Friday, 25 Feb 2011
ISU Theatre production of "The Miracle Worker"
An illness leaves a very young child named Helen Keller blind and deaf, and consequently mute. By the age of six, she seems to be completely unreachable and her family is losing hope. Then her parents hire Anne Sullivan as a teacher for their daughter, and Anne must discover some way to do the one thing a teacher must--communicate The result is a profoundly moving piece of theatre.
Men's hockey
ISU vs. University of Northern Iowa club team.
Saturday, 26 Feb 2011
Comedy Improv
Improvisation fosters flow, playfulness, self-awareness, giving and taking, trust, open mindedness, risk taking, spontaneity and self-confidence. And, you get to be funny!
Winter Escapes Art Short Course
Join Jo Myers-Walker of the Left Bank Studio in Gilbert, Iowa, as she teaches a series of seven classes on watercolors and her trademark slumping plastic that will surely help you beat the winter blues.
Music Marathon: ISU Wind Ensemble
Dr. Michael Golemo, conductor. The Iowa State Wind Ensemble will hold a 12-hour "Music Marathon" featuring solo musicians, chamber groups and jazz combos. The ISU Wind Ensemble will perform at 7:30 p.m.
Men's Basketball
Iowa State vs. Nebraska.
A Rough Guide to Publishing: An Agents and Editors Panel
This panel of agents and editors will provide a frank, instructive discussion, followed by a Q&A with the audience about the publishing industry. Part of the Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness and the Creative Imagination.
Authors on the Craft of Writing: A Rough Guide to the Mind and Heart
"Authors on the Craft of Writing: A Rough Guide to the Mind and Heart," a panel discussion with three authors who write from the trenches of experience, who treat landscape as a character and whose work wrestles with the mind and heart. Part of the Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness and the Creative Imagination.
Reading: Writing on Place and the Travels Between
"Forty-three countries, Five Continents: Writing on Place and the Travels Between." Pam Houston is author of two short story collections, "Cowboys Are My Weakness" and "Waltzing the Cat;" a collection of essays, "A Little More About Me;" and the novel "Sighthound." Part of the Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness and the Creative Imagination.
ISU Theatre production of "The Miracle Worker"
An illness leaves a very young child named Helen Keller blind and deaf, and consequently mute. By the age of six, she seems to be completely unreachable and her family is losing hope. Then her parents hire Anne Sullivan as a teacher for their daughter, and Anne must discover some way to do the one thing a teacher must--communicate The result is a profoundly moving piece of theatre.
Men's hockey
ISU vs. University of Northern Iowa club team.