Thursday, 19 Apr 2018
Performance: Jazz + Puppetry
Michael Giles, professor of saxophone, will perform with ISU Theatre assistant professor Amanda Petefish-Schrag.
Friday, 20 Apr 2018
Paint Your Own Pottery: Hello Spring!
Decorate a pot for growing herbs, a vase for fresh-cut flowers, or embrace the season with bunnies and chicks.
Reception: Biorenewables Art Competition
This 9th annual competition is a collaboration between the Bioeconomy Institute and the College of Design's integrated studio arts program. Award winners will be announced at 4:30 p.m.
'Trashion' Show
Hosted by students in AESHM 222, Creative Thinking and Problem Solving, to bring awareness to environmental issues hurting the planet. Students have created garments from recycled materials such as newspaper, plastic bottles, school supplies, fast food packaging and even parking tickets. The event also includes a silent auction, music, giveaways, drinks and refreshments.
Jazz @ the Maintenance Shop
James Bovinette is director.
ISU Symphonic Band
The Symphonic Band is an 80-member ensemble that explores traditional as well as contemporary works by composers such as Percy Grainger, Malcolm Arnold, Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Leonard Bernstein. The Symphonic Band is conducted by Steven Smyth, Associate Director of Bands.
Performance: Our Town
Ordinary life has great joys that very few people fully appreciate. There are also the transcendent moments surrounding love and death that come to all. This masterpiece of American theatre takes place in a small New England town at the turn of the last century. Through its themes lies the understanding that we are all connected no matter when we have lived and that we know in our hearts that something is eternal and it isn't the objects we own.
Concert: The Lonely Biscuits
The Lonely Biscuits are an alternative rock band hailing from Nashville, TN. The band is comprised of Grady Wenrich, Sam Gidley, and Nick Byrd.
Saturday, 21 Apr 2018
Performance: Our Town
Ordinary life has great joys that very few people fully appreciate. There are also the transcendent moments surrounding love and death that come to all. This masterpiece of American theatre takes place in a small New England town at the turn of the last century. Through its themes lies the understanding that we are all connected no matter when we have lived and that we know in our hearts that something is eternal and it isn't the objects we own.
Sunday, 22 Apr 2018
Performance: Our Town
Ordinary life has great joys that very few people fully appreciate. There are also the transcendent moments surrounding love and death that come to all. This masterpiece of American theatre takes place in a small New England town at the turn of the last century. Through its themes lies the understanding that we are all connected no matter when we have lived and that we know in our hearts that something is eternal and it isn't the objects we own.
Concert: Iowa State Singers
Iowa State Singers perform before leaving on tour.
Concert: Fetty Wap, Cheat Codes, KYLE, Andreas Moss
Outdoor concert featuring hip-hop artist Fetty Wap, EDM trio Cheat Codes, hip-hop artist KYLE, and opening act Andreas Moss. Gates open at 3 p.m.
Walk-in Argentine Tango
This Milonga (dance party) is a multi-level class with lots of time to enjoy the music and dance.
Monday, 23 Apr 2018
Out of the Fire: The Banned Books Monologues
First performed on campus Fall 2017, this encore performance features a selection of the monologues and will be performed in the ReACT Gallery. Banned books included range from "James and the Giant Peach" to "Lady Chatterley's Lover" and some by ISU students. Directed by Amanda Petefish-Schrag, ISU Theatre.
Thursday, 26 Apr 2018
Performance: The Great Gatsby
A National Players production, based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic book. Part of the Iowa State Center's Martha-Ellen Tye Youth Matinee Series.
In Focus: Daguerreotypes, Tintypes and Photographs from the Farm House Museum Collection
Photography, as we know it today, takes place on the screen of a computer or phone, but before the invention of these devices, all photographs were physical objects that could be touched, turned, held and looked at under a magnifying glass. Explore the Farm House Museum Collection of 19th Century photography with Charlie Coffey, exhibition curator, photographer, and University Museums intern extraordinaire.