Sunday, 19 Feb 2012
Beyond Basics: Beading Techniques for Glass Beads with Terrie Hoefer
Have a bunch of glass beads from the lampworking classes? Learn to make bead links, essential and versatile components for using your glass beads. Terrie will then show how to turn these baubles into ornaments, charms, bracelets or other jewelry.
Beyond Basics: Joinery Methods with Dan Neubauer
The ability to connect wood pieces with an attractive and strong joint is essential to fine woodworking. Learn methods such as hand-cut through dovetail joints and half blind dovetail joints to take your woodworking skills to the next level.
Argentine Tango Practica with Valerie Williams
This Milonga (dance party) is a multi-level class with lots of time to enjoy the music and dance.
Cyclone Cinema: A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas
Six years after their Guantanamo Bay adventure, stoner buds Harold Lee and Kumar Patel cause a holiday fracas by inadvertently burning down Harold's father-in-law's prize Christmas tree. There will also be a showing at 10pm.
Mary Creswell, mezzo-soprano & William David, piano
Faculty members Mary Creswell and William David perform in the Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall. The duet between voice and piano in art song, performing songs by Haydn, Strauss, Rossini and Gurney. Dr. David also will play a Persichetti piano sonata.
SUB Music: Marbin
http://marbinmusic.com/marbin/
Monday, 20 Feb 2012
Fee Payment Deadline
Fee payment deadline, spring. Second payment (minimum due).
Gymnastics
Iowa State vs. Southeast Missouri State.
Lecture: Nobel Laureate Dan Shechtman
Dan Shechtman, an Iowa State professor of materials science and engineering and research scientist for the Ames Laboratory, won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The honor was awarded for his discovery of quasicrystals, crystalline materials. He joined Iowa State and the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory in 2004. Reception to follow.
Tuesday, 21 Feb 2012
Performance: Fancy Nancy
Youth Matinee Series Performance: Fancy Nancy and Other Story Books (Grades K-4)
Performance: Fancy Nancy
Youth Matinee Series Performance: Fancy Nancy and Other Story Books (Grades K-4)
Assembled: Metal, Clay, Fiber, Wood & Mixed Media Student Exhibit Reception
Assembled is a juried exhibition showcasing mixed media and three dimensional artworks by Iowa State students. The show is open for any and all Iowa State students to enter. The drop off date for submissions is Sunday, February 5th from 12pm - 3pm. The reception will be held on Tuesday, February 21st at 7pm. There will be a showing of the documentary "Waste Land" following the reception.
Iowa State Women's Basketball
ISU vs. Missouri
Documentary: "Waste Land"
New York artist Vik Muniz depicts an emotional journey to his native Brazil to Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest landfill on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs and collaborates with the brilliant "catadores," pickers of recyclable materials, who live and work in the landfills. These inspiring characters reveal both the dignity and despair of the catadores as they begin to re-imagine their lives. All are invited to attend.
ISU Percussion Ensemble
ISU Percussion Ensemble will feature the music of Mark Ford. Mark Ford, renowned educator, performer, and Coordinator of Percussion at the University of North Texas will be on the ISU campus for this concert. The ISU Percussion is under the direction of Mr. Matthew Coley.
Lecture: Living as an Ordinary Radical
Shane Claiborne is a founding partner of The Simple Way, a new monastic community in inner-city Philadelphia. He has become something of a revolutionary role model for those disillusioned with today's materialistic, "pop Christianity." He is the author of the several books, including The Irresistible Revolution, Jesus for President, and Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers. Msgr. James A. Supple Lecture Series.
Open Mic Night
Sign up is at 7 p.m. Performances at 8 p.m. All talents and guests welcome!
Wednesday, 22 Feb 2012
Seminar: Finding Industry Standards at ISU
What are industry standards and why do they matter? This seminar will provide basic information on how standards are created and "approved" by the main U.S. and International standards organizations: ANSI, ASTM, and ISO. Participants also will learn how to search and locate standards within the ISU Library. Preregistration is required on Access Plus (under Employee HRS Course Listings).
Brown Bag Seminar: STEM Education
"Together Energizing Student Science: A Howard Hughes Medical Institute Project," Craig Ogilvie, ISU physics and Graduate College assistant dean. Feel free to bring your lunch to enjoy during the presentation. Please RSVP to srenfro@iastate.edu.
Workshop: Reference Searching
"Get X-Cited About Cited Reference Searching," with ISU librarians Jeff Kushkowski and Lorrie Pellack. This workshop will cover all disciplines but the presentation, hands-on practice, and discussions will focus on the subject areas suggested by the attendees. Registration is required through AccessPlus. All faculty, staff and grad students are welcome to attend.
Artful Yoga
Release that mid-week stress surrounded by the beauty of the Christian Petersen Art Museum during this free weekly yoga practice. Transform body, mind and spirit through a flowing series of postures and breath work! No yoga experience is necessary, but please bring your own yoga mat.
The Formation of Energy in Architecture
Kiel Moe, a registered architect and an assistant professor of architectural technology at Harvard University Graduate School of Design, will address the formation of energy in contemporary architecture, using a design-build project in central Colorado as the primary case study. Part of the Architecture Advisory Council Lecture Series.
ISU Jazz Ensembles I & II
James Bovinette, directs Jazz Ensemble I Michael Giles, directs Jazz Ensemble II
Men's Basketball
Iowa State vs. Texas Tech.
Thursday, 23 Feb 2012
Experimenting with Watercolors
While the outdoor gardens are sleeping, let's experiment with watercolor, pouring inks, dyes, pastels and all kinds of texture making. See what will be revealed and add a little realism if you wish, bringing out the essence of your story. Participants will get to showcase their art in an exhibition Saturday, March 10. All skill levels welcome. Sign up for one class or all nine!
Chemical & Biological Engineering Department
Intermetallic Alloy Development for Ultra high Temperature Applications by Mufit Akinc, Professor Materials Science & Engineering. Iowa State University
Floral Design Series
Learn the basics of floral design while creating beautiful arrangements to take home. Updated with new classes! Learn the tips and skills used by professionals and create your own one-of-a-kind floral designs. Those who complete all nine classes will receive a certificate of floral design from Reiman Gardens.
Cyclone Cinema: The Muppets
With the help of three fans, The Muppets must reunite to save their old theater from a greedy oil tycoon. There will be a showing at 10pm also.
Hydraulic Fracturing: Potential Impacts on Drinking Water
Stephen Osborn is a hydrogeologist with an expertise in natural gas geochemistry and water quality issues specific to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. He was the lead author on a recent study at Duke University that shows methane contamination of drinking water associated with shale-gas extraction. National Affairs Series.
Performance: My Fair Lady
"My Fair Lady," by Big League Productions Inc. A sparkling new production of the musical by which all others are measured.