Monday Monologues series

Date/Time:	Monday, 22 Apr 2024 from 12:15 pm to 1:00 pm
Location:	Parks Library steps
Cost:	Free
URL:	www.lib.iastate.edu
Contact:	Susan Gent,
Phone:	515-294-1442
Channel:	University Library
Categories:	Arts, performances
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"Conversations with the Earth," with performances celebrating Earth Day. Student groups participating are: Recyclables for Music (REFORM), EcoTheatre Lab, and MFA in Creative Writing and Environment. The ISU Repair Cafe will offer skateboard, scooter, e-bike, wheelchair, and roller skate repair on the south lawn.

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Recyclables for Music (REFORM)
Students turn everyday plastic waste into beautiful, functional musical instruments. See their latest instrument inventions.

EcoTheatre Lab
Enjoy two short climate comedies, written for the international Climate Change Theatre Action initiative: The Polar Bears by Nicolas Billon and The Climes They Are A' Changin' by MFA in Creative Writing and Environment playwrights Summer Awad, Jessi Brock, and A'Ja Lyons.

MFA in Creative Writing and Environmen
Four students will read their Mother Earth-inspired original works:
-- Kelli Fitzpatrick presents flash fiction about ocean pollution
-- Shalini Singh reads eco-poetry, poems about caves and underground narratives
-- Mariana Castro Azp?roz presents creative nonfiction about climate change narratives
-- Geneva Toland shares poems about climate change and relationship with land

Monday Monologues
This lunchtime series features facets of composition and art through a series of readings or performances curated by Iowa State faculty.