Sunday, 17 Apr 2016
Musical: The Secret Garden
Mary Lennox's her parents die in a cholera epidemic and she is sent to live in Yorkshire with relatives she has never met. She is unhappy with everything about her. Then, shortly after she arrives, she notices a vine covered wall which surrounds a secret garden. A bird helps her find the key to the door and the next day she discovers the door itself hidden behind the overgrowth. She pushes open the door and her life begins to change.
Carillon Concert
Junior Johnathan Germick will perform a student concert with the Cunningham Quartet -- four siblings that have attended (Craig and Carrie) or currently attend (Cayla and Casey) Iowa State.
Monday, 18 Apr 2016
Carillon Concert
A real-time, remote collaborative concert. ISU carillonneur Tin-Shi Tam will perform via live link with Michael Mitacki, head of percussion studies at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb. The concert also will be available online (live only, no archived version will be available).
Lecture: ISU Carillon
"ISU Carillon Keeps Up with the Times," Richard Watson, founder of Meeks, Watson and Co., Georgetown, Ohio. Watson will talk about bell-making, tuning, hanging and recording. Watson led the 1992-94 renovation of the carillon. The lecture is sponsored by the Stanton Memorial Carillon Foundation.
Determining the Structure of the Milky Way Galaxy: Past, Present, and Future
Bob Benjamin, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Statistics Seminar
Estimating subgroup-specific treatment effects via concave fusion, Jian Huang, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Wednesday, 20 Apr 2016
Open House
Celebrating 50 years of Iowa State's Intensive English and Orientation Program. A short program will begin at 3:15 p.m. Enjoy refreshments and displays.
J/Psi Production and Polarization
Quarkonia Production and Polarization, Nels Hotvedt, Iowa State University
ISU Jazz Ensembles I & II
Jazz 2.0, with Michael Giles gripping the reigns, presents the famous "Far East Suite" penned by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. A work that was released in 1966 features several pieces that were all influenced from the Ellington Orchestra's international tours for the State Department. Different images, poetic works, and musical musings all combined to inform these compositions. The band is featured throughout both collectively and soloi
Thursday, 21 Apr 2016
ISU Jazz Combos
The leading small jazz groups on campus commence again to feature profile concerts about some of their favorite artists. Learn about who these people are and hear the young musicians delve deeply into tunes that are either written or made famous by these iconic jazzers. This concert also serves as the swan song for two of the more talented jazz saxophonists to grace the stage in over a dozen years - Ian Abbott on tenor and Nick Doss on alto.
Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
"The FUture of Water: Assessing Sustainability from Space", Dr. Bridget Scanlon, University of Texas, Austin.
Friday, 22 Apr 2016
Workshop: Wealthy and Wise: Strategies for Workplace Success
Presented as part of Money Smart Week, this event begins with a keynote presentation and includes breakouts sessions and a networking dinner at 5:15 p.m. Registration is required.
Astronomy Seminar
Outbursts in pulsating DA white dwarfs - a new kind of variable revealed by Kepler and K2 (Cory Schrandt, Iowa State University)
Saturday, 23 Apr 2016
Auditions: Mr. Burns, a post-electric play
Roles available for 3 men and 5 women. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script, improvisational storytelling, and singing. No advance preparation necessary. Stop by 2130 Pearson Hall to sign up for an audition time! Auditions are open to all ISU students. Visit www.theatre.iastate.edu for more details.
Piano Studio Recital
Piano students of Mei-Hsuan Huang.