Sunday, 26 Mar 2023
Focus Grant Exhibit Open
The culmination of funded projects by students who demonstrate imagination, creativity, and development in the arts.
RESCHEDULED: Softball vs. Oklahoma
This game has been moved to a Saturday (March 25) double-header. Iowa State vs. Oklahoma. Schedule updates and weather delays are announced on the team social media accounts and the athletics website.
Victorian Fables, Follies and Fairytales
Gather around the fireplace in the Farm House Museum parlor to hear Victorian fables, follies and fairytales. These stories are a bit darker than children's stories of today. This in-person program will be livestreamed.
Argentine Tango Drop-In Lessons
This Milonga (dance party) is a multi-level class with lots of time to enjoy the music and dance. Classes meet every Sunday and drop-ins are welcome. Purchase a dance punch card and attend as often as your schedule allows. Open to ages 18+.
Cyclone Cinema: The Woman King
Cyclone Cinema is presented by the Student Union Board and showcases a variety of film genres, screening a different movie every weekend Thursday - Sunday during the semester. Sunday film screenings are in open caption format. All other screenings can be open caption as well, as long as the request is made to the staff prior to the movie starting.
Monday, 27 Mar 2023
Drop-In Craft: Beaded Felt Bowls
Make a cute and handy little bowl. Choose a thick felt circle with pre-made holes in a color you like, along with a handful of large beads. You will stitch the beads into the felt and cinch it at the end with strong thread and a sturdy needle. This is a fun project that is perfect for all ages and skill sets.
Paint Your Own Pottery: $10 Mug Week
March 20-April 1 Whatta deal!
An Evening with Allyson Felix
"How the most decorated American track and field Olympian of all time turned inspiration in motherhood and advocacy into social innovation," Allyson Felix. Felix is an 11-time Olympic medalist, mom, business owner, and recently retired professional athlete who will share stories of adversity, triumph, and advocacy through her presentation and extended question and answer period.
Tuesday, 28 Mar 2023
Open Mic Night
ISU students - are you looking to impress your fellow Cyclones with your singing, comedy, chainsaw juggling, or other talents? Then don't miss Open Mic Night at the M-Shop! (No chainsaw juggling, please)
Wednesday, 29 Mar 2023
Art Walk: Athletics and the Body
Athletics and the depiction of the human form is a vital theme in both Iowa State's history and the Art on Campus Collection. Museums Docent Steve Petska will lead an art walk in connection with the "Honoring Jack Trice" exhibition at the Christian Petersen Museum.
U.S. Census: Searching for and using census data
Participants will learn how to locate and use data from the United States Census Bureau surveys.
Rewriting, Reclaiming, and Reorienting in Digital Spaces
Join ISU Writing and Communication Consultations and Academic Success Center for a virtual speaker series event in conversation with artists and designers, Ashlee Bird, Joseph Erb, and Casey Koyczan. Panelists will each share their work advocating for Indigenous language justice through technology and design, followed by a Q&A with attendees.
Guillermo Galindo: Redefining the Boundaries of Music Composition
Guillermo Galindo has spent his career redefining the conventional limits between music, the art of music composition and the intersections between art disciplines, politics, humanitarian issues, spirituality and social awareness. Much of his work focuses on the stories of migrants and refugees told through experimental music and performance art. He will give a public lecture March 29 and premiere his "Transonic Borders" composition March 30.
The Center: 30th Anniversary Gayla
Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Center for LGBTQIA+ Student Success.
Thursday, 30 Mar 2023
Stupka Undergraduate Research Symposium
Keynote speakers are Joseph Jez, Washing University, St. Louis, and Peter McKinnon, St. Jude Children's Hospital. Alumni speaker is Natalie Whitis, University of California, San Francisco. Registration is free and open to the public.
Workshop: Intro to StoryMap JS
"Enhance your narrative with geospatial data: Intro to StoryMap JS," learn how to use StoryMap JS to tell compelling stories with geographic data. Registration required.
Workshop: Recordkeeping 101 for student organizations
Students in this workshop will learn the basics of creating, collecting, and preserving the records of their student organizations so they can leave a legacy at Iowa State. Registration required.
Guillermo Galindo: Transonic Borders
An experimental composer, sonic architect, performance and visual media artist, Guillermo Galindo explores the intersection of art and social consciousness with a focus on the stories of migrants and refugees. He will premiere his "Transonic Borders" composition, which features sound-generating devices fashioned from items found discarded at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Roman Shipwrecks and a Maritime Bottleneck in the Aegean Sea
Professor Dan Davis of Luther College will discuss two Roman shipwrecks that were discovered and remotely documented in deep water in the southeast Aegean by the E/V Nautilus expedition. These shipwrecks shed light on the distribution of Rhodian wine in the early Roman Empire as well as a treacherous maritime corridor. Dr. Davis’ research shows how scientists, engineers, and humanists can work together to make important discoveries.
Textured Floral Painting Workshop w/ Kristin Erdman
Use palette knives and frosting-like textured paint mediums to create the modern 3D floral paintings you've seen all over Instagram. The process of mixing the medium and applying it to your canvas is almost meditative, so this beginner class will be a great stress-reliever! You will leave with two post-worthy paintings and the skills to continue making more at home.
Words Meet Art Part 1: Guided Tour & Writing to Writing Prompts | Option A
REGISTRATION REQUIRED! For Part 1 of Words Meet Art with Ames Writers Collective, participants will receive a guided tour of "Harriet Bart: Material Alchemy" to educate and inspire creativity. An introduction to "writing to writing prompts" will follow with writing sessions to connect writers to the exhibition.
Cyclone Cinema: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Cyclone Cinema is presented by the Student Union Board and showcases a variety of film genres, screening a different movie every weekend Thursday - Sunday during the semester. Sunday film screenings are in open caption format. All other screenings can be open caption as well, as long as the request is made to the staff prior to the movie starting.
Lecture: A Humanist in the Arctic and Antarctica
"Polar Erratics: A Humanist in the Arctic and Antarctica," Hester Blum, professor of English, Penn State University and award-winning author. She has participated in several research trips to the Arctic and Antarctica, and her awards include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. This is the 2023 Donald R. Benson Memorial Lecture.
ISU Theatre: She Kills Monsters
"She Kills Monsters" tells the story of Agnes Evans as she leaves her childhood home in Ohio following the death of her teenage sister, Tilly. When Agnes finds Tilly's Dungeons and Dragons notebook, she finds herself catapulted into a journey of discovery and action-packed adventure in the imaginary world that was her sister's refuge. Contains adult language.
Poetry as a Wedge Into the World
A Pearl Hogrefe Lecture Poet Michael Walsh has recently published anthologies of poetry that address contemporary issues that bring poetry into the mainstream of modern discussions. Taken together, the editorial work of this poet and editor opens up new avenues of discussion about the work of poetry in the world.
Concert: Archer Oh w/ Surely Tempo
Ages of consecutive, bucket-list-worthy support gigs - including two U.S. tours alongside The Red Pears - have made Archer Oh, Moreno Valley, California's not-so-best-kept secret, near-impossible to ignore. Established in 2015 by Arturo "Archer" Medrano, the four bandmates perform with vehement passion, yet are infectiously silly & kind.
Friday, 31 Mar 2023
2023 Graphic Design Grad Show
The 2023 Graphic Design Grad Show features work from all students in the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Graphic Design and the Master of Arts in Experiential Graphic Design (MAxGD) programs.
Cyclone Cinema: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Cyclone Cinema is presented by the Student Union Board and showcases a variety of film genres, screening a different movie every weekend Thursday - Sunday during the semester. Sunday film screenings are in open caption format. All other screenings can be open caption as well, as long as the request is made to the staff prior to the movie starting.
ISU Theatre: She Kills Monsters
"She Kills Monsters" tells the story of Agnes Evans as she leaves her childhood home in Ohio following the death of her teenage sister, Tilly. When Agnes finds Tilly's Dungeons and Dragons notebook, she finds herself catapulted into a journey of discovery and action-packed adventure in the imaginary world that was her sister's refuge. Contains adult language.
ISU AfterDark
Students are invited to the Memorial Union from 9pm-1am to participate in a variety of free activities that include bingo, entertainment and a novelty activity.