance)

St. Burch staff serve Kokoda to their guests during the Witching Hour Festival in Iowa City on Friday, Oct. 13, 2018. Kokoda is a Fijian dish made of mahi mahi, tomato, shallot, habanera, coconut and lime. (James Year/Freelance)

Chef Gabe Branch stands for a portrait in his kitchen at St. Burch during the Witching Hour Festival in Iowa City on Friday, Oct. 13, 2018. (James Year/Freelance)

Sous Chef John Maske prepares the rice at St. Burch during the Witching Hour Festival in Iowa City on Friday, Oct. 13, 2018. Maske helped prepare Asado Negro (black beans, rice, and plantains) for the meal. (James Year/Freelance)

Sous Chef John Maske adds some spice to the rice at St. Burch during the Witching Hour Festival in Iowa City on Friday, Oct. 13, 2018. Maske helped prepare Asado Negro (black beans, rice, and plantains) for the meal. (James Year/Freelance)

UI Student Leon Pan reads a passage to the crowd during the Witching Hour Festival in Iowa City on Friday, Oct. 13, 2018. Pan is also a member of the Writers Workshop. (James Year/Freelance)

The crowd as seen at the Englert Theater during the Witching Hour Festival in Iowa City on Friday, Oct. 13, 2018. (James Year/Freelance)

UI graduate student Joseph Emmanuel reads his work at the Englert Theater during the Witching Hour Festival in Iowa City on Friday, Oct. 13, 2018. Emmanuel is also part of the UI Writers Workshop. (James Year/Freelance)

UI Student Leon Pan reads a passage to the crowd during the Witching Hour Festival in Iowa City on Friday, Oct. 13, 2018. Pan is also a member of the Writers Workshop. (James Year/Freelance)

Guests wait for the Writers of Color Reading Series to begin inside the Englert Theater during the Witching Hour Festival in Iowa City on Friday, Oct. 13, 2018. (James Year/Freelance)

Poet and Fulbright fellow Fatimah Asghar reads a passage to the crowd at the Englert Theater during the Witching Hour Festival in Iowa City on Friday, Oct. 13, 2018. (James Year/Freelance)

Kirkwood Professor Serena Tarr speaks to the audience at the Englert Theater during the Witching Hour Festival in Iowa City on Friday, Oct. 13, 2018. Professor Tarr spent a year embedded with and studying the Alt-Right movement. (James Year/Freelance)

A welcome sign as seen in St. Burch during the Witching Hour Festival in Iowa City on Friday, Oct. 13, 2018. The ticketed meal was dedicated to Chef Anthony Bourdain and featured several courses of food from all over the world. (James Year/Freelance)