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What is featured?

Saturday, 08 Oct 2011

Volleyball

Oct 08, 2011

6:30 PM

Hilton Coliseum

Athletics Athletics

ISU vs. Oklahoma

SUB Film: Green Lantern

Oct 08, 2011

7:00 PM

Carver 101

Student Engagement Student activities

Cyclone Cinema presents Green Lantern!

ISU Theatre production of "Hedda Gabler"

Oct 08, 2011

7:30 PM

Fisher Theater

Adults $16, seniors 65 and up $14, students $8

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Arts, performances Student activities

Hedda Gabler is a strong and complicated woman with energy that is both attractive and destructive. She chooses to marry a kind, bumbling academic, but even on her honeymoon she feels trapped in a world for which she feels only contempt. What are her chances for a fulfilling life unless she has courage as well as passion? One of Ibsen's most famous masterpieces.

Men's hockey

Oct 08, 2011

7:30 PM

Ames/ISU Ice Arena, 1507 Gateway Hills Park Dr.

$10 (students $7, children $5)

Student Activities Athletics

Exhibition game vs. the Dells Ducks (MNJHL).

SUB Film: Green Lantern

Oct 08, 2011

10:00 PM

Carver 101

Student Engagement Student activities

Cyclone Cinema presents Green Lantern!

Sunday, 09 Oct 2011

Iowa Bonsai Show

Oct 09, 2011

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Reiman Gardens

$4-$8 (free for members and ISU students)

Reiman Gardens Arts, performances Live Green

Reiman Gardens will again transform into a bit of a Japanese paradise as it hosts the Annual Iowa Fall Bonsai Show on October 8 and 9.

ISU Theatre production of "Hedda Gabler"

Oct 09, 2011

2:00 PM

Fisher Theater

Adults $16, seniors 65 and up $14, students $8

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Arts, performances Student activities

Hedda Gabler is a strong and complicated woman with energy that is both attractive and destructive. She chooses to marry a kind, bumbling academic, but even on her honeymoon she feels trapped in a world for which she feels only contempt. What are her chances for a fulfilling life unless she has courage as well as passion? One of Ibsen's most famous masterpieces.

SUB Film: Green Lantern

Oct 09, 2011

4:00 PM

Carver 101

Student Engagement Student activities

Cyclone Cinema presents Green Lantern!

Tango Practica

Oct 09, 2011

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

The Memorial Union Workspace

ISU Five punches $30, Public five punches $40

The Workspace Arts, performances Student activities

This Milonga (dance party) is a multi-level class with lots of time to enjoy the music and dance. From 4- 5pm moves for beginners are introduced with a different figure each week along with techniques for dancing better.

Soccer

Oct 09, 2011

5:00 PM

ISU Soccer Complex

free

Athletics Athletics

ISU vs. Baylor.

Tango Practica

Oct 09, 2011

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

The Memorial Union Workspace

ISU Five punches $30, Public five punches $40

The Workspace Arts, performances Student activities

This Milonga (dance party) is a multi-level class with lots of time to enjoy the music and dance. From 5 - 7pm the dance floor is yours for dancing under the guidance of Valerie and working with different partners. An intermediate level figure will also be introduced during this time.

SUB Film: Green Lantern

Oct 09, 2011

7:00 PM

Carver 101

Student Engagement Student activities

Cyclone Cinema presents Green Lantern!

Performance: The Miles Davis Experience

Oct 09, 2011

7:30 PM

Stephens Auditorium

$20- $39

Iowa State Center Arts, performances

THE MILES DAVIS EXPERIENCE:1949-1959 A collaboration with Blue Note Records featuring the Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet.

Monday, 10 Oct 2011

Seminar: Department of Horticulture and Agricultural Education

Oct 10, 2011

Oct 10, 2011 - Oct 10, 2011

Hort 118

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Title:Integrating Cover Crops in Organic Cropping Systems. Presenter: Professor Kathleen Delate / Graduate Student: Dan Cwach, Iowa State Univ. Hort Dept.

Silver Rings with Anna Blake

Oct 10, 2011

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

The Memorial Union Workspace

ISU $50, Public $60 includes supplies

The Workspace Arts, performances Student activities

Learn the basics of metalworking including sawing, filing, soldering and polishing metal to create a sterling silver ring sized to fit.

Osborn Club Lecture

Oct 10, 2011

7:00 PM

Gold Room, Hilton Garden Inn, 1325 Dickenson Avenue, Ames

free

Groups, governance Lectures

"New Frontier of Biological Wastewater Nutrient Removal," Shihwu Sung, ISU environmental engineering. The lecture is open to the public.

Norman Borlaug Lecture

Oct 10, 2011

8:00 PM

Great Hall, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Lectures Live Green

Pedro Sanchez was awarded the World Food Prize in 2002 for his pioneering use of agroforestry to restore fertility to some of the world's poorest and most degraded soils. He is Director of Tropical Agriculture at Columbia University's Earth Institute and an international leader in the fight against hunger, having co-led the United Nation's Millennium Project's Task Force on Hunger.

Tuesday, 11 Oct 2011

Lecture: New Worlds of Water

Oct 11, 2011

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

1204 Kildee Hall

free

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Lectures

"New Worlds of Water," Margaret Catley-Carlson, chair of the World Economic Forum Global Advisory Council on Water. Part of the World Food Prize fall seminar series, "Feeding the World: Are We Making Progress."

Tuesday Tea: Taxidermy in Victorian Times

Oct 11, 2011

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Farm House Museum, central campus

Free and open to the public.

University Museums Arts, performances

Come to the Farm House Museum to enjoy tea and conversation about all things Farm House. Mark your calendar from 12:00 pm-1:00 pm and enjoy the 150 year old structure in a whole new way. Check the University Museums website to learn what the discussion topic will be. Can't make it at noon? The Farm House will be serving tea from 12 to 4 pm on Tuesdays so stop in any time. Reservations not required. www.museums.iastate.edu

Seminar: Ron Follett

Oct 11, 2011

1:10 PM

2020 Agronomy Hall

free

Agronomy Department Lectures

Ron Follett, U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service, Fort Collins, Colo., will speak about greenhouse gases and their relationship to crop and livestock production.

Floral Design Series

Oct 11, 2011

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Reiman Gardens

$28 (members), $21 (students), $35 (public)

Reiman Gardens Arts, performances Lectures

"Trash to Treasure" - Learn how to use flowers to create an arrangement in an unconventional container. Bring a container from home with a 4" or 6" opening.

Faculty Senate meeting

Oct 11, 2011

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Great Hall, Memorial Union

free

Groups, governance Meetings, receptions

The Faculty Senate represents the general faculty of Iowa State University and participates in shared governance of the University with the administration. Senate meetings are open to the public and adjourn at 5 p.m.

Global Food Insecurity

Oct 11, 2011

5:00 PM

South Ballroom, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Lectures Live Green

Tom Vilsack, the former Iowa governor, is head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), an organization charged with disbursing farm subsidies, regulatory responsibility for farming and agriculture, as well as for food safety, food production and natural resources and conservation. Part of the World Affairs Series.

Reiman Gardens' Gift Shop: Night of the Full Moon

Oct 11, 2011

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Reiman Gardens

Free

Reiman Gardens Special events

Take part in a great Halloween sale with some treats.

Seminar: Estate and retirement planning

Oct 11, 2011

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Gateway Hotel and Conference Center, Ames

free

University Lectures

"Provide and Protect: Planning Your Will and Trust," the 3rd annual estate and retirement planning seminar offered by the ISU Foundation. Preregistration requested; complimentary meal included.

Floral Design Series

Oct 11, 2011

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Reiman Gardens

$28 (members), $21 (students), $35 (public)

Reiman Gardens Arts, performances Lectures

"Trash to Treasure" - Learn how to use flowers to create an arrangement in an unconventional container. Bring a container from home with a 4" or 6" opening.

Constitution Cafe - Christopher Phillips

Oct 11, 2011

7:00 PM

Sun Room, Memorial Union

free

Lecture Series Lectures

Christopher Phillips is the author of Socrates Cafe: Philosophy for a Passionate Heart, Six Questions of Socrates, Socrates in Love; and Constitution Cafe: Jefferson's Brew for a True Revolution. He draws on our nation's rebellious past to inspire meaningful change today. With Thomas Jefferson as a guide, he taps into a broad cross-section of Americans' timely and timeless concerns about the need to give our country's...

Cut Paper Drawings with Sara Merritt

Oct 11, 2011

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

The Memorial Union Workspace

ISU $41, Public $51 includes supplies

The Workspace Arts, performances Live Green Student activities

Learn to see the world in shapes and values as we use torn and cut paper to make unique drawings.

Lipa Festival Concert

Oct 11, 2011

7:30 PM - 9:15 PM

Martha-Ellen Tye Recital, Music Building

Free

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Arts, performances

The 2011 Lipa Festival of Contemporary Music.

Wednesday, 12 Oct 2011

Inaugural One Health Lecture

Oct 12, 2011

9:00 AM

Salon D, Marriott Hotel, 700 Grand Ave., Des Moines

free

College of Veterinary Medicine Lectures

"One Health: World Health Through Collaboration" will be presented by 2010 World Food Prize Laureate David Beckmann, in conjunction with this year's World Food Prize events.