Bring your friends and get creative with Maker Nights at Reiman Gardens!

Bring your pre-walker to the Library for stories, songs, and baby sign language. Join with other caregivers and older siblings for 20 minutes of fun and learning. Feel free to bring a stuffed animal or doll for the older sibling to learn along with you. 

ISU's Cyclone Cinema presents Zootopia 2!

Join the book club for parents struggling to get their kids off screens and back to play! Each week we'll discuss a section of Until The Streetlights Come On: How a Return to Play Brightens Our Present and Prepares Kids for an Uncertain Future by Ginny Yurich, founder of 1,000 Hours Outside.

028 focuses on recently published, popular nonfiction on a variety of topics.

Parenting babies and toddlers is full of challenges. Join this welcoming community of families as we support each other and grow together through the early years of pregnancy, postpartum, and parenthood. 

The Workspace will host a Pop-Up Valentine Shop at the Memorial Union, Mon. through Fri., Feb. 9 through 13, 2026. Choose from a variety of adorable succulents planted in pottery from The Workspace, and personalize your plants with charming tiny animal add-ins. Complete your gift with a beautiful, marbled paper Valentine’s Day card created by local artist Rhonda Scott.

University Museums presents "Terra Cotta Conservation in the Art on Campus Collection," an intimate exhibition in the Christian Petersen Art Museum showcasing the innovative technology and conservation science used to preserve Danish-American artist Christian Petersen's iconic terra cotta sculptures across Iowa State University's campus.

Octagonal: The All-Media Show is the annual, juried all-media exhibition at the Octagon Center for the Arts in Ames, IA. This year's exhibit runs through March 14 and includes a reception on Thurs., Jan. 22.