Sunday, 11 Oct 2015
Ames Area Studio Tour
Get to know your local artists in their private studios this fall as the Ames Community Arts Council presents the Ames Area Studio Tour. Join participating artists at over 15 venues inviting the public into our workspaces to go "behind the curtain" and experience the creative process.
Delsarte Workshop: Performing with Props
Join Joe Williams, Master Delsarte instructor and visiting artist from New York in a weekend full of workshops. Learn how to use the zones and laws of gesture in your handling of an object in order to give it meaning.
Walk-In Craft: Rainbow Necklaces
Stop by The Workspace to make a simple rainbow necklace with clustered jump rings. Whether you identify as LGBTQ or an Ally, drop in and show your support for an inclusive world where individuals can live truthfully and openly.
Celebrating Campus Beautiful
Campus Beautiful is a core value of Iowa State and the title of a recently published book which provides a comprehensive look at the development of ISU's campus aesthetic design over the past 150 years.
Performance: Treasure Island
Jim Hawkins, a boy of fourteen living on the coast of England, longs for adventure and gets more than he asked for when he meets pirates such as the dangerous Billy Bones, the two-timing Israel Hands, the brassy woman pirate Anne Bonney, and the form of evil incarnate, Blind Pew. At the center of it all is Long John Silver who is one of the most famous hero-villains of all time. Romance! Treasure! Adventure!
Delsarte Workshop: Claim Your Space
Join Joe Williams, Master Delsarte instructor and visiting artist from New York in a weekend full of workshops. Principles that guide the size of movement, when coupled with the principles of shape, direction and speed of movement, give us tools for moving through space on stage. Choreography and scene direction can be easier and very deeply informed by this class.
Cyclone Cinema: Magic Mike XXL
The Student Union Board presents Cyclone Cinema! Showings are FREE in Carver 101 at 7 and 10 p.m. every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Hope to see you there!
Monday, 12 Oct 2015
Human Sciences Week
The first-ever week long celebration of the College of Human Sciences will take place Oct. 12-16. Today's events include root beer floats and a lecture by Leigh Patel.
Walk-In Craft: Origami Cranes
Folded paper cranes symbolize longevity, wisdom and marital bliss. Choose from beautifully printed origami papers and follow the folding instructions to create your own set of three cranes. Keep them as a talisman for yourself, or give them to someone as a small but special gift.
PT Job Fair
VenuWorks, which manages the Iowa State Center, is hiring for part-time positions in wait staff, kitchen prep and utility workers. Applicants can walk in during fair hours or request an application from VenuWorks supervisors.
Statistics Seminar
"A Fresh Look at Effect Aliasing and Interactions: Some New Wine in Old Bottle," Jeff Wu, Coca-Cola Chair in Engineering Statistics, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
Lecture: Learning with Migrant Youth
Leigh Patel is a sociologist, writer and educator based at Boston College. She is the author of "Youth Held at the Border: Immigration, Education, and the Politics of Inclusion." Part of Human Sciences Week.
Acrylic Painting Class
Learn basic color theory as well as painting from both life and photographs. Techniques will include monochromatic painting, full color application, and glazing. For painters of all levels.
Norman Borlaug Lecture: Empowering the Poor in the Fight against Hunger
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed is the 2015 World Food Prize Laureate and founder and chairperson of BRAC, the world's largest anti-poverty organization. Norman Borlaug Lecture and part of the World Affairs Series