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SUMMARY:The RG Express - Reiman Gardens
DESCRIPTION:A Reiman Gardens holiday tradition is back! Visitors of all ages will be enchanted by the RG Express Train from Sat.\, Nov. 8\, 2025\, through Sun.\, Jan. 18\, 2026. This detailed garden scale display was created by Applied Imagination\, an internationally recognized company whose train displays merge botanical design and architecture. The RG Express is one of only 18 North American train displays of this magnitude! Walk past\, around\, and under miniature buildings and bridges built in the likeness of some of Iowa State University’s and Reiman Gardens’ most significant buildings. Don’t miss the magic of the RG Express this holiday season!  \nClosed November 22\, Thanksgiving Day\, Christmas Eve\, Christmas Day\, and New Year’s Day. Open until 8 p.m. on Tues.\, December 2\, 9\, and 16 to allow for special nighttime viewing of the RG Express. The lighted buildings and holiday decorations help the season come alive as the trains travel throughout our indoor conservatory.  \nDue to capacity limits\, the RG Express Train Display is not open during the Winter Wonderscape light show. This display is included in the regular price of admission (free for members and Iowa State University students). \nThe RG Express Train exhibit would not be possible without the support of the Central Iowa Garden Railway Society and Just Add Water.  \n\n\n\nGeneral admission\n$12\n\n\nseniors\, ages 65 and up\n$11\n\n\nyouth\, ages 2-12\n$6\n\n\nyouth\, under 2\nfree\n\n\nReiman Gardens members\nfree\n\n\nIowa State University students\nfree\n\n\n\nMore information about admission here: https://reimangardens.com/admission-and-hours
URL:https://calendar.amesart.org/event/the-rg-express-reiman-gardens/2026-01-18/
LOCATION:Reiman Gardens\, 1407 University Blvd\, Ames\, IA\, 50010\, United States
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SUMMARY:Mary Swander's Coop - presented by KHOI Community Radio
DESCRIPTION:Coop\, A Story of an Amish Conscientious Objector: An object Theatre Drama by Mary Swander \nThe play is an enactment of true stories of conscientious objectors in WWI & WWII. \nSun.\, Jan. 18 | 2 p.m. | KHOI Studio C (622 Douglas Ave.\, Ames) \nSeating is limited\, doors open at 1:30 p.m. Suggested minimum donation of $10 at the door. \nThe play is produced by Swander Woman Productions\, a theatre company that creates and tours dramatic performances based on food\, farming\, and the wider rural environment. \nMary Swander’s new play Coop is historical fiction\, an enactment of true stories of Amish\, Mennonite\, and other conscientious objectors during WWI and WWII. The core story is taken from the oral history of a young Amish farmer draftee who boarded a train with other C.O.s—Mennonites\, Quakers\, Church of the Brethren\, and Seventh Day Adventists–during World War II. This group of C.O.s\, told they were bound to fight forest fires in Colorado\, were interned instead in a chicken coop. There\, they remained under guard for the rest of the war. \nWe are all aware of the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII\, but few dramas have brought the story of Amish/Mennonite and other conscientious objectors to the world stage. Many C.O.s were treated with decency and respect during these war years\, but others suffered humiliation\, torture\, and even death at the hands of both townspeople and the military. The Amish/Mennonite population was targeted for its fluency in the German language and their staunch refusal to kill others in war. They were thought to be naïve about the war effort\, given their isolation on their farms in the rural United States.
URL:https://calendar.amesart.org/event/mary-swanders-coop-presented-by-khoi-community-radio/
LOCATION:KHOI Community Radio\, 622 Douglas Ave.\, Ames\, IA\, 50010\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="KHOI Community Radio":MAILTO:radio@khoifm.org
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